Ryan, I have to agree on this user resource that need to accomodate a good documentation, especially considering the amount of releases that we have in one year
. So with that in mind, because I started the proposal, so I will try to assist with an idea to solve this limited resources.
I believe we already have the user integration between the forum and MODx system done. So why don’t we have a dedicated group to manage the docs. As for now, we dont have any revision in place yet, which means that we need to wait for the next couple releases, but at least we need to do something now, to start gathering as much documentation as possible. The, why don’t we take a risk by providing certain trsuted users, who already prove themselve worthy to participate in this documetnation effort. We might not have the revision, but we can trust the person who join the group. If they messed up the documentation, than that’s the risk, but the possibilty for this trustworthy users to messed up the documentation is much smaller compare to the amount of documentation that we can have in the long run.
For this, we actually need to choose the right leader to handle this documentation effort together. WIth the right leader, I believe we can have the right group of people. And no worries, by having a commenting system, the other users can participate in improving the docs.
As far as the integration effort, I would propose this to be done, to show the real flexibility of MODx to the world as well. Good for marketing stand point, don’t you think?
So what do you guys think? FYI, this the first open source community that I ever join, the second one mught phorum. But do you guys know the reason why I want to join this community? It’s not because of the software itself, but it’s because of the huge amount of documentation that MODx has, before I even started to try MODx. This documentation really help a newbie like me to get started without afraid getting lost in the middle of nowhere due to the lack of information or documentation. The other thing is of course the community
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Hope I get my message accross. I just want us to have the best open source system with a well structured docs and teams.