[pmwiki-users] Wiki farm confusion

[DaveG]

H. Fox wrote:
> On 3/16/06, Neil Herber <nospam at eton.ca> wrote:
>> At 2006-03-16  03:57 PM -0700, H. Fox is rumored to have said:
>>> Put another way
>>>
>>> A _____________ is one of the wikis running in a WikiFarm, but not in
>>> the directory where the software is installed.
>>>
>>> A _____________ is a wiki in a farm that is located in the same
>>> directory where the software is installed.
>> Or put a third way, all the wikis in a WikiFarm are called wikis.
>> The wiki located in the same directory where the software is
>> installed is the home wiki.
> 
> That echoes DaveG's sentiment.  How would this be reworded, then?
> 
>      Start by installing a fresh copy of PmWiki. It's not
>      necessary to set up a wiki.d/ directory because
>      we'll disable the home wiki and use only field wikis.
Start by installing a fresh copy of PmWiki. It's not necessary to setup 
a wiki.d/ directory -- we'll simply install our wiki's outside of the 
PmWiki installation directory.

> 
> If you just take the word "field" out, it doesn't make any sense.
> 
> A couple of questions...
> 
> Is it accurate to call farmconfig.php a "global configuration file"
> for the farm?
> 
> Is it reasonable to refer to a copy of PmWiki without a wiki -- or
> maybe the distribution minus the pub/ directory -- as "the wiki
> engine"?  Uh-oh... Is that another metaphor creeping in?  :-)
> 
> Hagan
> 
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