Re: [pmwiki-users] Does this list inhibit development of good documentation?

2007-03-06 Thread Oliver Betz
Simon wrote: [...] > UseMod is a wiki with NO email list. - this is good. Not in my opinion. I don't want to _discuss_ on a web site (including "forums"). Only mailing lists and newsgroups are efficient enough. Results of a discussion shall go to a more static location. Oliver -- Oliver Betz

Re: [pmwiki-users] Ideas for PIM, GTD (Getting Things Done)

2007-03-06 Thread Sivakatirswami
Crisses wrote: > Yep -- tag pages in the wiki with categories: > > [[!NextAction]] [[!WaitingOn]] > > Don't forget that a project may have multiple next actions > > In any case, you can implement the pagelist capabilities to see which > pages tag the Category/NextAction page and that woul

Re: [pmwiki-users] Ideas for PIM, GTD (Getting Things Done)

2007-03-06 Thread Sivakatirswami
Crisses wrote: > On Mar 6, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Sandy wrote: > >> Given the popularity, I Googled PmWiki and GTD. >> http://www.gtd-php.com/Profiles/Crisses . (I recognize the wiki engine!) >> > > GTD-PHP is the other open-source project I'm on > > :) project management always of interest here

[pmwiki-users] Getting a Zap upload form to work

2007-03-06 Thread Benoît DUTILLEUL
Dear all, I forward you more info and test results about this issue. If anyone has an idea, please help! Cheers, Benoit On 3/6/07, Benoît DUTILLEUL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Dan, I've changed the line you told me to change. Here is what I get: Form submitted. Missing fields required fo

Re: [pmwiki-users] password problem after changing server

2007-03-06 Thread Tegan Dowling
On 3/6/07, Pere Quintana Seguí <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/5/07, Tegan Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/5/07, Pere Quintana Seguí <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Some weeks ago I moved it to a new server and the site is working. > > > > > > Today I tried to modify a page, but it s

Re: [pmwiki-users] Ideas for PIM, GTD (Getting Things Done)

2007-03-06 Thread Crisses
On Mar 6, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Sandy wrote: Given the popularity, I Googled PmWiki and GTD. http://www.gtd-php.com/Profiles/Crisses . (I recognize the wiki engine!) GTD-PHP is the other open-source project I'm on :) I was considering whether to merge the projects with one as a plug-in

Re: [pmwiki-users] Ideas for PIM, GTD (Getting Things Done)

2007-03-06 Thread Sandy
Kathryn Andersen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 03:33:22PM -0500, Sandy wrote: >> Several here have expressed an interest in using PmWiki for >> work-life-time management. >> >> Check out http://www.dogmelon.com.au/ns/GTD.shtml > > I've now put this post in the cookbook as > http://www.pmwiki.or

[pmwiki-users] session_write_close messages

2007-03-06 Thread Kevin Hayes
Without making any changes that I can identify as causing this, I'm getting these error messages on several of my wikis. The server's running PHP 4.46, Unix and Apache. I get the same messages with PmWiki 2.1.26 and 2.20 beta 35. When I run ?action=phpinfo, no diagnostic info is returned, just the

Re: [pmwiki-users] WikiRefactoring [was: Does this list inhibit development of good documentation?]

2007-03-06 Thread Ben Wilson
Actually, rather than PmWiki/WikiRefactoring, it could be WikiEttiquette/WikiRefactoring. I think PmWiki is better used as documentation as that is the group shipped with a new copy of PmWiki. The group name could do with some rework, as it could easily be "UsingPmWiki" or WhatHaveYou. :-) BenWils

Re: [pmwiki-users] Simple AJAX chat?

2007-03-06 Thread Ben Wilson
On 3/5/07, Rene Visco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a chat feature in Pmwiki? Wonder if it's possible to use the > simple chat features in PMWiki? > > I work at a Deaf school where teachers would love to have chat features in > our intranet so they can document their students' info

Re: [pmwiki-users] Ideas for PIM, GTD (Getting Things Done)

2007-03-06 Thread Ben Wilson
On 3/6/07, Bob Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While I like the idea of what's presented. Both using a Palm and hotsyncing > are nowhere on any list of mine. I gave up on Palms after the third one died > years ago. Moved off Windows in general, thus hotsyincing anything with Linux > is alwa

Re: [pmwiki-users] Getting a Zap upload form to work

2007-03-06 Thread The Editor
On 3/3/07, Benoît DUTILLEUL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I post my question again since I got no answer yet. Thanks for all those of > you who will contribute ! > > Benoit > > 2007/2/28, Benoît DUTILLEUL < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I am using pmwiki with ZAP and I'm trying to have t

Re: [pmwiki-users] Does this list inhibit development of good documentation?

2007-03-06 Thread The Editor
On 3/6/07, Dr Fred C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMHO, this is where the problem really lies. A fair amount (but not all) > of cookbook documentation provides little to no workable examples of the > cookbook features in actual use. Instead, everyone basically has to > reinvent the wheel over

Re: [pmwiki-users] Ideas for PIM, GTD (Getting Things Done)

2007-03-06 Thread Ben Wilson
For those who want the PmWiki markup of a summary of GTD: http://dausha.net/Productivity/GettingThingsDone?action=source http://dausha.net/Productivity/GettingThingsDone You may also consider checking out the fan site dedicated to GTD. http://www.43folders.com/ I personally use one of the simpl

Re: [pmwiki-users] Ideas for PIM, GTD (Getting Things Done)

2007-03-06 Thread The Editor
I did a fairly comprehensive mockup of a PIM system using zap that ran very much along these lines (GTD). It can be found at http://www.fast.st/zaptasks I haven't really looked at it much in a while, but have it working pretty well on my home machine... Cheers, Dan

Re: [pmwiki-users] Ideas for PIM, GTD (Getting Things Done)

2007-03-06 Thread Kathryn Andersen
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 03:33:22PM -0500, Sandy wrote: > Several here have expressed an interest in using PmWiki for > work-life-time management. > > Check out http://www.dogmelon.com.au/ns/GTD.shtml I've now put this post in the cookbook as http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/GettingThingsDone (

Re: [pmwiki-users] Ideas for PIM, GTD (Getting Things Done)

2007-03-06 Thread Bob Sanders
Sandy, mused, then expounded: > Several here have expressed an interest in using PmWiki for > work-life-time management. > > Check out http://www.dogmelon.com.au/ns/GTD.shtml > > The page talks about using David Allen's Getting Things Done system on > a wiki. (Specifically NoteStudio, which, unli

[pmwiki-users] Ideas for PIM, GTD (Getting Things Done)

2007-03-06 Thread Sandy
Several here have expressed an interest in using PmWiki for work-life-time management. Check out http://www.dogmelon.com.au/ns/GTD.shtml The page talks about using David Allen's Getting Things Done system on a wiki. (Specifically NoteStudio, which, unlike PmWiki, runs on a Palm and hotsynchs to

Re: [pmwiki-users] Questions re Multilingual feature on PmWiki

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 7:16:36 PM, Donald wrote: > 1a) if I set up a multilingual interface (commands) in the config.php, then > that will hold for all wikigroups that do not have a specific language > setting ? > 1b) if I set up a multilingual interface (commands) for 4 languages in > config.ph

Re: [pmwiki-users] Is the server IP address hardcoded in buttons and links

2007-03-06 Thread Prabhakar Pundir
Thanks a lot Hans, works like a charm. I was worried there for a second. Pundir On 3/6/07, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 7:01:51 PM, Prabhakar wrote: > I installed pmwiki a few months ago internally for my small work group. The > wiki grew to be used by more than 300

Re: [pmwiki-users] Is the server IP address hardcoded in buttons and links

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 7:01:51 PM, Prabhakar wrote: > I installed pmwiki a few months ago internally for my small work group. The > wiki grew to be used by more than 300 people within out org!! Last night the > IP address of the server machine changed. All the links and buttons in > PMWiki seem t

Re: [pmwiki-users] Questions re Multilingual feature on PmWiki

2007-03-06 Thread Donald Z. Osborn
Thanks Hans, So, one set of questions and a thought: 1a) if I set up a multilingual interface (commands) in the config.php, then that will hold for all wikigroups that do not have a specific language setting ? 1b) if I set up a multilingual interface (commands) for 4 languages in config.php, an

[pmwiki-users] Is the server IP address hardcoded in buttons and links

2007-03-06 Thread Prabhakar Pundir
Hi All, I installed pmwiki a few months ago internally for my small work group. The wiki grew to be used by more than 300 people within out org!! Last night the IP address of the server machine changed. All the links and buttons in PMWiki seem to have hardcoded IP addresses. Is this correct? Is th

[pmwiki-users] WikiRefactoring [was: Does this list inhibit development of good documentation?]

2007-03-06 Thread Michael_Paulukonis
>So, its up to you - use PmWiki more, - use the mailing list less - write and refactor With that in mind, Simon*, I've started up a new page: http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/WikiRefactoring A good chunk of your mail below could be dropped in there. As well as other entries in the "thread."

Re: [pmwiki-users] Simple AJAX chat?

2007-03-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...in the meanwhile this thread has come out... http://pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/2007-March/039880.html :-) Luigi ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users

Re: [pmwiki-users] Number of results of a pagelist query ?

2007-03-06 Thread Benoît DUTILLEUL
I've tested the method proposed by Martin on my site: [[#PageCount]] (:if equal {>$Group}:) {$$PageCount} (:ifend:) [[#PageCountEnd]] This does what I want. Yet, I also get a carriage return before and after the value, which I don't want. How can I get rid of them ? Cheers, Benoit 2007/3/4, B

Re: [pmwiki-users] Does this list inhibit development of good documentation?

2007-03-06 Thread Dr Fred C
IMHO, the real problem isn't so much the documentation, which does vary in ease of use and understandability.  For the most part, cookbook use is dead simple.  Install a cookbook file to the cookbook folder and enter some simple line of code in the local config file.  Then start using the featu

Re: [pmwiki-users] Does this list inhibit development of good documentation?

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 9:58:09 AM, Francis wrote: > For me, I was able to learn most basic stuff that I needed from the > Documentation Index, with a little effort. > More advanced topics such as eexplanations of the PmWiki code would be > useful though. You find Pm often added explanations to f

Re: [pmwiki-users] searchlist

2007-03-06 Thread Martin Fick
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When looking for some pages, I would like to let the > resulting list to show a > brief summary of the page content. I put some > information in the "Résumé > (Summary) box", but nothing appears near the name's > page. The summary box is meant for a summary of the ch

Re: [pmwiki-users] disabling standard markup etc.

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 3:35:26 PM, Seth wrote: > are you saying that I should just create empty parameters, for example if I > wish to > disable some of the standard markup used for italics or bold? > Or, for example, I changed to format of headings, but didnt want to break > everything, > so

Re: [pmwiki-users] Mail list form

2007-03-06 Thread The Editor
On 3/6/07, Dr Fred C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there some sort of cookbook for a guest registration form of some > sort than allows people to sign up for emails from notifylist? > > -- > > Always, Dr Fred C > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't see any reason you couldn't do this with ZAP. The logging

Re: [pmwiki-users] pagelist sorting

2007-03-06 Thread Jon Haupt
On 3/6/07, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 10:50:59 AM, Hans wrote: > > > Perhaps the function should better be called IntegerDataCompare: > > I added this to a new cookbook page: > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/CustomPagelistSortOrderFunctions > > I don't know under

Re: [pmwiki-users] disabling standard markup etc.

2007-03-06 Thread Seth Cherney
are you saying that I should just create empty parameters, for example if I wish to disable some of the standard markup used for italics or bold? Or, for example, I changed to format of headings, but didnt want to break everything, so I changed the standard parameters from being 1 exclamation to

Re: [pmwiki-users] Simple AJAX chat?

2007-03-06 Thread Jon Haupt
An easy way to do a simple chat box, albeit hosted on another site, is ChatCreator (http://chatcreator.com/chatbox/). You could simply create a custom chat box, create a custom markup for it, and include it wherever you need to. Jon ___ pmwiki-users ma

Re: [pmwiki-users] BlogSimple2 - for different users

2007-03-06 Thread Jon Haupt
On 3/6/07, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Monday, March 5, 2007, 10:58:19 PM, Hans wrote: > > > Thinking a bit more about this, you could try the following > > (but make sure to test commenting first). > >. > > There were anumber of mistakes in the code. here is the corrected > version: > >

[pmwiki-users] Chat system with ZAP? ZAPChat

2007-03-06 Thread Benoît DUTILLEUL
Dear all, I've posted a step by step procedure to install a chat on your pmwiki site making use of ZAP: http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/ZAPChat Please feel free to contact me if you have any problem using it. Cheers, Benoit ___ pmwiki-users maili

Re: [pmwiki-users] PmWiki in Swahili, other languages?

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 2:09:19 PM, Donald wrote: > 1) What is the minimum number of essential files to translate to have a > basic functioning interface in another language? Just the one at > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/XLPageTemplate ? (Can it be that > "simple"?) Yes. > 2) What other fi

Re: [pmwiki-users] Simple AJAX chat?

2007-03-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> We'll see if I can get it to work. Nice. Keep us informed, please. Luigi ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users

Re: [pmwiki-users] Questions re Multilingual feature on PmWiki

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 1:31:08 PM, Donald wrote: > If I understand correctly (my reach not infrequently exceeds my grasp in > some of these things), the multilanguage.php file lets the user's system > preferences determine the language of interface (per > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Multi

Re: [pmwiki-users] Simple AJAX chat?

2007-03-06 Thread The Editor
On 3/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I may look into setting up a simple ajax chat system. > > A friend in Vancouver show me some scripts for doing > > stuff with ajax, and it looked relatively doable. > > Ajax, as far as I can witness (as a user), has its pros and cons. > I

Re: [pmwiki-users] disabling standard markup etc.

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 1:57:06 PM, Seth wrote: > what are the best practices for disabling markup without replacing it? I > have had to > edit the style sheets a few times. To change css style definitions it may work (depending on the skin you use) to simply add your custom css definitions to

[pmwiki-users] PmWiki in Swahili, other languages?

2007-03-06 Thread Donald Z. Osborn
Noting mention of translating PmWiki in another thread, and also that in the i18n.tgz there are a lot more translated files for French than Spanish, and somewhat more for pt-BR than pt (etc.), I wanted to ask what are the levels of localization of PmWiki possible. In other words: 1) What is the m

[pmwiki-users] disabling standard markup etc.

2007-03-06 Thread Seth Cherney
what are the best practices for disabling markup without replacing it? I have had to edit the style sheets a few times. Seth - No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started.__

[pmwiki-users] invalid xhtml issue

2007-03-06 Thread Seth Cherney
sometimes there is invalid xhtml generated , when tags overlap that should not. iesome textmore textetc since we cant stop people from doing this type of thing, how can we force tags to nest instead of overlap? I have NO IDEA if this could be an issue with other tags. Thanks, Seth follows e

[pmwiki-users] Questions re Multilingual feature on PmWiki

2007-03-06 Thread Donald Z. Osborn
If I understand correctly (my reach not infrequently exceeds my grasp in some of these things), the multilanguage.php file lets the user's system preferences determine the language of interface (per http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/MultiLanguage ). This is apparently site-wide ... or can it be

Re: [pmwiki-users] Simple AJAX chat?

2007-03-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I may look into setting up a simple ajax chat system. > A friend in Vancouver show me some scripts for doing > stuff with ajax, and it looked relatively doable. Ajax, as far as I can witness (as a user), has its pros and cons. I would not make a key feature to have an *ajax* chat, as long as the

Re: [pmwiki-users] Profile Question

2007-03-06 Thread Tegan Dowling
On 3/6/07, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 11:35:47 AM, Philip wrote: > > > Where is the documentation for how profiles are automatically created? > > Absent documentation, can somebody please explain it? > > The profiles group can be defined with > $AuthorGroup = 'GroupNa

Re: [pmwiki-users] Simple AJAX chat?

2007-03-06 Thread The Editor
On 3/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If I had to rebuild the site, I would use http://www.phpfreechat.net/ now. > > > Luigi, > > any chance you can take a look at 'integration' of phpfreechat and > > pmwiki including user (automatic) authentication? It's a question, not > >

Re: [pmwiki-users] Profile Question

2007-03-06 Thread The Editor
On 3/6/07, Philip Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where is the documentation for how profiles are automatically created? > Absent documentation, can somebody please explain it? > > Thanks. If you are asking the simpler question of how do the individual profiles pages get created, the answer is

Re: [pmwiki-users] Profile Question

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 11:35:47 AM, Philip wrote: > Where is the documentation for how profiles are automatically created? > Absent documentation, can somebody please explain it? The profiles group can be defined with $AuthorGroup = 'GroupName'; "Profiles" is the PmWiki default. The markup [[~M

Re: [pmwiki-users] BlogSimple2 - for different users

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Monday, March 5, 2007, 10:58:19 PM, Hans wrote: > Thinking a bit more about this, you could try the following > (but make sure to test commenting first). >. There were anumber of mistakes in the code. here is the corrected version: Thinking a bit more about this, you could try the following

[pmwiki-users] Profile Question

2007-03-06 Thread Philip Yates
Where is the documentation for how profiles are automatically created? Absent documentation, can somebody please explain it? Thanks. ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users

Re: [pmwiki-users] pagelist sorting

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 10:50:59 AM, Hans wrote: > Perhaps the function should better be called IntegerDataCompare: I added this to a new cookbook page: http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/CustomPagelistSortOrderFunctions I don't know under which category or index section this should go, or inde

Re: [pmwiki-users] clean up pages from their edit history?

2007-03-06 Thread Tegan Dowling
On 3/6/07, Thomas Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SteP wrote: > > Is there a way to clean up all pages from their stored past edit history? > > Or in other words, to make the current content of a page become its base > > content getting rid of any previous history in the page file? TIA > > Look

Re: [pmwiki-users] Simple AJAX chat?

2007-03-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > If I had to rebuild the site, I would use http://www.phpfreechat.net/ now. > Luigi, > any chance you can take a look at 'integration' of phpfreechat and > pmwiki including user (automatic) authentication? It's a question, not > a demand ;-) Of course I would be willing! There is a problem, th

Re: [pmwiki-users] pagelist sorting

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 10:34:48 AM, Hans wrote: > Here is a custom PagelistSortOrder function for sorting pages by numerical > pagetextvar data: Perhaps the function should better be called IntegerDataCompare: Add to local config (or recipe script: # sorting pages by numerical pagetext var dat

[pmwiki-users] Simple AJAX chat?

2007-03-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Rene Visco: > > Is there a chat feature in Pmwiki? Wonder if it's possible to use the > > simple chat features in PMWiki? > > > > I work at a Deaf school where teachers would love to have chat features in > our intranet so they can document their students' informal writing skills. > Oliver

[pmwiki-users] PmWiki/CustomPagelistSortOrder

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Documentation question re: http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/CustomPagelistSortOrder I wonder if for some of the examples it should say PageTextVar rather than PageVar? Cheers, Hans ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.

Re: [pmwiki-users] pagelist sorting

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Monday, March 5, 2007, 11:46:06 PM, Hans wrote: > for the pagelist order= functions, PmWiki allows the creation of custom > order functions. See > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/CustomPagelistSortOrder > Maybe a custom function can be created which would process a page > text variable to creat

Re: [pmwiki-users] clean up pages from their edit history?

2007-03-06 Thread Jiri Hladůvka / OBUTEX
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/ExpireDiff Regards, Jiri SteP napsal(a): > Is there a way to clean up all pages from their stored past edit history? > Or in other words, to make the current content of a page become its base > content getting rid of any previous history in the page file? TIA

Re: [pmwiki-users] Does this list inhibit development of good documentation?

2007-03-06 Thread Francis Casson
On 06/03/07, Kathryn Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is *wrong* with it? Are the Beginner topics too advanced? Conversely, is there a lack of "advanced" topics? Or is it that it is more of a reference than a tutorial? For me, I was able to learn most basic stuff that I needed from t

Re: [pmwiki-users] BlogSimple2 - for different users

2007-03-06 Thread Hans
Monday, March 5, 2007, 10:58:19 PM, Hans wrote: > Now the commentbox code for Site.Groupfooter: Sorry I do not mean Site.GroupFooter, but site.AllGroupFooter, a group footer to apply for all groups, as explained in http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/AllGroupHeader Hans __

Re: [pmwiki-users] Does this list inhibit development of good documentation?

2007-03-06 Thread Jan Erik Moström
Reply to Tegan Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07-03-05 23:25: >I'll bet it's the "more ... reference than ... tutorial" aspect -- >that a new-comer to it encounters the all-too-common, and hugely >frustrating situation, in which one new word or phrase is defined in >terms of another one, and a new us

[pmwiki-users] Mail list form

2007-03-06 Thread Dr Fred C
Is there some sort of cookbook for a guest registration form of some sort than allows people to sign up for emails from notifylist? -- Always, Dr Fred C [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.c