I another aspect of a wiki is multiple attribution for the article and the edits. Is there any meaningful way to show all the author(s) of an article? The node author is in rather high prominence compared to edit authors in the Drupal way of doing things.
Yes I know I could make a custom PHP block and query the DB and all that, but was wondering if there was a more integrated way of doing this.
Thanks. Greg
-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Bill Fitzgerald Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:07 AM To: support@drupal.org Subject: Re: [support] current wiki tools in drupal
Earnie Boyd wrote:
Quoting Ari Davidow aridavidow@gmail.com:
We're beginning to describe a Drupal project that we feel is
"wiki-ish" and
I am thoroughly confused as to what would be needed to implement a
"wiki"
using drupal. It looks like wikitools provides some filters to
translate
between wiki markup and regular html, but for our purposes, that is
the
piece we care about least. (We intend to use tinyMCE or equivalent
for
markup--the users of this project will not be any happier with wiki
markup
than with html.)
So, what makes a page a wiki? We are thinking of a few primary
elements:
- The ability of any registered user to edit the page in a browser.
(Note:
Any registered Drupal user with appropriate permissions can do this
with any
Drupal page, as well.)
CCK node type, enable revisions.
- The ability to view the page's history and to roll back changes
easily.
(This may also be built into Drupal?)
Install the Diff module, and allow users to revert revisions.
- The ability to create a new, blank page by creating a link to it.
Freelinking handles this nicely, and in conjunction with wikitools adds some nice admin features. There are also other input formats that, depending on your specific needs, might be better suited. One thing I like about freelinking is that you can use it in conjunction with TinyMCE by putting the freelinking filter below the filtered html filter
in the input formats.
Are we really just talking about a standard Drupal book? When other
people
say 'wiki,' to what more are they referring (or is the "what more"
wiki
markup language?)
A BIG question -- in my experience, when people say "wiki" they really mean "a page that any user can edit" -- however, opinions probably differ widely here.
Surely you know how to Google[1]. If you had you would have found a recipe[2] at the top of the list.
[1] http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wiki+howto+site%3Adrupal.org [2] http://drupal.org/node/203502
Earnie -- this really isn't all that helpful, in both tone and information. I would suggest something along these lines, as it conveys the same message in a nicer way:
"A quick look through google ( http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wiki+howto+site%3Adrupal.org ) reveals a lot of info. However, Google doesn't always give the best information: this recipe ( http://drupal.org/node/203502 ) actually points to the liquid module, a very promising solution that has seen slower development over the last six months, and hasn't seen a cvs commit since June of 2007. The wikitools module has received some focused attention recently, and has a new co-maintainer who is actively involved in clearing out the issue queue. Another resource for wiki functionality in Drupal is the wiki groups on g.d.o, at http://groups.drupal.org/wiki"
Google is a great tool, but it returns the results that *it* thinks are most relevant. As the community continues to grow and expand, the support list needs to be a place where people can ask questions freely. Tone matters, and accuracy matters; in short, we need to be welcoming, and kind.
Cheers,
Bill