user input

[quote]

What is most confusing about the documentation for a newbie
like me is 
there is no outline of the structure of the program to begin
with. ( I 
didnt even understand the use for the program - see 2ndlast
paragraph 
below - I'm not that bright))
I will attempt to advise you as I go along on how the
documentation 
might be improved.
However, let me tell you, when I bought this webspace 6
weeks ago, I 
knew virtually nothing about css & php except the words
( 
abbreviations?). ( I made html 1 webpages by hand in the
90's, and a few 
very very simple pages in word and frontpage since then, no
php or css).

I learned how to manipulate joomla & css and php files
in a few hours 
using the "Screenbooks visual tutorial" I found at
help.joomla.org. I 
would suggest you do something like that, and do it with a
newbie 
sitting beside you.

This type of help is exactly what a newbie needs. And if you
could do 
something like that, maybe Gallery would be used by many
many more 
people.To me, having to ask basic questions about a product
on a forum 
like this, instead of being able to consult a reference of
some kind, 
makes the whole thing seem undocumentated and useful only to
computer 
programming wizards. I wouldnt have bothered to post the
questions on 
this forum if I knew of any other open source gallery type
program to 
install.

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I was inspired enough to try to give developers a better
starting point.

http://codex.ga
llery2.org/Development

The links in the Gallery 2 column have been reorganized with
more useful 
information at the top.  The very top link, "Code
Overview" is a new 
document I wrote as a developer introduction and linking
into other 
documents for more detail.

I'm done with this pass, so feel free to edit/add, add
links, etc.. I'm 
not sure how great this document is, but it's definitely
better than we 
had before 

    - Alan


Alan Harder wrote:
>
> [quote]
>
> What is most confusing about the documentation for a
newbie like me is 
> there is no outline of the structure of the program to
begin with. ( I 
> didnt even understand the use for the program - see
2ndlast paragraph 
> below - I'm not that bright))
> I will attempt to advise you as I go along on how the
documentation 
> might be improved.
> However, let me tell you, when I bought this webspace 6
weeks ago, I 
> knew virtually nothing about css & php except the
words ( 
> abbreviations?). ( I made html 1 webpages by hand in
the 90's, and a 
> few very very simple pages in word and frontpage since
then, no php or 
> css).
>
> I learned how to manipulate joomla & css and php
files in a few hours 
> using the "Screenbooks visual tutorial" I
found at help.joomla.org. I 
> would suggest you do something like that, and do it
with a newbie 
> sitting beside you.
>
> This type of help is exactly what a newbie needs. And
if you could do 
> something like that, maybe Gallery would be used by
many many more 
> people.To me, having to ask basic questions about a
product on a forum 
> like this, instead of being able to consult a reference
of some kind, 
> makes the whole thing seem undocumentated and useful
only to computer 
> programming wizards. I wouldnt have bothered to post
the questions on 
> this forum if I knew of any other open source gallery
type program to 
> install.
>
> [/quote]
>
>
>


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