Dark Fire Wiki?

Started by Sympodius, March 07, 2010, 04:01:19 AM

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Sympodius

Ah, old faithful DokuWiki. I've used that one loads of times over the years. I even used a DokuWiki for my film website ages ago (http://fictionality.co.uk). It's actually one of the best for small scale stuff, but possibly not when there are a larger number of users. But yeah, something integrated into the forum would probably be better.
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MCK-fgn

We probably will have a handful of contributors. Certainly not a wikipedia-like volume. So perhaps DocuWiki can still be an option. Rather than waiting for an integrated option we can get going with this thing.
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Elantric-fgn

I assume our current User Name and Password will get us in?

http://www.futureguitarnow.com/dokuwiki/doku.php


Is there a "how to use this wiki" doc? ( with formating syntax)?
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Elantric-fgn

QuoteI assume our current User Name and Password will get us in?
I guess not

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MCK-fgn

Sorry. This is not connected to the SMF user database at all. Syntax help is here

http://www.dokuwiki.org/syntax
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Elantric-fgn

#5
Thanks!

Everyone - just sign up with your existing FGN user name, and the Wiki will email you a temporary password.

Change the password to what you like in the User Profile area.

We could shape it up to resemble something like this
http://axefxwiki.guitarlogic.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
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MCK-fgn

Seems like I neglected the wiki for many months. As soon as I logged in I was presented with a bunch of security warnings. Will be applying some patches now. Also looking at providing a simple link to the wiki at the top of FGN forum page.
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Sympodius

That's me registered. It might be easier to turn off editing for people that are not registered. That way it's easier to track who does what.
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MCK-fgn

Yup. Good idea. Only registered folks should be allowed to edit. By the way, while looking for an integrated wiki + smf solution I came across a great site from Italy.

http://www.rockciclopedia.com/index.php

Exactly what I have in mind for FGN. A nice simple portal for news etc, then wiki, forum etc all nicely hang off from it. All nicely integrated.

Oh well. One day.

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MCK-fgn

Sympodious, you're it. I made you an admin of the dokuwiki along with Elantric. Can you please take a look if you have the time? I uploaded the latest update too so I hope it is now safe.

Meanwhile the admin of the forum I linked about responded to my query and said he uses MediaWiki and there is a working SMF bridge. I will look into that. MediaWiki is the mother of them all isn't it?
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Sympodius

Yup, MediaWiki is the Daddy. That's the one that was written for the Wikimedia Foundation (that make Wikipedia and the like). The syntax for the mark-up is different between DokuWiki and MediaWiki so we might want to put off doing too much if there is going to be a switch?
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Quote from:  Sympodius on March 09, 2010, 12:52:55 AM
Yup, MediaWiki is the Daddy. That's the one that was written for the Wikimedia Foundation (that make Wikipedia and the like). The syntax for the mark-up is different between DokuWiki and MediaWiki so we might want to put off doing too much if there is going to be a switch?

Good point. We need to make a decision rapidly. MediaWiki looks more polished & capable. Which one would you choose for the purpose at hand?
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Sympodius

I think I'd push quite strongly for MediaWiki. Its capabilities are pretty much the strongest around. It's a little more complicated to set up than DokuWiki, but I can help you with any problems. I've set up MediaWiki many times before. It does require MySQL from what I remember, but I assume that's not a problem? The reason I tended to use DokuWiki was that it was the best wiki that didn't require a database. But MediaWiki is probably the best one overall.
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MCK-fgn

I agree. I was leaning towards MW as well. Not sure why I started off with DokuWiki. The fact that MW uses db rather than the filesystem is better for security & backups etc. Will kill DocuWiki. Here's our new wiki based on MediaWiki. Apologies for those of you who created accounts and poked around a little on DocuWiki. Promise this one is it.

http://www.futureguitarnow.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

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Sympodius

Awesome, I created an account. Looks like you had no problems setting it up :)
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Yup. All thanks to the SimpleScripts thingy provided by our hosting company... Makes it a no brainer but I can run a manual install too if I need to. Not lets see how to get this thing configured.
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Sympodius

I still haven't had an email confirming my account yet. I think I need that to verify my email.
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Johnnyurq-fgn

It is the same for me Sympodious.

Account made but as yet no verification email. Maybe more patience required by us.

MCK-fgn

I think its a setup issue. Hang on please.
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Sympodius

Possibly, though it might be worth checking that the email settings in MediaWiki match the server's configuration. No rush, MCK :-)
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Elantric-fgn

#20
Someone Design one

I'm too busy - (big crunch here at work.)
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Sympodius

I'll make one today and put it on the wiki until a better one is submitted :)
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That sounds great! Thanks for taking that on.
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MCK-fgn

Ok. Started a branch for the DF/DT User Manual Project.
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MCK-fgn

Yes. Anything you create you can delete or overwrite. What you contribute can be anything from simple text to nicely formatted material. You just hit edit and type away. The easy editor has buttons for simple formatting elements like Bold, underline etc so you don't have to know anything about MediaWiki syntax.
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