From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 13 04:32:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F15B116A407 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:32:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobmc@bobmc.net) Received: from smtp-out.fcibroadband.com (smtp-out.fcibroadband.com [64.119.104.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B71AE13C428 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:32:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobmc@bobmc.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-in1.fcibroadband.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 014391B1759 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:32:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp-out1 ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out1 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with SMTP id 25081-08 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:32:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [209.104.162.97]) by smtp-out.fcibroadband.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D3791B1742 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:32:24 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45A860D7.9080103@bobmc.net> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:32:23 -0500 From: bobmc User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060615) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20070113033940.31500.qmail@web35311.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20070113033940.31500.qmail@web35311.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: [OT] advice on wikis and bulletin boards X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:32:30 -0000 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-