[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Introductory Material for the Book of Evergreen

[Karen Collier]

Robert,

Thanks for updating the documentation.  I've signed up for a github account as kcollier.  Could you make me a contributor?

Thanks,
Karen

----- "Robert Soulliere" <robert.soulliere at mohawkcollege.ca> wrote:

> Hi Karen,
> 
> I put your files in the repository at:
> http://github.com/rsoulliere/Evergreen-DocBook/tree/master/1.6/intro/
> 
> I also added the content to my test server at:
> http://libdog.mohawkcollege.ca/evergreen_documentation/draft/html/index.html.
> The files looked good and they were able to be processed by the
> docBook processer so I did not have to make any changes.
> 
> Karen, If you want to edit the files directly from the Github
> repository, you could set up a free github account. Then, let me know
> your github username and I can add you as a contributor to the
> repository. You can then edit the content from github using your
> browser. This is great for quick minor edits, but it is not as
> effective for longer edits since some of the "version control"
> benefits are lost in this type of editing. While testing with Repke,
> we found that things get messy when 2 people edit the same file at the
> same time. Also note that if you make changes to the repository, they
> will not be reflected on my test site. I would have to pull the
> changes to my test server.
> 
> A few more questions for the Documentation Group:
> 
> 1) Is anyone working on the Public OPAC section? I do not see anyone
> signed up for this section. If not, Does anyone have any simple text
> documents for 1.6 they could send to be converted to XML? Anything at
> all? If I get content in a word or other text format, I can convert to
> XML and get it into the repository.
> 
> 2) Is anyone working on the Development section? Any text documents
> out there? Any raw text notes from any developers which would be
> useful for documentation?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-documentation-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> [mailto:open-ils-documentation-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On
> Behalf Of Karen Collier
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 6:00 PM
> To: Public Open-ILS documentation discussion
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Introductory Material for the Book
> of Evergreen
> 
> I've been working on Part I (Introduction) of the user guide as
> outlined here:
> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:outline. 
> I have some content for the intro to the intro as well as the first
> chapter (About Evergreen).  I wrote it in Word and then took a stab at
> creating some DocBook XML files and I'm attaching both formats.
> 
> By submitting this I'm agreeing to the licensing terms here:
> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-docs:documentation_licensing_terms
> 
> Does anyone have any feedback, corrections, or suggestions?  Is it
> ready for the repository Robert set up
> (http://github.com/rsoulliere/Evergreen-DocBook)?  If so, Robert,
> could you add it, or help me figure out how?
> 
> (By the way, I'd like to heartily encourage anyone with documentation
> they think is ready to be included, regardless of whether it's in
> docbook format or not, to submit it to the list, like I'm doing.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Karen
> 
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> Karen Collier
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Karen Collier
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