Robert,

thanks for joining and offering help on the documentation & support side.

Before beginning to work on improvements please first make sure you're up to date on existing features, documents and issues. These are the channels to know:

this mailing list: http://lists.openvehicles.com/pipermail/ovmsdev/
the github issues/todo list: https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3/issues (+ iOS & Android app repositories)

the git log: https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3/commits/master

+ https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3/blob/master/vehicle/OVMS.V3/changes.txt

the openvehicles.com site:

Forum: https://www.openvehicles.com/forum
Support area: https://www.openvehicles.com/support/openvehicles

the user guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16JrXR7rybp-18DrEoeh1rg6GqQT_jVBvhaXh2oEWRHw/edit
the developer guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q5M9Lb5jzQhJzPMnkMKwy4Es5YK12ACQejX_NWEixr0/edit

Noone I know of is currently focused on documentation / public presentation, and we can use some help there. The repository readme certainly could have an update, it's still the v1 readme. There is no "formal" roadmap, as there is noone keeping books of ideas and todos. We're also rather building a city than a road.

Some beginner tutorial would be nice. That should come from real beginner questions & issues using the current version -- note most issues in the support area were related to earlier versions. It seems the current version is already quite easy to use, first questions tend to become more specific now.

Regards,
Michael

Am 03.08.2018 um 10:01 schrieb Robert Sharpe (Electric Vehicle Consultant):

Hi All,

I like where OVMS project is going and would like to help if I can.

Where I can possibly add value is

make things easy for people to use (eg documentation, etc)

experienced on UI/UX design, etc.

as an ex developer, good at testing and finding problems.

Some initial thoughts on activities are

to make it easier for non technical people to use OVMS, help doc author pull out user only specific content to a user manual and make it non-technical (renaming current user manual to developers manual)

to help people see roadmap, provide a mechanism to see who wants what and who is working on it.

to allow developers and users to display problems with their vehicle only, add Labels to the github issues list or group by project (I am not an expert on GITHUB so please be patient)

update GITHUB readmes to better direct people that find GITHUB first.

Please

let me know if anyone is dealing with any of these areas

add and/or vote for what things you think I can help with by putting a comment next to the activity above.

Regards,
Robert Sharpe
Electric Vehicle Consultant
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Your Plugged-in Partner

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