[OWW-Discuss] Clarification of Help:Notebook

[Ricardo Vidal]

Hi Steven,

Thanks for the great feedback. It's direct questions like these that we
enjoy receiving so that we can make the content as explicit and easy to
follow as possible.


   - We are in the midst of actually getting something ready that will
   make the whole 1,2,3 process automated with a simple click. But until then,
   I agree with your point of view about the step-wise issue and I'll make some
   changes to the Help page.

   - The templates are linked at the top (template for iGEM and standard
   notebook pages). Both the project level and the entry level.

   - As for the "my lab notebook" link in the top right corner, we are
   changing from that system where notebooks were always set in the "Notebook:"
   to a free form system where you can place your notebook wherever you want.
   Keep in mind that we recommend certain structure to the pages to keep things
   orderly and future-proof for new features that are in the works.
   So, that link in the corner is now only there for those users that
   ever activated the option in their preferences and will soon be made to
   point to wherever you set up your notebook, either in the user, lab or igem
   space.

Thank you for your feedback. It's much appreciated.

Kind regards,
Ricardo


On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Steven J. Koch <sjkoch at unm.edu> wrote:

>  Hi All,
>
> I just noticed the Lab Notebooks advertisement on the main page.  It looks
> great!  Very inviting, I think.
>
> I do have a few comments, which are coming from the perspective of someone
> who hasn't been following the development in the past few months.
> Basically, when I read the help page, there are a lot of nice looking
> things, but I don't know what to do.  I can contrast this to when I first
> set up a lab page, which I was able to do easily by following the
> step-by-step instructions.  I know a lot more about wikis now, but am not
> clear when reading the Help:Notebook page.  Here're some points which may
> not be obvious to those who already know what's going on:
>
> 1.       It would be good to link to example notebook pages right at the
> top of the help page.  It's not until the bottom of the page that
> screenshots are shown, but even then the links are to images.  Maybe I'm
> missing something obvious, but where do I see a working example?
>
> a.      Along the same lines, if there are other related pages can these
> be linked at the top of the help page?
>
> 2.      The steps are not obvious.  Without actually trying it yet, it
> seems like the steps are 1, 2, 3 (listed vertically: notebook, project,
> entry) and for each of these steps, we should do 1, 2, 3 (listed
> horizontally: template, create, paste) .  I think it would be better to
> have the steps listed out, similar to *
> http://openwetware.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_lab_wiki*<http://openwetware.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_lab_wiki>
>
> 3.      Are there supposed to be some templates on the "notebook page"? I
> don't see it listed on the help page.
>
> 4.      When I click on the "my lab notebook" link at the top right of the
> page, it goes to "Notebook:Steven J. Koch" whereas it seems like we're
> supposed to put it in User: namespace?
>
> Does any of that make sense?
>
> --Steve
>
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>
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