[FM Discuss] glossary for civicrm

[helen varley jamieson]

she's asking for an index, which is different to a glossary, altho both 
are useful; & maybe could be combined by adding page references to each 
glossary entry?

On 25/04/10 7:02 AM, Michael McAndrew wrote:
> oops - here is her feedback.  any ideas on how we can tackle this 
> within the flossmanuals framework appreciated :)
>
> "I had a thought about the Civi guidebook - it could really use an 
> index at the back. So, for example if you want to look up 'adding 
> contacts to groups', you can go straight to the index and find the 
> exact pg number rather than having to search through the whole groups 
> chapter. I know there's a table of contents at the front, but I don't 
> think it's detailed enough."
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Michael McAndrew 
> <michaelmcandrew at thirdsectordesign.org 
> <mailto:michaelmcandrew at thirdsectordesign.org>> wrote:
>
>     That is cool.
>
>     Some feedback that we had from end users was that it was hard, if
>     you are using civicrm, to find the chapters in the manual that
>     relate to the 'thing' in the interface you are trying to find out
>     about.
>
>     We're tackling this in a few ways, but I think a 'well integrated'
>     glossary would be really useful here.
>
>     Here is her feedback: ""
>
>     How are you using CiviCRM?!  Did you read the book before you
>     started? ;)
>
>
>
>
>     On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 9:25 PM, adam <adam at xs4all.nl
>     <mailto:adam at xs4all.nl>> wrote:
>
>         cool!
>
>         we are working on this version of the manual:
>         http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/CiviCRM_update/WebHome
>
>         adam
>
>
>
>         On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 12:24 +1000, Lachlan Musicman wrote:
>         > I can't take lead, but I'm happy to add to and review it
>         over the next
>         > week - I'm using civicrm quite extensively atm the moment.
>         >
>         > On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 07:28, adam hyde
>         <adam at flossmanuals.net <mailto:adam at flossmanuals.net>> wrote:
>         > > hey
>         > >
>         > > i was wondering if anyone would like to help making the
>         glossary for
>         > > civicrm?
>         > >
>         > > adam
>         > >
>         > >
>         > >
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