On 06/19/2012 05:33 PM, Mark Holmquist wrote: > Hello, wikitech-l! > > I'm pleased to announce a new (or perhaps, revived) extension for > MediaWiki, the EtherEditor. It's a way to allow collaborative editing of > any wiki page. > > The technical implications of that concept aren't totally fleshed out > yet, but I have it working to the point where I can show people! > > I have set up an instance of MediaWiki [0] with the extension installed. > In order to use it, you need to log in and enable the preference (the > instructions page [1] has it in more detail), and then you can edit > things collaboratively with other people. > > This wiki isn't meant for extended use, or for storing sensitive (or > even slightly important) data. It will _very likely_ lose data from time > to time, so don't pour your heart into any edits. That being said, I > hope this added feature will be fun for everyone! If you have ideas or > bug reports, please put them at the Feedback page [2], for lack of a > better place (currently). > > You can also access public pads at the actual Etherpad Lite instance on > the machine [3], but again, don't expect those pads to be there, and > don't use it for important information. > > The major new features, which are still in testing and could use > feedback, are the edit buttons at the top of every editor. I'm aware > that there are no icons in some (most) of the buttons, but I'm working > on it. Other feature requests would be nice, since the project could > feasibly go in a lot of different directions at this point. > > Oh, and for anyone who wants the code, it can be found in Gerrit [4]. Be > sure to check the README for the configuration variables, because > they're possibly confusing. > > [0] http://etherpad.wmflabs.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page > [1] http://etherpad.wmflabs.org/wiki/index.php/Instructions > [2] http://etherpad.wmflabs.org/wiki/index.php/Feedback > [3] http://etherpad.wmflabs.org/pad > [4] > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/extensions/EtherEditor.git;a=summary > > > Thanks to everyone, and have fun!
Thanks for this, Mark! I recommend that you add some documentation about your work to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Future/Real-time_collaboration . Ashish Dubey, a current Google Summer of Code student, is working on real-time collaborative editing to be built into the new Visual Editor: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Dash1291 -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
