Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-14 Thread William Prothero
Richard: I have cc’d this to Max. Max: Your Wiki site looks really great and could become a very valuable community documentation resource. What we’re thinking, in this thread, is that as a long term investment it would be more optimum to host the wiki on a site that has no (or much less) adver

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-14 Thread Richard Gaskin
William Prothero wrote: > Richard: > Tnx for the info on the ad blockers. > > Thinking for the long run, though, getting a wiki on a site without > so many ads, in a version of Wiki that can be exported easily to > another site, seems a good idea. Agreed. Feel free to discuss it with the Max, t

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-14 Thread William Prothero
Richard: Tnx for the info on the ad blockers. Thinking for the long run, though, getting a wiki on a site without so many ads, in a version of Wiki that can be exported easily to another site, seems a good idea. Best, Bill > On Oct 13, 2015, at 11:06 PM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > > William

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-14 Thread Antti Ilola
Firefox and Adblock Plus, no ads. 2015-10-14 9:06 GMT+03:00 Richard Gaskin : > William Prothero wrote: > > > I use Safari because it synchronizes all my bookmarks between my > > devices. I know there is a Firefox plugin that does that. I used > > it, but there was an issue I can't remember when I

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread Richard Gaskin
William Prothero wrote: > I use Safari because it synchronizes all my bookmarks between my > devices. I know there is a Firefox plugin that does that. I used > it, but there was an issue I can't remember when I upgraded to > Yosemite, so I switched. Firefox is a very good option, tho. There's a

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread Earthednet-wp
Richard, That sounds like a great offer! I think it would be a much more friendly site if we didn't have to download all the ads. I use Safari because it synchronizes all my bookmarks between my devices. I know there is a Firefox plugin that does that. I used it, but there was an issue I can'

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread Richard Gaskin
Kay C Lan wrote: > What advertising? > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqfr5p2acpomkeh/lcwiki.png?dl=0 > > Firefox + the NoScript addon > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/ > > Wouldn't visit any website without it :-) Amen. NoScript is great not only for web sites whose owne

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread Kay C Lan
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:31 AM, William Prothero wrote: > Only downside is all the massive advertising. What advertising? https://www.dropbox.com/s/vqfr5p2acpomkeh/lcwiki.png?dl=0 Firefox + the NoScript addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/ Wouldn't visit any websi

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread Mark Wieder
On 10/13/2015 12:29 PM, Heather Laine wrote: The lessons site is not the be-all and end-all. A users wiki might be a good thing to add to it. However, I am also in favour of improving what we have, rather than attempting to replace it wholesale because its not perfect. A great way to ensure th

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread William Prothero
Only downside is all the massive advertising. I guess, for free, we can put up with it. “Beggards can’t be choosers”. One thing, thinking ahead, is how hard it will be to export and transfer the content to a different wiki site when we want to. Bill > On Oct 13, 2015, at 3:42 PM, Richard Gaski

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread William Prothero
Richard: Just what I was thinking! Great resource. Bill > On Oct 13, 2015, at 3:42 PM, Richard Gaskin > wrote: > > William Prothero wrote: > > I’m wondering if a possible approach might be if one of the users set > > up a wiki as a trial, then if it became popular and useful, it could > > be in

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread Richard Gaskin
William Prothero wrote: > I’m wondering if a possible approach might be if one of the users set > up a wiki as a trial, then if it became popular and useful, it could > be incorporated into the lessons and livecode site? A wiki is a > pretty different beast from the lessons site. It’s pretty easy

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread William Prothero
hurdle and I >>>>> haven’t accomplished that yet, as I’ve been tryin got use AppWrapper 3 >>>>> and it won’t work. Some kind of cookbook, that could be updated as Apple >>>>> adds new hurdles and requirements, would be marvelous. >>>>>

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread Heather Laine
headings I >>>> use currently are shown below. There are sub-headings with specific code >>>> and for different applications. It is just a collection, saved from the >>>> email list over the last two years for my own use and not refined for mass >>>

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-13 Thread William Prothero
istribution. >>> >>> Array handling >>> Behaviors >>> Calling handlers, out of path hierarchy >>> CEF Browser >>> Code signing >>> Color-mouse-at loc >>> Date >>> DataGrid >>> Debugger use and tricks >>&

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-12 Thread Mark Rauterkus
Hi, William Prothero, Your list would make a great addition to the existing wiki pages. Mike asked about asking LiveCode to host a wiki. I think it would be better to host the wiki on Wikia.com and not suck up bandwidth and energy from the folks at LiveCode. The wikia system is robust and comes

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-12 Thread Richard Gaskin
Michael Doub wrote: Would it be reasonable to ask Livecode to host a wiki site for documentation and examples? I kind of like the idea of having the ability to add information or update when I see something that it out of date or unclear. The problem is always organization and searching. This

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-12 Thread Heather Laine
> CEF Browser >> Code signing >> Color-mouse-at loc >> Date >> DataGrid >> Debugger use and tricks >> Detect if app is running and user is "on" it. >> DNS mysteries >> Drag and Drop >> Email thru livecode server >> Encry

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-11 Thread Michael Doub
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Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-11 Thread William Prothero
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Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-10 Thread Richard Gaskin
William Prothero wrote: I said we need a dictionary focussed on tasks, not on commands, but obviously we need both. I know Richard has been leading a group taking this on. Richard, is this happening? The focus of an API reference like the LiveCode Dictionary will always have the language toke

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-10 Thread Earthednet-wp
Steven, Thank you. That seems quite fair. Regards, Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Oct 10, 2015, at 4:23 AM, "Steven Crighton" > wrote: > > Thanks for your messages on the new learning course. > > We are constantly working on improving our lear

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-10 Thread Steven Crighton
Thanks for your messages on the new learning course. We are constantly working on improving our learning materials. Create it V1 was a good start but as you pointed out it did come with some issues. With this version we have decided to focus our efforts by creating a course with less apps but

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-09 Thread James Hale
I honestly am not sure what LC are thinking or where they get their marketing advice but I am failing to see a positive in this unless you are completely new to the platform. Why? Simply because if what has happened with the create-it course is indicative of how LC does things one has to be con

Re: Learning Materials

2015-10-09 Thread William Prothero
ice of a new series of learning materials from the > mothership, for $75. These materials are derived from the Create-IT course > for which I paid about $300. Since I got a year of Indy license, I figured it > really cost me $30. > > Anyway, the CreateIt course was pretty bugg

Learning Materials

2015-10-09 Thread William Prothero
Folks: I just got the notice of a new series of learning materials from the mothership, for $75. These materials are derived from the Create-IT course for which I paid about $300. Since I got a year of Indy license, I figured it really cost me $30. Anyway, the CreateIt course was pretty buggy