[FM Discuss] multiple versions

[Anne Gentle]

I've been discussion software versions lately with MindTouch, and they think
that the industry standard is moving towards a new copy of all the pages for
one version, so that the user's experience is immersed in the version they
are using at the time. Adobe does this for their online help and they tell
the user which version they are using and how to get to the other version.
See http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/. We can do the same with TWiki
on FLOSS Manuals because we can make the URL have the version number in it,
which is what we did with the Sugar Guide (full copy of the 8.2 version went
as a starting point for 8.4).

Not sure if Adam's suggestion to use the booki publisher script is the same,
though at first glance, it seems like your readers might experience some
"where am I?" if they can't figure out where the content came from. But, a
scripted, automated solution certainly lets you focus on new content rather
than old.

Anne

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On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:30 AM, adam <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> i think a solution could be to use the booki publisher script which is
> almost done...in this way we can keep current manuals on fm but pull old
> versions as static html to your own server (with templates)
>
> adam
>
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> On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 09:25 -0500, Janet Swisher wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Adam Thomas
> > <adam.thomas at sourcefabric.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > And a more general question, perhaps aimed at Adam, is how would you
> recommend we deal with software versions now we have a fairly complete
> manual on the site? We plan at least two major new releases this year, both
> of which will require extensive rewrite of some sections. Trouble is, not
> everyone upgrades and there's still a lot of use for us in keeping the old
> manuals alive. I'm sure it's something you've come across before... :)
> > >
> >
> > Maybe Anne can describe what's been done with the Sugar manuals. I
> > believe there have been multiple versions on site, but I only see one
> > now.
> >
> > Maybe do a "remix" of old and new sections?
> >
> > --Janet
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