Editing documentation.

[silverflight8]

Mainly to avoid spamming denise on dw_docs. Things got more organized the more I typed. THINGS ARE LINKED LIKE EVERYWHERE BECAUSE OTHERWISE THIS WOULD BE WILDLY OUT OF HAND.


-what is an interaction menu? removed from all FAQs; more confusing than helpful.

-add "and" to age restrict FAQ: "...Discretion", "Is suitable..."

-extra tag in restriction filters FAQ (twice)

-(viewer discretion advised) etc labels look like page breaks instead of example

-expand on last sentence, restriction FAQ

-choosing user icon FAQ: what "view thumbnails"?

-wrt to different methods of doing x, check site schemes access method

-"If the entry security level is "private", nobody can see it or any of its comments but you." should be no comments (unless they're yours) on a private entry

-super-confusing for me when I tried first to link to other sites; didn't process that <user> is like <a> (a href="" alt="" title="", etc) clarify? (too much HTML knowledge?) rework writing?

-link to other users: using RTE, highlight "Account" - add image?

-cut FAQ: hiding spoilers ineffective because linking direct to entry will bring up everything anyway; only effective for scroll-by, get rid of example?

-client FAQ: miscategorization? tangentially related to entries, anyway.

-private entries FAQ: not sure about future one - post at reg. security, edit to less-secure later - check tomorrow

-private entries FAQ: is it possible to make all private at once, or like LJ's one security level -> another? for posterity: apparently yes. Although I do not have a paid/prem account so can't check.

-private entries FAQ: mention that it's possible to do by hand, downloadable clients? (clients - DW nomenclature?)

-RTE/HTML editor FAQ: should come earlier?

-Crossposting FAQ: remove Inksome ETA: Ask for suggestions in dw-docs.

-HTML allowed FAQ: what about <iframe>? or hold off until Youtube thing is solved? ETA: nevermind, SOLVED.

-HTML allowed FAQ: insert warning - external web service, please be wary, not DW, etc?

-DOOO FAQ: add mention of how to make sticky post

-Poll FAQ: (poll does not look like a word anymore) HTML formatting tags for this? (same as LJ?)
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* How do I post an entry?
* How do I set age restriction filters on my journal or entry?
* How do I post an entry to a community that I administer or am a member of?
* How do I control who can read my entries?
* How can I choose which user icon to use?
* How can I set my mood, music, or location?
* How do I edit or delete an entry?
* How do I make a link to another Dreamwidth account?
* What is a cut? How can I hide part of my entry behind a cut?
* How do I make an entry sticky, so it's always at the top of my journal?
* What is a client? What clients can I use with Dreamwidth?
* How do I make all my posts private?
* What is the Rich Text Editor? What is the HTML Editor?
* How can I crosspost entries?
* Which journalling services can I crosspost to?
* What HTML can I use in my entry?
* How do I post an entry without it showing on my subscribers' reading pages? Why would I do this?
* How do I create a poll?
* How do I close or reopen a poll?
* What is Auto-Formatting?
* How can I email entries into my journal?

Comments

[sofiaviolet]

Wow, you are organized! I just read the manual of style and then started rewriting. :)

[silverflight8]

Haha, not really. I was procrastinating on something else XD

How do I post an entry?

[sofiaviolet]

To post an entry, you must log in to your Dreamwidth Studios account. You will need to navigate to the Post an Entry page, which may be reached via the Create menu on site-schemed pages, the Navigation Strip if you have enabled it, and your profile page.

You may compose your entry using either the Rich Text Editor or the HTML editor. You can select the editor you want to use with the "Rich Text" and "HTML" tabs. We recommend the HTML editor because the Rich Text Editor doesn't always format text properly.

When you're finished composing your entry, you can check how the entry will display after posting by clicking the "Preview" button or link. When you're ready to post, click on the "Post to [[username]]" button or link. Your entry will then appear in your journal.

Re: How do I post an entry?

[silverflight8]

Instead of "and" after "the navigation strip", maybe 'or' would be better.

You may compose your entry using either the Rich Text Editor or the HTML editor. You can select the editor you want to use with the "Rich Text" and "HTML" tabs

Add another sentence: "You can learn about switching between the two editors here." (with link; I can't remember but I think that links in the FAQs use different markup? Will check)

Everything else looks good. ;)

Re: How do I post an entry?

[denise]

Don't worry about using the right markup for links in FAQs or anything -- when you submit the "final version", whoever puts it on the site (me) will take care of that!

Oh, and one other small note:

Add another sentence: "You can learn about switching between the two editors here."

You probably already know this, but just in case: using 'here' as link text is a bad idea for accessibility, because people using some screenreaders/adaptive browsers have a function that can give them nothing but the links on the page (to cycle through and see if they want to open/read them, yadda) and being left with a bunch of out-of-context links labeled 'here' is frustrating. So, for something like this, you'd use something like "You can learn about switching between the two editors: <a href="link to FAQ">Title of FAQ</a>" or "To learn about switching between the two editors, see "<a href="link to FAQ">Title of FAQ</a>"".

Like I said, you probably already know that, since it's in the Manual of Style and you complimented that to me already (thank you for that, by the way! it made me Very Happy) but I'm just checking. :)

And wow, you guys are fast! And awesome, and this is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for people to do.

Re: How do I post an entry?

[silverflight8]

Would it be okay to put the link in the phrase "switching between the two editors" and then have the alt text be something like "Title of FAQ"?

Re: How do I post an entry?

[denise]

Oh, sure. You don't even have to use the alt text there (most screenreaders won't read it), just as long as the link text is something meaningful describing what you're heading towards, you're good. "Switching between the two editors" would work just fine as link text.

Re: How do I post an entry?

[silverflight8]

OK, good. :)

[denise]

"If the entry security level is "private", nobody can see it or any of its comments but you." should be no comments (unless they're yours) on a private entry

Actually, not always! If an entry was public or access-locked and then you changed the security, it can be private with lots of comments. This is pretty common for, say, someone posts something that they then think better of later.