Deploying a flat-file wiki is much simpler. The self contained structure is something of a blessing on the multi-purpose servers I use Boltwire on, where the file system and databases are otherwise quite easily cluttered.
Since Boltwire has a perfectly usable mysql plugin if one has database- friendly information to store, I really don't see any problems with the setup. Bearing in mind, of course, that exceptionally large sites may slow down with a flat-file backend. Most wikis, however, are simply not that large. On Dec 30, 5:48 pm, Erlend Sogge Heggen <[email protected]> wrote: > So I searched around a bit more and realized that 'flat files' appears > to be the term I'm looking for for 'db-free' systems. I found a couple > half-decent debates and comparisons on the topic, but none of them put > the argument in the context of online wikis, which is what I hope to > see in stronger light here. > > http://www.databasedev.co.uk/flatfile-vs-rdbms.htmlhttp://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/FlatFileAdvantageshttp://www.webmasterworld.com/forum112/7.htmhttp://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&ixPos...http://database.ittoolbox.com/documents/choosing-a-storage-method-dat... > > What have you got? ;) > > On Dec 30, 5:26 pm, Erlend Sogge Heggen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would like to raise awareness to the fact that BoltWire is a > > database-free system. Developers I've talked to about BoltWire usually > > considers it a downside. Frankly, it's one of the reasons my project > > is moving away from DokuWiki as well, because it is not quite as > > manageable. > > > Once upon a time it was the simpler install, but these days even most > > free hosts come with free sql access. > > > What can be said in defense of a db-free system? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BoltWire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire?hl=en.
