[pmwiki-users] bliki [was: clearn URLs for farms]

[Ryan Varick]

A quick question before I chime in here.  What is the preferred
etiquette to reply to messages on a list like this?  Reply to the
author and CC the list?  Just hit "reply-all?"  Or simply address it
to the list and the list alone?

Your blikification page is interesting.  I've been working on the same
thing, although with a smaller feature set.  pmWiki, as you seem to
have noticed already, can already be beaten into blog form with the
UserAuth and Calendar recipes.  But they don't go far enough.  I need
a "main page" -- the Front Page, as you describe it.  I'm not PHP
hacker, but I can muddle my way through.  I've spent yesterday working
on a horrible, horrible kludge of a directive, which I name
(:wikiblog:) to spit out a cooked main page.   You can see what it
looks like at:

  http://home.ryanvarick.com/content/

I've only had pmWiki for a few weeks, so it's still very rough.  Most
of my work has been to misappropriate the wiki as much as possible --
all the functionality is hidden behind the login page.  Anything that
the anonymous guest cannot do is hidden.  For instance, the main page
is edit-protected, hence there is no edit indicator.  Other pages are
open, and the edit link appears.

I am interested in what I shall call a "perky"... using a wiki to
power my personal web presence.  This means wiki, blog, file manager,
and notes system.  pmWiki supports all of this, if in a rudimentary
fashion.  I will continue to hack my install into submission, but I
would very much like to contribute my ideas back if people are
interested.  Since this email is already far too long, I'll won't wax
philosophical this time around. ;-)

Ryan



On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:34:04 -0500, Bronwyn Boltwood <arndis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:47:29 +0900, rickla <rickla.rick at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Bronwyn,
> >
> > > Bliki: http://arndis.godsong.org/bliki/PmWiki/TipsForEditing
> >
> > This is off the topic, but I read your most interesting post titled "I
> > want a bliki". I'm sure many of us feel the same way. Does it look
> > like this is going to be possible with PmWiki? I'd love to hear about
> > any progress,
> 
> Glad to hear it.  PmWiki is getting darn close, but is still missing
> some pretty important stuff to make it work smoothly as a bliki.  I
> pointed out the gaps (in my opinion) on the list or to Pm sometime
> recently.
> 
> Given that I don't know PHP, PmWiki becoming a bliki is dependent on
> those who can program, and Pm has said on the list that he's working
> on comments and other blog stuff, but needs a consensus as to what
> features are required.
> 
> Pm, have you read my "I Want a Bliki" post?  If not, you might want
> to, since it has lots of details and rates features by importance.
> 
> Having started to use categories, I think we need to refine them a
> little more.  They're a great base, but look at
> http://arndis.godsong.org/portfolio/Category/UserExperience.
> Sometimes the existing method creates unwanted references -- in this
> case, to the exact same page that we're on.
> 
> Bronwyn
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