[Qgis-community-team] Hello

[DelazJ]

Hi Niall,
Sorry for the late reply.


2017-09-24 23:39 GMT+02:00 Niall Conway <conwayniall at gmail.com>:

> Hi Harrissou,
> Thanks for the getting back to me and for filling me in on the challenges
> which your team faces. I had a look at the list and I agree, it seems like
> there's a lot of work there. QGIS project is obviously a pretty complex
> beast!
>
> Yes there's a lot to do if we want a doc that's better integrated with
QGIS Desktop with release better synced with application's. But what to do
are of different levels/types:
- some are easy to fix and "just" need someone to pick them, others require
an advanced knowledge of the doc structure and contents
- some require a discussion to setup a guideline and then, it could be
straightforward
- some are infrastructure issues and require development skills but most of
the challenges are of writing skills.


> I don't have much document management experience myself but it seems as if
> you have a Github repo system that works for you - I imagine that you are
> using an xml to pdf conversion system when it comes to updating the
> document?
>
> Not sure that I understand what you mean but you do not need to worry
about doc management and format conversion. What often writers have to
focus on is to change text/images in the source folder [0]. Then, there are
prepared scripts that are in charge of conversion (pdf, html) and push the
changes online. I'd not go into details to avoid saying rubbish. If ever
you want to delve into details, Richard Duivenvoorde might be your man :-)
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/tree/master/source

I was wondering if you or one of your team would like to Skype some evening
> so that I could get a rundown on what's involved and to maybe see where I
> could help. I would probably be of little use in terms of document
> management, however I might be able to help on the training side. Content
> development is more of my strong side and I'm always interested in trying
> to break down concepts and processes graphically. I use a lot of graphic
> design and video software especially.
>
> It could be possible for me in the upcoming week. Let's organize that.
As said above, fiiling content (either text or graphics) is what we need
the most so, for sure, your skills are more than welcome.

I'd be happy to tell you more about what i am hoping to achieve (re.
> corporate online training) and hopefully there could be some overlap with
> my efforts. I expect that making the QGIS documentation process more
> manageable and sustainable will be a priority in advance of the 3.0
> release..
> Speak soon,
>
> Let's chat and see how we can improve QGIS Documentation.

Regards,
Harrissou

Niall
>
> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Niall Conway <conwayniall at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the message. Will have a look and be in touch soon. Cheers,
>> Niall
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 at 1:09 pm, Niall Conway <conwayniall at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi QGIS community team,
>>>
>>> I'm a regular user and big fan of QGIS software - I realise that that
>>> the project may not receive the thanks that it deserves however your
>>> efforts are appreciated.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, I haven't had a whole lot of time to built into the
>>> community in the past but I now's as good a time as any I suppose. A little
>>> about myself - I'm from Cork in Ireland and have a background in geography,
>>> sustainability, planning and online education however I spend many years in
>>> consultancy learning (through trial and error) how to use GIS and how not
>>> to use GIS.
>>>
>>> So this has brought me to the current point of starting a business in
>>>  developing the type of online resources which were missing when I
>>> needed it most.
>>>
>>> So with all this said, I'd be interested in learning about some of the
>>> challenges which your documentation team faces in keeping training material
>>> up-to-date coming up to version 3.0. I realise that it's early discussions
>>> but I'd like to perhaps see if I could tie in what I'm doing with the
>>> efforts of the QGIS project and try to give something back also.
>>>
>>> Anyway, thanks for reading and I'm glad to make contact.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Niall
>>>
>>
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