[ZDP] Re. portal comments..

Alexandre Ratti alex@gabuzomeu.net
Thu, 11 May 2000 16:07:34 +0200


Hi again Maik,


At 15:27 11/05/2000 +0200, Maik Roeder wrote:
>The references should be stored in the member folder of a ZDP member.
>I don't think we need to create links to all howtos. I find it more important
>to create links that are helpful for the different communities in the
>subjects that are important for them and inside topics they care about.
>
>We want to make quality information available, and should not be compiling
>just another list of how-tos. We can still create a complete list of howtos
>right on the Zope.org site sorted by different criteria, and point to this
>list, which is always up to date.

A problem is that the Howtos and Tips are not indexed by topics/subjects on 
zope.org.

Some time ago I created a PDF compilation of all howtos and tips; it's only 
sorted by title and changed date. Readers often ask if I can provide a 
compilation with subject sorting; so far, it's not possible.

If howtos are referenced on ZDP, we can provide a better list, not just 
another list. Also, howtos can be integrated in "meta-books" together with 
other document types. This would make it easy to create PDF meta-books on 
important topics for easier download and printing.

At best, howtos should be moved to ZDP so that they can be indexed 
directly. Unfortunately, I guess it's just too difficult to arrange for now.


Cheers.

Alexandre