[pmwiki-users] AuthUser documentation?

[Susan]

Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud <at> pobox.com> writes:
> Also, I don't know if it would be helpful or not, but one technique that
> might be useful for this sort of documentation may be to use a
> decision-tree structure, similar to what is used for troubleshooting 
> trees in tech support.  There's an interesting example of this technique 
> used at http://www.xbox-linux.org/wiki/Getting_Started .
> 
> I've been thinking that one of the difficulties in coming up with a
> narrative to help newbies is that many people come to PmWiki with
> vastly different applications, needs, and constraints in mind, and
> so it's difficult to come up with a single narrative that really
> covers them all.  If we had a few simple questions that could guide
> people into a narrative document that is tailored around their
> initial ideas, that might be helpful.
> 

That sounds promising. 

I'll volunteer to test the document as:
- CMS application -- one or two authors, many readers; 
  some areas for "friends" rather than "guests",
  maybe an area friends can write to
- novice user who does not know PHP; 
  comfortable with CSS and HTML (but not an expert)
- terrified of changing settings on the server
- minimal changes from the core distribution
- maybe convert to farm to add a multiple-author site, 
  once the first is working well (hmmm, can farms be easily added later, 
  or is that decision best made up front?)
- emphasis on getting it up, secure, usable and robust

Susan