Posted by
Jacques Le Roux on
Mar 30, 2006; 3:25pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Users-Updated-documentation-tp138178p138185.html
Here I have to mention that I also did a doc last year.
Argh :( in french ;o) :
http://www.les7arts.com/assist/OFBiz/Creation%20Catalogue%20de%20produits.pdfFor me the bible is always :
http://www.undersunconsulting.com/static/OFBizBasicProductionSetup.pdfEven if, yes, it's not very user oriented...
And Ray made also a beautiful documentation for POS :
http://ofbizwiki.go-integral.com/attach/PointOfSaleSystem/Till+Manual_V1_7.pdfJacques
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From: "David Welton" <
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Subject: Re: [OFBiz] Users - Updated documentation ...
> On 3/29/06, David E. Jones <
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> >
> > This does bring up an interesting discussion point: how should we manage
end-user oriented documentation (and other documentation too...)?
> >
> > Notice that I did _not_ ask what would everyone like to see in the
documentation... that is a moot point without a way to go about getting it in
place. I'd rather not talk about that as it has been discussed quite a bit, it
confuses the point of how to get things done and who will do them, and often
leads to blaming those who have contributed to OFBiz for not contributing even
more.
>
> I suggested including this documentation because:
>
> 1) It exists.
> 2) It's helpful.
> 3) The author is willing to release it under a suitable license.
>
> Perhaps it's not perfect, but it seems like a reasonable guide to
> doing basic things in OFBiz, which is a good starting point for
> anyone, whether they intend to hack things at a low level or not.
>
> The idea is to take what exists and run with it, rather than spend too
> much time worrying about how things ought to be. Perhaps you can even
> manage to rope Ian into doing more documentation?:-)
>
> I realize there is some complexity in the situation... A successful
> strategy for other open source projects has been to have basic
> reference manuals that are free, and then people write books for those
> who want more handholding/a more expository approach. The problem, of
> course, is bootstrapping things to the point where there is interest
> in the book... hopefully moving to the ASF will help with that, but I
> also think that some basic docs like Ian's wouldn't hurt, for people
> approaching the system for the first time - perhaps they would help
> 'capture' a larger portion of people investigating OFBiz, with the
> accompanying virtuous circle that that entails if some of those
> people, in turn, contribute back in some way.
>
> In any case, just an idea...
>
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