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Re: How to get wiki editing permissions
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Re: How to get wiki editing permissions
Hi, I'm willing to help with FreeCAD documentation.
As soon as this post is approved I will send the PM asking for an account on the Wiki.
Thanks.
As soon as this post is approved I will send the PM asking for an account on the Wiki.
Thanks.
Re: How to get wiki editing permissions
Does FreeCAD have a Slack channel or an open source version of Slack, like https://about.riot.im, to discuss and approve larger documentation improvements as a group? Or maybe we could meet on Zoom or some open source version, like https://jitsi.org?
I don't like forums for higher frequency discussions where multiple people may be replying with the same information at the same time.
For example, I would like to improve the accessibility of the wiki's left hand menu by either renaming or grouping headings.
In an example, we may be able to clean up a handful of headings by removing FreeCAD from most of these headings and rewording them, yet still retain their URL, which doesn't really affect accessibility anyways unless our users are actually typing in URL's by hand:
I don't like forums for higher frequency discussions where multiple people may be replying with the same information at the same time.
For example, I would like to improve the accessibility of the wiki's left hand menu by either renaming or grouping headings.
In an example, we may be able to clean up a handful of headings by removing FreeCAD from most of these headings and rewording them, yet still retain their URL, which doesn't really affect accessibility anyways unless our users are actually typing in URL's by hand:
- Installing FreeCAD
- The FreeCAD Document
- Customizing FreeCAD
- FreeCAD scripting basics
- Translating FreeCAD
- Working with workbenches
- Working with constraints
- Working with meshes
- Working with 3D parts
- Working with robots
- Working with macros
- Powerusers documentation
- Powerusers hub
- Accessing the 3D view
- Accessing the interface
- FreeCAD scripting basics
- Scripted Objects
- Scripting examples
- Mesh scripting
- Part scripting
- Developers documentation
- Developers hub
- using GIF software to record and document FreeCAD fundamentals for the website, Youtube, wiki/manual, etc.
- using diagrams and flowcharts to communicate workflows and roadmaps
- workflows:
- release, change, and discontinue
- request, order, and notice
Re: How to get wiki editing permissions
The left menu is called the "Sidebar", and it's only editable by people with administrator privileges.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar
I don't like the contents at all. In my opinion, it should have much more simplified links, similar to what you propose. Instead of waiting for the administrators to modify it, I have attempted to organize the topics with the bottom bars that you see in many pages; these are "navigation bars" editable by users (they are templates {{Userdocnavi}} and the like).
I suggest you work more on the information itself, and forget a bit about the Sidebar for now; the user pages are more important. Personally, I would avoid using too many GIFs as they make the page heavy; they should be used with care. Many pages are downloaded and used statically, so they shouldn't include GIFs.I have many other suggestions or things that I could improve, like:
*using GIF software to record and document FreeCAD fundamentals for the website, Youtube, wiki/manual, etc.
*using diagrams and flowcharts to communicate workflows and roadmaps
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Re: How to get wiki editing permissions
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The proposal to alter the wiki sidebar is good but is off-topic. There is a thread discussing this already in the Wiki subforum. You can add it there.
I also encourage you to create gifs if that is something that you are good at and store them in a git repo somewhere. They may not go in the main documentation but perhaps in auxilliary documentation. If they are small enough, they may go in to the main documentation (but that is debatable).
The proposal to alter the wiki sidebar is good but is off-topic. There is a thread discussing this already in the Wiki subforum. You can add it there.
I also encourage you to create gifs if that is something that you are good at and store them in a git repo somewhere. They may not go in the main documentation but perhaps in auxilliary documentation. If they are small enough, they may go in to the main documentation (but that is debatable).
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Re: How to get wiki editing permissions
Hi, I want to help translate wiki articles into Russian. I want to start with the tutorials, and I need access to edit the wiki.
Re: How to get wiki editing permissions
Please, I want to contribute to the Spanish translation of the documentation. May I?
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Re: How to get wiki editing permissions
Hi,
I've been playing around with Freecad for a few months and would like to improve the wiki, especially regarding wood-related workbenchs. I'll send a PM to admins, thanks in advance!
Best regards
I've been playing around with Freecad for a few months and would like to improve the wiki, especially regarding wood-related workbenchs. I'll send a PM to admins, thanks in advance!
Best regards
Re: How to get wiki editing permissions
Hi,
I've been working with FreeCAD for about three months. I've found a mistake in the Wiki.
So I want permission to edit the Wiki.
Thanks
I've been working with FreeCAD for about three months. I've found a mistake in the Wiki.
So I want permission to edit the Wiki.
Thanks