The community for editors
Editors are the largest group of people who use Exponential every day, and the group whose experience developers most need to hear about.
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What the community gives editors
| Need | Where |
|---|---|
| How to do something in the administration | The help for editors (Editing content, Publishing and versions) |
| Building pages yourself | The layouts editor |
| A question the help does not answer | The forums or chats (Where people meet) |
| Learning in a structured way | The editor courses of the trainers' section (Editors 101) |
| Routines for a team | Day to day (customers) |
What editors can give back
| Contribution | Why it matters | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Fix or extend editor help pages | Editors know which steps are missing | Contributing documentation and help pages |
| Translate the interface | Editors notice wrong or missing words first | Contributing translations |
| Describe usability problems | Developers rarely edit content all day | Describing a usability problem |
| Share an editorial workflow | Other teams can copy it | Writing tutorials and posts |
| Test new editor features on the development line | Find problems before release | Testing releases |
| Answer other editors | Editors explain to editors best | Answering questions |
None of these need programming.
Describing a usability problem
A usability problem is a real bug for the people who meet it. Describe it like this:
Task: <what I wanted to do, e.g. move ten articles to another folder>
Steps: <what I clicked>
Problem: <what was slow, confusing or impossible>
Design and browser: <admin design, browser, screen size or zoom>
Idea (optional): <what would help>File it on the software tracker (Filing a bug). A screenshot helps, without private content.
Related pages
- Paths through the community
- Talking points for editors
- Customers: start here
- Getting started
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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