Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:32:23 -0500 From: bobmc <bobmc@bobmc.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [OT] advice on wikis and bulletin boards Message-ID: <45A860D7.9080103@bobmc.net> In-Reply-To: <20070113033940.31500.qmail@web35311.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20070113033940.31500.qmail@web35311.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Andrew Gould wrote: > Strategic planning will be starting soon at my new place of employment, and I'd like to setup a place on our intranet to facilitate discussions and planning prior to meetings to reduce meeting times and make meetings more productive. This would be a new activity for this organization, so we'll start with just our own office. User permissions will be needed for security. > > I've used bulletin boards before (phpbb); but they don't seem to be well designed for group editing of documents. I've noticed that wiki's have become very popular; but I'm not sure how well they facilitate discussions. > > Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Andrew L. Gould > I installed Apache and http://www.oddmuse.org/cgi-bin/wiki on FreeBSD. You have to install it in cgi-bin, create group www, and look at httpd.conf to see where files should be. I also used it to create a website.... http://www.bobmc.net/cgi-bin/Goalie.pl/WikiVerse There are tons of wikis available. The most famous is MediaWiki for Wikipedia. But oddmuse is only one Perl script that works anywhere. MoinMoin has a nice balance between eyecandy and ease of use. You see it on some open-source sites. I also like DokuWiki Since it is so easy to create wiki pages, the challenge is to prevent a spaghetti-ball forming. Read all about it starting at http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors where it all started Also, a wiki is social software which some people are shy about using. Setting one up is like boiling a frog, you have to do it slowly. For minutes of meetings you can setup a mailing list like this one but in notification mode. For documentation, several dedicated wikis can be setup. Think about a page naming scheme that is consistent for your purpose. Cheers, -BobMc-
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