mentecky
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| Posted: 06/18/2008, 6:23 PM |
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I was thinking, and it really hurt, that a CCS guide might be useful to many users. My idea is stepping through building a site like www.meetwny.com . Start off with basics of CCS and then one chapter on adding each feature. Then throw in a Tips and Tricks section.
Does anyone think this could be useful? Can I feed my dogs and kids with it? (Not in that order of course).
Rick
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JimmyCrackedCorn
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| Posted: 06/18/2008, 9:37 PM |
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I'm always whining about the lack of comprehensive documentation so I would buy anything like this that was reasonably correct and up-to-date. Of course it would have to be an improvement on the documentation!
I'm not sure whether you could make much doing it though. I have a client who is a speaker and he self-published his first book but the net effect was it cost him more than he sold. However, he did get a publishing contract for his second book.
There may be an issue with the size of the market for a CCS book. You'd need to see if you could somehow determine how many active CCS users there are and then estimate what percentage would buy your book. That would tell you how much dog food (and how many happy meals) you'd be able to cover! :)
If you do decide to move forward you should try and get Yes' support and maybe even set up a forum here to get input on your outline. It could help CCS, CCS users and you!
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jacem
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| Posted: 06/19/2008, 9:25 PM |
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The trick is however to allow for uses to add / update additional material to each area within the book. Without many hands the work is heavy to do a book like this or as Jimmy & I want: vastly improved documentation.
I think YES would benefit if they put the manuals online as a wiki that the user community can enhance, update and expand on. That way YES saves $ for development and their right to a return on investment and the user commnity gets far better documentation with many hands making light work.
Wiki has nice locking features for the core areas of pages (ie: the original YES provided manual material) while still allowing the vast user community to add their two cents worth. The high volume and smart posters from these fourms can be given admin rights etc...All this will make the learning curve for newbies far shorter and more successful, adding to sales and therefore keeping YES moving forward.
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