[wp-docs] How do I ? page

miahz miahzmiahz at gmail.com
Wed Oct 13 03:51:35 UTC 2004


On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:52:28 +0100, Podz <podz at tamba2.org.uk> wrote:
> That was my initial thought, but using the list I have open when I'm
> helping in the forum, that would mean 23 pages just for the first
> section of the list. For maintenance purposes, that's a huge number.

Well, that's what we're here for, right?  If it's a matter of grunt
work, just divvy it up.  I could take some pages, and i'm sure there's
some other folks that would take a few.



On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:20:15 -0700, Kitty <kitty at mookitty.co.uk> wrote:
> Something like:
> 
> [Descriptive Title]
>  [Broadly worded, yet specific question]
>   [The answer]

Depending on the topic, i might even omit the question there and just
stick with a straight title, which would allow the same page to be
linked from a manual, glossary, etc. without too much context issues. 
Keep the title and content task-/topic-oriented rather than
question/answer.  For example: "Managing Plugins" or "Plugin
Management" or "Using Plugins" rather than "How To Manage Plugins" or
"How Do I...".  The "question format" is just a means of getting to
the answer.  Thoughts?



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