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MVP

Although there is a 'Tips & Tricks' category in the forum, the forum is primarily used for asking questions. Searching for specific tips and tricks is not always optimal.

My suggestion is to create a separate section for this, with the option to allow external contributions. This could either be regulated like the Knowledge Base or open like the forum. Ideally, this section could include subcategories for specific topics.

I believe this would be highly beneficial, especially for newer WEBCON users. Additionally, the threshold for contributing would not be as high as it is for a Knowledge Base article, which usually requires a certain level of detail. Simple contributions like 'Displaying a Google Maps link in a Data Table', 'Coloring a Data Table entry from the previous day excluding weekends', 'Displaying graphics in a report', or 'Limiting the maximum number of text lines in a multiline text field using RegEx' would be sufficient. Sometimes, just three sentences and a screenshot are enough.

What do others think?

Best Regards,
Bjoern Poller

WEBCON

Hi Björn,

I'd like to include all range of articles related to best practices, proven ideas and also tips & tricks into the knowledge base. From my perspective, if your post is 300 characters but delivers the value for other users (solves a certain case and/or eliminates a pain), it's suitable for the knowledge base. The section is curated (meaning: we review the posts before publication), but we don't interfere with the content. Additionally, we describe each knowledge base entry with tags which should make them easier to find and index by Google.

Therefore, I'd like to encourage you to post to the knowledge base section. You already have the publishing rights.

Info for others willing to contribute: for now, me manually add permissions, so just hit me up, and I'll give you access as well :).