[FM Discuss] FLOSSify is go!

[mick at mcin.net]

This is probably the wrong time to ask

But are the software specific chapers also going to be in cluded in the FM
manuals for that software?

In short, how are you approaching the issue of sofware based manuals and
task based manuals and avoiding duplication with the structure.

Feel free to say "that's a question for  Amsterdam"

mick

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Anne Gentle <annegentle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, you all, this content looks great. I love the "infobox" tables as a
> feature of the page layout, too.
>
> It's a great visual - going to the book's main "write" page and seeing the
> blinking orange names showing that someone's working on a chapter. Thanks
> for sharing photos, too Adam. The photos just make the image of productivity
> come to life even more. You are sprinting and you look great doing it! :)
>
> Anne
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:17 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 17:19 +0000, mick at mcin.net wrote:
>> > great stuff!!!!!
>> > go go go!
>> > no sleep till bedtime!
>> > i'll test out your gimp and kompozer work with the people of salford
>> > soon enough!
>> >
>>
>> :)
>>
>> some pics at :
>> http://www.flossmanuals.net/about
>>
>> adam
>>
>>
>>
>> > mick
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 5:04 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >         hey
>> >
>> >         we have started FLOSSify...you can see the progress here:
>> >         http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/DigitalFoundations
>> >
>> >         its looking good! anyone can contribute...we have broken the
>> >         sections
>> >         down to specific softwares and we are working with :
>> >         inkscape
>> >         gimp
>> >         kompozer
>> >         scribus
>> >         firefox
>> >         processing
>> >
>> >         we have 7 people currently working on it with more to come
>> >         later. one
>> >         interesting thing i learned from Micheal is a tip on layout.
>> >         FM uses a
>> >         max 600 pixel image width and if we keep the width of images
>> >         to
>> >         increments of 150 it makes the page look so much nicer than
>> >         random image
>> >         widths...
>> >
>> >         so widths of 150, 300, 450. 600 work very well..simple but
>> >         effective
>> >
>> >         interesting for future layouts
>> >
>> >         adam
>> >
>> >
>> >         --
>> >         Adam Hyde
>> >         Founder FLOSS Manuals
>> >         German mobile : + 49 15 2230 54563
>> >         Email : adam at flossmanuals.net
>> >
>> >         "Free manuals for free software"
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