Tag Archives: help authoring

Pocket Philosophy of Contextual Help

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Doug

Crafting varied, mostly small updates to the help tabs for WordPress 3.1 feels like a slow motion race against time. Iterations of the Beta version need to be in place to see what help text needs revising; any revising must … Continue reading →

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WordPress Help Tabs

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Doug

I’m currently working on updating some help tabs for WordPress 3.1, about to go into Beta. See Trac Ticket #15346 (Contextual Help Tabs Cleanup) with patches I’ve submitted for individual dashboard screens. For background on WordPress help tabs: Codex article … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Doug

This is my site under construction for writing samples in technical communications and help authoring.  Eventually it will become a CMS/portfolio/resource collection. I’m attending WordCampSF 2008 to learn about WordPress and possibly about writing help for its Codex. Please contact … Continue reading →

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