WC WIki Week - Day 1: WindowBlinds & BebiBulma
Contributors & Their Contributions
Monday, September 24, 2007 by Zoomba | Discussion: OS Customization
The Wiki project started many months ago after review of community feedback on Brad's "How Stardock Failed the Community" article from the start of the year. The single biggest complaint was a lack of good resources for documentation and helpful information on the plethora of skinning products Stardock has built over the years. Our decision was to provide a site and framework for the community to contribute their knowledge of the tools and software available. The idea was that while a developer knows how the application works from a functional perspective, it's the artists and everyday users who have the deep knowledge of how to really use the tools in a practical sense, and are likely much better than we are at explaining things.
When we began the project, one of the very first pages created to be used as a template for what to include and how to format software pages was the Wiki page for WindowBlinds
It's one of the best places to look for consolidated WindowBlinds information as it has links to relevant external sites, helpful tutorials. It also has a brief history of the application and major changes introduced at several versions. If you're curious about WindowBlinds or are looking for help in skinning, this page is a good place to start from.
Also from the beginning of the project, several members of the community stepped in and really made the project their own. Without the effort of these folks, the project never would have gotten off the ground, and they made sure that this was a community effort from the start. Probably the most active contributor at the start of the project was BebiBulma. She was critical in corralling other contributors and wrote and helped with formatting for a lot of the initial pages on the Wiki.
Remember, all you need to do to contribute to the Wiki is create an account and start editing/creating pages. It's open to everyone.
Reply #2 Monday, September 24, 2007 10:43 AM
Just wish I was smarter/better in customizing so I could add/edit to the information.
The Wiki should be the first stop for anyone after donwloading Stardock products/prgrams.
Thanks to everyone who keeps it running and updated.
Reply #3 Monday, September 24, 2007 12:52 PM
Reply #4 Monday, September 24, 2007 1:51 PM
The WindowBlinds page was a big help in figuring out how to write articles. Very well written and informative, and not in the least bit tedious.
Great work Bebi!
And thanks to the whole development team for getting this started! 
Reply #5 Monday, September 24, 2007 2:42 PM
Reply #6 Monday, September 24, 2007 9:44 PM
Wow....featured again...what's a girl to do? *blush*
I just like helping out when and where I can....all those poor fools still using bland, boring, ugly Luna, gotta steer them in the right direction ya know!
I hope to be able to add more stuff as well as see others contribute, every bit helps!
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Reply #1 Monday, September 24, 2007 10:21 AM
Quentin94 hides for hadn't got more time to make much more there
yep Bebi JD Nick you and all of those who had made the wiki and those who make many tutorials and additions to the pages ROCKS!