> Hmm... that's interesting. Would you feel that way if you > had committer privileges on the docs? Just curious. Probably, yes. I've grown accustomed to the ease of editing of a wiki. 1) Click to make edits. 2) Save. 3) "There is no step 3!" :-)
> Mainly because it seems easier to write HTML than > MoinMoin wiki text. Moin has it's quirks, but for basic info pages, wiki markup isn't all that difficult. (Lots of users edit our wiki pages but would never touch HTML or XDOCS.) > Also, there's no layout or other menu on the Wiki. > If we could set > up the Wiki with a nav bar, I'd be less reluctant. Agreed-- navigation can be more difficult, depending on the capabilities and configuration of the wiki software. I looked a bit, and MoinMoin seems to have the capability of custom themes with navbars: http://www.python.org/moin/ -> running MoinMoin with a custom theme http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/MoinMoinScreenShots -> other themes http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ThemeMarket -> check out "MentalHealth" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page -> lol... just realized that Wikipedia is...wait for it... a wiki. :-) (MoinMoin with a custom theme with a left-nav) A wiki isn't the be-all-end-all... but neither is SVN and xdocs. <grin> > I agree an intro is needed. (and I like your text). At the > very least, that should be on the front page of the Velocity site. Honestly, I'd be very happy with just that small change. :-) > Other opinions? I've given plenty of mine, so I'll assume you're looking for "Other peoples opinions". :-) Cheers, Timo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Colson (tcolson)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Velocity Developers List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 2:05 PM > Subject: RE: purpose of Wiki? > > > > I'd like to suggest we assume most people are going to visit > > the regular web page first > I agree. > > > In that case, we remove the first three introductory > > sections and just leave a note "The best place to get started > > is the Velocity Home page". > I wrote those intro paragraphs because I hoped they might > better explain > Velocity, especially to a new person. > > The current Velocity homepage has an intro, but it is > waaaaaay down the > page, and IMHO, not as well written. ;-) > > > > My question is - what's the purpose of each site? > > Personally, I see the web site as the main info site and the > > Wiki as a place for community-developed content (both user > > and developer). > > I see the wiki as just an alternative way to edit the site via a much > lower barrier to entry. > > (MANY folks have contributed to the wiki... because it's easy versus > creating/submitting a patch to the website takes which takes too much > effort.) > > Codehaus.org and hibernate.org are two sites that use the wiki for > everything. > > Personally -- I'd rather see more docs move into the wiki and have the > "website" just point to the wiki which..is..well, just a > website with a > different means to edit it. ;-) > > At the least, I'd like to see the most of the content on the wiki > FrontPage to be the FirstThing(tm) that people see when they visit the > Velocity site. :-) > > > Cheers, > Timo > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
