on a serious note, onenote is a godsend, embed excell and you can do alot, viso support went goodbye though
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Jon Auer <[email protected]> wrote: > Coming from mediawiki, Confluence has been worth every penny (and we're > paying way more than the $10/yr tier). And no, it's not in some third party > cloud. Our server in our datacenter... > The user-friendliness means we have more staff participation in > documentation. > The calendar and Gliffy (network diagramming) plugins are pretty great too. > > > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah, No. Confluence costs money, a really solid mediawiki platform is >> based entirely on BSD/GPL/Apache licensed software. >> >> I bite my thumb at thee! https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/confluence >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Try Confluence over MediaWiki.. It's much easier to use and has an >>> extensive library of add-ons that will make your life mo' easier. >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Install a full instance of mediawiki on a LAMP type server, learn how >>>> to use it (it's really easy, and has great documentation), and create a >>>> template for each of your POPs... >>>> >>>> Documentation and management should also include IP address tracking >>>> and provisioning with a shared intranet type tool, such as a VM instance >>>> running NIPAP: >>>> >>>> http://spritelink.github.io/NIPAP/ >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey guys and gals, >>>>> >>>>> I don't know if something like this already exists so i thought i'd >>>>> ask y'all before i went and created it. I basically need a complete >>>>> documentation system for our network infrastructure. >>>>> >>>>> -we have our network mapped in visio >>>>> -we have our network monitored in intermapper >>>>> -we have our network graphed in cacti >>>>> -i'm working on creating a wiki type page for all devices that has >>>>> some static info (like date put in service, a link to it's manual) and >>>>> some >>>>> dynamic info (like Tx frequency) >>>>> -the devices all typically have a web config page >>>>> >>>>> I want to turn our visio maps into HTML so that you can click on the >>>>> device and bring up it's wiki page that either links to all the other >>>>> pages >>>>> or includes the info on that wiki page etc. >>>>> >>>>> it seems like this is probably just a custom documentation database. >>>>> When i search on the google there are systems kind of like this but they >>>>> seem to be either too narrow minded (geared towards data center and server >>>>> infrastructure) or too broad...nothing seems to be "just right" >>>>> >>>>> does something like this currently exist? what do you use to keep >>>>> track of all this information? what would you recommend? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> -Sean >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
