Am I wasting my time with a FAQ?
Tuesday, November 12, 2002 by Koasati | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I've been working on 3 FAQ pages. One for newbies, one for newbies that want to start skinning, and one specific to WC... why the 100meg cap, why am I getting server busy, and such. I'm still waiting for Brad to respond to an email I sent him, asking for permission for the WC FAQ. I won't post it without his approval.
Anyway, the question is, am I wasting my time? Will you guys and gals that answer the same questions over and over, send the newbies asking for help to the link? Will any of you help me out by submitting ideas for improvement, additional questions and the like? Will the newbies read it? Should I just get back to skinning something, and forget this?
Please respond, and tell me what you think.
oh yes.......... the first page as it stands right now is here http://koasati.net/faq1.htm
So ......what say ye, answerers of the redundant questions.
Anyway, the question is, am I wasting my time? Will you guys and gals that answer the same questions over and over, send the newbies asking for help to the link? Will any of you help me out by submitting ideas for improvement, additional questions and the like? Will the newbies read it? Should I just get back to skinning something, and forget this?
Please respond, and tell me what you think.
oh yes.......... the first page as it stands right now is here http://koasati.net/faq1.htm
So ......what say ye, answerers of the redundant questions.
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Koasati
Reply #62 Sunday, November 17, 2002 1:34 PM
Reply #62 Sunday, November 17, 2002 1:34 PM
Now with Table of Contents!
I like your suggestions crae.....keep 'em coming!
I like your suggestions crae.....keep 'em coming!
craeonics
Reply #63 Sunday, November 17, 2002 2:01 PM
Reply #63 Sunday, November 17, 2002 2:01 PM
Watch it, or I'm going to charge you with consultant fees!
Jafo
Reply #64 Sunday, November 17, 2002 8:13 PM
Reply #64 Sunday, November 17, 2002 8:13 PM
Baker...preferably single zip...if it gets much over about 2meg, perhaps the larger res could be jpegs rather than bitmaps.
I personally don't see the need for a squillion separate resolutions, just the different 'proportional' ones....1024x768 and 1280x1024 covers most....and maybe 1600x1200 for the Sony 21 inchers out there....
I personally don't see the need for a squillion separate resolutions, just the different 'proportional' ones....1024x768 and 1280x1024 covers most....and maybe 1600x1200 for the Sony 21 inchers out there....
kith
Reply #65 Sunday, November 17, 2002 8:34 PM
Reply #65 Sunday, November 17, 2002 8:34 PM
How about having the FAQ as a new Library entry. That way it could easily uploaded or updated under the current site scheme. Searching would also be possible with the already built in search function, ordering, and categories. Seems to me it would be very easy to set up on the site this way...
What do you think T-Man....?
What do you think T-Man....?
bakerstreet
Reply #66 Sunday, November 17, 2002 8:35 PM
Reply #66 Sunday, November 17, 2002 8:35 PM
okie doke. I decided just to upload a 1280 version and see how it went. If I decide to update with any others I'll make 'em jpegs. thanks.
T-Man
Reply #68 Monday, November 18, 2002 5:04 PM
Reply #68 Monday, November 18, 2002 5:04 PM
"T-Man, I'm still waiting for you and/or Brad to reply to my emails...... " - Koasati
Never received them. Just sent you an email with my private address.
Never received them. Just sent you an email with my private address.
Jafo
Reply #69 Monday, November 18, 2002 5:07 PM
Reply #69 Monday, November 18, 2002 5:07 PM
Randy...Brad mentioned he hadn't received it either...
Better kick them squirrels in your mail room into life...they're slacking off....
Better kick them squirrels in your mail room into life...they're slacking off....
T-Man
Reply #70 Monday, November 18, 2002 5:09 PM
Reply #70 Monday, November 18, 2002 5:09 PM
"How about having the FAQ as a new Library entry. "
We have slowly been working on an a knowledge base system (ie: https://www.stardock.com/support/support.asp). This system will eventually be used for all our products/websites. This it what I plan to incorporate into WinCustomize. Right now its pretty generic but in the future we hope to add search capabilites to it and so on. But that is the general direction that I intend to take for the WinCustomize FAQ.
We have slowly been working on an a knowledge base system (ie: https://www.stardock.com/support/support.asp). This system will eventually be used for all our products/websites. This it what I plan to incorporate into WinCustomize. Right now its pretty generic but in the future we hope to add search capabilites to it and so on. But that is the general direction that I intend to take for the WinCustomize FAQ.
Bangkokboy
Reply #71 Monday, November 18, 2002 5:18 PM
Reply #71 Monday, November 18, 2002 5:18 PM
Jafo -"...Yanks may be feeble minded, but we've got it all over ya.....we're a race of 'slack bastards'" The Texans would love to challenge the arrogant Aussies to a grand "slack-off". We'll impart the rules to Jafo tomorrow .. or next week .. or perhaps next year - you know how these things go. 
The Texans would love to challenge the arrogant Aussies to a grand "slack-off". We'll impart the rules to Jafo tomorrow .. or next week .. or perhaps next year - you know how these things go. 
Koasati
Reply #72 Monday, November 18, 2002 5:48 PM
Reply #72 Monday, November 18, 2002 5:48 PM
Pat.... new mail sent..... now take me off your blacklist, so you can receive it.
Bangkokboy....... I don't know if we can handle those slackers from Oz....... I know of no Texas that has written and intensively promoted a "program" that would compare with the likes of Babya.......
Bangkokboy....... I don't know if we can handle those slackers from Oz....... I know of no Texas that has written and intensively promoted a "program" that would compare with the likes of Babya.......
Jafo
Reply #73 Monday, November 18, 2002 7:24 PM
Reply #73 Monday, November 18, 2002 7:24 PM
BKB...do your 'challenge' thing...naturally, WE don't care what you do, we're calling in a sickie and goin' to the pub....
Bangkokboy
Reply #74 Monday, November 18, 2002 8:02 PM
Reply #74 Monday, November 18, 2002 8:02 PM
we're already at the bar, Jafo, and we didn't even call in. the boss beat us here. Slack are ye ? indeed!!
however ... koasati has broached the most salient point of all. if babya is any measure of the heights to which Aussie slackness can soar when properly motivated, then we may have to think about this a bit longer.
not saying you win outright mate, but you've got some formidable credentials there!
however ... koasati has broached the most salient point of all. if babya is any measure of the heights to which Aussie slackness can soar when properly motivated, then we may have to think about this a bit longer.
not saying you win outright mate, but you've got some formidable credentials there!
Jafo
Reply #75 Monday, November 18, 2002 9:15 PM
Reply #75 Monday, November 18, 2002 9:15 PM
Nah...we just take the cake for 'Moron Of The Year Award'...[who else could create an OS which real humans would call a bit of 'childish VB coding in Windows'?
Aafuss....MAAAAAATE...it is not an OS, it doesn't even cut it as a program, or even 'programme'....
The phrase 'waste of space' springs to mind...
Aafuss....MAAAAAATE...it is not an OS, it doesn't even cut it as a program, or even 'programme'....
The phrase 'waste of space' springs to mind...
Adam Najmanowicz
Reply #76 Tuesday, November 19, 2002 11:15 AM
Reply #76 Tuesday, November 19, 2002 11:15 AM
The FAQ is great
Adam Najmanowicz loves it.
However, you refer to StyleXP in multiple places as "it skins" or suggest that it's a product that actually does something more than cracks uxtheme. I'd suggest you replaced all occurences of "StyleXp" with "Windows XP" or "Visual Styles" or "MSSTYLES engine" even though you say it later explicitly that it does not skin. StyleXP takes a lot of undeserved credit for wat it does not do.
Adam Najmanowicz will try to fit his particular interest into the FAQ now.
Why not a word about the tools for skins creation?
Adam Najmanowicz loves it.
However, you refer to StyleXP in multiple places as "it skins" or suggest that it's a product that actually does something more than cracks uxtheme. I'd suggest you replaced all occurences of "StyleXp" with "Windows XP" or "Visual Styles" or "MSSTYLES engine" even though you say it later explicitly that it does not skin. StyleXP takes a lot of undeserved credit for wat it does not do.
Adam Najmanowicz will try to fit his particular interest into the FAQ now.
Why not a word about the tools for skins creation?
Koasati
Reply #77 Tuesday, November 19, 2002 11:34 AM
Reply #77 Tuesday, November 19, 2002 11:34 AM
Excellant point about StyleXP...... I'll work on that.
Concerning the tools of skin creation, that will be in the guide to creating skins/themes. (coming soon, I hope)
Concerning the tools of skin creation, that will be in the guide to creating skins/themes. (coming soon, I hope)
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Reply #61 Sunday, November 17, 2002 6:37 AM
Also, a table of contents might be handy. List all the questions at the top and link them (via anchors, you know, the # things) to the part of the page where the question is answered. Makes it easier for people to find what they need.