[FM Discuss] Wordpress Booksprint coming up - some help needed.

[mick fuzz]

Martin and I are going for a Wordpress update booksprint.
We're working of the draft of this text below to update it.

But there is a problem - the versioning on the site doesn't seem to work.
I'm guessing that it would be good to point people to a new version
But there is a missing page

http://booki.flossmanuals.net/wordpress/_v/2.0/

I've filed a ticket on the track but hoping that we might be able to get
some help or advice on how to go forward with the sprint without trashing
the current version too much.

Also any comments on how to improve this call out are welcome too.

Nice one, mick

--// Invite to Wordpress Book Sprint

We invite you to join us on a book sprint to update the Wordpress manual
hosted on en.flossmanuals.net - The existing one is here -

We want to build on the great documentation that already exists to create a
manual on flossmanuals for the following reasons:

 * Creating a concise introduction to Wordpress

Some might say that there is already too much existing documentation on
Wordpress, in numerous locations. This manual will be a digest of the most
vital aspects of Wordpress for those creating a Wordpress site. We feel that
there is definitely a place for specialized manuals. This manual is aimed at
an audience who are new to using Wordpress, want to improve the look of
their blog or wish to extend Wordpress to make it the basis for an online
community.

  * Using an Open and Flexible Documentation Platform

Unlike many manuals, Flossmanuals are written with a totally open,
do-what-you-want-to-it license. This gives writers the freedom to improve
and update the manuals as new software versions are released. Manuals are
written collaboratively inviting alterations and improvements from readers
and users. The most up-to date-version of the manual is available in several
formats, including printed book, epub, html, and open office.

* Fostering Independent Online Communities

We want to share our enthusiasm for Wordpress as a great tool for sharing
information, publishing all kinds of media and helping to build
non-corporate online communities.

We believe that good training and follow up support is key to maximizing the
involvement of people in on-line communities. With the ability to output the
manual as a word document anyone can print various chapters off as
supporting handouts. You can also direct your site users to specific
chapters of the book online, where they will learn the tools, and perhaps
encourage others.

* Promoting the Open Web

Flossmanuals has a track record of supporting projects which embrace
collaboration and the open web. We think that the web is best when it is
open source and using open standards and decentralised. We believe that
independently hosted websites and communities a key part of keeping the web
open. The Wordpress system is perfectly suited to this because it is
intuitive to use, easy to install and keep updated and is free software.

For more information on these aspects see the following book - An Open Web
http://en.flossmanuals.net/an-open-web/

* Supporting this manual

In the past this manuals been used and supported by the following groups and
organisations, tactical tech, transmission video network, people's voice
media, aktivix and hacktionlab. They have supported the manual by
contributing and some by paying for transport and documentation meetings.

You can support this version of the manual by giving your time to help us
write it, check it, and promote it.

You can do this by joining us in irc - #booksprint of #flossmanuals in
irc.freenode.net, saying hi an seeing what you can do to help.

Then to contribute you can go here - ??
http://booki.flossmanuals.net/wordpress/_v/2.0/?? . You will need to log in
or create an account.

See you there!
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