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interesting.
Aye aye.
although imho it might take a bit longer than an hour. but yeah all the key
ideas for creating a searchable, indexed, editable, kb viewable online is at
your fingertips.
Daniel
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From: Collin Turner [mailto:collinwrites -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:55 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Word Press for online doc
I'll second the WordPress plug. Assigning users, permissions, revision
history, easy install, backups, etc. I've used WordPress on many, many
projects and have never regretted it.
Let's also talk about the "Wow" factor. Launching a functional and usable
"site" in less than an hour? Well, let's just say that many clients will be
impressed.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:24 PM, David Neeley <dbneeley -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Patty,
>
> You are most welcome!
>
> As you are probably aware, there are thousands of plug-ins and styles
> available to customize your site. For example, you can easily put in
> drop-down menus that could link directly to various sections of your
> documentation, either from the first page only, from selected pages,
> or from all pages.
>
> You can also benefit greatly from tags as an additional search
> method--and, if you wish, put a tag cloud in the sidebar area so
> people can go right to the relevant information. In short, you can
> make it extremely user friendly.
>
> Don't neglect the possibility of adding forums with the companion
> BBPress: <http://www.bbpress.org>
>
> Or, perhaps, one or more of the social networking features of
> BuddyPress: <http://www.buddypress.org>
>
> For the latter, at least for now, you would have to install WordPress
> MU, although the multi user functionality is being merged with the
> primary WordPress for an upcoming release.
>
> David
>
>
> > From: "Blount, Patricia A" <Patricia -dot- Blount -at- ca -dot- com>
> > To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> > Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:57:01 -0500
> > Subject: Word Press for online doc
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > Just wanted to thank David for posting the link to the article about
> > using Word Press as an online doc platform. I have just started
> > working on a Word Press project we're using as a website to support
> > a beta launch of a new product. We'd even gone so far as to post
> > procedural information as blog posts, so users could search Google for
information.
> > I've been having a grand time with the whole project.
> >
> > I'll let you know how it all goes.
> >
> > Patty B.
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