Extension:Page Forms/Manual

OK, I'm going to use this space to start writing the manual. Its not linked from anywhere yet, hence this informal text.


 * $100+ per hour consultants are deleting documentation, so I'm going to help you write this manual to fend them off from raping the newbies, who are just trying to do simple tasks that they could have done themselves if the documentation hadn't been deleted. Badon 20:30, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

= Notes = I'm going to organise the manual in the sub-pages of the Extension:Semantic Forms page. So far the following sub-pages have already been defined:


 * Extension:Semantic Forms/Version history
 * Extension:Semantic Forms/Code structure
 * Extension:Semantic Forms/Example
 * Extension:Semantic Forms/MediaWiki red links code change
 * Extension:Semantic Forms/Defining new inputs

I think the bulk of the existing content can be similarly moved into sub-pages, but quite some thought needs to be put into that.

Notes on how to break the existing page content into subpages...


 * I suggest a tutorial-style approach that documents how to do tasks, while demonstrating the features available. Badon 20:34, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

= Manual = OK, I'm just going to jump in with the following:


 * Extension:Semantic Forms/Manual/The forminput parser function
 * Extension:Semantic Forms/Manual/The formlink parser function
 * Extension:Semantic Forms/Manual/Special:AddData
 * Extension:Semantic Forms/Manual/Preloading data
 * Extension:Semantic Forms/Manual/Using Semantic Forms for file pages and uploads

Just shout at me if you think that's crazy. Wow... I just realised what a massive undertaking this is! I'll just focus on the above.

The above 4 sections of 'the manual' roughly cover two section of the existing documentation:
 * Section 10.1. Adding data
 * Section 10.2. Preloading data