Should I write a how-to for beginners?

[davidw]

As I myself am new to vbulletin, I see so many people (Admins, mind you) that have no clue on the basics of vbulletin. It has taken the better part of two months for me to self-teach this so that I can understand it.

My question would be, "Would people like a how-to guide on vbulletin for beginners?" Would it help?

I can understand the frustration that others feel when there's a hack out there and people don't understand something like "upload the plugin." (The first time I heard that, I was thinking what in the world is a plugin? How do I do that? It wasn't until trial and error that I figured it out.)

Is there a current how-to? I'm under the assumption that there isn't one because no one references it. If 50% or better votes yes, I will create a how-to on the BASICS of vBulletin, from an n00B's point of view :D

[soniceffect]

There are tutorials about on how to do various different things, including how to upload plugins, one of which being on the vbulletin website (the manual), however to have it all in one place and from a complete noobs point of view personally I think it an excellent idea, would be a nice place to point people asking questions that to us are simple but to them may not be.

Voted yeah, go for it.

[nexialys]

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no need of a HowTo when you visit the official website

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/

this is given in the documentation when you buy vbulletin.

[davidw]

My apologies. I honestly wasn't aware that this existed. It is possible that I may have overlooked this in the email provided to me. On monday, I will look for that email and reread it.

My question now is why don't people refer those who need help to this documentation? This will save me the trouble of doing this coming up with such documentation myself. :)

Thanks for the link - I will put it in my signature :D

[dcpaq2xx]

I still think it would be an excellent idea to write a beginner guide. There are still lots of things that could be covered for a newbie person that the VB guys left out of their manual.

Also terminology and such should be kept at a low level and not to complicated to understand.

Doug

[Marco van Herwaarden]

I think this is always welcome. The problem when 'The Experts' write a guide, is always that it is difficult to place yourself in the mind of a beginner. A guide written by someone who is just starting could be much easier for someone.

[dcpaq2xx]

I definetly agree. Also as a newbie we tend to read more into what is there and this raises MANY detailed and unanswered questions in our minds.

Even VB's manual could have more content added to it then it currently does.

I was looking through it today and there were alot of unanswered questions that came up that were not covered in it.

Doug

[Lycan]

I voted yes... after all any sort of "How to" is usually appreciated.... even if i already knew how to do what is in the guide its still nice to have

it might cut down even the slightest bit on a few of the basic questions that get asked by beginners even after they have searched for the answer only to have someone paste the link to the search option instead of trying to be helpful at all when they finally break down and ask how in a post

[noppid]

If you are inspired, go for it. I'm sure you and others would benefit from your effort.

Good luck.

[davidw]

If this trend continues, I'll probably start working on it the first week of December.

[dcpaq2xx]

If this trend continues, I'll probably start working on it the first week of December.

Sounds good to me, Ill be the first to be there reading it when its finished.

Doug

[TruthElixirX]

Voted yes. Would have helped me lots!

[Tony G]

Please answer the question: "HOW DO I MAKE STYLEZ LOLZ?"

Please. :p

[davidw]

LOL - believe me - when (if) I figure that out - it will definately go in there. I kinda want input from other to go in there too - like a compilation of sorts :P

[Chris M]

We should get together and write a book ;)

Then sell it to noobs :p

Chris

[Tony G]

They'll probably still ask the questions though. :p And of course, they are welcome as all vB.org staff are super-friendly and have no prejudice or bias!

[Christine]

christianb,

I think that any addition to the community is a welcome one.

:)

[davidw]

We should get together and write a book ;)

Then sell it to noobs :p

Chrislol, I'm a n00B myself :P

[Ozark]

I think it's a great idea.

[peterska2]

I was actually thinking about this myself a couple of weeks ago.

If you want some help with it, drop me a line and I'll be happy to do some.

[davidw]

Thanks :) Looks like, based on the majority of those who voted, it could very well be a solid deal :D