Help for Beginners?

mattstewart

Ok, i'm a newbie to this software - it seems to rock, as i've downloaded it, installed it, and it seems to work nicely..... but i don't have a clue how to start using all the features beyond the basics of signing up as a user, and adding my "tweets". How do i go about administrating the site, and hopefully adding some plugins and mods if available.... i don't know where to find the relevant info if there is any! Is there any kind of full instruction manual for the existing features, as i can't find it, so either a) i'm being really stupid, b) it's rather poorly publicised or c) there isn't one.

evan

The best document I know of right now is the README file. I think that's really insufficient, and we plan to put together some better documentation for the 1.0 release.

With the 0.9.0 version (currently in release candidate), there's an administrator link on the top right menu if you're logged in as an administrator. But the primary way to configure the site is still using the config.php file.

You can add a plugin using "addPlugin('Name');" in the config.php file. There are a bunch of plugins in the plugins/ directory, and some that are wild on the Internet. There's a good directory of plugins, themes, and applications at http://status.net/open-source/add-ons .

twitman

it is a work in progress that is why this forum has been setup. I think we need a general intro of steps to follow and we allow crosslinking to do the rest.
This is an evolving software, so the documentation as a necessity must be dynamic too

mattstewart

cheers evan - you need to take the "." off the end of that URL by the way!

evan

OK, thanks! I think the URL works now.

emmajane

Thanks for your comments, @mattstewart. I'm working on the system administration documentation. I'd love to get your help with it. Would you be able to add notes to this wiki page and let me know what the things were which weren't obvious?

http://status.net/wiki/Pain_Points

Thanks!

mattstewart

will do @emmajane!