Incorrect Terminology for Installing on a Mac

Pardon, I meant the Why? pages sound great as a project to begin
working on. :smiley: The bullet points are nice, but there could be some
fluff. I'll mull it over and submit content over the next few days.

I'll take a look at the Silverstripe back-end and see what I come up
with.

-- jdc

Thanks for the warning. I generally much prefer to work in an HTML editor,
not a WYSIWYG editor, so I'll see how I go. :wink:

Hal

Hi Jeremy, :slight_smile:

Pardon, I meant the Why? pages sound great as a project to begin
working on. :smiley: The bullet points are nice, but there could be some
fluff. I'll mull it over and submit content over the next few days.

Cool, that's really great. :slight_smile:

I'll take a look at the Silverstripe back-end and see what I come up
with.

Good luck, buddy. :wink:

David Nelson

I use gedit (a text-editor) and switch from plain-text to html so that it all
gets colour-coded. Most text-editors (except Notepad) seem to offer the same
functionality. Does that count as an html editor?

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Hi Tom, :slight_smile:

I use gedit (a text-editor) and switch from plain-text to html so that it all
gets colour-coded.  Most text-editors (except Notepad) seem to offer the same
functionality.  Does that count as an html editor?

I guess so... I do the same....

David Nelson

Probably not... You should employ an HTML editor that validates and simplifies coding for a number of common DOCTYPEs. There are plenty of them available. Try using the free (X)HTML editors from W3C or CoffeeCup Software. A decent editor also incorporates CSS for formatting.

Gary

Hi :slight_smile:

Gedit colour codes the both the html and the css. If i hover over an open
coding bracket <smile> then it highlights the corresponding closing bracket
</smile>. I don't know what it does if there isn't a closing bracket.
Something for me to check! :slight_smile: It doesn't tell me what to write or give me
look-up tables or drop-down lists of possible tags/coding but i use w3schools or
look-up tables from elsewhere if required.

I think i should check out your suggestions to see if they do give extra
functionality. Even if they don't it would be interesting to see if they do
help me. Thanks for the suggestions :slight_smile:

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Another important consideration would be to get into the habit of employing the free XHTML and CSS validators online at W3C (or its several mirrors)--either for code on a computer file on your machine or for actual hosted code. Typical webpages could literally contain several hundred instances of invalid code, which different browsers might interpret differently .

Gary

I have modified the text and (I think) repositioned the pictures. The result
has been submitted for publication. I assume someone with "publish"
permission will deal with it.

I'm not entirely happy with the way it came out, but I ran out of time to
try to figure out how to deal better with the pictures. Although I looked at
the code used on the Windows page, which is different from that used on the
Mac page, I didn't attempt to make major changes; I'd need to do more study
and fiddling to understand it well enough to do that. Also, I didn't add all
the pictures I had in my document, because I didn't have time to study the
page about uploading and dealing with pictures, and those pictures were not
essential to the instructions. I think they are nice-to-haves for new Mac
users.

Having done this page, I don't think I will get very involved in website
work. Learning to use Silverlight AND Alfresco AND LibreOffice itself is
overloading my brain. :wink: So I'll concentrate my limited time and brainpower
on the user guides and only jump into website work occasionally to help on
specific needs.

Hal

Published.

I am currently in the process of learning SilverSTRIPE myself.
(Silverlight is a MS product), so things can take a little time for me
to get done.
If you ever want to contribute anything without having to deal with
the confusing website back end, you can email the list or me directly
if you wish.

Thanks for the great work with the improvement,
Michael Wheatland

Hi Hal, Jeremy :slight_smile:

I upgraded your permissions to Publisher. When you feel your content
is ready, you can publish straight to the Web.

@Hal: a possible to-do: You worked on compiling a book of the Getting
Started Guide. I still haven't had time to post that in the docs
section at http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/

Do you feel like doing that? I won't have much time over the next
couple of days, but could do so beginning of next week, if not.

As the guy on the team with most time spent using SilverStripe, I'll
have a look at your Mac instructions and see if I can help out with
any improvements to the formatting, and post the rest of your
screenshots.

As from next week, I plan to spend a lot more time working with you
guys on documentation.

David Nelson

> Having done this page, I don't think I will get very involved in website
> work. Learning to use Silverlight AND Alfresco AND LibreOffice itself is
> overloading my brain. :wink: So I'll concentrate my limited time and
brainpower
> on the user guides and only jump into website work occasionally to help
on
> specific needs.

SilverSTRIPE ...
(Silverlight is a MS product)...

<chuckle> Brain-fingers disconnect at whatever early hour I typed that.

If you ever want to contribute anything without having to deal with
the confusing website back end, you can email the list or me directly
if you wish.

Thanks, I may do that. We'll see how much time I have to even look at the
website, before I think about changes.

Hal

Hi Hal, Jeremy :slight_smile:

I upgraded your permissions to Publisher. When you feel your content
is ready, you can publish straight to the Web.

@Hal: a possible to-do: You worked on compiling a book of the Getting
Started Guide. I still haven't had time to post that in the docs
section at http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/

Do you feel like doing that? I won't have much time over the next
couple of days, but could do so beginning of next week, if not.

If I can figure out how to upload a file, I'll do that. I'm sure it's not
difficult, just one more thing to learn. :slight_smile:

Thanks for the Publisher permission. Ah, the power! <rubs hands, leers

Hal

Hi all,

I have since modified Hal's contribution to include a brief discussion
about a quirk of the current LangPack installer whereby it will not
appear in the foreground if other application windows are open. This can
be confusing for the unaware, as the only indication that anything is
happening is that an icon starts jumping up and down in the dock, which
is not the first place one would necessarily look.

As this behaviour is caused by an error in the AppleScript used for
installation of the LangPack, I have also filed a bug and included a
corrected script which does bring the installation window to the
foreground. However, this correction will only be included in future
releases of LibreOffice, as I doubt that the Langpacks will be rebuilt
in-between.

Alex

Hi, :slight_smile:

If I can figure out how to upload a file, I'll do that. I'm sure it's not
difficult, just one more thing to learn. :slight_smile:

What I've been doing so far is to link to the files posted in the
Documentation section of the wiki... I've been considering that page
as the current home for user-ready downloadable content, since it's
the most-accessible place for most people. HTH.

Thanks for the Publisher permission. Ah, the power! <rubs hands, leers
>

Enjoy the reign of evil. :smiley:

David Nelson

Ah, yes, I remember this now. Thanks for the memory jog.

Hal

Hi :slight_smile:

When people open coding brackets please remember to close them again. It feels
like scrapping fingernails down a blackboard when you leave them open!

Yday or before someone did <smile> without the corresponding </smile>!

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Aaargh, i think the correct term is [chuckle] using <> means keep doing whatever
until a relevant </> ends it.

I'm glad i am not the only one that sometimes gets thrown by names that are too
similar. Firefox often seems to be called "Mozzarella" (a type of cheese) lqtm.

I tend to find it easier to format and place pictures but uploading them is
trickier. If people have trouble with one aspect then it's probably better to
do the bit you can and make a note so that the reviewer can do the other bit.
Collaboration rather than over-reaching your limits. You will soon find the
answer anyway.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

I should have said <chuckle />.

Hal

Lol, at last someone gets the joke :))
Agreed :slight_smile:
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: