Sounds like Wikipedia. I understand that Wikipedia's software is Open Source and available. Do you know of other Wiki servers that would suffice or be more on target?
On 8/3/07, Paul Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 03/08/07, john s wolter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wiki's. I have not used them myself. What's the general idea? Is > there a > > form type that would be easy to use? > > > > wikis are very easy to use. in short, its basically a "forum" where > people can write and store information in a form that can be searched, > browsed, and catalogued. more like a tool for constructing a > forever-changing book. > useful to augment static documentation. > > a mailing list is like a discussion. > > a user forum like on sourceforge is a lot like a mailing list, except > it is constrained into topics, logons, etc. > > so ideally, if one were to have a discussion on (for example) updates > based on selects, as in another thread i've just replied to, once i > have learned something i would then go to the wiki and put that on a > page somewhere sensible. if it wasn't a stupid question. if it was, > then i would put the answer on a "AnswersToStupidQuestions" wiki page. > > do this enough, and people will first refer to the wiki before asking > for help on the mailing list. > > the mingw wiki is a good example of this. > -- John S. Wolter President Wolter Works Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Desk 1-734-665-1263 Cell: 1-734-904-8433
