On May 16, 2014, at 11:12 PM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> wrote:

> Ok, I am almost done with the first pass on the networking section.
> 
> I have been focusing mainly on:
> 
> - Splitting each section out into into its own include file in a
> 'networking' folder so they can be moved around and such easier.
> - Removing the extra white space returns between the list characters and
> the first line of the list item.
> - Referencing the images locally in their include file rather than in the
> 'networking2.rst' file, so if we move the files around, their image
> references still work.
> 
> I have not spent time on actually reworking the content yet because this
> has been a lot of work.
> 
> I will have a pull request ready shortly.
> 
> Will
> 
> PS - Should I create an issue in Jira for this work and then associate the
> pull request with that issue or should I just do the pull request and let
> you know?

Good practice would call for a jira ticket, but at this stage I don't care :)

> 
> 
> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 1:49 PM, sebgoa <run...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On May 16, 2014, at 6:35 PM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> One other thing.  It appears that the docs are being wrapped so the lines
>>> are never longer than something like 75 chars or something like that.
>> What
>>> number is being used for this so I can make all the networking docs
>>> consistent as I work on this.  I think 80 chars is pretty standard, but
>> we
>>> seem to be using something less than that, so I want to verify that unit
>> if
>>> possible…
>> 
>> I don't recall using a specific length. the original .rst files were
>> generated by the pandoc tool, so it could be that there is a max length in
>> there.
>> 
>> Feel free to make a call on this.
>> 
>> Regarding the networking* files:
>> 
>> The managing_network.rst file was in the install doc until recently. I did
>> not like have duplicated content, so I actually tried to separate the
>> content between install and admin.
>> You are right that the two files look very similar, but I don't recall
>> which one is the first one, probably networking2 is the latest and you can
>> use that one, and remove managing_networks.
>> Just make sure that you are not loosing any content.
>> 
>> Feel free to re-arrange the admin doc, improve the flow of the section,
>> split the files etc.
>> 
>> I am going to work on the install doc mostly, and pdion891 is working on
>> the RN.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Thx,
>>> 
>>> ws
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The two docs that are currently referenced in the index.rst are
>>>> 'networking.rst' and 'networking2.rst'.  The file
>> 'managing_networks.rst'
>>>> file seems to be almost identical to 'networking2.rst' other than
>> having a
>>>> bit more detail in some places and there being changes in formatting.
>>>> 
>>>> Lots of things like this:
>>>> 'networking2.rst' => |add-ip-range.png|
>>>> 'managing_networks.rst' => |add-ip-range.png: adding an IP range to a
>>>> network.|
>>>> 
>>>> Or things like this:
>>>> 'networking2.rst' => Environment <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5517>`_
>>>> 'managing_networks.rst' => Environment <
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5517
>>>>> `__
>>>> 
>>>> It is looking like one file is the predecessor of the other.  Since
>>>> 'networking2.rst' is the one that is linked in the 'index.rst' file, is
>>>> that the master version of that documentation and the one I should be
>>>> working from?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Will
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 4:16 AM, sebgoa <run...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On May 12, 2014, at 4:29 PM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>> I have been building documentation for the Palo Alto Networks firewall
>>>>>> integration which I would like to add to the Administration Guide.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have currently built the Palo Alto integration doc as a stand alone
>>>>> doc,
>>>>>> but I will be tweaking it in order to include it in
>>>>>> the Administration Guide.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Looking at the Administration Guide, I am noticing that the 'Managing
>>>>>> Networks and Traffic' section is very long and a bit difficult to
>>>>> manage as
>>>>>> it is.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am wondering if it makes sense to have a 'networking' folder and
>> each
>>>>> of
>>>>>> the subsections in that section be broken out into its own file which
>> is
>>>>>> then included into the 'networking2.rst' file.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am willing to work on this if you agree that this will simplify the
>>>>>> management of this section of the documentation.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> +1
>>>>> 
>>>>> The all networking section in the admin guide needs to be cleaned up,
>>>>> there are currently three files:
>>>>> -networking.rst
>>>>> -networking2.rst
>>>>> -managing_networks.rst
>>>>> 
>>>>> these files may have duplication and need to be organized much better
>>>>> 
>>>>> have at it
>>>>> 
>>>>> -sebastien
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Will
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> 

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