Re: [Server-devel] Wikiserver on XS
good thing there are brighter bulbs involved in olpc than myself :) cbj I will have to look at your code for wikislice and see how it harvests the images from wikipedia. I was having the most trouble w/ that part. Perhaps wikislice can easily be reused for wiktionary we like wiktionary because it is quite small and it has audio samples that say the word. Nepali kids seem really like the latter feature. -Original Message- From: Chris Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bryan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Wikiserver on XS Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:06:51 -0400 Hi, I tried setting up a Wiktionary server on a shared server that our pilots have access to and it was a major pain in the ass. After 3 days I couldn't get it to work. I had a lot of trouble downloading and importing the images, perhaps Chris Ball's wikislices gets this right. I will have to look at the code and ask him. Oh, you mean using the wikislice technology to build a snapshot of the dictionary data from wiktionary, rather than the wikipedia data? That's an interesting idea. The wikislices are alright but they don't allow for searching for content which I think is an essential feature. Yes, they do; when you run the Wikipedia activity, there's a search toolbar that searches against the local index. (You might be confusing the Wikipedia activity with some hand-made Wikislice HTML content bundles that SJ made quite a while ago.) - Chris. ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Wikiserver on XS
Moodle's integrated wiki is great, easy to set up and easy to use. I've used this with teachers and students without anyone having problems understanding how it works. Search functionality is also integrated from the start. The only thing is it is of course integrated in the Moodle package itself, but it is easy enough to add the wikis to the front page... that together with offline moodle seems to be an ideal solution. I'm currently testing both the offline moodfle plugin done by open university and intel, as well as the South American Jolongo developed using AIR, and both solutions seem promising for offline moodle. Both projects are still in BETA though, although the parties involved would be only too happy to get involved with something for OLPC... this provides an on and online wiki solution too (imho)... Kind Regards, David Van Assche On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Bryan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried setting up a Wiktionary server on a shared server that our pilots have access to and it was a major pain in the ass. After 3 days I couldn't get it to work. I had a lot of trouble downloading and importing the images, perhaps Chris Ball's wikislices gets this right. I will have to look at the code and ask him. The wikislices are alright but they don't allow for searching for content which I think is an essential feature. -- Message: 7 Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:49:10 -0400 From: Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Wikiserver on XS To: Philipp Kocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Phillip, On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Philipp Kocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a wikiserver installed on the XS? it's in the plan, but it's not there yet. The (drafty) plan is to have - a slightly customised mediawiki install for local (created in the school) content and collab activities - perhaps a 2nd mediawiki install to host editable wikislices OR - non-editable install of a wikislice For the wikislices, have a look at the great wiork that cjb has done for the Spanish wikislice that runs directly on the XO. If you install a vanilla mediawiki, chances are it will be reasonably easy to migrate later (for someone with a bit of linux admin skills) to what we deploy. Ah, note that we're working on PostgreSQL. cheers, m ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Wikiserver on XS
2008/6/28 David Van Assche [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Moodle's integrated wiki is great, easy to set up and easy to use. Yes, and it's getting a major upgrade to a new codebase (known as nwiki). WRT offline moodle, I did part of the architecture and very small part of the programming of OUs offline moodle. From an OLPC perspective, my plan is to look at that once the XS is in better shape, so I'll let them run their course for now :-) (I'm in touch with their team, anyway, and they know we're interested) cheers, m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Wikiserver on XS
Hi Phillip, On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Philipp Kocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a wikiserver installed on the XS? it's in the plan, but it's not there yet. The (drafty) plan is to have - a slightly customised mediawiki install for local (created in the school) content and collab activities - perhaps a 2nd mediawiki install to host editable wikislices OR - non-editable install of a wikislice For the wikislices, have a look at the great wiork that cjb has done for the Spanish wikislice that runs directly on the XO. If you install a vanilla mediawiki, chances are it will be reasonably easy to migrate later (for someone with a bit of linux admin skills) to what we deploy. Ah, note that we're working on PostgreSQL. cheers, m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
