[wikka-community] community Digest, Vol 39, Issue 5

Mon Apr 12 00:49:51 GMT 2010

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It is in PHP.

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>   1. Multiple Questions (Spot)
>   2. Re: Multiple Questions (Brian Koontz)
>   3. Re: Multiple Questions (Spot)
>   4. Re: Multiple Questions (Spot)
>   5. Re: Multiple Questions (Brian Koontz)
>   6. Re: Multiple Questions (Spot)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:03:29 -0500
> From: Spot <spot at napalmriot.com>
> To: community at wikkawiki.org
> Subject: [wikka-community] Multiple Questions
> Message-ID: <4BC0CB81.40708 at napalmriot.com>
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> Greetings,
>
> First off I want to apologize in advance, as I hate it when people ask
> questions which they have not taken much time to look up themselves. I
> did a little bit of searching but not as much as usual. I'm strapped for
> time on this one, so thanks in advance.
>
>
> We need the ability to store our documentation in svn, and therefore
> require the ability to store page data in flat files as opposed to the
> db. Reading page data off the file-system itself, or pushing it into the
> db only when it changes on disk, doesn't matter. This documentation is
> for our internal APIs, so load is not a concern. Either will work.
>
> #1. Is there a module, or external code which provides this kind of
> functionality? If not, how difficult would this be to hack into the
> current Wikka structure (I have not had time to look at the Wikka code
> personally).
>
>
> #2. Has anyone tried implementing Bespin Embedded into Wikka for an editor?
>
>
> #3. Is there an API for using external user accounts? If not, is there a
> way to not require the StrangE UsernameS of our developers?
>
>
> Thanks in advance to anyone who can assist with answering these questions.
>
> Spot
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:51:05 -0500
> From: Brian Koontz <brian at wikkawiki.org>
> To: A list open for contributors to discuss Wikka development
>        <community at wikkawiki.org>
> Subject: Re: [wikka-community] Multiple Questions
> Message-ID: <20100410185105.GA17264 at pongonova.net>
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> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 02:03:29PM -0500, Spot wrote:
> > We need the ability to store our documentation in svn, and therefore
> > require the ability to store page data in flat files as opposed to the
> > db. Reading page data off the file-system itself, or pushing it into the
> > db only when it changes on disk, doesn't matter. This documentation is
> > for our internal APIs, so load is not a concern. Either will work.
> >
> > #1. Is there a module, or external code which provides this kind of
> > functionality? If not, how difficult would this be to hack into the
> > current Wikka structure (I have not had time to look at the Wikka code
> > personally).
>
> This would not be a quick hack, because the DB layer is not abstracted
> in Wikka.  I can recommend PmWiki -- I know the author, the software
> is sound, and its flat-file based backend is probably more aligned to
> what you need.  (Plus it's written in Perl -- very hackable!)
>
> > #3. Is there an API for using external user accounts? If not, is there a
> > way to not require the StrangE UsernameS of our developers?
>
> Not at the moment...this is being worked on, but it probably won't be
> done within the timeframe you have.
>
>  --Brian
>
> --
> Brian Koontz
> Wikka Development Team
> Systems Support and Random Tasking Dept.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:49:12 -0500
> From: Spot <spot at napalmriot.com>
> To: A list open for contributors to discuss Wikka development
>        <community at wikkawiki.org>
> Subject: Re: [wikka-community] Multiple Questions
> Message-ID: <4BC0D638.3030901 at napalmriot.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Thanks Brian.
>
> On 4/10/2010 1:51 PM, Brian Koontz wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 02:03:29PM -0500, Spot wrote:
> >
> >> We need the ability to store our documentation in svn, and therefore
> >> require the ability to store page data in flat files as opposed to the
> >> db. Reading page data off the file-system itself, or pushing it into the
> >> db only when it changes on disk, doesn't matter. This documentation is
> >> for our internal APIs, so load is not a concern. Either will work.
> >>
> >> #1. Is there a module, or external code which provides this kind of
> >> functionality? If not, how difficult would this be to hack into the
> >> current Wikka structure (I have not had time to look at the Wikka code
> >> personally).
> >>
> > This would not be a quick hack, because the DB layer is not abstracted
> > in Wikka.  I can recommend PmWiki -- I know the author, the software
> > is sound, and its flat-file based backend is probably more aligned to
> > what you need.  (Plus it's written in Perl -- very hackable!)
> >
> >
> >> #3. Is there an API for using external user accounts? If not, is there a
> >> way to not require the StrangE UsernameS of our developers?
> >>
> > Not at the moment...this is being worked on, but it probably won't be
> > done within the timeframe you have.
> >
> >    --Brian
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:50:59 -0500
> From: Spot <spot at napalmriot.com>
> To: A list open for contributors to discuss Wikka development
>        <community at wikkawiki.org>
> Subject: Re: [wikka-community] Multiple Questions
> Message-ID: <4BC0D6A3.3010206 at napalmriot.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Actually Brian, do you have another suggestion for a solution which is
> built on PHP? We do not currently deploy anything in Perl and therefore
> I do not have anyone super comfortable in it on the team.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> On 4/10/2010 1:51 PM, Brian Koontz wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 02:03:29PM -0500, Spot wrote:
> >
> >> We need the ability to store our documentation in svn, and therefore
> >> require the ability to store page data in flat files as opposed to the
> >> db. Reading page data off the file-system itself, or pushing it into the
> >> db only when it changes on disk, doesn't matter. This documentation is
> >> for our internal APIs, so load is not a concern. Either will work.
> >>
> >> #1. Is there a module, or external code which provides this kind of
> >> functionality? If not, how difficult would this be to hack into the
> >> current Wikka structure (I have not had time to look at the Wikka code
> >> personally).
> >>
> > This would not be a quick hack, because the DB layer is not abstracted
> > in Wikka.  I can recommend PmWiki -- I know the author, the software
> > is sound, and its flat-file based backend is probably more aligned to
> > what you need.  (Plus it's written in Perl -- very hackable!)
> >
> >
> >> #3. Is there an API for using external user accounts? If not, is there a
> >> way to not require the StrangE UsernameS of our developers?
> >>
> > Not at the moment...this is being worked on, but it probably won't be
> > done within the timeframe you have.
> >
> >    --Brian
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:35:20 -0500
> From: Brian Koontz <brian at wikkawiki.org>
> To: A list open for contributors to discuss Wikka development
>        <community at wikkawiki.org>
> Subject: Re: [wikka-community] Multiple Questions
> Message-ID: <20100410193520.GB17264 at pongonova.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 02:50:59PM -0500, Spot wrote:
> > Actually Brian, do you have another suggestion for a solution which is
> > built on PHP? We do not currently deploy anything in Perl and therefore
> > I do not have anyone super comfortable in it on the team.
>
> I don't, sorry!  You might check out http://www.wikimatrix.org for
> some suggestions.
>
>  --Brian
>
> --
> Brian Koontz
> Wikka Development Team
> Systems Support and Random Tasking Dept.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:36:24 -0500
> From: Spot <spot at napalmriot.com>
> To: A list open for contributors to discuss Wikka development
>        <community at wikkawiki.org>
> Subject: Re: [wikka-community] Multiple Questions
> Message-ID: <4BC0E148.8000409 at napalmriot.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Thanks!
>
> On 4/10/2010 2:35 PM, Brian Koontz wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 02:50:59PM -0500, Spot wrote:
> >
> >> Actually Brian, do you have another suggestion for a solution which is
> >> built on PHP? We do not currently deploy anything in Perl and therefore
> >> I do not have anyone super comfortable in it on the team.
> >>
> > I don't, sorry!  You might check out http://www.wikimatrix.org for
> > some suggestions.
> >
> >    --Brian
> >
> >
>
>
>
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