[Bf-docboard] Bf-docboard Digest, Vol 46, Issue 1

[Mike Belanger]

I had a few ideas about the wiki too,

1.  As I understand it, a new set of icons is going to be introduced to
version 2.50.  Needless to say,  the screenshots
in the tutorials would then need updating.  That being said, the tutorials
all need a complete overview, once the new icons/interface have been
finalized.  Of course, this takes time, so it might be good to begin as soon
as possible.  Better coordination with devs and docs would be needed though
( e.g. Dev makes commit, doc guy begins drafting documentation soon after.
)

2.  It would be ideal if the wiki updates could all be subscribed to via
RSS, which I can't seem to atm.  And it would be nice if each category had
its own feed e.g. a modeler could stay subscribed to mesh editing section,
animator subscribed to animation updates, etc.  That way each specialist can
stay updated in their respective field, in "bite size" amounts of data.


On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:34 AM, Roger Wickes <rogerwickes at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey, great to have you back! I would like to be responsible for the Manual
> pages, (which just broached 1,250,000 hits!) and have the authority to
> control content changes. Skin changes I could care less about. I keep a list
> of what needs to be done in the To-Do list at
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Wiki_Tasks as you awesome coders keep
> adding features.
>
> I have long wanted to beef up the Reference and keep doco on each panel
> updated in there. An example of that is the new Stamp panel. However, I have
> not really bothered with Reference as I think with 2.50 that whole panel
> organization will re-boot.
>
> At this time I am entering a very busy period for the next 3 months, with a
> book and video deal, so I will be in quiet mode and just build a list and
> concepts and sandbox any changes, rather than actually making changes. I
> also don't want to put alot into something that will need a drastic overhaul
> (reference manual).
>
> Tutorials has issues with organization, but I havent really spent any time
> on it. The issue is that Blender is an integrated, full featured tool, so
> many tutorial are not about modeling or just about texturing, but span many
> functional areas. I envision a venn diagram kind of presentation, with
> application/use on one side (architecture, game, outdoors, CG scenes,
> compositing) and functionality (modeling, animation, rendering, post-pro) on
> the other axis.
>
> I cannot comment on BlenderDev. I have read reference manuals on software
> internals for applications my company has developed, and api docs for
> applications like websphere. Both of those are something like 90% different
> from what we have for Blender, so I cannot even begin to compare or comment.
>
>
> Scripts are core to Blender's extensibility and contains a very rich set
> of functionality that is sadly overlooked largely because the doco is
> disperate and poorly advertised and scant. Migius and Meta have done an incredible
> job there getting from nothing to 1.0, and I will do what I can to help
> them get to 2.0 level.
>
> Game Engine wiki doco is sad, and as i have said earlier, people just need
> to buy the new book. I make the comparison to the wiki pre-my involvement to
> what we have now, where just whole entire concepts and topics need to be
> written.
>
> As a separate issue, everyone keeps saying 2.5, and not 2.50. oh well. If
> it is as dramatic as everyone says, you might want to consider 3 and be
> consistent.
>
> I am surprised at all the questions i get on the forums caused by old
> tutorials and such due to relatively minor UI changes that have occurred.
> The UV unwrap from edit mode, for example. I'm thinking we need to
> archive(?) the pre-2.50 info somehow, or have an active search, if the UI of
> 2.50+ will be drastically different, since that material is already out
> there to stay.
>
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