[FM Discuss] documenting Booktype

[adam]

On 04/27/2012 04:44 PM, Daniel James wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
>> no. the 'current' read interface *does not exist*. it is a draft
>> interface. I explained this to you before Daniel but I dont think you
>> really understand the difference.
>
> I'm talking about the difference between this, which says 'draft' all
> over the background, making it unreadable:
>
> http://booktype-demo.sourcefabric.org/algebra-an-algorithmic-treatment/_draft/_v/1.0/chapter-1-the-language-of-mathematics/
>
> and this, which is very readable:
>
> http://booktype-demo.sourcefabric.org/algebra-an-algorithmic-treatment/chapter-1-the-language-of-mathematics/
>
>> the 'read' interface it is that same as the draft interface ie. books
>> are live and that is something that some *might* want but so far the
>> majority of implementations (make that *all* implementations) dont want
>> this
>
> I would want it on my server, if I had one.


Yes but please refer to the comments I made to the ticket you made in 
the Booktype issue tracker.

http://dev.sourcefabric.org/browse/BK-120

I think your comments would be very useful continued in that ticket


>
>> additionally booktype does not enable publishing content from multiple
>> sites. all content must reside in the booktype instance. that is not
>> ideal for hub and spoke or federated publishing models like fm
>
> I was talking about a possible feature there. I don't see why Booktype
> can't be used for federated publishing.
>
>> It's better for
>>> readers (and a lot less trouble for admins) if people can dive in and
>>> start editing a book right away, on the same site.
>>
>> it makes no difference if they click on a link for edit and it goes
>> somewhere else or if it is in the same domain.
>
> Right, but FM does not have that feature at the moment. Each time I use
> bookipublisher, I'm forking a static version which does not get updated
> until I fork again.

it is not a fork, it is a copy of a specific moment. think of it like 
nightly releases not forking


adam



>
> Cheers!
>
> Daniel

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