Help wanted from techie types.
Jan. 1st, 2005 02:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ewtI think we need a wiki for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
techipcom. I don't think it's going to be sensible to keep using a livejournal community for things like keeping track of online and meatspace resources. For example, I'd like to be able to compile a database of skills in order to see how practical this is going to be. I'd like to compile a list of books that various people have, so we don't end up with duplicates or triplicates (when funds could be better spent elsewhere). I'd like to keep a good links list with sub-categories and the like, without having to be the only person who has access to edit it.
I would still like some of the more thought-provoking, responsiveness stuff to show up on LJ, because it is a good discussion forum and because most people who are involved with this so far actually do read LJ. It would be really neat if people could be notified by e-mail or LJ when resource lists on the wiki are updated. Is this possible with an RSS feed of some sort, or a special LJ account and a button to press on the wiki?
How hard is it going to be for me to set up a wiki? I have some webspace on anarres.org but I don't really know what is available to me there (my stuff is all done with html in my public_html directory, also it is YEARS out of date and I need to have a go at fixing that). Alternately, are any of you techies bored enough to setup/host one on my behalf? What do I need to know about wikis? What do I need to know about security? What do I need to decide before deciding on a wiki? How hard is it to change to another sort of wiki or change aspects of a wiki once I have started?
(Cross-posted totechipcom, of course.)
techipcom. I don't think it's going to be sensible to keep using a livejournal community for things like keeping track of online and meatspace resources. For example, I'd like to be able to compile a database of skills in order to see how practical this is going to be. I'd like to compile a list of books that various people have, so we don't end up with duplicates or triplicates (when funds could be better spent elsewhere). I'd like to keep a good links list with sub-categories and the like, without having to be the only person who has access to edit it.I would still like some of the more thought-provoking, responsiveness stuff to show up on LJ, because it is a good discussion forum and because most people who are involved with this so far actually do read LJ. It would be really neat if people could be notified by e-mail or LJ when resource lists on the wiki are updated. Is this possible with an RSS feed of some sort, or a special LJ account and a button to press on the wiki?
How hard is it going to be for me to set up a wiki? I have some webspace on anarres.org but I don't really know what is available to me there (my stuff is all done with html in my public_html directory, also it is YEARS out of date and I need to have a go at fixing that). Alternately, are any of you techies bored enough to setup/host one on my behalf? What do I need to know about wikis? What do I need to know about security? What do I need to decide before deciding on a wiki? How hard is it to change to another sort of wiki or change aspects of a wiki once I have started?
(Cross-posted to
techipcom, of course.)
