Leigh and (other RTE friends) Late May early June we will start with the implementation of a major overall of our current server infrastructure.
Basically the thinking is to set-up two servers (with failover capability) and have the third server helping out with processing power on the generation of pdfs but also a test bed for things like the FCK editor. What I'm saying is that we will certainly test the technology and see if it works for us -- but may take a little time. Given the large distance education community that uses WE -- dropping the pedagogical templates is like taking one step forward to make initial editing easier, and two steps back on pedagogy for asynchronous learning. I'm also thinking about a left brain solution -- We may be able to do a few smart tricks using Open Office and have the best of two worlds. The ability to work in a word processing environment and easily upload content to WE, including the pedagogical templates plus the ability to work off line. That said -- this is speculative at this stage -- but have been playing with a few tweaks using Open Office macros and Jim's wizardry in customising the mediawiki XML filter that OO uses for the export. It should be too hard to have a "save as WE" option that does an ftp thing to the server, Leigh -- for a moment, lets play pretend. Assuming rich text editing is sorted, for example, in the next month. How would your life and work be different? Lets see how best to solve the challenges -- understanding the difficulties you face will help us choose the right strategy for the long term. Cheers Wayne On Apr 29, 4:26 pm, "Randy Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What seems to be clear here, is that it's only a matter of time before an > easier-to-use GUI becomes available to WikiEd. And, yes, it will help grow > our community. > > It seems to me though, better and more useable technology is only part of > the equation - reaching out to others in other communities (the survey > results give an indication of appopriate folks) is just as important to > making the WE value proposition scalable and sustainable. > > - Randy > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 4:04 PM, mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I had a chat with Erik a week or three ago -- I understand that FCK > > have really made excellent progress. > > > I think that there are still issues on how best to integrate our > > pedagogical templates -- but we should certainly watch the space. > > > Cheers > > W > > > On Apr 29, 3:52 pm, "Leigh Blackall" <leighblack...@'gmail.com> wrote: > > > Apparently the new version of FCK works well on MediaWiki.. anyone know > > > better? > > > > -- > > > -- > > > Leigh Blackall > > > +64(0)21736539 > > > skype - leigh_blackall > > > SL - Leroy Goalposthttp://learnonline.wordpress.com > > -- > ________________ > Randy Fisher - Improving Performance in Ecosystems - with Measurable > Resultshttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:Wikirandy > > + 1 604.684.2275 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
