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Look ma! A FAQ!
Thanks to the hard work of the FAQ team, the FAQ is now at a stage that's close to "completion". I use the scare quotes deliberately, because it's not anywhere near completion, and there's still a whole lot that needs adding and what have you. What's there at this point is pretty stable though, so I'm saying that we've now reached FAQ 1.0.
If you have time, go take a look at the FAQ and comment here to let me know what you think. We've done our best to make the FAQ clear and easy to read and to navigate, and I'd be especially interested to know how you think we've done with that. I'd like to know what you think we've got right, and I'd also like to hear any constructive criticism you have on things that you think we've got wrong.
This is also the place to comment if you find any typos or factual inaccuracies in the FAQ. We've had at least two pairs of eyes looking over every FAQ to try to cut down on errors, but it's inevitable that some will have slipped in. If you find any, comment here, and we'll get them fixed when we get a chance.
If you have time, go take a look at the FAQ and comment here to let me know what you think. We've done our best to make the FAQ clear and easy to read and to navigate, and I'd be especially interested to know how you think we've done with that. I'd like to know what you think we've got right, and I'd also like to hear any constructive criticism you have on things that you think we've got wrong.
This is also the place to comment if you find any typos or factual inaccuracies in the FAQ. We've had at least two pairs of eyes looking over every FAQ to try to cut down on errors, but it's inevitable that some will have slipped in. If you find any, comment here, and we'll get them fixed when we get a chance.
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Minor error found (really really minor): How do I unsubscribe from or revoke Access for another journal? (http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=75) The 'Manage Circle' link has the underlining of the link continue over into the space after 'circle'.
What!? I did say it was minor. :p
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Access lists/filters
"When making a locked post, you can restrict its access to a subset of your access list."
I was unable to find anything at all on access lists.
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We'll get a more complete version of the FAQ up at some point, but for now I just wanted to very quickly put something up.
Thanks for letting me know.
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But hey, this is the whole point of beta stages, isn't it?
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For example, I think http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=126 (Coming to DW from LJ: Naviagation bar) could usefully tell people coming to DW from LJ that the visibility of the nav bar is now something controlled by the logged in reader everywhere (with a link to the control tab for doing that)
- what's there isn't wrong or critically missing vital functions, and for all I know the faq writer went back and forth over that ten times already...
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http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=5
Would it be worth adding a paragraph to mention email posting for paid users, and client software with links to relevant FAQ pages for those methods?
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FAQ page for email posting, especially as the email command bit hasn't yet been LJ-stripped, and I know at least two people who assumed that that meant it didn't work yet.
http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=721
http://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/emailpost.bml?mode=help&type=headers
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http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=101&q=email
visible work-in-progress in the final paragraph, with a log in date of a week ago. Is this work in progress, or did it slip off someone's radar?
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http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=33
"There will be a few instances where we won't be releasing our code; one is that we're keeping the code for our site scheme (the look and feel of the site) closed-source so it's unique to us. However, we want these exceptions to be few and far between and will provide our reasoning in all cases."
Suggestion - re-order the sentence so it's
"There will be a few instances where we won't be releasing our code. We want these exceptions to be few and far between and will provide our reasoning in all cases. For example, we're keeping the code for our site scheme (the look and feel of the site) closed-source so it's unique to us."
Suggestion 2 - regardless of sentence structure, where are they going to provide reasoning? Link to the community or FAQ section?
Suggestion 3 - is it just the default site scheme, all the colour shifts of Troposcopic, or all the site schemes? 'look and feel' is a bit vague.
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Archive: This replaces "Calendar" on LiveJournal, but like the LiveJournal Calendar, the Dreamwidth Archive displays past entries of a journal or community by year or by month
The page is called 'calendar' but on many layouts, it's called 'archive', not calendar. DW makes the same distinction. In the journal URL it's 'calendar'. In menus it's 'archive'. Also, you can display past entries by day.
Profile: On LiveJournal, it's User Info, on Dreamwidth, it's your Profile.
It's User Profile/Community Profile/Syndicated Feed Profile on LJ too.
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Minor issue: someone correct me if I'm wrong but some of these icons are not used (yet?). For example 'remove access' is 'modify access' and has got the same icon as 'grant access'.
Actually, lots of these 'Hey! You're from LJ?' FAQs would be useful in a Guide to Newbies, not just to LJ users. My apologies if it's already been suggested/discussed.
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You can set the comment security level for each individual entry when you post it. You can make an entry where comments are not allowed, even if you have commenting turned on in general. When you're posting an entry, change the Allow comments? setting to Disabled. If you have commenting turned off in your journal, you can't set one entry to allow comments.
This is a bit confusing because the first sentence doesn't apply in all cases so it looks like we're said contradictory things. What about going straight to the point?
If you have commenting turned on in general, even with restrictions, you can still make entries where comments are not allowed. When you're posting... However, if you have commenting completely turned off in your journal,...
Another suggestion: could FAQ titles when viewed via ?faqcat be turned into links to each individual FAQs?
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You can ban someone by entering their account name on the Ban and Unban Accounts Page.
Lowercase p for page.
If you change your mind, you can use the Unban link on the same page to allow the person to comment again.
Assuming they mean the Ban and Unban Accounts page, there's no 'Unban link'. There are boxes you check and then a button to save your changes which says 'Ban and Unban Accounts'.
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You can protect your entries so that either only people on your access list can read the entries, or so that only people on your list can comment, even though everyone can read.
I think this sentence should link to http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=54 and http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=9.
You can also remove them from your access list (if they're on it).
Link to http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=75?
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Extra </ol> after Zesty.
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go to your "Manage Circle" page
The other FAQs don't use quotes when referencing page titles.
you may Enter the Dreamwidth account names or OpenID URLs of people you want to add to your Circle.
Lowercase e in enter, I think.
If the community administrator has chosen Moderated Membership when the community was created, you'll need to email the community's owner to be added to the community's membership list.
You can find out which type of community it is, or who to contact to be approved for membership if it's a Moderated Community, on the Community's Profile Page.
Aren't requests automatically e-mailed to the owners? It's what's said on http://www.dreamwidth.org/community/settings.bml. Are there any cases where that may not happen? Or was this actually meant for Closed communities?
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With moderated membership, users cannot join your community freely — they must request membership by attempting to join. You can choose to be notified by email when somebody tries to join your community, by selecting the appropriate option under "Administrative Options" on the Manage Communities page.
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If the community's Posting Access is set for Non-Members May Post
I think it's 'set to' instead of 'set for'.
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Thank you!
Re: Thank you!
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Extra semi-colon in the table:
Number of icon slots:
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You can change the way the main site pages look with the Display tab of the Account Settings page.
From what I've seen on other FAQs it should be "in the Display section of the My Account Settings page".
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Then go to the Display tab of the My Account Settings page
Section? I don't know if it consistently says section rather than tab. I haven't read all the FAQs.
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http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=67 and http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=70 say 'tab' too.
http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=96 says Account Settings page instead of My Account Settings page.
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Added "random community" page, as well as the existing "random user" page, to help you find interesting active communities.
Random community is a link but random user isn't. :/
annoyed us. for instance:
Missing capital F, I think, or the punctuation isn't right.
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I think FAQs tend to mention how you can reach this page via the menus. These don't; they only provide a link.
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The 'Adult Content' section has editorial comments.
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When entries are submitted to the moderation queue, administrators will be notified with a link to the moderation queue
There should be a link to the queue/Manage Communities page. Besides, you can select not to get notified.
You can enable moderation for your community on the Manage Communities page.
Manage Communities should be a link.
Finally, this FAQ and http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=101 always say administrator and never say moderator. It's only casually mentioned in http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=110. Is this on purpose?
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Banning a member from your community will remove their ability to post comments or entries to your community. This will not remove their community membership, though, so they will still be able to see any members-only entries.
To mimic what's said in 'Removing a User from your Community' it should be added that to prevent them from seeing members-only entries, they should be removed from the members list in addition to being banned. People may have not read the previous section. It also makes me wish for internal links linking the two sections together.
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Er, links? Please?
http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqcat=rels
All these FAQs are pretty bare. How do I go to someone's profile. What's the Interactions Menu? Also I don't think the ways filters are explained is simple and clear. It feels different from the language used in the other FAQs.
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Should there perhaps be mentioned that OpenID accounts can't become members of communities?
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Needs to link to the page on the wiki that lists all the acct levels:
http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Account_levels
Suggest you add dates to the 'first six months' for people who don't track ambiguous time periods well (so Apr 30 to Oct 30, 2009), etc.
FAQ question
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Mmm, Memories
In the second paragraph, the sentence says, "If you enter a blank description the entry will be deleted.". Instead of "the entry will be deleted" it should be "the memory will be deleted.".
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Thanks.
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