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By orthoducks on
I'm a Drupal newbie. I'm also a professional technical writer with a lot of background in programming.
I used the Getting Started PDF as a guide to installing and configuring Drupal 5.7, and I kept a record of errors and possible improvements by annotating the PDF file. I'd like to ask what would be the best way to contribute this material .
I'm reluctant to make changes to the online manual for several reasons.
First, I believe that tutorial documentation is much more effective when delivered as a linear printable document than as a collection of Web pages; given the choice, I would much rather improve the PDF for this document than the HTML. Because of the differences between the two media, I know that some of my corrections could not be applied to the HTML documentation, and so would be lost even if it were reconverted to PDF.
Second, as I become more familiar with Drupal I sometimes realize that comments I have made are based on ignorance or misunderstanding, and I expect that process to continue for a while longer. For this reason I'm hesitant to make changes that will immediately be accessible online, even if they are subject to review.
Third, some of my notes concern general suggestions rather than specific changes. Unfortunately, I cannot now make the time commitment that would be necessary to implement these suggestions, and many of them warrant prior discussion in any case.
I will welcome suggestions on how to proceed.
