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All written under my previous name - Lorna Weatherill | All written under my previous name - Lorna Weatherill | ||
− | * | + | * ''The Pottery Trade and North Staffordshire. 1660-1760'', xviii + 174pp. 20 figures. 7 maps. 16 tables. 12 illustrations. (Manchester University Press, 1972) |
− | * | + | * ''A Hundred Years of Paper-Making: An Illustrated History of the Guardbridge Paper Company Ltd, 1873-1973,'' vii + 122pp. 13 figures. 4 maps. 8 tables. 62 illustrations. (Guardbridge Paper Company, 1974) |
− | * | + | * ''The Growth of the Pottery Industry in England, l660-l815'' (1987, an edition of my thesis by Garland Publications, New York; this is in the series 'outstanding theses from the LSE.') |
− | * | + | *''Consumer Behaviour and Material Culture in Britain, 1660-1760,'' about 80,000 words, 20 tables. 40 illustrations. (Routledge, 1988 and 1997 in paperback). |
− | * | + | *''Richard Latham's Account Book, 1725-1765'' (Oxford U.P. and the British Academy, 1990). This has about 40 pp. of introduction, 127 pp. of the edited document and 150 pp. of a concordance. |
==Things to try or to keep== | ==Things to try or to keep== |
Revision as of 05:39, 5 February 2011
My blog and pictures[edit]
- my blog at http://sealorna.blogspot.com/
- my pictures - mostly of sailing and boats at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lornapics/sets/
Joomla! Getting Started Manual[edit]
- Joomla! Getting Started Manual - I am trying to write this using the idea of presenting a lot of 'hands-on' instructions and notes on 'How To - - do things'.
- I have written a lot of this kind of documentation in the last 20 years - mostly about databases - both designing and creating them. I have also written technical documents about database systems management. Now trying to apply experience to Joomla! documentation - pretty hard - -
- link to links - Page Index
- Not linked - - - > Doing more with Joomla
My publications[edit]
All written under my previous name - Lorna Weatherill
- The Pottery Trade and North Staffordshire. 1660-1760, xviii + 174pp. 20 figures. 7 maps. 16 tables. 12 illustrations. (Manchester University Press, 1972)
- A Hundred Years of Paper-Making: An Illustrated History of the Guardbridge Paper Company Ltd, 1873-1973, vii + 122pp. 13 figures. 4 maps. 8 tables. 62 illustrations. (Guardbridge Paper Company, 1974)
- The Growth of the Pottery Industry in England, l660-l815 (1987, an edition of my thesis by Garland Publications, New York; this is in the series 'outstanding theses from the LSE.')
- Consumer Behaviour and Material Culture in Britain, 1660-1760, about 80,000 words, 20 tables. 40 illustrations. (Routledge, 1988 and 1997 in paperback).
- Richard Latham's Account Book, 1725-1765 (Oxford U.P. and the British Academy, 1990). This has about 40 pp. of introduction, 127 pp. of the edited document and 150 pp. of a concordance.
Things to try or to keep[edit]
Shows active module positions - regardless of whether anything is published to them. Add to the end of a url
&tp=1
Editing and style guides from wikipedia[edit]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Editing
images[edit]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax
colours[edit]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors
article ref[edit]
http://docs.joomla.org/Article_Management
conversion and copying sites[edit]
http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_Convert_an_existing_Web_site_to_a_Joomla!_Web_site
http://docs.joomla.org/Copying_a_Joomla_website
http://docs.joomla.org/How_do_you_copy_a_site_from_localhost_to_a_remote_host%3F
Backups[edit]
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/backup/1606
Akeeba is an excellent tool to backup a site and combined with Kickstart, sites can be transferred easily.
http://www.akeebabackup.com/download/akeeba-kickstart.html
admin sites[edit]
http://docs.joomla.org/Administrators
http://docs.joomla.org/Security_and_Performance_FAQs
http://docs.joomla.org/Category:Administration_FAQ
http://docs.joomla.org/Top_10_Stupidest_Administrator_Tricks
http://docs.joomla.org/Category:Security_Checklist
Access control[edit]
http://docs.joomla.org/ACL_Tutorial_for_Joomla_1.6
http://docs.joomla.org/Access_Control_List
http://docs.joomla.org/Changing_user_groups
Templates[edit]
http://docs.joomla.org/Category:Beez
http://docs.joomla.org/Category:Templates
http://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_1.5_Template_Tutorial/Table_of_Contents
Links for transclusion[edit]
- new user NewUser
- link to readership - Readership
- link to links - Page Index
- How to login - How to login
- References - for the whole documentation - refs
- Header file with all the trimmings - GSheader
- Footer at end with index - GSFooter
- Mechanics of using the Back-end - used for exploring back end and for admin pages - BackEnd
- To includea t the start of the design / create pages - DesignAim
test list[edit]
- About a sailing club
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- About
- Contacts
- Find Us
- How to join
- Newsletter
- subscriptions
- History
- Sailing conditions
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- Tides
- vessel movements
- weather forecasts
- current conditions
- Clubhouse and social
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- Work parties
- Club hire
- Future developments
- social events list
- galley
- bar
- Sailing
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- club boats
- dinghy classes
- yacht classes
- dinghy racing
- yacht racing
- Sailing programme
- results
- Trophies
- safety
- Training
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- Training sessions
- informal talks
Can I use an html table[edit]
the one on hold
Section | Category | Article |
About | About | Article layout |
Contacts | Article layout with a list of contacts and details | |
Find Us | Article layout with a map | |
How to Join | Article layout with suitable information | |
Subscriptions | Article layout with the list of how much it costs | |
Newsletters | Category List layout so that more than one newsletter can be seen | |
History | Category Blog layout with READ MORE for long articles |
wiki
Section | Category | Article |
About | About | Article layout |
Contacts | Article layout | |
Find Us | Article layout | |
How to Join | Article layout | |
Subscriptions | Article layout | |
Newsletters | Category List layout | |
History | Category Blog layout |
html table
Section | Category | Article |
About |
About |
Article layout |
|
Contacts |
Article layout |
|
Find Us |
Article layout |
|
How to Join |
Article layout |
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Subscriptions |
Article layout |
|
Newsletters |
Category List layout |
|
History |
Category Blog layout |
testing layouts for divs[edit]
some text as an aside
contained in a "div" element that is floated to the right.
spacer
some text as an aside
contained in a "div" element and floats left
spacer
some text as a cross reference
spacer
Cross Reference:
spacer
Cross Reference:
spacer
Aims:
spacer
An aside
spacer
black border
colours and span[edit]
I could do comments by highlighting the words - as below - but the border is nicer
Words coloured - For comments about editing - use green perhaps
background coloured
background coloured
both coloured
use for comments
new lines within the span
Image tests[edit]
A lot more to this than meets the eye.
Things I want to keep[edit]
The skills that the Getting Started Manual will target[edit]
The list is transcluded
Note to explain it: A simple word for each group is too simplistic but maybe necessary.
The descriptions below are intended to define rough target areas of expertise.
Clearly, each group has different needs and some can be let loose on other docs on the site - eg the Admin manual.
The notion of 'levels of expertise' implies that it becomes harder as you move beyond adding content. But it might be harder for someone who is used to adding to static websites to learn to think-Joomla! than for someone who has not had so much experience programming. So I am trying to avoid notions of levels of difficulty.
This is using a div - no float. This is the one to use
A long list of skill levels - and transclusion[edit]
A further thought - Some Joomla sites are pretty big and employ lots of people with different skills - should I assume they are going to be doing their own training - so I guess most of the readers of my stuff will be small-scale businesses or clubs or individuals - and a few developers getting into Joomla.
Details about the intended readership
Novice:
Is someone with no previous experience of adding content to a web site but has some basic email and editing skills. They need to know how to edit and add content. They have enough previous experience to follow step-by-step, hands-on instructions.
Experienced author:
Is used to laying out text, but has not previously added content to a Joomla! Web site. They need to know how to do as much as possible with the editing facilities available on their web site and may move on to managing the structure of the site. This could include multi-lingual content.
Beginner:
A person with some computing background and has added to a static web site but is not familiar with HTML, scripting or CSS. They need to know how to do as much as possible with the editing facilities available on their web site. They may want to manage the site and even be able to develop an 'out-of-the-box site themselves.
Inexperienced with a CMS:
Someone with previous experience with managing a static web site, has used HTML or a scripting language, but not a lot of background knowledge. They need to be familiar with the editing facilities but their focus is likely to be on managing a site and to develop an 'out-of-the-box site themselves.
Experienced:
Someone who has used a CMS previously and needs to maintain a Joomla! site. They need a broad awareness of Joomla! and may move towards doing more developpment. They can explore the menus of a site with understanding.
Advanced:
A person with experience of programming with PHP and can cope with modules and templates. They also need to be able to do backups, installations and upgrades.
Expert:
Someone with wider programming experience and who is technically aware. Experienced with Operating systems, files installing software and much more. Needs to be able to get started with Joomla! in order to develop and manage complex sites.
There are indications of the intended audience at the head of each article.
link to readership - Readership
Links to index for each article[edit]
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The difference between authors and publishers[edit]
- Authors can create and alter articles but they cannot 'publish' them - which means that they do not display until someone with publish permissions has ticked the right box for them to be published.
- Publishers can see the Publish tick-box when they edit or create an article - so they can publish their own articles.
- Publishers can edit documents that they did not create.
To get it published depends on the way the site is managed. Publishing is normally done by the site adminstrator or someone with publish permissions. You are likely to need to send an email asking for it to be published.
--Lorna Scammell December 2010