Re: Word Press for online doc

Subject: Re: Word Press for online doc
From: Collin Turner <collinwrites -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:54:54 -0700

I'll second the WordPress plug. Assigning users, permissions, revision
history, easy install, backups, etc. I've used WordPress on many, many
projects and have never regretted it.

Let's also talk about the "Wow" factor. Launching a functional and usable
"site" in less than an hour? Well, let's just say that many clients will be
impressed.

-Collin
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On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:24 PM, David Neeley <dbneeley -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Patty,
>
> You are most welcome!
>
> As you are probably aware, there are thousands of plug-ins and styles
> available to customize your site. For example, you can easily put in
> drop-down menus that could link directly to various sections of your
> documentation, either from the first page only, from selected pages,
> or from all pages.
>
> You can also benefit greatly from tags as an additional search
> method--and, if you wish, put a tag cloud in the sidebar area so
> people can go right to the relevant information. In short, you can
> make it extremely user friendly.
>
> Don't neglect the possibility of adding forums with the companion
> BBPress: <http://www.bbpress.org>
>
> Or, perhaps, one or more of the social networking features of
> BuddyPress: <http://www.buddypress.org>
>
> For the latter, at least for now, you would have to install WordPress
> MU, although the multi user functionality is being merged with the
> primary WordPress for an upcoming release.
>
> David
>
>
> > From: "Blount, Patricia A" <Patricia -dot- Blount -at- ca -dot- com>
> > To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> > Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:57:01 -0500
> > Subject: Word Press for online doc
> > Hi, all,
> >
> > Just wanted to thank David for posting the link to the article about
> > using Word Press as an online doc platform. I have just started working
> > on a Word Press project we're using as a website to support a beta
> > launch of a new product. We'd even gone so far as to post procedural
> > information as blog posts, so users could search Google for information.
> > I've been having a grand time with the whole project.
> >
> > I'll let you know how it all goes.
> >
> > Patty B.
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Are you looking for one documentation tool that does it all? Author,
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Try the latest Doc-To-Help 2009 v3 risk-free for 30-days at:
http://www.doctohelp.com/

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generate 8 different formats and as many different versions as you need
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