[Bf-docboard] Proposal for restructuring the user manual

[Takanu Kyriako]

I guess functional areas could just expand on the editor manual sections to provide user guidance on using these elements together, and user case studies. This sounds like a more logical and user friendly manual structure.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Gaia" <gaia.clary at machinimatrix.org>
Sent: ‎27/‎12/‎2014 14:19
To: "Blender Documentation Project" <bf-docboard at blender.org>
Subject: [Bf-docboard] Proposal for restructuring the user manual

Hi;

I would like to propose some small first steps for beginning the restructuring of the first 2 levels of the documentation hierarchy:

A bit of reasoning for why i propose this:
I guess that most people will first open the program, then open the documentation, and try to find their way. Since Blender uses the Editors all over the place, i think it is convenient to take care of this in the manual as well. So for example a user should not need to guess where he/she could possibly find something about the UV Image editor. But get this presented right away in the hierarchy. That's why i propose to add an "Editors" Section on the first documentation level.

Basics 
Introduction 
Installation 
First Steps (a Walk through video)

Concepts 
3D Interaction 
Interface 
Editors

3D View 
Timeline 
Graph Editor 
Dope Sheet 
NLA Editor 
UV Image Editor 
Video Sequence Editor 
Movie Clip Editor 
Text Editor 
Node Editor 
Logic Editor 
Properties Editor 
Outliner 
User Preferences 
Info Window 
Functional areas 
Import/Export (taken away from the Data System section)

Modeling 
Materials 
Textures 
World 
Physics 
Modifiers 
Animation 
Rigging 
2D 
Rendering 
Compositing 
Motion Tracking (maybe this is NOT 2D)

Grease Pencil 
Constraints 
Advanced 
Data System 
Game Engine 
Extending Blender 
Troubleshooting 
Glossary 
It may be possible that the "Functional Areas" and the "Editors" are just 2 different views on the same topic.
Thanks for reading up to here :) 
-gaia-
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