Re: php & wikis

2003-06-07 Thread David Bovill
> The gist of what I was getting at, though, is that the > reason why David might prefer blogs over wikis is that > wikis lack the automation of blogs. Nice sentence Alain :) It's close but in fact I "like" wikis and "dislike" blogs. But I was pretty sure that Blog's would work for people and tha

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-07 Thread David Bovill
> > I have swiki installed on my server if you would like > to try it. It has some nice features that many wikis > do not have, such as : (1) the editing form includes a > field to change the name of the page; (2) when you > change it, the name of a page is replaced everywhere > in the wiki, e.g.

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread Alain Farmer
Hello Andu and y'all, > Weblogs are not supposed to be edited in the way > wikis are because... they are not wikis. Good point, Andu. The gist of what I was getting at, though, is that the reason why David might prefer blogs over wikis is that wikis lack the automation of blogs. > I don't get i

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread Alain Farmer
Hello Sadu, David, and y'all, > Yo! Another interested party here ... So how about it, David. Do you have any download-URLs for us? Reading is fun and instructive, but we want to *play* with something. Some building blocks... ;-) > We're using a wiki to create a user extensible > software manua

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread andu
--On Friday, June 06, 2003 15:02:52 -0700 Alain Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello David, Andu, and y'all, That's odd! My experience is exactly the contrary. Blogs are like un-threaded forums. The messages just pile in one after the other, most recent one on the top. That's the thing, blo

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread Alain Farmer
Hello David, Andu, and y'all, > I've not used MC to create server side blog/Wiki > stuff -- it's already been done... Please, please, I *beg* you to give us some URLs to have a look at these MetaCard-based blog/Wiki servers. > ... but adding custom stuff to the core structure > is I think a more

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread Sadhunathan Nadesan
| From: Alain Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Subject: Re: php & wikis | | > ... and will be releasing that open source | > (most likely public domain) ... | | Public Domain, eh! Admit it, David : I have had a (+) | influence on you. ;-) | | > ... as soon as it's all int

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread David Bovill
> > Well, wikis are meant to do a different thing (i.e. documenting a group > project), weblogs are personal expression. I'm not too crazy about wikis > myself though if they are well designed they could be useful and easy to > use. > > Regards, Andu Novac A couple of interesting links regardi

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread andu
--On Friday, June 06, 2003 16:46:02 +0100 David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you mean creating a server side implementation or did any one use it :) Server side I meant. I did a basic one a while ago in a couple of hours just to see what would involve. I've not used MC to create ser

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread David Bovill
Do you mean creating a server side implementation or did any one use it :) I've not used MC to create server side blog/Wiki stuff -- it's already been done, but adding custom stuff to the core structure is I think a more productive line to take. On the end-user side, I've never been a fan of Wik

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread Alain Farmer
Hello David, > I've been using blogger > for a couple of years now... You knew about blogs *two years* ago. Wow! You are way ahead of your time, David. IOW, you're a *genius* ! > got an MC XML_RPC client somewhere > which you're welcome to. Amazing! Superbe! Beyond my *wildest* expectations! :)

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread David Bovill
> PS: Blogs are very hot right now. FreeCard has its own > blog now, at : http://www.communautic.uqam.ca/blog/ . > A blog is similar to a wiki, and many existing blogs > were crafted with wiki source-code. But the 'kicker' > is that all blogs (& apparently some wikis too) can be > remotely controll

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-06 Thread andu
Did anyone bother with a metacard based weblog or wiki? Regards, Andu Novac ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-05 Thread Pierre Sahores
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 04:15, David Bovill wrote: > > Do you know that Microsoft Visual Interdev was first designed under > > MacOS in using Supercard. Do you know that Reneault Cars Inc. is still > > using an Hypercard solution as a pieces stocks documentation database. > > Do you know that the fir

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-05 Thread Alain Farmer
Hello David and y'all, > Found another one recently: did you know that the > first Wiki was developed in HyperCard... then the > guy looked at porting it to MC... Not developped "in" HyperCard. Only *inspired* by it. Btw, the guy's name is Ward Cunningham, he's a colleague of Kent Beck (which vis

Re: php & wikis

2003-06-05 Thread David Bovill
> Do you know that Microsoft Visual Interdev was first designed under > MacOS in using Supercard. Do you know that Reneault Cars Inc. is still > using an Hypercard solution as a pieces stocks documentation database. > Do you know that the first AI tool developed at the TOTAL/ELF petroleum > compagn