[FM Discuss] Please publish "Making Sugar Activities" and add a link to the "Read" page

[Cara Bell-Jones]

Hi James,

I've temporarily published your project to the front page & here: 
http://en.flossmanuals.net/ActivitiesGuideSugar/Introduction

the link will stay the same but in the next day or so it should move to 
it's more permanent home here: 
http://en.flossmanuals.net/ActivitiesGuideSugar.

The title "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!" is different from the 
address - but other manuals are like this, so it isn't so much of an 
issue. e.g. OX = One Laptop Per Child Users Guide & CircumventionTools = 
How to Bypass Internet Censorship.

Regarding the credits, How to Bypass Internet Censorship lists the 
authors who initially wrote the manual near the front of the book, maybe 
this could work for you too?
http://en.flossmanuals.net/CircumventionTools/AboutThisManual

If you decide to do this, email me or the list and the changes can be 
republished :)

Also - if you want to make this book available on Lulu, send me a cover, 
or a good image for the cover, and I can upload it for you using the 
FLOSS account.

all the best,
cara


James Simmons wrote:
> 
> Lachlan,
> 
> Fixing the credits page can wait if it has to.  If it is at all
> possible, though, I would like to have the book published and listed
> on the main page as soon as possible.  While I plan to add a couple of
> more chapters to it at some point I think the project as it is now
> could benefit from the exposure the front page would give it.  Sugar
> Labs could start linking to it from their websites, referring people
> to it when they ask questions, etc.
> 
> Is there anyone who could do just the publishing and the linking to
> the front page while Adam is away?
> 
> I don't mean to sound ungrateful for the valuable services I'm getting
> from this site.  In fact I'm extremely grateful.  It's just that I've
> put many, many hours into this book and I'm anxious to get something
> out the door.
> 
> James Simmons
> 
> 
>>  Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:19:47 +1100
>>  From: Lachlan Musicman <datakid at gmail.com>

>>
>>
>> Hi James,
>>
>> I think that Adam is on a (well deserved, from what I can tell) break
>> at the moment. As per his last response to your request to have our
>> names removed - which I have no problem with personally - I don't
>> think it's possible given the nature of the software that we are
>> using.
>>
>> The code underlying Flossmanuals is getting long in the tooth, and all
>> recent developments have instead been occurring on what is essentially
>> a ground up re-write.
>>
>> I'm not sure about the ability to remove names in the new software,
>> but I think that it's a valid concern that we should address as a
>> group especially since the code base is still so young.
>>
>> Anyway - that's a short term answer. Adam will have more info when he
>> returns, but it's still a fortnight away and his inbox will be
>> overflowing, so it may take some time.
>>
>> cheers
>> L.
>>
>>
>>> I have been working on "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!" and I think I
>>> have enough written where the book would benefit by being published
>>> and linked to from the "Read" page.  While I still prefer my own title
>>> "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!" I cannot get the site or OBJAVI to
>>> use that title so I'd like to accept the inevitable and go with
>>> "Making Sugar Activities", which means the Edit link should change
>>> too.  Finally, many of the chapters are shown as created by Anne
>>> Gentle when in fact all she did was make empty chapters based on an
>>> outline I provided.  The listing in the credits page makes it look
>>> like I modified HER work, which is not true.  Similarly, Lachlan
>>> Musicman is credited with modifying most of the chapters when in fact
>>> all he did was publish them, at my request.  If these names could be
>>> removed from the credits I'd be grateful.  I hope that someday this
>>> book does have authors besides myself, and I'd be willing to consider
>>> any writing or editing activity considered authorship, but Anne and
>>> Lachlan's contribution falls below that threshhold, as I'm sure they
>>> would both agree.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your help on this,
>>>
>>> James Simmons
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>>
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