Thanks for the help. Will go with Xwiki once I get everything set up :) - Eric
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 6, 2010, at 5:12 AM, Eric Tse wrote: > > > Cool cool. Am I able to customize it enough so it looks like an actual > > website and not a wiki? (Wikipedia style) > > Yes > > You can also check some screenshots here: > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Screenshots > > Thanks > -Vincent > > > - Eric > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Ricardo Rodriguez [eBioTIC.] < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi! > >> > >> Eric Tse wrote: > >>> Hey guys, just subscribed to this list. > >>> > >>> I'm currently stuck between two softwares: XWiki and Foswiki. > >>> > >>> What I'm looking for is: > >>> Speed/Performance > >>> Access control (Guests can only read and not modify, certain users can > >>> modify) > >>> Good theming/Easy theming. > >>> An overall good wiki with user-friendly UI. > >>> > >>> Foswiki is flatfile and xwiki is SQL based. I hear that SQL is > generally > >>> better, is that the case? Foswiki seems to be pretty fast even if it is > >>> flatfile. > >>> > >>> Thanks :) > >>> > >>> > >> > >> XWiki is not only a wiki: it is a complete and powerful Java based > >> development framework. I arrived here from MediaWiki looking for access > >> management and I found much, much more than this. I think it is worth > >> you give it a try! Even more: if after playing for a while in the > >> sandbox (http://xoffice.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Sandbox/), or asking > >> and using your own wiki in MyWiki community farm or Netcipia, or > >> installing your own standalone installation, you know how to set up an > >> application server and a supported RDBMS, install and give a try to the > >> last snapshot to feel the newest improvements! Don't forget to use the > >> Create 200 Dummy Users snippet available at... > >> > >> > http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Snippets/Create200DummyUsersSnippet > >> > >> ... and play for a while with Users and Groups administration. Out of > >> the box, XWiki features an amazingly powerful rights management system. > >> Of course control who can read or edit a given document of a part of it > >> is not a big issue for XWiki administrators. > >> > >> As for theming. Even though I think teaming is better than theming > >> working with XWiki :-) as many other development areas, it has also > >> evolved greatly in the last months. Some new concepts has been recently > >> introduced, for instance check the Skin Extensions Plugin > >> (http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Plugins/SkinExtensionsPlugin). > >> Right now is really easy to customized colours and logos, and modify any > >> UI characteristic by using Firefox Firebug to track the relevant CSS > >> XWiki code. Perhaps if you only look for a "classical" wiki, theming is > >> not the most friendly XWiki feature for you. But don't forget this: it > >> is completely scalable, so you should want to forget a bit about theming > >> for a while being sure that what you see in our UI is or will be easily > >> customizable in a near future. > >> > >> XWiki is what it reads in its portal's homepage: "The XWiki project > >> offers both a generic platform for developing collaborative applications > >> using the wiki paradigm and products developed on top of it." XWiki > >> Enterprise should be the product you are looking for, but this is only > >> the top of the iceberg. > >> > >> I'm not able to compare the use of flat-files vs RDBMS (SQL is just the > >> standard language that allows you to query such databases). BUT, once > >> again, don't forget that XWiki is more than a wiki. It uses a RDBMS to > >> hold a complex object-oriented structure. You can also use its SQL > >> plugin to query local or remote RDBMS tables, but also can its API > >> methods to design complex queries using HQL (Hibernate Query Language) > >> or XWQL (XWiki Query Language) > >> > >> More: each XWiki document could be considered a database on its own! It > >> could be composed of an unlimited number of objects + plain or more or > >> less structured text. > >> > >> Sticks with XWiki and won't only create a classical, fast and full > >> featured wiki but discover a full and funny universe of great > >> possibilities. And, most important of all: you will meet a great > >> community and development team! > >> > >> > >> Just my two cents! > >> > >> Ricardo > >> > >>> - Eric > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
