[Swarm-Support] Re: [Swarm-Modelling] About how I looked for info

[Alex Lancaster]

>>>>> "-" == zhengzheng pan  writes:

-> Hi, Thanks a lot for your reply. I think it might be better to open
-> a new topic on this subject...
 
-> I do look on www.swarm.org and try those links mentioned in Alex's
-> message. Mainly there were two problems when I was probing the
-> website.

Zhengzheng Pan,

I'm moving this thread to the support list:

 http://www.swarm.org/mailman/listinfo/support 

because this kind of question it really belongs there, and not on
modelling.  Please follow up on that list.

-> 1st, approximately early in May, it seemed that swarm.org had moved
-> to a new site. So every time I tried a link, such as
-> "Documentation" or "Paper", the process would turn out to be sth
-> like "Redirecting to the new site". And the problem is, this
-> redirect would never end... Thus it's not until recently that I'm
-> able to search for info from this website again...

Make sure you start at the top-level www.swarm.org, NOT
www.swarm.org/index.html (which was the old site home and has now been
deleted).  

-> 2nd, there are many useful links and info on the website, I really
-> appreciate it. However, a greenhand like me would still feel kinda
-> confused. There are different versions of tutorial, there is a FAQ,
-> there are applications and there are lectures, papers, but, which
-> version of tutorial shall I study? What's the difference between
-> FAQ and tutorial? Yes, I know a FAQ can indicate faster facts, but
-> when I set up to build my own Swarm, is FAQ enough? Or shall I
-> study them all? But the college does not give me much time to do on
-> my thesis. En, maybe sth like http://www.ailab.si/orange/doc/ofb is
-> better.

Sure, but somebody has to write it... ;-) 

-> About the http://www.swarm.org/wiki/Swarm:_applications, I can only
-> find the heatbug and mousetrap there. They're helpful, but
-> different from the subject I'm going to do, the subject about
-> foreign exchange market... I remember that I've seen the market
-> application somewhere on www.swarm.org, I forget where it is, and
-> when I found it, there was no link to download this
-> application. However, I've found the code I need days ago, by using
-> Google - I love Google, it's always so helpful...

Google is useful, but it can often be out of date, that's why you
should always start at the top level of the website, and read
everything you can.  The docs are distributed somewhat.  Since the
site is a wiki, anybody can help to improve it.  Swarm is almost an
entirely volunteer effort, nobody gets paid for doing it.
 
-> Also, I've been looking for things like Users Guide. Google says
-> that there is one on
-> http://www.santafe.edu/projects/swarm/swarmdocs/userbook/userbook.html,
-> but last week I can not connect to www.santafe.edu, things like
-> that always happen, I don't know why China's National Security
-> Dept. likes to block foreign websites so much, what can be wrong
-> with university websites?! :( It's ok now, hopefully I'll find more
-> info on it.

It's been moved to the www.swarm.org site.  I made a new link under
documentation section:

 http://www.swarm.org/wiki/Swarm:_documentation

Alex