[FM Discuss] booktype manual [was how to add collaborators?]

[helen varley jamieson]

On 7/01/13 6:21 PM, Daniel James wrote:
> New chapters appear at the end of the book - you have to drag and drop
> them into the place you need them. I have just moved 'Settings' up to
> the appropriate section.
yes i knew that - but they didn't appear there. i can see now that the 
first 2 i created are also showing up there. must have been some kind of 
lag i guess ...
>
>> & i think this needs to be earlier, e.g. a description of the edit
>> interface immediately after the chapter on creating a book? (or within
>> that chapter?)
> Currently the format of this book is one chapter per feature (e.g. one
> chapter per tab or page).
ok
>
>> i haven't noticed anywhere that explains the other tabs
>> in the edit interface.
> Right, there are also History, Versions and Notes tabs to cover. I'll
> make a start on those in the morning.
>
>>>> what about "admins" & "editors" - does that mean booktype admins?
>>> There are some details in the chapter 'Control Centre'.
>> not that i can find
> The admin users are created at installation time - I don't see any way
> to create them from within Booktype (which is probably more secure). I
> don't yet understand the editor role or how it is created.
can anyone else shed some light on this?
>
>> & i think this information is useful for the
>> people who might have these roles, so it shouldn't be buried in the
>> advanced section.
> Perhaps we should mention the admin accounts at the 'Creating an
> account' chapter, i.e. if you are an admin you don't need to create
> another account for yourself.
yes - i think it's good to include more rather than less ... even if 
sometimes it does seem a bit like stating the obvious, the manual should 
be the place where we can find the obvious answer when for whatever 
reason we don't know it.

h : )
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Daniel
>


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