Testing/KumaTestDay
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Getting started
Before testing, take a moment to get set up. This should not take very long, even for a beginner.
- Create an account on Bugzilla, the bug-reporting website used by Mozilla.
- Visit the new account page.
- Enter your email address in the bottom-right corner.
- Confirm your email address.
- Join the discussion on IRC (optional)
- Choose an IRC client. The Mozilla Wiki lists some popular options.
- Connect to the Mozilla IRC server.
- Join the room #mdndev or #mdn or #testday. to ask questions
Testing
- Browse the future MDN. Important: Please do not edit this site. Any changes made here will be seen on the new MDN when it goes live.
- Share your thoughts in this simple bulleted list. Add a new bullet for each issue.
- Browse the future MDN. Important: Please do not edit this site. Any changes made here will be seen on the new MDN when it goes live.
- Pay special attention to content. Do the pages look alright? What about images and file attachments? How about code samples?
- Compare pages to the versions on the current MDN. For example, compare the future HTML5 page to the current HTML5 page.
- Share your thoughts. We will work with you to correct any problems you find.
- Use the development website. Note that this is a sandbox. You can create and edit pages here, but most of the MDN content you are familiar will not be present.
- Create a new account on this site. Because it is just a development sandbox, your existing MDN account has not been ported over.
- Keep the guiding questions in mind.
- Test new pages
- Create pages by following links to nonexistent pages
- Create pages by going directly to nonexistent pages
- Create pages by using the New subpage button
- Create several layers of sub-pages using the methods above
- Test editing
- Pay special attention to the WYSIWYG editor. Try to break it!
- Test the formatting - headers, bullets, titles, etc.
- Add some file attachments
- Add some images
- Add some code samples
- Test links
- Try the new link editor
- Search for a target page.
- Pay special attention to the interface.
- Test localization tools
- Translate a page
- Make sure that your translated page is listed under the languages dropdown
- Make sure that the framework/UI is in the correct language
- Test templates
- Try editing a template
- Share your thoughts. We will work with you to correct any problems you find.
Thanks!
In just a short amount of time, you have made the MDN better for users everywhere. This is no small accomplishment. Thank you.
Appendix
Guiding questions
- Does everything work? Are you able to do the same things you could do on the old MDN wiki?
- Is the interface understandable and easy to use?
- Does all of the content look ok? Is anything from the current MDN site missing?
- Do you have any ideas for making the wiki better?
Latest features
- Preview feature that shows the page including fully-processed templates
- Allow logged-in users to edit sections and not just whole pages
- Allow more HTML attributes in content (specifically for tables)
- Smarter linking; highlight text, hit the link button, search field is pre-populated with the highlighted text.
- L10n: Title and Slug fields populated from the original English as a default on new translation
- Print stylesheet implemented
- Parent designations now display as links instead of simple paths
- Breadcrumbs implemented
- Allowing for previews to be posted to a new window
- Removing hardcoded document title URL, adding DIV usage instead
- Adding the docs toolbar for crumbs, translation menu
- fixed revision history (compare working again)
- Show only languages where translations are available, "add translation" link
- User returns to same page after login