Re: [mv] use of demos as starting point

["Nick Pleis" <npleis@saratogaweb.com>]

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I actually agree with this statement, I think that in this case a demo is
worth quite a bit, particularly given the "what you write is what you see"
nature of HTML and most of the associated MML tags.

However, I think the biggest problem is the demo (primarily talking about
"simple" here) that currently exists. It's actually a really cool demo that
does alot of neat things. But it seems to exist to show off as many of
Minivends features as it can. It definitely has an important place.

However, I think simpler demos would be a tremendous benefit. Putting
together a series of demos each with very targeted points and simple syntax
might help the newbies out quite a bit. I think that's a better way to go,
right now sorting through the various parts of the demo can be somewhat
daunting when you first start out.

Whoever suggested the series of demo approach (where we have one to
demonstrate very basic shopping carts, one for cybercash, one geared towards
demonstrating sql interaction, etc..) is really on to something IMHO.

Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Fairhead <steve@sfdesign.co.uk>
To: minivend-users@minivend.com <minivend-users@minivend.com>
Date: Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:40 AM
Subject: [mv] use of demos as starting point


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>Holm Tiffe said:
>
>>> There are so many mailings from beginners on this list about the
>difficult to install minivend an the poor documentation, so the people are
>using 'simple' as a reference (including me).
>
>But this seems to be the wrong way to go. <<
>
>Really? The documentation etc states quite clearly that the demos are the
>place to start, and that many folks use production systems based on tweaked
>demos. If so (and it's certainly true for me: the more complex demo is
>tantalisingly close to what I need) then we're in trouble :).
>
>My tuppence-worth: I'd much rather have a bugfree, up-to-date and
>demonstrative demo than another attempt at a documentation project. I'd be
>happy to support any realistic attempt at making this happen.
>
>Steve
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