On 2020-10-30 11:22 p.m., William Park via talk wrote:
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 01:23:23PM -0400, Michael Galea via talk wrote:
I use dokuwiki for everything else. If I have odt content, I export it as a
pdf. You can install the PDF.js dokuwiki plugin to view the pdfs directly
from within dokuwiki.
Is it just you who will maintain your knowledge base, or will you have to
walk others through it too?
I guess, if I'm proposing it, I'll have to maintain it. :-)
I'm not talking about massive number of Word/Excel documents, across
multiple directories, filesystems, network shares, multiple versions,
etc. Our projects are that way, though. We're Microsoft shop. For my
need, searching within single file is good enough. Table of content
will list the chapters, sections, and subsections.
Main problem with "wiki" is the maintenance. Someone has to maintain
webserver and database. I barely have time to write the content. I
mean, it's good way to learn. But, after a while, you get tired of the
hassle.
I wish "DokuWiki" was single application, just like Wireshark, Words,
Excel, etc. You click it, and you get its frontpage. From there, you
write your content, you search, etc.
I think I should have been more clear in my question. By "maintain", I
meant "add content". The last company I used dokuwiki at was full of
technical people who were up to the task of learning the wiki markup
format, importing media, adding to the hierarchy of the wiki and
resolving page-edit collisions. That may be a little more challenging
for your users if they are not used to that.
I have never had a problem administering dokuwiki other than the usual
installation wrinkles. And the fact that the content is stored in
plaintext files makes it easier for me to backup (and gives me some
assurance that I have a way out of it if I want).
Finally, there are tools that manage word/odt/html to dw. So the
initial importation need not be onerous.
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Michael Galea
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