1. RE: eu FAQ (wasChatting vs mailing)
Chris Bensler wrote:
> <SNIP>
> That brings up something else. RDS should have an FAQ page. The mail
> archive is great, but difficult to browse and search, especially if you
> have a general question. An FAQ takes some effort though.
There is trouble.doc in the eu distribution but this is far short of
a proper FAQ.
I am currently putting a new site together for my eu libraries and
am working on a "new users" FAQ.
I searched through the maillist, Irv started a FAQ a few years ago
but it seems to have dissappeared??
I didn't mention my new FAQ on the list yet as I haven't done much
work on it and don't like talking about things before I do
them. opps
Like I mentioned in a previous email ... RDS doesn't need to do
everything. By doing a small FAQ I'm hoping to put a little back
into the Euphoria community.
Ray Smith
http://rays-web.com
2. RE: eu FAQ (wasChatting vs mailing)
Good for you Ray. It's always nice to see people spending effort for a
selfless cause.
Usually when I refer to RDS having to do this and that, it's because if
it's not supported RDS, people aren't as likely to know of it. I'm not
saying that RDS has to provide and maintain it, just support it.
It's great if you create an FAQ for new users, but is Rob going to add
it to his website? I'm sure he would provide a link through the user
websites page. But that's still quite a bit of digging for a new user to
go through to find out some trivial information.
I'm willing to help in pretty much any way that I can, but I'm not going
to waste my time to produce something in the hopes that RDS will accept
it and support it. If Rob will say that he is willing to host an FAQ
page, or support a chatroom, I'd be more than willing to help compile an
FAQ, or OPER in the chatroom when I'm there.
Chris
Ray Smith wrote:
>
> Chris Bensler wrote:
> > <SNIP>
> > That brings up something else. RDS should have an FAQ page. The mail
> > archive is great, but difficult to browse and search, especially if you
> > have a general question. An FAQ takes some effort though.
>
> There is trouble.doc in the eu distribution but this is far short of
> a proper FAQ.
> I am currently putting a new site together for my eu libraries and
> am working on a "new users" FAQ.
> I searched through the maillist, Irv started a FAQ a few years ago
> but it seems to have dissappeared??
> I didn't mention my new FAQ on the list yet as I haven't done much
> work on it and don't like talking about things before I do
> them. opps
>
> Like I mentioned in a previous email ... RDS doesn't need to do
> everything. By doing a small FAQ I'm hoping to put a little back
> into the Euphoria community.
>
> Ray Smith
> http://rays-web.com
>
>
3. RE: eu FAQ (wasChatting vs mailing)
Robert Craig wrote:
> Chris Bensler writes:
> > If Rob will say that he is willing to host an FAQ
> > page, or support a chatroom, I'd be more than willing to help compile an
> >
> > FAQ, or OPER in the chatroom when I'm there.
>
> I'd be happy to host an FAQ page, or have a prominent
> link to someone's site where they maintain an FAQ.
> I started to write one myself a couple of times,
> but I never got very far with it.
>
> I don't know much about chat rooms.
> I'm not sure what my Web host will support.
> I can certainly link to someone else's site.
> I think it would be trivial to write (in Euphoria)
> a crude CGI-based "message board" of some kind.
> Of course, if the "chat" degenerated into all sorts
> of off-topic tasteless garbage, it might not make
> the RDS web site look very good.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Craig
> Rapid Deployment Software
> http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
>
>
Excellent :)
I'm not a very experienced web designer, but I'll try to create a
webpage for the chatroom, if noone else wants to.
Order can be maintained with a robot in the chatroom. It can be written
in Eu, like Kat's tiggr bot. I think hers provides channel operator
features.
People can also be designated to moderate the chatroom as well.
Chris
4. RE: eu FAQ (wasChatting vs mailing)
Robert Craig wrote:
> Chris Bensler writes:
> > If Rob will say that he is willing to host an FAQ
> > page, or support a chatroom, I'd be more than willing to help compile an
> >
> > FAQ, or OPER in the chatroom when I'm there.
>
> I'd be happy to host an FAQ page, or have a prominent
> link to someone's site where they maintain an FAQ.
> I started to write one myself a couple of times,
> but I never got very far with it.
>
> I don't know much about chat rooms.
> I'm not sure what my Web host will support.
> I can certainly link to someone else's site.
> I think it would be trivial to write (in Euphoria)
> a crude CGI-based "message board" of some kind.
> Of course, if the "chat" degenerated into all sorts
> of off-topic tasteless garbage, it might not make
> the RDS web site look very good.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Craig
> Rapid Deployment Software
> http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
>
>
A chatroom does not have to be hosted on an individual server. The
channel is maintained on the IRC server.
The only thing that needs to be hosted is a webpage to support the
channel.
The webpage should include:
a java chat client, so users aren't required to download a program,
to be able to chat in the channel.
instructions on how to use the channel, and conduct
instructions on how to connect to the chatroom using an IRC client
links to different IRC clients that can be downloaded
Anything I'm missing?
Chris
