Boingo the Clown
January 5th, 2001, 06:37 PM
The title pretty much says it all.
I believe that there should be a site set up here at New DooM dedicated solely to DooM related tutorials. Such a site would be an invaluable resouce for users wishing to do any editing for DooM or any of the DooM ports, and would make an excellent addition to the New DooM domain.
The tutorial site would have a wide variety of tutorials in several categories, ranging from the very basic (What is a Vertex?) to the more advanced (Adding special effects to levels). It would also include tutorial on how to use specific editors for wad editing, graphics, sounds, etc., and tutorials on editing for specific DooM ports would be added as well (How to build 3D floors in Legacy, How to use fraggle script, How to implement angled floors in ZDooM, etc.,).
Creating all the tutorials for this site would too massive an undertaking for a single person. It would be much better to have multiple authors, with each one creating tutorials sest suited to their expertese. I suggest using the following set up:
One person sets up and runs the site, acting much as the editor and chief of a newspaper. This is the guy who gets the final say as to what gets added to the site.
Any person who wishes to submit a tutorial can create one using his html editor. Although there should be some guidelines as to what may or may not be included on the page/s, the author would be given the freedom to make the page/s as simple or ornate as he chooses and in any style. Once the tutortial is completed, the author would then place the tutorial and all of its associated graphics into a zip file (or zip files if neccessary) and e-mail it to an address here at New DooM (i.e. tutorials@newdoom.com).
Once received, the editor of the site will look over the tutorial to make sure that it is correct and fully understandable (If it isn't, he may ask the author to make the apropriate changes, or reject it altogether.). He will then make whatever minor changes he feels are needed, add or adjust the appropriate links, and upload the tutorial to the site.
Tutorials could be revised or removed at any time. If a new tutorial is submitted that is better than an existing tutorial on the same subject, then the older tutorial will be replaced by the newer one. If an author makes a major revision on a tutorial written by another author, then the names of both authors should be displayed in the tutorial (Written by xxx. Revised by yyy Month Day, Year.)
I think that a system like this would be the best way to build a tutorial site. It would be a slow process, but eventually the site would be very impressive, and a valuable addition to New DooM.
What do you guys think?
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I believe that there should be a site set up here at New DooM dedicated solely to DooM related tutorials. Such a site would be an invaluable resouce for users wishing to do any editing for DooM or any of the DooM ports, and would make an excellent addition to the New DooM domain.
The tutorial site would have a wide variety of tutorials in several categories, ranging from the very basic (What is a Vertex?) to the more advanced (Adding special effects to levels). It would also include tutorial on how to use specific editors for wad editing, graphics, sounds, etc., and tutorials on editing for specific DooM ports would be added as well (How to build 3D floors in Legacy, How to use fraggle script, How to implement angled floors in ZDooM, etc.,).
Creating all the tutorials for this site would too massive an undertaking for a single person. It would be much better to have multiple authors, with each one creating tutorials sest suited to their expertese. I suggest using the following set up:
One person sets up and runs the site, acting much as the editor and chief of a newspaper. This is the guy who gets the final say as to what gets added to the site.
Any person who wishes to submit a tutorial can create one using his html editor. Although there should be some guidelines as to what may or may not be included on the page/s, the author would be given the freedom to make the page/s as simple or ornate as he chooses and in any style. Once the tutortial is completed, the author would then place the tutorial and all of its associated graphics into a zip file (or zip files if neccessary) and e-mail it to an address here at New DooM (i.e. tutorials@newdoom.com).
Once received, the editor of the site will look over the tutorial to make sure that it is correct and fully understandable (If it isn't, he may ask the author to make the apropriate changes, or reject it altogether.). He will then make whatever minor changes he feels are needed, add or adjust the appropriate links, and upload the tutorial to the site.
Tutorials could be revised or removed at any time. If a new tutorial is submitted that is better than an existing tutorial on the same subject, then the older tutorial will be replaced by the newer one. If an author makes a major revision on a tutorial written by another author, then the names of both authors should be displayed in the tutorial (Written by xxx. Revised by yyy Month Day, Year.)
I think that a system like this would be the best way to build a tutorial site. It would be a slow process, but eventually the site would be very impressive, and a valuable addition to New DooM.
What do you guys think?
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DeiM Creator. http://www.geocities.com/boingo_the_clown/extra/Stfst01.gif Team DeiM Leader.
The Epidermis Emporium: Newly Updated! http://www.newdoom.com/skins/
The Boingo Page: http://www.geocities.com/boingo_the_clown/