Writer's Guide

As a developer who used to be a content manager and who has trained content managers for government and higher education, I've noticed that almost all of our documentation is aimed at either site builders, developers, or the do-it-yourself business owners. Not very much is aimed at content writers and editors who don't have a hand in creation or development of the site.

This module is for them, it consists of tours for the major (unchanging) aspects of Drupal 8/9 sites and is meant as somewhat of a quick reference for them. The tours are short--they contain links to articles and/or video tutorials that shed more light on the subject. The idea is to give writers/editors the right terminology and understanding so they have the ability to ask the right questions and make their business requirements clear.

These tours do not assume any knowledge of web development or intent to build sites by the audience. Simply to give enough information to a user so they can find the answers to their questions going forward.

Some of the links do go to the User's Guide when it seems appropriate. Other times, they are linking out to articles that cover the main idea behind things. For example, "content chunking" is not specific to Drupal and it can help explain why we have fields and displays rather than a single body with drag-and-drop functionality.

We will also be offering an Ebook "Drupal Writer's Guide" that can be used as a solid reference for writers, authors, editors, and employees who use Drupal on a daily basis.