looking for a mentor through msn/skype

[instantcarma]

****TOPIC MOVED HERE BY KS-NET*****

I know what a CMS is, I have built several myself. But faced with Elxis I wondered:

1) How do I do this?
2) Is there some short video that will give me an overall view of what this is?
3) Looking for a beginners introduction to Elxis. Watching an installation video. Feels little like a waste.
4) Finding some kind of demo, doesnt seem to work.
5) How much freedom will I have to edit the layout and content? What am I locked in to? What are my limits? Can I have just one text field and a menu on the side or do I have to have several columns?
6) Is there some kind of chat or chat room where I can ask silly questions? ... Apparently not...
7) Finding some templates. All look like I will be quite locked into a confined box regarding design.
8 ) Ok, I will install it and then go from there...
9) Where's the download? Oh, there, downloading.
10) Am I supposed to drag over the folder into my public html folder or just the content? Deciding on the content.
11) FTP'ing and installing. No problems.
12) Looking at the site. How do I edit it? Where is the Admin?
13) Browsing around a little on my new site.
14) Getting to this forum, wondering if I can find some sort of Quick Start Guide here. Doesn't seem to be one...
15) Remembering I saw a folder administrator in the FTP. Trying http://fogels.se/administrator and logging in. Wow, I'm smart.
16) Dang, this looks like it will take me forever to figure out the admin so I can style the page to look like I want it... Where is the step by step guide?
17) I wonder if anyone want to help guide me through skype or msn. In that case contact me. instantcarma [at] hotmail [dot] com for msn or willkillyou4free for skype.

[ks-net]

http://wiki.elxis.org
http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/Category:Start_With_Elxis
http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/Screencasts
http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/Elxis_Installation_Guide
http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/Quick-Guide_Add_Content
http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/What_is_Elxis_Administrator

[instantcarma]

18 ) Finding a link about seminars here in the forum, perfect!  Maybe they have a beginners seminar? ... not...
19 ) Posting a request for mentor through msn/skype.
20 ) Starting to go through the admin. Slightly confusing with so many levels and menu types. A bit scared to touch anything before I know what to do. Don't want to mess it up too much.
21 ) Since my site is swedish I wonder how I change the public front end language to be swedish... although I prefer to keep the english back end admin.
22 ) Finding http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/Quick-Guide_Add_Content and getting a little more secure about the sections and categories.

[webgift]

http://www.elxis-downloads.com/ Elxis Download Center
https://www.elxis.org  Elxis CMS official sites.

Just look around and you 'll find the answers to your questions.

P.S : Searching on this forum is like searching to an encyclopedia!

[instantcarma]

I know that I can find the information from various pages and by searching etc.
But often it is more handy, and much less frustrating, to have someone you can ask what to do next, what to read.
Thats why I asked if anyone wanted to voulenteer as a mentor. Not to use up all their time, more to get hints on what to do next.

[yiannisK]

But often it is more handy, and much less frustrating, to have someone you can ask what to do next, what to read.

Please be patient to read all the documentation. The Elxis Community spent hours, days, months to write all this stuff.
Do not mention 30 questions one after other without reading the documentation, at your 1st post!
The Elxis CMS is an open source solution and here nobody takes money for it. For that reason you should step by step read the wiki of Elxis, if you stuck somewhere, you can search a similar problem in this forum and finally if there is no something similar, just post your new thread. I am sure there are a lot of people that are ready to help you. Solutions like skype, msn etc. are only for you. When you post your problem, future members can find a same solution!!!

[instantcarma]

I would like Elxis users to post as soon as possible (because of my tight schedule), the first questions that came to your mind when you came across Elxis.

It doesn't matter if someone else has already posted the same or similar question or if it now seems easy to you.

The point of this is not to somehow test your skill with Elxis, BUT to help me to create articles / guide to help the current & future users of Elxis.

Any question, however basic or expert is important for this guide.

I started writing in this post as it came to me. If you have a problem with it then I'm sorry. I only wanted to give an insight on how a beginner is trying to navigate through your system.

What I miss it is that there is no Quick Start. There is no guided path to what to read in what order specified for a beginner. Like an Elxis for dummies.

[nikos]

... I only wanted to give an insight on how a beginner is trying to navigate through your system.

What I miss it is that there is no Quick Start. There is no guided path to what to read in what order specified for a beginner. Like an Elxis for dummies.

You are not right my friend. Ks-net gave you at once in 1st reply to your topic all those links with information required to start reading as a beginner to Elxis CMS. At your topic also you said

I know what a CMS is, I have built several myself.

which means that you are not so beginner as you let us realize. So after all these and the help you have from users of this forum, is not right to say that is missing a quick start guide. Continue reading above information links and if you feel that you are blocked somewhere, place here your question and - be sure - will be replied.