Factory

[ramjet]

Just a message to the Factory crew... EXCELLENT!
....sorry I can't participate at the moment

[Ben]

Ram,

What are you talking about? After a google search, I found this: http://contao-factory.com. Is that what you're talking about? If so, can you fill us in on what it's all about?

Thanks!

[Tru]

Hi Ben

In short words, it's a new project that its aim to provide a solid Contao documentation for regular users and for developers. The official documentation missed many important things, so we decided to create a complete guide to Contao.

[Ben]

Do you know if it will be multi-lingual? I know there are a lot of people that want (and will contribute to) better documentation in English.

[qrczak]

This documentation will be in English

[Medianomaly]

Awesome!!!

[Ben]

Sounds exciting! Is there a forum post anywhere that we can find out more?

[ramjet]

Hi Ben, super-sleuth you!
theres no forum post as far as i'm aware. I think its just in set-up stage at the mo, but i'm sure someone will announce it soon. Tru asked me to help out, but unfortunately I can't (hence my message).

[acenes]

How will this differentiate itself from the community wiki:

http://en.contaowiki.org/Main_Page

[Tru]

@Ben
The idea was born while participating in the discussion you actually started (how to make Contao more popular)

@acenes
First of all, it will be based on Contao itself. Secondly it will have, I mean, it has attractive design. Thirdly, the community wiki has no content at all - that's the difference.

[acenes]

Both thumbs up from my side for implementig this with contao.

And yes, its finally all about content. Looking forward to what you are bringing up.

[thyon]

I've already posted my first developer guide for Image Headline in the Extension Docs section.

http://www.contao-factory.com/image-headline.html

Note that Blair is still working on the design, so the wrapper images and search box and other things might change. I helped with the MooTools Kickass mouseover menu and Tru did some CSS for styling the pages.

[PaoloB]

the site is on line?!? good work


18 settembre - Contao Italian Meeting

[ramjet]

That looks fantastic!

[Ben]

Wow ... now that's a documentation site that people can get excited about!

[Ben]

Is there any public information about the new "factory" site? I think there are a lot of people who would like to get involved (myself included).

Also, why is it called "factory"? Maybe "school" would be more appropriate for a documentation site.

[winanscreative]

Hey Ben-

We're working on filling up the site with content now and any contributions are more than welcome. I will hook you up with a login so you can get in there and poke around. If anyone else is interested just PM me!

The "Contao-Factory" was a donated domain name from Marcin Lachowski. We all really liked it in that it had a nice ring to it and gave us some marketing potential with the "factory" theme... A place where you can get things get done. Nothing more than that, though!

[Ben]

Blair - yes, please send over some account login details when you have the time.

I do think that "Contao Factory" is far catchier than "Contao School". The name has a nice ring to it.

[thyon]

A factory is where things are churned out that work... Also, a factory includes both newbies and developers (school kinda only for newbies), hence it's a source for both. I've contributed some content already (ok, also some design), so everyone, better get their ass into gear and add their content!! Best to fine-tune the layout now, while it's still in the dev stage.