[geeklog-devel] Wiki docs

[Mark R. Evans]

Blaine,

There are a few conversion tools, but they still require a lot of manual
manipulation.  Tables are the biggest problem when converting from one to
the other.  Basically it is a lot of cut / paste, you cut the source page
from MediaWiki into the converter, get the DokuWiki output and paste it into
DokuWiki.

I've done a couple of large conversions and using some home brewed macros
and other editor tools, was able to convert the Media Gallery docs over in
very little time.

If there is a desire to move the Geeklog docs into an integrated
environment, I would do the conversion as part of that process.

Regardless of which wiki it ends up in, I would still be willing to champion
the reworking of the Geeklog wiki.  Get it a little better organized, focus
only on 1.4.x, bring it up to date and develop starting documentation for
the holes.  Basically build a little better foundation for others to start
adding updates.

Thanks!
Mark



On 7/11/07, Blaine Lang <devel at portalparts.com> wrote:
>
> Mark, is there a way to convert or import in the content from MediaWiki
> to DokuWiki?
>
> Regards,
> Blaine
>
> Mark R. Evans wrote:
> > Dirk,
> >
> > I'll volunteer.  Like you, I've poked around the wiki and found some
> > really useful information, but you really have to work to find it
> > sometimes.
> >
> > Obviously, I'll need an account.  But, I would rather start working
> > with an local wiki install to get the initial based done and then take
> > it to the public wiki to complete.
> >
> > One thought, I do have the DokuWiki Integration Plugin that works very
> > well with Geeklog.  It fully integrates DokuWiki with Geeklog for look
> > and feel, users, permissions, searching and whats new.  Would the team
> > be willing to see the current wiki move to a more integrated
> > solution?  I'm using it at www.gllabs.org <http://www.gllabs.org> and
> > I believe Blaine is also using it at www.portalparts.com
> > <http://www.portalparts.com>.
> >
> > Let me know what you think and I'm ready to get started anytime.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/10/07, *Dirk Haun* <dirk at haun-online.de
> > <mailto:dirk at haun-online.de>> wrote:
> >
> >     I've poked around a bit in our wiki (simply hitting "random page"
> >     a few
> >     times). We have some nice articles in there, but also huge holes. I
> >     wonder what we could do to motivate people to contribute more?
> >
> >     The thing that bugs me the most, though, is the separation into
> >     1.3 and
> >     1.4 docs. I think this doesn't make a lot of sense as there isn't
> >     really
> >     a lot that has changed between the two versions. Remember that we
> >     made a
> >     last-minute decision to rename 1.3.12 to 1.4.0, mostly because it
> >     finally got rid of the requirement for register_globals = on.
> >
> >     My suggestion would be to merge the two versions again, keeping
> >     the most
> >     up to date or detailed page of each branch. In the process, we could
> >     also get rid of a lot of ugly pages names ("TOC14" vs.
> "Complete_TOC"
> >     for the table of contents, for example).
> >
> >     Any volunteers?
> >
> >     bye, Dirk
> >
> >
> >     --
> >     Geeklog Day at FrOSCon: August 25, 2007 - See you there!
> >     http://www.geeklog.net/article.php/geeklog-day-at-froscon
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