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Some modules out there have fairly simple usage and do not need large help sections.

But other that have both admin side and front end side MUST document the tags available for both sides.

It not just enough to include the {cms_module module="name" }  usage with some parameters. 

If more tags will be available  please !!!  please    document them. 

I just spent too much time on the help sections and forums and then inside each module's code to somehow figure out the tags.

I did that because I have access but every day users like "editors"  wont have that luxury or desire to look.

ortegaj wrote:
I just spent too much time on the help sections and forums and then inside each module's code to somehow figure out the tags.

The dev team go a great job and I guess they just do the basics on the user doc's after spending many hours on the coding.

if you have been through the code to work it out what the tags do, send it to the dev team I think most of the developers would love you to email it through to them so they can add it to the help

Cheers

Most modules have all possible parameters explained at the bottom of their help, under the parameters section.

It should not be necessary to dive into the module code to find out how a module works (can you give examples of that?). If it is the case tough, you can add a Feature Request for more/better documentation on the module's Forge page.

Also, every module has, besided a link to it's own help page, a link to "Community Help" (like this one for News) in the wiki, which can be edited/expanded by all forum users.

Regards,
D

ortegaj wrote: Some modules out there have fairly simple usage and do not need large help sections.

But other that have both admin side and front end side MUST document the tags available for both sides.

Modules don't need tags for the backend.... they have admin sections. 

It not just enough to include the {cms_module module="name" }  usage with some parameters.  Also, it's my experience that the modules that need the most help in the forums are FrontEndUsers.  The Frontend users module has a fairly extensive help section (much better than some modules), and the customcontent modules.  CustomContent module is self documenting, it just exports smarty variables.  Documentation on how to use them requires also learning smarty.

As a developer, I find that a) no matter how much time I spend in documentation, not many (maybe 5%) read it anyways, they'd rather ask questions in the forum, or in the IRC channel.  and b) those who do read the documentation (that 5%), don't understand it.  I make an effort to explain every parameter and its use to the best of my ability, but don't have the time to write a novel on each module.

If you're willing to write an expansive help section for modules, I'm sure we can find a way to fit it in to the distribution of the modules.

If more tags will be available  please !!!  please    document them. 

I just spent too much time on the help sections and forums and then inside each module's code to somehow figure out the tags.

I did that because I have access but every day users like "editors"  wont have that luxury or desire to look.

calguy1000 wrote:
As a developer, I find that a) no matter how much time I spend in documentation, not many (maybe 5%) read it anyways, they'd rather ask questions in the forum, or in the IRC channel.  and b) those who do read the documentation (that 5%), don't understand it.  I make an effort to explain every parameter and its use to the best of my ability, but don't have the time to write a novel on each module.

I disagree.  I find the help items very useful in heloing to determine how to use a tag or module.  Especially ones not cut-and dry simple