[ZDP] Beginners Guides

[Maik Roeder]

Hi Chris !

Chris Withers wrote:
> To be honest, the people who may use this may not even know what a
> 'newbie' is ;-)

OK.

> > I think we have a small problem with the SIGs. We need to list
> > them on the front page, but they must be separate from the
> > rest so we don't confuse people.
> 
> Hence a 'SIG portal', it works for me...

But not automatically with what I have programmed. So, I would
need to allow Sub-Portals inside Portals. I would also need to
list these Sub-Portals just like the Subjects of the other
Portals. 
 
> > On the front page I would like to have just the Portals. Is it
> > unrealistic to assume that people will select their Portal
> > without a short introduction ?
> 
> Yup, never underestimate people's lack of ability to understand
> something that makes sense to you...

Hence Usability Testing. So, we need some small abstracts for each
portal so people can select their destination. 
 
> I was thinking more about a small bit of text below 'ZDP Portals' saying
> something like 'please click on the link below that best described you
> and what you want to do with Zope.'

OK, this would make it clear. Another idea would be a small positioning
statement of the ZDP, which makes crystal clear what we are trying
to achieve:

"We provide entry points for every Zope user who wants to find Zope
Documentation. You can join your community Portal and  share information
with people who are interested in the same thing as you are"
 
> > http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Projects/Tutorial
> >
> > We should work together with Amos to make this a great resource.
> 
> Aha, Amos didn't know that NIP had done the mailing list archives (one
> of the things on his to-do list) and we didn't know eh'd done the
> tutorial.
> Does the Zope community have a communication problem?
> Oh yes, that's why we're build the Zope Documentation Portal ;-)

lol 
 
> > We need to link to the Tutorial once we have installed it on
> > ZDP.
> 
> Definitely, I see it making up most of the 'New Zope Users' portal, but
> the filtered FAQs and jump off links will still have to be done...

OK.
 
> Okay, next guess at how the front page should look:
> 
> Prospective Zope Users & Developers   New Zope Users & Developers
> Zope Users                            Zope Developers
> Zope Administrators                   Zope Hackers
>                        Web Designers
> 
> Documentation Projects                Special Interest Groups
> [Zope Book, ZQR, Snippets, FAQ]       [PTK, ZDP, ZEO ...]

Hey, this looks really good ! Do you want to have the Web Designers
in the central position ?
 
Greetings,

Maik Röder

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