Desperate for wiki (documentation) HELP

[rejetto]

a template is the raw stuff from which HFS builds the final HTML.
then, it is not HTML.
it is similar to the difference between the Windows CD and an installed Windows.

[herbiman]

ledufe

I don't really agree. It's trivial (but very dramatic) to simply import a tpl file and replace the default. And then make tiny changes without breaking the template.

I totally agree that adding streaming files, layered templates etc, etc, are "Advanced topics"

I am now referencing your site as the best source of tpl files "for beginners". Is this ok with you ?
http://rejetto.com/wiki/index.php?title=Refinements#HTML_Editor_and_Templates

The link takes you here:

http://ledufe.no-ip.info:2222/HFS-templates/

My problem is that I think first-time users will be looking, at first, for simple tpl files, and will get horribly confused as they aren't easy to find on your site. Even default Black downloads as html.

[herbiman]

I've drafted, in excruciating detail and with massive hand-holding, a newbie first-timer's guide to using and changing a non-default template.
 
http://rejetto.com/wiki/index.php?title=Refinements#HTML_Editor_and_Templates

I hope you experts will read it and comment on it. Either here, or in the wiki "Article: Discussion".

What i would REALLY like is for somebody to add, between "Click to enlarge" and "Not everybody ......",

an abbreviated instruction list like this:

To change foreground color   
Change this value in this line
To change graph color   
Change this value in this line
To change graph size   
Change this value in this line
etc. etc.

We could even build it up by cooperative effort. I guarantee to fix-up the English, so nobody should feel inhibited if they don't have mother-tongue English.
Ideally, this would include the template creator, but I don't know who that is (ledufre?).

I was thinking of using moondog's new template (if he'll let me) to demo "Advanced Features".

[rejetto]

i just want to point out that herbiman worked hard for an incredible amount of time (many days) fixing and expanding the documentation on the wiki.
he, though newcomer, deserves great respect, and my thanksgiving is not enough.

i'm not home these days, and connecting rarely, don't expect my full presence.