Updated the FAQ

geoschmo · #1 March 11th, 2004, 02:45 AM

If you want to post it somewhere I'd be happy to mirror it on PBW.

If you want to keep the full text of the FAQ here in the forum, what you should do is break it up. The problems you are having aren't caused by the amount of data in the FAQ thread. There are many threads much longer and they don't have problems. It's the amount of data for a single post in the FAQ thread. Break it up and put each section in it's own post. Rememeber to make the Posts in reverse order though.

One advantage of this is you'll be able to make the index clickable so people can go right to a specific section. You can make a UBB link that goes directly to a specific post in a thread.

Another advantage is since each section is a separate post, you can edit sections without having to edit the entire thread.

Slick · #2 March 10th, 2004, 04:28 PM

I'll probably be breaking it up as Geo suggests. The idea of hosting it elsewhere has come up before. I still like the idea of it being here where it is easily accessible for forum questions to reference. I try to answer questions with references to the FAQ if possible. This way, people read it and hopefully get answers before they need to post, as well as if any incorrect info is there, it usually gets flagged out.

Probably moving it off site when the SE5 demo is released would be a good idea.

Slick.

Caduceus · #3 March 10th, 2004, 05:13 PM

Reading the FAQ, I have found several spelling errors and repititions of information (credited to one person after another). It would be good to streamline that a bit. I'm no English major, but would be willing to go over it before it is finalized.

Any revisions I would make would be more for grammer than for content, I assure you.

Wildcard

[ March 10, 2004, 15:16: Message edited by: wildcard06 ]

Slick · #4 March 10th, 2004, 06:05 PM

If you'd point them out, that sure would be helpful. Also, not all of the contributers (contributors?) has English as a first language.

Slick.

[ March 10, 2004, 16:06: Message edited by: Slick ]

geoschmo · #5 March 10th, 2004, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Slick:
If you'd point them out, that sure would be helpful. Also, not all of the contributers (contributors?) has English as a first language.

Slick.

have?

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Besides, you asked us to point them out. Oh, you just meant in the FAQ?

Slick · #6 March 10th, 2004, 11:43 PM

Ouch. I sure asked for that one. Geo, your aim is pretty good too.

*rubs the sore spot between his eyes*

Slick.

Shrapnel · #7 March 11th, 2004, 01:34 AM

I've been using the FAQ on SE.net as it has HTML links. Is this FAQ also being updated to mirror the changes on this forum??

Thanks!