Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: Wiki page

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:

> Hi Mas,
>
> Le 2012-09-12 21:53, Mas a écrit :
>
>
>  Thanks Marc for the update on posting at the bottom. In regards to the
> > user
> > support area. I was thinking about more of knowledgebase type page. So for
> > example I was having some trouble connecting to MySql  from Base. Now the
> > user guide says it can be done but it was lacking some required
> > information
> > . The guide does says JRE and JDBC is required. We should go a step
> > further
> > and maybe telling the end user how to obtain the required components from
> > their environment. Also we should tell then that the class path needs to
> > be
> > updated under either writer, or calc in order for base to work properly.
> > To
> > give everyone a idea what I mean you can check out what I have so far at
> > http://www.openkb.org/connect-**to-mysql-database-from-**
> > libreoffice-base/<http://www.openkb.org/connect-to-mysql-database-from-libreoffice-base/>
> >
> >
> > This site is a open knowledgebase I created. My goal was if I run into a
> > issue then i will post the issue along with the solution so the person can
> > resolve it without doing the research.
> >
> > I posted three either articles at
> > http://www.openkb.org/**category/libreoffice/<http://www.openkb.org/category/libreoffice/>
> >
> > Well my site covers a broad range of issues and solutions. It would be
> > good
> > to have something like this on the official website for LibreOffice or a
> > dedicated wiki page in which I will be happy to help maintain. The users
> > will need to know how to find this information.
> This does sound more like an FAQ item. I am not sure if it would be
> documented in the Base Guide. Maybe before adding it anywhere, you could
> see if whoever is working on the Base Guide would think it is worth
> documenting. Otherwise it could go into an FAQ or added as an entry to the
> Ask.LibreOffice.org. Not sure who you would have to contact for that. I
> know that connectivity with Base and other databases is quite an issue with
> that module.
>
> Re: other knowledge base LibreOffice items. You can probably find a spot
> for them somewhere. Once we get the forums going, this will also add
> another area to post the fixes/tips.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc
>
>
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>
>
>
>  the FAQ in the wiki or ask.libreoffice.org should work perfectly for my
fix/tip article .. Thanks ,

I agree the website FAQ should be moved under About us instead of Get Help



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