It appears to me that a lot of the questions raised on the forum regarding how to use the OpenGD77 firmware or the CPS are addressed in the User Guide.
I'm wondering if this maybe because the User Guide is not as prominently displayed as it could be, ie., at the moment to find it from the Board Index page you need to click on "FAQ", then "FAQ" again on the FAQs index and then scroll down to the "Is here a User Guide" question.
My thought is that if the User Guide was listed in the "OpenGD77 Information" section as a dedicated "User Guide" entry along with "Announcements" and "FAQs" it might make the documentation easier to find and allow people to locate the answers they are looking for.
A suggestion for the Forum moderators
Re: A suggestion for the Forum moderators
The forum system does not allow an individual post where you have suggested it be put.ZL2MGS wrote: ↑Fri May 16, 2025 12:31 amIt appears to me that a lot of the questions raised on the forum regarding how to use the OpenGD77 firmware or the CPS are addressed in the User Guide.
I'm wondering if this maybe because the User Guide is not as prominently displayed as it could be, ie., at the moment to find it from the Board Index page you need to click on "FAQ", then "FAQ" again on the FAQs index and then scroll down to the "Is here a User Guide" question.
My thought is that if the User Guide was listed in the "OpenGD77 Information" section as a dedicated "User Guide" entry along with "Announcements" and "FAQs" it might make the documentation easier to find and allow people to locate the answers they are looking for.
It only allows sub forums at that level in the hierarchy.
I could create a Forum called User Guide and create a post into that forum called User Guide, and inside that post, put a link to the User Guide.
But this is an identical level of depth as the existing link inside the FAQ
I think the reasons the same questions get answered over and over and over again are...
1. People don't know there is a User Guide, so won't go looking for it
2. Even if they know there is a User Guide, often they don't read it, or are not able to find what they are looking for, even though the answer is in the User Guide.
3. The User Guide is primarily for the firmware, and not the CPS.
If someone wants to write a complete guide to the CPS, it could be stored in the same location as the firmware user guide, but it would take a very long time to write
Re: A suggestion for the Forum moderators
It’s in my bookmark list right under the bookmark for this site. Easy, peasy. GARY
Re: A suggestion for the Forum moderators
Maybe the PDF version of the USER Guide could be added to the latest CPS versions download Zip / Rar file before announcing the link.
