+1 Exactly what I wanted to say all along...
On Feb 9, 7:28 am, Brian M <bmere...@gmail.com> wrote: > Insisting on having to use web2py for the documentation is silly. > Sorry, but there are a bunch of wikis out there that are better/more > complete than the one in web2py. Yeah we can try to built the perfect > wiki in web2py but waiting to do the community documentation until > that happens is a waste. Wiki syntax is pretty standard, when the day > comes to move to a web2py powered wiki the content can be migrated, > but in the mean time I say put something out there with MoinMoin or > DokuWiki or whatever and start getting some quality content. > Credibility wise I should think that having what's preceived as "poor" > documentation is worse than having good documentation that just > happens to not be powered by the framework being documented. I think > people will understand that the best tool for the job that was > currently available was used. > > Just my 2 cents (or less) worth. > > ~Brian > > On Feb 8, 4:12 pm, mikech <mp.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Seriously? > > > On Feb 8, 1:47 pm, "ma...@rockiger.com" <rocki...@googlemail.com> > > wrote: > > > > From the web2py marketing department: > > > > Using anything different than web2py is a no go. > > > Practice what you preach. Otherwise you are not credible > > > > On Feb 5, 5:21 am, Anand Vaidya <anandvaidya...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Feb 5, 10:44 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > > Do you want me to endorse a web2py wiki make with Drupal? > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > Hi Massimo, > > > > > I think should not be a problem. I am declaring the site as > > > > unofficial until you get comfortable with it. You could probably wait > > > > a bit longer and see how it evolves. > > > > > My thoughts: > > > > > * web2py is optimized for apps , Drupal is optimized for CMS. We could > > > > implement a CMS app with w2py but I think that will be so against DRY. > > > > > * Both are Open Source software > > > > > * We will be wasting our time if we try to duplicate Drupal (or > > > > Joomla) functionality with web2py. CMS is a problem that has been > > > > solved many times (esp. in the PHP / Java world) > > > > > * Drupal is absolutely wonderful ( at the cost of being a bit complex > > > > to understand) has tons of themes, addon modules and a huge community > > > > etc. > > > > > * I have not seen a Markdown/RST based wiki / CMS that is very easy to > > > > use AND works well/looks good . Drupal uses HTML for content and with > > > > CKeditor JS GUI editor, it is as easy as editing a MSWord (or > > > > OpenOffice) document > > > > > * Many projects do host their docs "elsewhere" eg: Earlier, I had > > > > actively used Gridsphere (http://www.gridsphere.org) - a Java Portlet > > > > Server which used to host their docs/bugs with Atlassian Confluence / > > > > Jira. > > > > > My opinion is that right now, we need to get something that is very > > > > easy to enable everyone, irrespective of their skill level to be able > > > > to contribute. And have a functional, visually appealing docs site. > > > > > We can always migrate to a better app on python or web2py when it is > > > > ready for prime time. > > > > > Do you have any specific issues with Drupal. (eg: security etc) > > > > > Regards > > > > anand > > > > > > On Feb 4, 5:56 pm, Anand Vaidya <anandvaidya...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, Drupal CMS.http://www.drupal.org/ > > > > > > > I don't think there is anything in Python as good and easy to use. > > > > > > esp.for end users who are familiar with WYSISYG HTML editing but may > > > > > > be not familiar with RST, Markdown etc. > > > > > > > I tried MoinMoin with the RST/Markdown plugin, seems very buggy > > > > > > still > > > > > > (or maybe due to the fact that I am using 1.8-plugin in Moin-1.9.1?) > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Anand > > > > > > > On Feb 5, 7:00 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > >http://webtopy.org/community/tips-examples -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
