[openlp-dev] Small Jobs for New Contributors

[Lane Lester]

Ha,  ha.  Yes,  that does look complicated,  but I'll give it my best shot.

Lane
On 10 Apr 2016 8:54 am, "Olli Suutari" <suutari.olli at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Lane!
>
> I believe nobody has yet started working on the manual.
> Glad to hear you are willing to help with this.
>
> I found this guide about documentation:
> http://wiki.openlp.org/Documentation:Getting_Started
>
> It's a bit complicated, but If you need help with getting started,
> I'm sure people are willing to help on IRC.
>
> Azaziah
>
> On 10 April 2016 at 14:36, Lane Lester <lane.lester at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am an amateur editor and website installer,  and I would be happy to
>> help with the manual,  unless there is already someone who plays that role.
>>
>> Lane
>> On 9 Apr 2016 6:17 pm, "Raoul Snyman" <raoul at snyman.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> There are a couple of odd jobs that need to be done for 2.6. Not really
>>> coding, but in some cases you'll need to dig through the code to find it.
>>>
>>> 1. Remove version number in title
>>> I think we currently have the version of OpenLP in the title bar. This
>>> is not necessary and will only prove to be a pain in the long run.
>>>
>>> 2. Remove character count from exception form
>>> When someone encounters an unhandled exception, this form pops up.
>>> There's a label that tells people they need at least 20 characters. Remove
>>> it. People write junk just to send the form. Without the label (but still
>>> with the 20 character limitation) people will hopefully be more
>>> descriptive. You'll need to regenerate the base translation file after
>>> this.
>>>
>>> 3. Rename the elements
>>> There are some elements that need to be renamed:
>>> - Media Manager => Library
>>> - Service manager => Service
>>> - Theme Manager => Themes
>>> - Projector Manager => Projectors
>>> - Live Panel (in the menu) => Live
>>> - Preview Panel (in the menu) => Preview
>>> You'll need to regenerate the base translation file after this.
>>>
>>> 4. Rename above elements in the manual
>>> Go through the manual and update the names of the things that have
>>> changed
>>>
>>> 5. Remove any references to versions of OpenLP in the manual.
>>> There are some places in the manual that still say 2.2 and some mention
>>> 2.4. Let's get rid of them.
>>>
>>> There's also blog posts that can be written and a branding exercise that
>>> we're going through.
>>>
>>> Let me know if you want to do anything and you're unsure if where to
>>> start.
>>>
>>> R.
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