I want to contribute a new documentation page that include tables. Could you set the documentation team input format for the following page? http://drupal.org/node/514810

Let me know if you have any questions or need anything else.

Thanks

CommentFileSizeAuthor
#3 editing-access.png86.78 KBfrancewhoa

Comments

michelle’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed

Done.

Michelle

francewhoa’s picture

Thank you Michelle

francewhoa’s picture

StatusFileSize
new86.78 KB

@Michelle: I tried to edit the following page but the EDIT tab isn't showing. Find screenshot to clarify. Could you give me editing access to that page? http://drupal.org/node/514810

Thanks,

michelle’s picture

If you don't have access to the doc team input format, why did you want me to change it to that? I changed it back to filtered so you can edit it.

Michelle

michelle’s picture

Also, just set this active again when you have it all edited so your table shows up.

Michelle

francewhoa’s picture

@Michelle:

If you don't have access to the doc team input format, why did you want me to change it to that?

Because I want to contribute a new documentation and my contribution include HTML tables.

Please don't take the following personal it's my point of view about the process of adding a documentation with HTML tables. My point of view as a person without documentation admin role. My objective is to find a way to make it as easy as possible to contribute documentation with HTML tables. Here it is, in short contributing new documentation was a very quick & easy experience for me. But contributing new documentation with HTML tables was definitely not quick & easy for me.

In details here is why my experience wasn't not quick & easy:
1. First I'm trying to contribute a new documentation under that section http://drupal.org/node/266179
I can create a new child page. Add HTML tables to it. So far it's easy. But when I preview the new child page the tables aren't displaying properly.
2. I'm searching drupal.org and the documentation site for at least an hour but can't find information on how to add tables to a new documentation child page.
3. I create a new issue in the documentation issue queue. Then get a great reply from add1sun: http://drupal.org/node/512658
4. I try again to create a child page. Add a temporary message in it "To come. Please come back later. Waiting for documentation team input format to be activated". I save my child page: http://drupal.org/node/514810 But I don't add my tables yet because I can't preview them anyway with the filtered format. I'll add, preview & edit my tables later when the documentation input format is activated.
5. I create a new issue in the documentation issue queue requesting to set the documentation team input format for the newly create child page. This is where you came in: http://drupal.org/node/514818
6. Once the documentation team input format is activated I try to edit the page to add & preview my tables but can't edit the page because the EDIT button isn't display.
7. Now the page is back to filtered format and the EDIT button is visible. So I can edit the page but the tables aren't showing in preview mode. To see the tables I would have to redo above step 1 and so on. In other words it seems that I'm cough in an infinite loop of doom. I'm laughing at me here scratching my head L;)

Mmmm... maybe I should have added the tables anyway at above step 4. I didn't back then because I was assuming that the EDIT button would be available with both filtered and doc team input formats. I'm pocking around here. It's my first time contributing doc with tables. Could you confirm if the below 2 steps are correct?

How to add documentation with HTML table for beginners:
1. Create a new child page. Add my tables to the page even if I can't preview them. Save my page. The page will be very ugly and hard to format because the tables won't be display properly with filtered format. But that's normal for now.
2. Create a new issue in the documentation issue queue. Requesting to set the documentation team input format. When done the tables will be display nice and pretty.

michelle’s picture

1) Create the page in an external editor that lets you see the tables. You can do it in an unpublished node on your own site if you want to make use of Drupal's line break filter.

2) Copy the HTML/text to your handbook page.

3) File an issue asking for the format to be changed.

What you did was ask for the format to be changed to something you don't have access to and then wonder why you couldn't edit it! If you read Addi's answer to you, she says to put the HTML in first and then ask for the format change. It says right there that you won't be able to edit it once the format is changed.

If you're going to be making lots of pages with tables, you should ask to be on the doc team.

Michelle

francewhoa’s picture

Thanks Michelle. Good idea. I'll try that. I made a request to be in the doc team.

francewhoa’s picture

Status: Fixed » Active

I'm done adding the HTML tables. Could you change the following page input format to doc team input format?
http://drupal.org/node/514810

Thanks,

michelle’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed

There you go. :)

Michelle

francewhoa’s picture

Thanks Michelle :)

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.