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The documentation of the Apache HTTP Server is a collaborative effort, made
possible by the participation of the entire HTTP Server community. We'd
love to have your help too.
I want to report a problem
I'd like to make a suggestion
I know how to use svn and want to checkout the latest manual
I'd like to build the manual from local source
I want to follow the documentation style conventions
I'd like to join the docs team mailing list
I want to help translate the documentation
Actually, I was just looking for the docs
Reporting a problem
The best way to report a problem with the documentation is to make a comment
on the docs page in question, or to
open a
ticket
Select 'Documentation' as the component. Have a look at the
list of open
documentation bugs
to see if it's
already covered. We try to keep that list very short.
Making a suggestion
If you have a suggestion of something that we could do better, or even want
to write a new or replacement document, there are a number of ways to go
about it.
The best way is probably to
join the mailing list
and strike up a
conversation. We always love to have new people on the project.
Or, you can
open a ticket
, as discussed above. We are very
interested in your suggestions, and any way that you think we can improve
the documentation. We look forward to hearing from you.
The 2.2, 2.4 and trunk documentation also have a comment feature, where
you can quickly add a comment about the documentation. To access this,
click the "Comments" link on a page or simply scroll down to the bottom.
SVN information
Our documentation is kept in svn, along with the source code, and the
actual changes are all made there. If you intend to be a long-term
contributor to the documentation, the best thing to do is to get an svn
checkout and submit patches. We've got a
document that gives you all of
the necessary details
Building the docs
Once you have a checkout from SVN, you need to also check out the
docs-build directory and run the relevant build scripts to produce all of the
relevant transformations. Please see
docs build
for
more information.
Style Guide
When writing or editing documentation, please follow the conventions in our
Documentation Style Guide
. It covers inline markup,
directive syntax definitions, prose style, and formatting standards.
The docs mailing list
The discussion surrounding the documentation project happens on the
docs@httpd.apache.org
mailing list. To subscribe to this mailing list,
send email to
docs-subscribe@httpd.apache.org
and follow the instructions in the response you receive.
The archives of this mailing list may be found at
lists.apache.org
if you want to have a preview of how we do things, and who the main
characters are.
Translations
The documentation is available in several different languages. Some of
these translations are out of date, and some important languages are
missing. If you are fluent in a non-English language, and would like to
provide a translation of all or part of the documentation, there's
another
document
about how to get started on that. Before you
get started, please
join the mailing list
, introduce yourself, and
let us know what you're working on. In that way, other translators can
coordinate with you in this effort.
Where are the docs?
Documentation is available for several different versions of the server:
Online Documentation:
Version 2.0
Version
2.2
Version 2.4
Version 2.5
(Development branch)
Wiki
Downloadable documentation in Microsoft Help (CHM) format is available from
our
distribution
mirrors
Participants
The Apache HTTP Server documentation is the product of the work of many,
many people. We've listed them
over here
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