Re: [vox] Introduction me & TWikIWeThey

[Rod Roark <rod@sunsetsysteMAPSms.com>]

I'll be interested to see how your Wiki works out.  I'm 
reasonably familiar with TWiki, using it just for myself to
maintain server configuration notes.

But for a public web site that anyone can alter... idunno.
I understand the theory, that "it will work itself out".
It's the believing that is hard.  :-)

With all the emphasis today on security of web sites, and 
all the publicity when one gets hacked, the idea of a site 
that anyone on the planet can blow away whenever they feel 
like it is not very settling.  :-)

Anyway, good luck, and I hope to meet you in person soon.

-- Rod
   http://www.sunsetsystems.com/

On Wednesday 07 August 2002 11:39 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> ....  More recently,
> I've been working with Wikis, and have been putting together a
> technically-oriented documentation site, TWikIWeThey (the name is a long
> story itself, more below), which you can find at:
>
>     http://twiki.iwethey.org/
>
> ...and about the name (and group):
>
>     http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IweOurHistory
>
>
> ...think of this as bridging a space between discussion groups and
> forums such as mailing lists, newsgroups, and discussion boards, where
> response tends to be quick but much data is frequently reiterated, and
> sometimes incorrect -- and the LDP HOWTOs, which are often excellent,
> but can be slow to evolve and update, and often miss details of edge
> cases or troubleshooting techniques which build better from varied
> experiences.  All are invited and welcome to participate (and yes, that
> means contribute ;-).
>
> TWiki's got a number of really neat features, among them:
>
>    * _You can edit (almost) any page._
>    * Cross-reference links are trivial:  used MixedCase words, known as
>      WikiWords.
>    * Searching is built in.  I've modified the templates to put a search
>      dialog on every topic page.  Searches can also be used to generate
>      content.
>    * Built-in version control.  All changes are versioned, any prior
>      topic version can be viewed.
>    * Numerous plugins, from tables to smilies to tree views to
>      InterWikis, which allow easy links to both other similar sites, and
>      to web-based tools such as Google, ISB-based book references, and
>      Bugzilla (and adding other keywords is trivial).
>    * RSS feeds and scrapers -- TWikIWeThey both has an RSS feed (see the
>      front page), and presents headlines from a number of websites of
>      group interest.
>
> ...and much, much more.  I've been quite impressed by the tool, and hope
> that others find it useful.  Oh yeah, it's GPL'd free software, based on
> Perl.
>
> Peace.

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