[wp-docs] Screencasts

[Michael E. Hancock]

I believe you'll need to change MediaWiki settings if you're going to upload
screencast files (e.g. SWF) to Codex.

See:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Upload#Supported_file_types.3B_miscellaneous

~~~~MichaelH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lorelle VanFossen" <lorelle at cameraontheroad.com>
To: "WordPress Documentation" <wp-docs at lists.automattic.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [wp-docs] Screencasts


> To bring everyone up to date on this issue, it was suggested by Matt
> during this week's WordPress Meetup that the Codex begin plans to
> include "screencasts". For those new to this concept, it is like a
> "podcast" but basically an animated/video-like display of screen shots.
> An example would be installing WordPress. A link to the screencast would
> be on the Installing WordPress Codex article page, giving users a chance
> to read through the documentation and/or view the animated process of
> how to install WordPress.
>
> I've set up a page on the Codex to take notes on how this may work and
> provide links to examples and other things and open this up to
> discussion here, and in that page's discussion page.
>
> We will need someone to coordinate this with the Codex.  I've talked to
> a couple people about this and I'm awaiting their answer. We will also
> need volunteers to take on the fun of making such screencasts.  There
> are a lot of decisions and information to gather, like which articles
> would best be suited to this, decisions about software, and how to
> coordinate this effort.
>
> It's very exciting.  Let's start making plans and begin to put this into
> effect. See: http://codex.wordpress.org/Codex:Screencasts for more
> information and to sign up.
>
> Lorelle
>
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