[FM Discuss] FLOSS Manuals site interface problem?

[Jennifer Zickerman]

Ah yes - thanks! Sorry, I should have seen that. :)


jen.

On 26/07/10 11:17 AM, Anne Gentle wrote:
> Hi Jennifer -
> Thanks for RTFMing while you go! I believe that the sidebar changes
> based on your permissions. You probably can't edit the wikitext of the
> actual wiki pages that build the book pages and so on due to permissions.
>
> It sounds like you're editing merrily, but you want more code less WYG.
> If you want to edit source code (HTML), click the "Toggle HTML Source"
> button (seventh from the left) in the editor.
>
> The purpose of the "Initializing transmission" area is to connect to the
> IRC channel but apparently it's not working right now. Usually it's a
> way for all logged in writers to talk to each other via a chat window.
>
> Hope this helps -
> Anne
>
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> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Jennifer Zickerman
> <jen at mozillamessaging.com <mailto:jen at mozillamessaging.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi. I'm new to using the FLOSS Manuals editing interface, and have
>     found my way into the fourth circle of nested list purgatory, a
>     place to which all WYSIWIG editors eventually lead me.
>
>     According to the editing help page
>     (http://en.flossmanuals.net/FLOSSManuals/Editing) I should have a
>     Tools section in the left sidebar that has an option to enable
>     text-only editing. I don't have that - the only items in my left
>     side bar are "Logout" and "Register". (There is also has text that
>     says I am logged in, and the GNU logo.)
>
>     Is my account borked? I can edit and save my changes. I have a
>     mysterious message in the sidebar on the right: "Initializing
>     transmission" - is this related to the missing items in the left
>     sidebar?
>
>     Thanks for your help!
>
>
>     jen.
>
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