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Re: LDraw.org Tutorials - Categorization, Storage, Indexing, etc...
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Mon, 11 Feb 2002 02:51:09 GMT
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I thought it would be a good idea if the tutorials were available for
download in Microsoft Help format. I slapped one up onto the web as an
example. Check it out. Here's the URL:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Quadrant/3864/mhelp.htm
I also thought that writing tutorials to fit in Microsoft Help would be a
good trainer for those writing tutorials for the web.
Here are some other ideas I have regarding the LDraw.org site.
Forget the class 101 thing. It gives me a headache. I'm already in school,
I don't need to be reminded...
The categories "Reference" and "Documentation" should be reversed. A
tutorial is much more a constituent of documentation, and specification is
much more a constituent of reference, etc. Also, I think specifications and
glossary should fit under reference (after the reversal).
You could create a list of words that need defining, and post it on the web,
under the "We're Looking for These Tutorial Topics:" section, maybe. Then
people can define these words, one by one. Maybe not everyone has time to
complete a whole tutorial as a contribution, but I bet more people would be
willing to contribute glossary terms, one by one. You could also include a
form at the bottom of each tutorial, stating "Which of these words did you
not understand?". The visitor could then enter a word, or a series of words
separated by a comma, into a form box. The results could then be output
into another text page.
Also, if the glossary were <A HREFFED> we could correlate each occurance of
a term with its analogue in the glossary, respectively. This would aid in
organizing our term content, and help those who are looking for more
information.
LMKWYT
-Mike
In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jimmy Figiel writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jimmy Figiel writes:
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> > I have some concerns with over burdening Tim with the reformating and
> > posting of the tutorials. I would hate to bug him everytime a change
> > or enhancement is made. I built mine in lugnet using the ftx language. It
> > was actually very easy to use. If we all built them there, Tim would just
> > have to maintain the links, and all the tutorials would be formatted the
> > same way.
>
> I hate to respond to my own post, but I had another thought. Is there a format
> that would make your life easier to post and that fits within the ldraw.org
> layout? Maybe putting the entire tutorial into a html table. If we can find
> some way to format our tutorials in the same manor it might help.
>
> (I personaly like keeping them in lugnet and completely taking the burden
> off of Tim.)
>
> Jimmy 8(:O))
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