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We are currently lacking any kind of end-user documentation. We need tutorials, geared towards typical end-users like your neighbor or your grandma, explaining to them the basic tasks in a calendar app. | We are currently lacking any kind of end-user documentation. We need tutorials, geared towards typical end-users like your neighbor or your grandma, explaining to them the basic tasks in a calendar app. | ||
===General=== | |||
====Calender Project and its components==== | |||
* Calendar is the name of the project that has two distinct outputs which both use the same code base: | |||
** [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/index.html Lightning] is a calendar extension for [http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ Mozilla Thunderbird]. It offers calendaring features directly in the Thunderbird User Interface. Further integration features, such as e-mail invites or address book integration are planned for future releases. | |||
** [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/index.html Sunbird] is our standalone calendar application. It doesn't need another client application to run at the cost of a larger download and higher memory requirements. Because of its standalone nature, Sunbird does not offer any kind of tight integration with an e-mail application, such as [http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ Mozilla Thunderbird]. | |||
====Current Versions==== | |||
* The latest stable release of Lightning is 0.8 | |||
* The latest stable release of Sunbird is 0.8 | |||
The latest Lightning and Sunbird official releases can be downloaded from the [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/ Calender Project] home page. | |||
This document focusses on the next stable release (0.9) as that should be | |||
released by the time this document has any substance. | |||
===Installation=== | |||
* [[Calendar:Installing Sunbird|Installing Sunbird]] | * [[Calendar:Installing Sunbird|Installing Sunbird]] | ||
* [[Calendar:Installing Lightning into Thunderbird|Installing Lightning into Thunderbird]] | |||
===Configuration=== | |||
* [[Calendar:Configuring Sunbird|Configuring Sunbird]] | * [[Calendar:Configuring Sunbird|Configuring Sunbird]] | ||
* [[Calendar:Configuring Lightning|Configuring Lightning]] | * [[Calendar:Configuring Lightning|Configuring Lightning]] | ||
===Interface Components=== | |||
** [[Calendar:Calendar Gui|Calendar Interface Components]] | |||
===Basic Tasks=== | |||
* [[Calendar:Switching between mail and calendar mode in Lightning|Switching between mail and calendar mode in Lightning]] | * [[Calendar:Switching between mail and calendar mode in Lightning|Switching between mail and calendar mode in Lightning]] | ||
* [[Calendar:Creating a new event or a new task|Creating a new event or a new task]] | * [[Calendar:Creating a new event or a new task|Creating a new event or a new task]] | ||
Revision as of 11:07, 27 July 2008
End-user documentation
We often get feedback from people that want to contribute to the Calendar apps, but lack the technical skills needed for programming.
This page is for you. We need your help!
We are currently lacking any kind of end-user documentation. We need tutorials, geared towards typical end-users like your neighbor or your grandma, explaining to them the basic tasks in a calendar app.
General
Calender Project and its components
- Calendar is the name of the project that has two distinct outputs which both use the same code base:
- Lightning is a calendar extension for Mozilla Thunderbird. It offers calendaring features directly in the Thunderbird User Interface. Further integration features, such as e-mail invites or address book integration are planned for future releases.
- Sunbird is our standalone calendar application. It doesn't need another client application to run at the cost of a larger download and higher memory requirements. Because of its standalone nature, Sunbird does not offer any kind of tight integration with an e-mail application, such as Mozilla Thunderbird.
Current Versions
- The latest stable release of Lightning is 0.8
- The latest stable release of Sunbird is 0.8
The latest Lightning and Sunbird official releases can be downloaded from the Calender Project home page.
This document focusses on the next stable release (0.9) as that should be released by the time this document has any substance.
Installation
Configuration
Interface Components
Basic Tasks
- Switching between mail and calendar mode in Lightning
- Creating a new event or a new task
- Creating a recurring event
- Changing the time or date of an event
- Switching between the different calendar views
- Inviting other people
- Adding a holiday calendar
- Exporting a calendar and sharing it with other people over the net
- Creating new calendars
- Printing a collection of events
- Using Lightning with Google Calendars to share your calendar with friends, coworkers, or among several computers.
- Changing your calendar preferences
It would be great if you could help us out here, either by writing a tutorial, contributing screenshots or thinking of other things that could be documented.
We really look forward to what our community can accomplish.