[wp-docs] Codex updates for 2.1?

[Jennifer Hodgdon]

lorelle at cameraontheroad.com wrote:
> As with all releases, information specific to the new release will be added as
> soon as all the information is available, and a volunteer kicks in with the
> writing. Are you volunteering? ;-)

Yes, actually.

> If you would like to help, jump in and let us know specifically what you want to 
> do, fix, improve, and add. We're thrilled to have you involved.

OK, here goes.  As a developer, I have a suggestion for a 
reorganization of the Developer Resources page 
(codex.wordpress.org/Developer_Documentation). I'm hereby volunteering 
to (a) reorganize and (b) at least do some of the 2.1 rewrites.

I suggest separating Developer Resources into the following sections:
*   Theme Development
*   Plugin Development
*   Contributing to WordPress
*   Forums, Lists & Blogs [anyone with a better title idea here?]

Probably codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page should just point developers to 
the main Developer Resources page, rather than maintaining links in 
the Developers section there too (my experience has been that anything 
maintained in more than one spot is likely to get out of synch).

Here are what I would suggest putting into each section (mostly 
existing pages):

Theme Development
*   Theme Development (codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development) [There 
are a BUNCH of overlapping articles in the Codex about Theme 
development, and it would be useful to clean it up somewhat. Next 
project...]
*   Designing Themes for Public Release 
(codex.wordpress.org/Designing_Themes_for_Public_Release)
*   Distributing your Theme (themes.wordpress.net)
*   Coding Standards (codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Coding_Standards)
*   Template Tags (codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags) [2.1 update needed]
*   Conditional Tags (codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags) [2.1 
update needed]
*   Function Reference (codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference) [2.1 
update needed]
*   Migrating Themes and Plugins from 2.0.x to 2.1 [new]
*   Finding Existing Themes (themes.wordpress.net)

Plugin Development
*   Writing a Plugin (codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin)
*   Coding Standards (codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Coding_Standards)
*   Distributing your Plugin [make separate page? currently part of 
Writing, but I think it deserves its own page]
*   Hooks, Actions, and Filters (codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API) [2.1 
update needed]
*   Function Reference (codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference) [2.1 
update needed]
*   Migrating from 2.0.x to 2.1 [new]
*   Find Existing Plugins (wordpress.org/extend/plugins)

Contributing to WordPress
*   Contributing to WordPress 
(codex.wordpress.org/Contributing_to_WordPress)
(this article has great links already, not sure if they should all be 
listed separately in the developer area)

Forums, Lists & Blogs
*   WordPress Blog (wordpress.org/development)
*   WordPress Planet (planet.wordpress.org)
*   Support Forum (wordpress.org/support)
*   IRC Channels (codex.wordpress.org/IRC)
*   Mailing lists (codex.wordpress.org/Mailing_Lists)

Comments? Thoughts?
      Jennifer