[wp-docs] WordPress Help Manual on WP Academy

[Lorelle on WordPress]

I'm sure an official voice will come in and give you the definitive answer,
but I can tell you from vast experience, the answer to a link from the
Codex is no.

I believe we've had these discussions with wpacademy.tv in the past, or
something similar. There are many such sites and services, and the names
are so similar. There have been many "help manuals" and training and video
programs for WordPress over the years.WordPress has Learn WordPress, an
official source of organized videos and tutorials, and WordPress.tv
resources, and we've been working on bringing videos into the WordPress
Codex for a long time as well.

The WordPress Codex does not link to commercial sites as a rule. Please
review the http://codex.wordpress.org/Codex:Guidelines regarding external
links. You've clearly stated that this is not public domain code and has a
cost.

If you would like to pursue this further, contact the WordPress Foundation
as they may be able to help you in other ways. There are many ways to
contribute to the WordPress Community beyond the Codex.

Good luck with your project and thank you for asking.

Lorelle



On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Marc Beneteau <docs at manifesting.net> wrote:

> Quick question for y'all -- does something like this warrant a link back
> from the Codex?
>
> http://wpacademy.tv/ww3.htm
>
> Please note the first four free modules including the "WordPress basic
> training sequence".  I believe this might be the world's first true
> WordPress "Help Manual" (meaning a collection of hyperlinked topics with an
> expanding / collapsing table of contents, as in Winhelp or Java Help)
>
> A note about the technology used.  It is an integration of help authoring
> software (Help & Manual) with a WordPress membership site.  I am making
> this technology available for free to any open-source or public-interest
> projects, however I doubt that it would be useful for this purpose, as it
> is not a multi-authoring system.  It's also not public domain code, the H&M
> software is about $500 and it uses the Thesis theme ($100) and Wishlist
> Member (also $100).
>
> I am always looking for ways to collaborate with open-source projects,
> including donating this or any of our other content to Codex, so let me
> know if you have any ideas to marc at wpacademy.tv.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc
>
>
>
>
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