[ZWeb] Documentation Index

[Shane Hathaway]

Andrew Sawyers wrote:
> I may not be the person in the know on this, but since I have been working
> on these pages alot, I am going to comment.  Since we have been attempting
> to narrow the focus of the documentation index, so specific documentation is
> easier to find.  The organization has been the key.  If we think of it as a
> library, books are shelved based on their focus; and the reference section
> would contain items which cover a large range of topics, such as an
> encyclopedia.  I would propose we place items which have a broader
> relationship to the documentation categories either in reference or we look
> at redoing the left nav bar, utilizing it to possibly be a place for
> important documents which transcend the categorical nature of the
> documentation index's layout.  At present, that left navbar isn't very
> useful since the documents listed there are easily found on the new
> documentation index.  Our goal should be towards making the documentation
> easy to find.  I see the table top as being the categorical structure.....
> comments?

To me Itamar's document seems more like the library catalog than one of
the books.  If it had been available when I started learning Zope, I
would have used it instead of whatever documentation index there might
be on zope.org.

The only future concern is maintenance.  If we give it a prominent place
in the documentation, we need to figure out how it will be updated.

However, I'm just making suggestions.  Feel free to implement it how you
like.

Shane

> Andrew
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shane Hathaway" <shane@digicool.com>
> To: "emf" <mindlace@digicool.com>
> Cc: <zope-web@zope.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 10:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [ZWeb] Documentation Index
> 
> > emf wrote:
> > >
> > > Shane Hathaway wrote:
> > > > Itamar's LearningZope is misclassified.  It transcends the categories,
> > > > being an important part of 4 of the 5 categories.
> > >
> > > so does it get to be "reference"?
> >
> > More like "overall".  I picture it like a table with legs.  The Zope
> > book, LearningZope, and perhaps others lay horizontal at the top since
> > they delve into all categories but do not provide full depth.  Most of
> > what's on the documentation page makes up the legs, since they provide
> > the narrow focused depth.
> >
> > Shane
> >
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