[TYPO3] No tutorials? Draft idea attached...

[Peter Kindström]

Hi
> So I think if we want to make it easier to learn we need to start to 
> realise that there are different needs within the CMS, and also 
> therefore different documentation needed depending on the need of the 
> CMS. So if all the documentation is written from the perspective of the 
> high end user or developer (often also one and the same) then that 
> doesn't mean the current documentation is at fault, it means that it 
> doesn't serve that particular segment of the market/user.

I have never said the documentation is bad, because it isn´t! It 
is just not well structured (not even for developers I think). I 
myself found very useful newbie information in one of the 
documents clearly aimed at developers...

You are right about perspectives, we need to write/organise 
documentation in a newbie/editor/administrator perspective. And 
if we do I think even developers will benefit, because most of 
them start as Typo3 newbies as well (but maybe learn quicker).


> If the documentation is hard to understand for a newbie then why don't 
> some of them write documentation that does suit their needs instead of 
> expecting others to do it?

Well, we need someone to encourage them, not telling them "stop 
complaining. If you don´t like it, make something better 
yourself". That´s *not* encouraging!

I have experience from trying to make better structured 
documentation, but with no support from the "big guys" you can´t 
do any bigger changes - simply because you don´t have any 
control over the documents or the current structure on typo3.org.


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Peter Kindström