{"id":851,"date":"2009-11-18T11:14:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T18:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/?p=851"},"modified":"2009-11-18T11:15:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T18:15:37","slug":"updating-the-knowledge-base-for-firefox-3-6-%e2%80%93-the-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/2009\/11\/18\/updating-the-knowledge-base-for-firefox-3-6-%e2%80%93-the-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating the knowledge base for Firefox 3.6 \u2013 The Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past month, the SUMO community has gathered a <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Support\/Firefox3.6:Changes\">list of changes in Firefox 3.6<\/a> and determined <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Support\/Firefox3.6:Articles_to_update\">which knowledge base articles need to be updated<\/a>. We have been in contact with localizers and KB contributors to establish the update plan, and here it is:<\/p>\n<h3>The English update &#8211; this week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>All updates to English articles will be done manually. If you would like to help, just pick a section in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Support\/Firefox3.6:Articles_to_update\">Mozilla wiki page<\/a>, and update the articles listed in it.\n<ul>\n<li>We will not be displaying Firefox 3.5 and 3.6 content separately (i.e. <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.com\/en-US\/kb\/Using+SHOWFOR\">using SHOWFOR<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>We will be using the &#8220;<em>Mark other translations as out of date<\/em>&#8221; checkbox when approving edits for 3.6. This will make the articles appear in the &#8220;<em>Needs Updating<\/em>&#8221; section of the Localization Dashboard, so localizers will know which translations are ready to be updated.<\/li>\n<li>For screenshots, use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/all-beta.html\">Firefox 3.6 Beta 3<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We will also be creating a new article that walks users through the information they see in the new Troubleshooting Information page (a.k.a. about:support). (<a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=528112\">bug 528112<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Localization &#8211; now until release<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Localizers will need to rename their translations of the &#8220;Options window &#8211; Main Panel&#8221; article, because the Main panel has been renamed to General. The new English article name is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.com\/kb\/Options+window+-+Main+panel\">Options window &#8211; General panel<\/a>&#8220;. After your translation is renamed, create a translation of <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.com\/tiki-edit_translation.php?page=Options+window+-+Main+panel\">Options window &#8211; Main Panel<\/a> which will redirect to your previous URL.<\/li>\n<li>A list of articles to update will appear in the &#8220;<em>Needs Updating<\/em>&#8221; section of the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.com\/kb\/all+Knowledge+Base+articles\">Localization Dashboard<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Once the &#8220;<span id=\"summary_alias_container\"><span id=\"short_desc_nonedit_display\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=528112\">Using the Troubleshooting Information page<\/a>&#8221; article is approved, it will need to be translated as well.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"summary_alias_container\"><span id=\"short_desc_nonedit_display\">A good way to get started, is to go through the list of articles that mention the &#8220;<em>Main panel<\/em>&#8220;, and change them to <\/span><\/span> &#8220;<em>General panel (Main panel in Firefox 3.5<\/em>)&#8221;.  If you have any questions, just ask in the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mohttps:\/\/support.mozilla.com\/en-US\/forum\/3\/504309\">Contributors forum thread<\/a>. Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past month, the SUMO community has gathered a list of changes in Firefox 3.6 and determined which knowledge base articles need to be updated. 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