Gregory Pittman wrote: > Thomas Zastrow wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> when looking at the wiki, I have some remarks, just my two cents ;-) >> >> 1.) >> HOWTOs, Tips and FAQ ... is there realy a clear distinction between >> these three types? OK, the FAQa are in the form of questions, but I >> realy can't see a meaningful distinction between tips and HOWTOs ..? >> Wouldn't it be better to subsume them? That would make it easier for >> beginners to find what they are looking for. >> >> > My thinking is that what the site needs is an index. No matter what you > might call this or that category, what you might call the title of an > article, there needs to be a way to find things by topic or some aspect > of the content. There is a lot of overlap in what various articles are > about, but each has its own need. >
I agree. What the most actual wiki engines are missing, is a fulltext search. Perhaps Lucene could do this job: http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/ > I realize this is a big task, which is why I haven't been able to get > the momentum going to start it (that, and a bout of herpes zoster). > Perhaps the upcoming LGM2 is the impetus I need to have some basic > skeleton at least begun by then. > > As I look at other projects' wikis, I have to say that the Scribus wiki > is quite rich in useful information. > > Again, I totaly agree ;-) But this wouldn't resolve the problem of empty links directly on the start page ... Best, Tom -- ---------------------------- http://www.thomas-zastrow.de German Forum - DTP under Linux: http://www.opendtp.de ----------------------------
