[wp-docs] WordPress Guide in Codex

[Andrea Rennick]

I'm in!

Not only that, at StudioPress we really like to send people to official
resources first. there's just no good singular spot to send a new user who
just heard of WP. Sometimes I send people to wp.com resources, but that
confuses them as well. We do get a fair amount of general WordPress related
questions.

And I can spend some work time on this. ;) I've already got a short list of
basic tutorials needed, including ones that could be easier to find.

One basic tutorial missing, and yes needed by a totally new user, is how to
create a home link using the custom nav menu. Yes, you just use the custom
link option and fill in your URL. But this is non-obvious to
someone learning. :)

I'll see if I can get my list typed up soonish. Hey, aren't you going away
for a few days? :P

a.

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Lorelle on WordPress <
lorelleonwordpress at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of my goals this year with the Codex is to address the issue of too
> many businesses, schools, associations, and groups writing their own
> "WordPress Guides" for using WordPress. We now have excellent connections
> with support within WordPress core, Learn WordPress, and WordPress Lessons
> to help with a lot of the basics for using WordPress and I'd like to take
> this a step further in the Codex. I want people to NOT have to write
> inhouse guides except for guidelines specific to their special needs. NASA
> even has one. SIGH.
>
> 1. Create a review list of the public guides online (good and bad) with
> comments.
>
> 2. Create a layout of the steps needed and linked to Codex and Learn
> articles/videos already available.
>
> 3. Proposals on how to fill in the gaps and create a TOC guide or
> step-by-step process to help those needing such guides within the Codex and
> help the Learn team find gaps.
>
> 4. Create a "form" on the Codex for groups to build upon for creating
> their own inhouse guide.
>
> This should help us really identify the gaps we have in documentation. It
> will also help all the documentation projects around WordPress without
> stepping on toes, I hope.
>
> Want to join the process?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lorelle
>
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