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* Document new features in [[:en:New features]] | * Document new features in [[:en:New features]] | ||
* Remove "(new in 2.x)" text | * Remove "(new in 2.x)" text | ||
* Add link to new version wiki to https://docs.moodle.org/dev/MediaWiki:Sidebar | |||
==Day of release== | ==Day of release== | ||
In new version wiki: | |||
* Edit | * Edit MediaWiki:Sitenotice | ||
In all older version wikis: | |||
* | * Edit https://docs.moodle.org/en/MediaWiki:Sidebar and https://docs.moodle.org/en/MediaWiki:Sitenotice | ||
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* | In previous latest version wiki: | ||
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* | * Edit https://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_page | ||
* | * Edit https://docs.moodle.org/en/MediaWiki:Noarticletext to make it like https://docs.moodle.org/2x-1/en/MediaWiki:Noarticletext | ||
* Edit https://docs.moodle.org/en/Creating_SCORM_Content to make it like https://docs.moodle.org/2x-1/en/Creating_SCORM_Content | |||
* Go through https://docs.moodle.org/en/Special:RecentChanges and and add relevant changes to the new version wiki | |||
Final checks: | |||
* Email notification of watched pages enabled | |||
* Links without version number e.g. https://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_page redirect to the new version wiki | |||
* New version wiki listed in https://docs.moodle.org/overview/ | |||
[[Category:Processes]] | [[Category:Processes]] |
Revision as of 14:54, 18 November 2013
This page describes the procedures for creating a new Moodle Docs version wiki.
4 weeks prior
Tidying up in current latest version wiki:
- Delete https://docs.moodle.org/en/Special:BrokenRedirects
- Edit https://docs.moodle.org/en/Special:DoubleRedirects (ignoring redirects to dev docs)
- Check and delete as necessary https://docs.moodle.org/en/Special:NewFiles
- (Check and delete as necessary https://docs.moodle.org/en/Special:ShortPages )
Create tracker issues for creating new en and de version wikis similar to MDLSITE-2198 and MDLSITE-2202.
3 weeks prior
In new version wiki:
- Ensure email notification of watched pages is disabled initially - in LocalSettings.php set all the Email settings to False - check in the new wiki that there are no email options in user preferences
- Edit MediaWiki:Sidebar and MediaWiki:Sitenotice
- Edit Main_page
- Remove new features template from all pages in Category:New_features
- Edit Template:New_features and Category:New_features
- Go through tracker issues with the docs_required label and the release notes for the upcoming release and add documentation on new features plus the new features template
- Create https://docs.moodle.org/2x/en/Upgrading_to_Moodle_2.x
- Update version numbers in various places e.g. https://docs.moodle.org/en/Upgrading https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installation_Quickstart https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_Moodle https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Git_for_Administrators
- Check that the requirements listed in https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_Moodle match those in the release notes
- Edit https://docs.moodle.org/en/Theme_credits if necessary
- Review https://docs.moodle.org/en/Special:WantedPages
- Review https://docs.moodle.org/en/Special:LonelyPages
- Document new features in en:New features
- Remove "(new in 2.x)" text
- Add link to new version wiki to https://docs.moodle.org/dev/MediaWiki:Sidebar
Day of release
In new version wiki:
- Edit MediaWiki:Sitenotice
In all older version wikis:
- Edit https://docs.moodle.org/en/MediaWiki:Sidebar and https://docs.moodle.org/en/MediaWiki:Sitenotice
In previous latest version wiki:
- Edit https://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_page
- Edit https://docs.moodle.org/en/MediaWiki:Noarticletext to make it like https://docs.moodle.org/2x-1/en/MediaWiki:Noarticletext
- Edit https://docs.moodle.org/en/Creating_SCORM_Content to make it like https://docs.moodle.org/2x-1/en/Creating_SCORM_Content
- Go through https://docs.moodle.org/en/Special:RecentChanges and and add relevant changes to the new version wiki
Final checks:
- Email notification of watched pages enabled
- Links without version number e.g. https://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_page redirect to the new version wiki
- New version wiki listed in https://docs.moodle.org/overview/