[pmwiki-users] Wiki farm confusion

[DaveG]

I really believe the 'no-field' description way is the right way to go 
here. Perhaps we can combine mine, with yours, with Hagans? Personally I 
prefer a short description of a farm setup (the goal), a step-by-step up 
front (I invariably head to the instructions to see what I'm getting 
into), and then other descriptions below.

Here's my step-by-step: http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/WikiFarmsDaveG

  ~ ~ Dave

Neil Herber wrote:
> At 2006-03-15  08:46 PM -0700, H. Fox is rumored to have said:
>> On 3/15/06, DaveG <pmwiki at solidgone.com> wrote:
>> > Again, do we really need the field part? A farm (or cluster, or any 
>> of a
>> > thousand other grouping terms) is a collection of wiki's. Change 
>> "field"
>> > to "wiki" and I suspect things become much more obvious. Based on the
>> > earlier basic step-by-step write-up it certainly appears clearer...
>>
>> I sure like the idea, but I don't think it's practical after trying to
>> perform a field-ectomy on some newbie-oriented installation
>> instructions.  When I tried, ambiguity resulted.  Maybe someone can do
>> better:
>>
>> http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/FarmSetupByExample
>>
>> Hagan
> 
> I have not read Hagan's page yet - in part because I wanted to be able 
> to get my thoughts down before being contaminated by a better idea. ;-)
> 
> I have created a page at http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/WikiFarmsNeil 
> which expunges the dreaded "field" word, using the term wiki instead. It 
> is, I think, a description of the absolute minimum you need to do in 
> order to start farming. As such, it does not have side notes about 
> security, nor does it present many options.
> 
> Sorry, it is also barn-free.
> 
> It is now 1:30 AM local time, so I am off ....
> 
> 
> Neil
> 
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