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== User Manuals ==
== Overview ==
''At this point in time, there are no comprehensive User Guides for OpenPetra users available.''  
''At this point in time, there are no comprehensive User Guides for OpenPetra users available.''  


===Current Options===
===Current Options===
* A [[Basic Tutorial]] on OpenPetra is available. This is a guide to some of the basic functionality that is available in OpenPetra.
* A [[Basic Tutorial]] on OpenPetra is available. This is a guide to some of the basic functionality that is available in OpenPetra.
* You might want to have a look at the old [http://www.ict-software.org/petra/index.php?page=PetraUserGuides Petra 2.2 User Guides].
* A first start has been made at https://docs.openpetra.org/ and https://handbuch.openpetra.de/
 
==Goals of OpenPetra User Guides==
===Content===
* Should provide thorough instructions and answers on how to use OpenPetra effectively.
 
===Portable===
* User Guides should be viewable on any operating system. This goal could be reached by providing the User Guides in PDF format.
 




===Authoring of User Guides===
===Authoring of User Guides===
====In this wiki====
====Using Sphinx====
The plan is to write the content of the User Guides here in the wiki, and then to automatically export it into PDF format and possibly other formats as well.
The plan is to write the content of the User Guides with Sphinx, store them in Github, and publish them at https://docs.openpetra.org/. Sphinx also allows to produce PDF files.
 
[[Start page for the actual content of the User Guides]]


TODO: instructions about how to organise chapters, topics, screenshots etc.
See https://docs.openpetra.org/contributions/index.html for more details!


==== Possible Alternative: FLOSS Manuals====
Sphinx projects can be published at https://readthedocs.org/
See [[FLOSS Manuals]]

Latest revision as of 06:29, 10 September 2022

Overview

At this point in time, there are no comprehensive User Guides for OpenPetra users available.

Current Options

Goals of OpenPetra User Guides

Content

  • Should provide thorough instructions and answers on how to use OpenPetra effectively.

Portable

  • User Guides should be viewable on any operating system. This goal could be reached by providing the User Guides in PDF format.


Authoring of User Guides

Using Sphinx

The plan is to write the content of the User Guides with Sphinx, store them in Github, and publish them at https://docs.openpetra.org/. Sphinx also allows to produce PDF files.

See https://docs.openpetra.org/contributions/index.html for more details!

Sphinx projects can be published at https://readthedocs.org/