On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 05:02:44PM -0500, George Dinwiddie wrote: > Hi, Chris, > > I don't use many images in moin pages, but I do what you suggest in HTML > pages. I typically use ImageMagick to create the thumbnails, these > days. It lets me bulk convert from the commandline. I've used it on > Linux, Windows, & OS-X. > > It also has python bindings, I think, if you or someone wanted to create > a moin plugin with it. > Not really a solution for what I want to do but it makes me feel a bit less obtuse in that I'm not missing anything really obvious! :-)
> - George > > Chris G wrote: > > I'm beginning to think that putting pictures into a wiki is just not > > the done thing! :-) (or maybe :-( ) > > > > I'm trying to use moinmoin (and I have also played with some other > > wikis without much more success) to create some narratives of holidays > > and other similar sorts of things. What I want is the ability to > > create a stream of text with some pictures interleaved in it. > > > > This is not (at least to start with) for the world to see, it's for me > > and other users of the local LAN to look at and use. It's an > > information resource and a place to store and add notes. > > > > So, I have moinmoin up and working on the LAN, I can do all the sorts > > of things one expects to be able to do, add pages, edit pages, create > > Categories, etc., etc. > > > > ***BUT*** putting pictures into pages is a disaster. The *only* way > > that works (sort of) is to actually *copy* the picture from the source > > into moinmoin. Even then (I just tried it) thre result is a bit of a > > mess because the picture is too big and it hides the page editing > > links so now I can't change the page at all and, as it's just a > > picture too big to be displayed, that's a bit of a mess. > > > > OK, if I had a library of little thumbnails, I could use them quite > > happily but for actual photos direct from a camera I really don't see > > how to use them with moinmoin at all. > > > > (OK, for a narrative maybe a blog is the way to go but I want a > > narrative that starts at the beginning and finishes at the end) > > > > ... sorry if this is a bit of a rant but I've been trying to find a > > solution for my requirements for several weeks now, I've gone from > > WordPress to Blosxom to DokuWiki to Moinmoin (all installed here on my > > system) and haven't really found a good answer yet. > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > * George Dinwiddie * http://blog.gdinwiddie.com > Software Development http://www.idiacomputing.com > Consultant and Coach http://www.agilemaryland.org > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > Moin-user mailing list > Moin-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/moin-user -- Chris Green ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Moin-user mailing list Moin-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/moin-user
