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The first sentence of the documentation tells you: "Pollen is a publishing system that helps authors create beautiful and functional web-based books." I think
by chipotle_coyote 11y ago
The first sentence of the documentation tells you:
"Pollen is a publishing system that helps authors create beautiful and functional web-based books."
I think it might be good to get something like that on that introductory page, though, you're right.
- Semiapies 11y agoAnd when someone does that, people here complain about reading through lengthy introductions before they see any code. I presume it's a misguided attempt to satisfy such people that the book goes Installation, Quick Tour, then Backstory (before the Tutorials). In the end, it's not worthwhile to cater to this sort of "reader".
- michael_storm 11y agoWhich could be, as the GP said, a static site generator, blogging engine, ePubs, etc. If your one-line intro for anything includes the word "system", stop and rewrite. For example: Pollen helps authors create beautiful and functional web-based books that are written as programs that generate HTML. Never-have-I-ever seen anything that confuses "feature" and "benefit" so much as this project. Why do I want my next book to be a program? A 20-minute video explaining it is almost condescending.
- userbinator 11y agoIf your one-line intro for anything includes the word "system", stop and rewrite. Or "solution", for that matter; regardless of whether "enterprise" is also present.