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Am I wasting my time with a FAQ?

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Am I wasting my time with a FAQ?

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I've been working on 3 FAQ pages. One for newbies, one for newbies that want to start skinning, and one specific to WC... why the 100meg cap, why am I getting server busy, and such. I'm still waiting for Brad to respond to an email I sent him, asking for permission for the WC FAQ. I won't post it without his approval.
Anyway, the question is, am I wasting my time? Will you guys and gals that answer the same questions over and over, send the newbies asking for help to the link? Will any of you help me out by submitting ideas for improvement, additional questions and the like? Will the newbies read it? Should I just get back to skinning something, and forget this?
Please respond, and tell me what you think.
oh yes.......... the first page as it stands right now is here http://koasati.net/faq1.htm
So ......what say ye, answerers of the redundant questions.
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Reply #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jafo...that's why velcro was invented...so the Aussies wouldn't have to spend two extra years in school learning how to tie shoelaces...

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Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I like the idea.

I'll help if I can.
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Reply #53 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"LazyDawg....'rule adaptations'?
Do the Aussies have to tie their shoelaces together?..."

Something like that.
I'll send them to you later.
Reply #54 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Peff....'two years'...wow....fast learners...
Reply #55 from WinCustomize Forums Top
As per crae's request, and with his assistance the faq can be found here.. http://koasati.net/faq

http://koasati.net/faq1.htm still works also.

T-Man, I'm still waiting for you and/or Brad to reply to my emails......
Reply #56 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A couple of quick questions.

What is an author logo?

Wht is the preferred method of uploading multiple wallpaper resolutions? On the one hand a single zip is convienent, but it also forces users to waste download and costs WC extra transfer to send stuff people aren't gonna use.

I have a piece I just finished and think I am gonna go ahead and upload. Lemme know what the best way to to it would be. The zip for the big three resolutions would be huge.
Reply #57 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I was told that you zip the different sizes in one zipped single upload. If you upload the same wall in different sizes separately, they will remove them.

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Reply #58 from WinCustomize Forums Top
author logo... anyone?
Reply #59 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm a bona fide newbie.......and help files aren't always tailored to normal people who need baby steps......the FAQ you posted is great......the people like me will go there
Reply #60 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanx Brad.

bakerstreet...author logo is a leftover from the Stardock skins site.... no longer used. Why the fields are still there is a mystery to me.
Reply #61 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Abuse 'em while you can!

Also, a table of contents might be handy. List all the questions at the top and link them (via anchors, you know, the # things) to the part of the page where the question is answered. Makes it easier for people to find what they need.
Reply #62 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Now with Table of Contents!
I like your suggestions crae.....keep 'em coming!
Reply #64 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Baker...preferably single zip...if it gets much over about 2meg, perhaps the larger res could be jpegs rather than bitmaps.
I personally don't see the need for a squillion separate resolutions, just the different 'proportional' ones....1024x768 and 1280x1024 covers most....and maybe 1600x1200 for the Sony 21 inchers out there....
Reply #65 from WinCustomize Forums Top
How about having the FAQ as a new Library entry. That way it could easily uploaded or updated under the current site scheme. Searching would also be possible with the already built in search function, ordering, and categories. Seems to me it would be very easy to set up on the site this way...

What do you think T-Man....?
Reply #66 from WinCustomize Forums Top
okie doke. I decided just to upload a 1280 version and see how it went. If I decide to update with any others I'll make 'em jpegs. thanks.
Reply #67 from WinCustomize Forums Top
urm... that was for jafo, sorry.
Reply #68 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"T-Man, I'm still waiting for you and/or Brad to reply to my emails...... " - Koasati

Never received them. Just sent you an email with my private address.
Reply #69 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Randy...Brad mentioned he hadn't received it either...

Better kick them squirrels in your mail room into life...they're slacking off....
Reply #70 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"How about having the FAQ as a new Library entry. "

We have slowly been working on an a knowledge base system (ie: https://www.stardock.com/support/support.asp). This system will eventually be used for all our products/websites. This it what I plan to incorporate into WinCustomize. Right now its pretty generic but in the future we hope to add search capabilites to it and so on. But that is the general direction that I intend to take for the WinCustomize FAQ.
Reply #71 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jafo -"...Yanks may be feeble minded, but we've got it all over ya.....we're a race of 'slack bastards'" The Texans would love to challenge the arrogant Aussies to a grand "slack-off". We'll impart the rules to Jafo tomorrow .. or next week .. or perhaps next year - you know how these things go.
Reply #72 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Pat.... new mail sent..... now take me off your blacklist, so you can receive it.


Bangkokboy....... I don't know if we can handle those slackers from Oz....... I know of no Texas that has written and intensively promoted a "program" that would compare with the likes of Babya.......
Reply #73 from WinCustomize Forums Top
BKB...do your 'challenge' thing...naturally, WE don't care what you do, we're calling in a sickie and goin' to the pub....
Reply #74 from WinCustomize Forums Top
we're already at the bar, Jafo, and we didn't even call in. the boss beat us here. Slack are ye ? indeed!!

however ... koasati has broached the most salient point of all. if babya is any measure of the heights to which Aussie slackness can soar when properly motivated, then we may have to think about this a bit longer. not saying you win outright mate, but you've got some formidable credentials there!
Reply #75 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Nah...we just take the cake for 'Moron Of The Year Award'...[who else could create an OS which real humans would call a bit of 'childish VB coding in Windows'?

Aafuss....MAAAAAATE...it is not an OS, it doesn't even cut it as a program, or even 'programme'....

The phrase 'waste of space' springs to mind...