Re: [OT] advice on wikis and bulletin boards
Andrew Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strategic planning will be starting soon at my new place of employment, and I'd like to setup a place on our intranet to facilitate discussions and planning prior to meetings to reduce meeting times and make meetings more productive. This would be a new activity for this organization, so we'll start with just our own office. User permissions will be needed for security. I've used bulletin boards before (phpbb); but they don't seem to be well designed for group editing of documents. I've noticed that wiki's have become very popular; but I'm not sure how well they facilitate discussions. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Please wrap your lines around 72 chars or so. Wikis are good for group-developed documentation and similar. We used one extensively when we used a committee to rewrite the local LUG's bylaws and it was very helpful. I don't think Wikis are good for group discussion, however. For that I would fall back on a mailing list. Use something like Mailman that has archiving capability. For that same committee work, we also had a dedicated mailing list -- the two went hand in hand, and I don't think the wiki would have been nearly as useful without the mailing list. -Bill ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[OT] advice on wikis and bulletin boards
Strategic planning will be starting soon at my new place of employment, and I'd like to setup a place on our intranet to facilitate discussions and planning prior to meetings to reduce meeting times and make meetings more productive. This would be a new activity for this organization, so we'll start with just our own office. User permissions will be needed for security. I've used bulletin boards before (phpbb); but they don't seem to be well designed for group editing of documents. I've noticed that wiki's have become very popular; but I'm not sure how well they facilitate discussions. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Thanks, Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] advice on wikis and bulletin boards
Andrew Gould wrote: Strategic planning will be starting soon at my new place of employment, and I'd like to setup a place on our intranet to facilitate discussions and planning prior to meetings to reduce meeting times and make meetings more productive. This would be a new activity for this organization, so we'll start with just our own office. User permissions will be needed for security. I've used bulletin boards before (phpbb); but they don't seem to be well designed for group editing of documents. I've noticed that wiki's have become very popular; but I'm not sure how well they facilitate discussions. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Thanks, Andrew L. Gould I installed Apache and http://www.oddmuse.org/cgi-bin/wiki on FreeBSD. You have to install it in cgi-bin, create group www, and look at httpd.conf to see where files should be. I also used it to create a website http://www.bobmc.net/cgi-bin/Goalie.pl/WikiVerse There are tons of wikis available. The most famous is MediaWiki for Wikipedia. But oddmuse is only one Perl script that works anywhere. MoinMoin has a nice balance between eyecandy and ease of use. You see it on some open-source sites. I also like DokuWiki Since it is so easy to create wiki pages, the challenge is to prevent a spaghetti-ball forming. Read all about it starting at http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors where it all started Also, a wiki is social software which some people are shy about using. Setting one up is like boiling a frog, you have to do it slowly. For minutes of meetings you can setup a mailing list like this one but in notification mode. For documentation, several dedicated wikis can be setup. Think about a page naming scheme that is consistent for your purpose. Cheers, -BobMc- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] advice on wikis and bulletin boards
for group editing of documents. I've noticed that wiki's have become very popular; but I'm not sure how well they facilitate discussions. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? I've found them very useful. If you already have PHP and mysql installed, I encourage you to use Mediawiki. I resisted installing it because it does so much stuff that I assumed it would be a pain to set up, but it turns out to be one of the easiest packages I have ever installed, stick it in a directory visible to the web server, point your browser at the startup page, answer a few questions, and poof! you have your wiki. Someone else noted that wikis can turn into spaghetti balls which is true. It definitely helps if there is someone whose job it is to impose order on the wiki and reorganize it when it gets too messy. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
