This is just the table of contents. Let me know what ya'll think... First pass. I'll probably go back and add more depth next time.
A) Administration FAQ/How To
A.2) Set up
A.2.2) Installing the Database
A.2.3) Does your server support it? A.2.4) How to I decide what e-mail system to use? A.2.5) Changing the Administrative Password

A.3) Customization (Setting up Look, Feel, and Features)

A.3.1) Main Forum Configuration
A.3.1.1) Forum's Title
A.3.1.2) Forum's Copyright
A.3.1.3) Title Image Location
A.3.1.4) Home URL
A.3.1.5) Forum URL
A.3.1.6) Version info
A.3.1.7) Authorization Type
A.3.1.8) Set Cookie To
A.3.1.9) Use Graphics as Buttons
A.3.1.10) Use Graphic for "Powered By" link

A.3.2) Feature Configuration
A.3.2.1) Restrict Moderators to moving their own topics
A.3.2.2) IP Logging
A.3.2.3) Private Forums
A.3.2.4) Show Moderators
A.3.2.5) Allow Forum Code
A.3.2.6) Images in Posts
A.3.2.7) Allow HTML
A.3.2.8) Secure Admin Mode
A.3.2.9) Non-Cookie Mode
A.3.2.10) Edited By on Date
A.3.2.11) Hot Topics
A.3.2.12) Icons
A.3.2.13) Detailed Statistics
A.3.2.14) Show Quick Paging
A.3.2.15) Show Prev / Next Topic
A.3.2.16) Items per page
A.3.2.17) Pagenumbers per row

A.3.3) Member Details Configuration
A.3.3.1) Fullname
A.3.3.2) Picture
A.3.3.3) Recent Topics
A.3.3.4) Sex (male/female)
A.3.3.5) Age
A.3.3.6) City
A.3.3.7) State
A.3.3.8) Country
A.3.3.9) ICQ
A.3.3.10) YAHOO
A.3.3.11) AIM
A.3.3.12) Occupation
A.3.3.13) Homepages
A.3.3.14) Favorite Links
A.3.3.15) Marital Status
A.3.3.16) Bio
A.3.3.17) Hobbies
A.3.3.18) Last News
A.3.3.19) Quote

A.3.4) Ranking Configuration
A.3.4.1) Description (It's basically self-explainitory)

A.3.5) Server Date/Time Configuration
A.3.5.1) Time Display
A.3.5.2) Time Adjustment
A.3.5.3) Date Display

A.3.6) Email Server Configuration
A.3.6.1) Email Mode
A.3.6.1.1) ASPMail
A.3.6.1.2) ASPEMail
A.3.6.1.3) ASPQMail
A.3.6.1.4) CDONTS
A.3.6.1.5) Chili!Mail
A.3.6.1.6) GeoCel
A.3.6.1.7) IISMail
A.3.6.1.8) JMail
A.3.6.1.9) SMTP
A.3.6.2) Email Server Address
A.3.6.3) Administrator Email Address
A.3.6.4) Require Unique Email
A.3.6.5) Require Logon for sending Mail

A.3.7) Font/Table Color Code Configuration
A.3.7.1) Font/Table Color Code Configuration
A.3.7.1.1) Font Face Type
A.3.7.1.2) Default Font Size
A.3.7.1.3) Header Font Size
A.3.7.1.4) Footer Font Size
A.3.7.1.5) Base Background Color
A.3.7.1.6) Default Font Color
A.3.7.1.7) Link Color
A.3.7.1.8) Link Decoration
A.3.7.1.9) Visited Link Color
A.3.7.1.10) Visited Link Decoration
A.3.7.1.11) Active Link Color
A.3.7.1.12) Hover Link Color
A.3.7.1.13) Hover Link Decoration
A.3.7.1.14) Header Background Color
A.3.7.1.15) Header Font Color
A.3.7.1.16) Category Background Color
A.3.7.1.17) Category Font Color
A.3.7.1.18) First Cell Color
A.3.7.1.19) First Alternating Cell Color
A.3.7.1.20) Second Alternating Cell Color
A.3.7.1.21) In Forum Font Color
A.3.7.1.22) In Forum Link Color
A.3.7.1.23) Table Border Color
A.3.7.1.24) Pop-Up Table Color
A.3.7.1.25) Pop-Up Table Border Color
A.3.7.1.26) New Font Color

A.3.7.2) Table Size Configuration
A.3.7.1.1) Topic Left Column Width
A.3.7.1.2) Topic NOWRAP Left
A.3.7.1.3) Topic Right Column Width
A.3.7.1.4) Topic NOWRAP Righ

A.3.8) Bad Word Feature Configuration
A.3.8.1) Description (Self explainitory)

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A.4) Day-to-Day management (Adding New forums, deleting old ones, things of that nature)
A.4.1) Logging in as the Admin
A.4.2) Adding a new Catagory
A.4.3) Adding a new Forum
A.4.4) Adding a new URL
A.4.5) Deleting a Catagory
A.4.6) Deleting a Forum
A.4.7) Deleting A URL
A.4.8) Setting Moderators
A.4.9) Locking Catagories
A.4.10) Locking Forums

A.5) Adding User Mods (Basic instructions for adding new code)
A.5.1) I'm stumped. I need some help here!
A.6) Upgrading (Updated every time we put forth a new version. Including instructions for upgrading up to 2 versions back. Archived so you can look up past upgrades)
A.6.1) Varient - depending on system

A.7) Version History (Just what it sounds like. A COMPLETE feature list of EVERY version) (I cannot write this! Need help!)
A.7.1) Current Version
A.7.2) Version behind current version
A.7.3) Ectera

A.8) Managing your Users (Add/Delete/Modify/Lock)
A.8.1) Delete
A.8.2) Modify
A.8.2.1) User Name
A.8.2.2) Title
A.8.2.3) Password
A.8.2.4) Number of Posts
A.8.2.5) Signature
A.8.2.6) Member Level
A.8.2.6.1) Normal
A.8.2.6.1) Moderator
A.8.2.6.1) Administrator
A.8.3) Lock

B) User-Side FAQ
B.2) Registering
B.2.1) Basic Info... Just needs one section
B.3) Posting
B.3.1) Posting a new Topic
B.3.2) Replying to a Topic
B.4) Editing your posts
B.4.1) Basic Info... Just needs one section
B.5) Changing your User Information
B.5.1) Basic Info... Just needs one section
B.6) Messaging Functions
B.6.1) Sending a Topic to a Friend
B.6.2) Sending someone an IM Message
B.6.3) Sending someone an ICQ message
B.6.4) Sending someone a Yahoo Pager message

C) So you want to start a mod (None of this can I write. I need help from Gor or something =)
C.2) How to get the source code
C.3) Rules for modding (Your mod belongs to Snitz)
C.4) How to make your mod known
C.5) Basic file list (Breakdown of what each file does)

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Sabre

So who is starting where? Do you want to have us all claim a small part (such as A.3.1) and write it unformatted and post it? Say doing something like establish a topic for each small section and have people say, "I'll do this part" and give a few days for completion. if not completed by the said completion date, reassign the section to another person. As docs are done, changes can be posted to that topic to corect erros and writing styles. After a week or so we should be close to done with the content. You can concentrate on format then and grab the content from the topics...
Any feedback on that?
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Hey wow, someone responds... =)

My thoughts were that people could posts parts of the content, and if what they posted was "Up to par", then I'd put it in the outbox - awaiting the final draft.
At least, that's the way I'd like to do things for now. If we get to the point where we've got a whole helluva lot of people posting bits and peices, then I'll take some extra steps and make this easier for everyone. (Meaning that I'll set up an extra page listing what's been done and what hasn't been done).
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Here are my thoughts (simple as they might be):

The format you've come up with seems to be screen based. I would prefer to see a format by functionality. That way, someone could just go to the function they want to learn (How do I add a forum? How do I set up my board to use email? How do I post a topic? etc)

I would also like to see a basic format for the layout. That way everyone will work the same way.
Just MHO, though. Take it for what you will...
Dave Maxwell
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David,

Maybe I'm showing my lack of morning coffee yet , but I'm not sure what you mean by "Functionality based".
You'll notice that I have a section for every page. My thoughts around that are that people who want the really nitty-gritty type thing can go and see what every single input box means.
I've also put "How to add forums", "Deleting forums", ectera...
Aha, I think I see what you mean now. You're talking about more of a walk-through type system. The problem with that is that there may come a time when the documentation would need to be re-worked completely, as the process could change completely.
Although I suppose having a basic instructional of "How to do X" wouldn't hurt either, but it would also be a seperate document to what I posted...
Basic format: This one I honestly don't comprehend. What do you mean?
(All of this said in a friendly manner. It's early, so my apologies if I sound snippish . I tend to "think out loud" on BBSes a lot...)

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Maybe I'm showing my lack of morning coffee yet ,

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I know the feeling, but I'm more of a soda person myself

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but I'm not sure what you mean by "Functionality based". :
Aha, I think I see what you mean now. You're talking about more of a walk-through type system. The problem with that is that there may come a time when the documentation would need to be re-worked completely, as the process could change completely.

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Exactly, I want to be able to go to the documentation with a question like "how do I allow ICQ or AIM to my users?" and be able to find that type of thing under a "Setting Member Priviledges" type of page. Or how to add a forum where the instructions would contain "Make sure you've added a category first. Click on the Add new Forum button next to the category." and such.

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My thoughts around that are that people who want the really nitty-gritty type thing can go and see what every single input box means.

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I would think the documentation should contain this so there is a "one-stop" shopping style where they don't have to go to multiple locations for answers.

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Basic format: This one I honestly don't comprehend. What do you mean?

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I would want to see a template for what information should be contained, whether to use screenshots, etc. If you're planning on doing most of the format to make it consistent, that's cool (I did see your other post), but I think making sure everyone is returning the same basic style of information will solve problems down the road.

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(All of this said in a friendly manner. It's early, so my apologies if I sound snippish . I tend to "think out loud" on BBSes a lot...)

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No problem. I tend to think out loud myself....
Dave Maxwell
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