[Bf-docboard] Blender.org education/help section

[Willie Pierce]

One thing I would like to see is tool tips and a better basic help file. At times I'll have my laptop but no net connection so looking up a random quick thing becomes a deal breaker.

Marines wear shirts that say things like "pain is weakness leaving the body."

The Army wears shirts that say "the Bahamas."

Coincidence in think not.

Willie Pierce
Pls excuse any spelling errors sent from iPhone.

On May 19, 2011, at 1:26 AM, Raindrops From Sky <raindrops.fromsky at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, unless someone is willing to finish that, let us not look back and slow down. :)
> 
> In any case the icons must be available from whoever designed them.
> That is a great beginning. 
> 
> Secondly, the screenshots of panels need to be annotated before posting (e.g. attach numbers that are explained in the text). I think I saw a German wiki for Blender like that.
> 
> I guess we will need OCR of each captured screen also, so that we can paste the text in a table and then just add a column to explain what each control does. That will finish the work much faster than having to look at each screenshot and enter all that text manually.
> 
> So we may not have lost much (if anything at all).
> 
> Let's do it!
> 
> -Regards,
> Narayan
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Tom M <letterrip at gmail.com> wrote:
> speaking of bulk screenshots, ideasman i think had an intent to
> automatically capture every panel, subpanel, icon, etc. as indvidual
> screenshots automatically.
> 
> That never seemed to happen.
> 
> LetterRip
> 
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Raindrops From Sky
> <raindrops.fromsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would like to be in this team.
> >
> > In addition to coordination, I can also author pages, take bulk screenshots
> > (so that others can focus on authoring), make charts to explain concepts,
> > and make short videos.
> >
> > ***
> > If we think of this as a (sprint) project, then it would be relevant to look
> > for a "project charter" at this point:
> >
> > How much freedom is given to the team?
> >
> > Is this going to be strictly authoring exercise, or are we allowed to review
> > the suitability of platform (e.g. whether to use mediawiki)?
> > Are we allowed to review/edit the TOC for the User Manual?
> > Are we allowed to review/change the template for wiki?
> >
> > What are the constraints and scope of work?
> >
> > What are the things that are already fixed; and so must not be changed (e.g.
> > wiki structure, authoring rules)
> >
> > People with defined authorities in specific areas.
> > (e.g. what the webmasters are authorized for)
> > Existing resources: People who are already part of the team; and how they
> > would like to contribute (authoring, screenshots, illustrations, videos,
> > etc.)
> > People who are going to provide infrastructural support to the coordination
> > team (in setting up web pages, writing scripts, configuring modules)
> >
> > ***
> > IMHO videos would be an important medium for education in future. In that
> > context, a new version of Wink (designed for HTML 5) is under development. I
> > can get new features developed specifically for Blender wiki.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Narayan
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