How to guides and where to start

[JDRoberts]

@Squidward

BTW love that FAQ you created. Wish I saw that when I first got my setup. Hahaha
I feel like your deffinetly right about trying to use wiki instead though in order to not flood a topic. But it doesn’t have a lot on there unfortunately. Having a specific how to section makes it easier for people to navigate and find what they want. Sometimes the forum can be cluttered and hard to find what your looking for I feel.

Understood. I still can’t decide where in the forums the following should go.

JD's Welcome FAQ

Lots of new folks coming in, and I wrote this post about a month ago as a welcome to someone new who was interested in finding multiple resources. Since it should also be of interest to other new folks who like to read a lot, here it is. ( I’m also going to add it to the community created wiki. That way If This post gets out of date, other people can update it in the wiki. Welcome FAQ in the Community-Created Wiki. ) Welcome! As far as resources, there are two FAQs you might find helpful. Getting Started This one is the intro to scheduling: And this one explains how custom code is used in SmartThings. You don’t need to use custom code, but there’s a lot of it available, and it can add many features to the base system. In addition, check out the quick browse lists for Pr…