Followup: the Sun Wiki Publisher didn't connect to MW as expected. Instead, I installed this MW extension, it works like a charm, and gives users a WYSIWIG interface.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FCKeditor_(Official) Good feedback from users, so far. Evelyn On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Jentzen Mooney <[email protected]> wrote: > Evelyn, > This has issue has also been sitting on my shoulders. I really > appreciate links and findings below. > I was looking into these for little while but no commitment yet > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:External_editors > Thank you > /jentzen > > Evelyn Yoder wrote: > > Hi everyone - > > > > I sympathize with the struggle to introduce users to a new tool - they > > resist because learning new things slows them down...they lose > productivity > > and it's frustrating. > > > > I've been looking for a tool that allows users to have an editor with a > > friendly UI that is compatible with MediaWiki, so I'm trying out this > > combination: > > > > OpenOffice Writer, (http://www.openoffice.org/) because it behaves like > MS > > Word, and Sun Wiki Publisher ( > > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/wikipublisher)< > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/wikipublisher> > > , > > because it promises a painless upload/download with MediaWiki. I'm > > attempting to put it together now - I'll keep you posted > > > > Also, this article is a great introduction to wiki use: > > > > > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-social-mediawiki/index.html > > Best, > > Evelyn > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Evelyn Yoder > > Technical Communications > > http://longjump.com/ > > > > MediaWiki-based online help: http://longjumpsupport.com/ > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: McHale, Nina <[email protected]> > > Date: Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:06 AM > > Subject: [Mediawiki-l] wiki versus Word > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > > > Hey, all, > > > > Some of my colleagues are objecting to my desire to minimize uploading of > > Word documents to our new intranet wiki. My main objection to it is that > we > > ought to be entering information into wiki pages so that we can take full > > advantage of document versioning, talk pages, watching, etc.-y'know, the > > stuff that makes it a wiki... > > > > I've been called "silly" and "arbitrary" regarding this. :) I'm not > outright > > forbidding posting Word documents; I'm just trying to get people to use > the > > wiki the way it's mean to be used. Am I being unreasonable? I even stated > > that it's acceptable to load the final version of a 20-page report, or a > > form that's meant to be printed out and filled out by hand-i.e., things > in a > > final state that do not need further editing. > > > > Has anyone else encountered this resistance? I was most surprised that it > > came from someone who uses/edits Wikipedia, which, as far as I can tell, > > does not support uploading of Word docs. > > > > Nina > > Nina McHale, MA/MSLS > > Assistant Professor, Web Librarian > > Auraria Library > > http://library.auraria.edu/~nmchale/<http://library.auraria.edu/%7Enmchale/> > > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=672599042> | MySpace< > > http://www.myspace.com/ninermac> > > Serving the University of Colorado Denver, > > Metropolitan State College of Denver, > > and the Community College of Denver > > 1100 Lawrence Street > > Denver, CO 80204 > > 303-556-4729 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
