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Writing a book on a wikiWow, does that even work?
Atlassian User Group5 May 2012, Sydney
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Confluence, Tech Comm, Chocolate
Wikis and technical documentation
Agile environments
Social media
Crowd sourcing
Driving wiki development
And more
A wiki as platform extraordinaire for technical communication
wikitechcomm.onconfluence.com
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It’s a team effort, right from conception
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Slide 5Writing a book on a wiki – it works! by Sarah Maddox
9 months’ labour – the content phase
15May
Submit proposal
3 Jun
31 Dec
Content deadline
Writing
15Feb
Production
3 Dec
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9 months’ labour – the content phase
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15May
Submit proposal
3 Jun
31 Dec
15 Jun
15Feb
Content deadline
Writing
Admin and technical setup
Production
3 Dec
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9 months’ labour – the content phase
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15May
Submit proposal
3 Jun
27 Nov
31 Dec
15 Jun
Content deadline
Writing
Admin and technical setup
15Feb
Production
3 Dec
Artwork and promotion
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Slide 8Writing a book on a wiki – it works! by Sarah Maddox
9 months’ labour – the content phase
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15May
Submit proposal
3 Jun
27 Nov
3 Dec
31 Dec
15 Jun
Content deadline
Writing
Admin and technical setup
Technical review
15Feb
Production
Artwork and promotion
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Slide 9Writing a book on a wiki – it works! by Sarah Maddox
9 months’ labour – the content phase
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15May
Submit proposal
3 Jun
27 Nov
3 Dec
31 Dec
15 Jun
22 Dec
Content deadline
Writing
Admin and technical setup
Artwork and promotion
Technical review
Index, footnotes, etc
15Feb
Production
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Slide 10Writing a book on a wiki – it works! by Sarah Maddox
9 months’ labour – the production phase
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15May
Submit proposal
3 Jun
27 Nov
3 Dec
15 Jun
22 Dec
7 Jan
5 Feb
Content deadline
Copy edit
Final proofs
Printing
31 Dec
15Feb
Production
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Permissions
Sharing a page via email
@mentions
Watching a page or a space
Notifications
RSS feeds
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Managing reviewers’ and editors’ feedback
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Watching a space
Choose “Browse” > “Advanced”
> “Start watching this space”
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Setting your notification options
Choose the type of content you want to know about
Choose the format of the notifications
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Wiki plugins and add-ons
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Gliffy for diagrams
Image copyright © Sarah Maddox 2012
www.gliffy.com
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Cool, so now the book is on the wiki
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Slide 17Writing a book on a wiki – it works! by Sarah Maddox
How to get from wiki to production
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Scroll Wiki DocBook Exporter
www.k15t.com
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It’s not over ‘til the wiki sings
http://wikitechcomm.onconfluence.com
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Prize draw
Winner!wikitechcomm.onconfluence.com
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Slide 21Writing a book on a wiki – it works! by Sarah Maddox
Getting hold of the book
Wiki:
https://wikitechcomm.onconfluence.com
Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Confluence-Tech-Chocolate-Sarah-Maddox/dp/1937434001
Barnes & Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/confluence-tech-comm-chocolate-sarah-maddox/1108812996?ean=9781937434007
XML Press:
http://xmlpress.net/publications/chocolate/
Drawings from the book are copyright © Ryan Maddox 2012http://ryanmaddoxart.wordpress.com/
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Contacting Sarah
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @sarahmaddox
http://twitter.com/sarahmaddox
LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/sarahmaddox
Blog: http://ffeathers.wordpress.com
Other blog: http://travellingworm.wordpress.com/
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