Announcing Read the Docs for Business

PIE Demo Day Pitch. 2014.

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2. Wasted
3. Bad Documentation
6. Missed Deadline
7. $8,000
8. $80,000
9. Trust
10. The process is broken
11. 1. Write code
12. 2. Open browser
13. 3. Login to documentation site
14. 4. Start writing docs
15. 5. Fight with your editor
16. 6.
17. 7. Publish it
18. 8. Keep it up to date
19. For. Every. Version.
20. The Right Way
21. 1. Write Code
22. 2. Write Docs
23. We do the rest
26. .. _setup: ! Installation ============ ! phpMyAdmin does not apply any special security methods to the MySQL database server. It is still the system administrator's job to grant permissions on the MySQL databases properly. phpMyAdmin's :guilabel:`Users` page can be used for this. ! .. warning:: ! :term:`Mac` users should note that if you are on a version before :term:`Mac OS X`, StuffIt unstuffs with :term:`Mac` formats. So you'll have to resave as in BBEdit to Unix style ALL phpMyAdmin scripts before uploading them to your server, as PHP seems not to like :term:`Mac`-style end of lines character ("``\r``"). ! Linux distributions +++++++++++++++++++ ! phpMyAdmin is included in most Linux distributions. It is recommended
29. ReadtheDocs.org github.com/rtfd/readthedocs.org
31. -15,000 open source projects -2.5M unique users a month
37. blog.mozilla.org/webdev/2011/07/22/lets-‐write-‐some-‐docs/
38. Writing documentation started to pay off. Our results were immediately visible, and documentation became a priority. Dave Dash Senior Developer
39. ReadtheDocs.org for open source
40. Our mission is to elevate documentation to the same level as code
41. ReadtheDocs.com for private code
42. Control access to your docs
43. Understand how your docs are used
44. Require docs before features go live
45. Keep all your docs in one place
46. Ready to help you create great documentation
47. Team Over 10 years of Documentation Experience Eric Holscher Anthony Johnson
48. Documentation is now a solved problem for your business
49. Open Source docs at readthedocs.org
50. Private docs at readthedocs.com
51. docs.piepdx.com
52. Private beta at readthedocs.com
53. Join us in improving documentation joinus@readthedocs.com