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At 09:46 AM 10/13/04, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>I
am new to OpenCms and am trying to develop a web application using it.
Over the past month or so, I have posted many messages to this list, but
only received a few replies to various questions. I have also noticed in
the message archives a lot more questions than answers. Open-source
projects that do well usually have a good community behind them to help
out new users, along with demos and good documentation. While, OpenCms
has the best docs of any open-source CMS project I have looked into, I
don't see enough help on the mailing list. </font></blockquote><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>There is
no shortage of help on this list. The problem does NOT lie with the
OpenCMS developers or with the experienced users of OpenCMS. The problem
lies with users who are too lazy to search the email archives, too lazy
to read the documentation, or too cheap to buy Matt Butcher's excellent
book on OpenCMS.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>When I
began learning OpenCMS two years ago, I began by reading the official
documentation. Then, I read every single email in the archives (for the
prior six months) that had been posted by Alexander Kandzior, the chief
architect of OpenCMS. Other posters whose emails contain valuable
information include these:<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>= Matt
Butcher<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>= Olli
Aro<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>= Mark
Miller<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>=
Stephan Hartmann<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>= Rene
Hinojosa<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>=
Joachim Arrasz<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>=
Thomas Marz<br><br>
I suggest that you read the emails of these experienced users _very_
carefully. Their emails contain a great deal of supplemental, useful
information. Do _not_ merely search the email archives. BROWSE them. READ
them. They are a gold mine of information.<br><br>
Sincerely,<br>
Paul Bain<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>For
example, a project like Resin, which has a very small team of developers,
has its lead developer posting regularly to the mailing list to help
people. <br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>I hope that Alkacon can devote more
resources to monitoring the list and helping new users and thus grow the
community of experienced users (who in turn can help people out on the
list).<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>-andy kriger</font>
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