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Rank: Newbie
Joined: 4/15/2008
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Location: United Kingdom
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Hello all. Although I've met a few of you in the flesh this is my first post on the forum so greetings to all and nice work to the umbraco team.
I am planning to create a wiki-board with Umbraco and ultimately offer it as a package for all.
Being a complete newb, any useful links, notes, or tips would be appreciated- particularly achieving wiki functionality within Umbraco.
Please post your feedback as a reply to this thread as it'll keep it central for anyone to read and I'll promise to keep you updated on my progress...
Thanks again you lovely people.
Barney
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Rank: Addict
Joined: 7/19/2006
Posts: 593
Location: Preston, UK
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Barney, Take a look at how auto form / doc2form works for starters. Regards Ismail
Level 2 certified. If it aint broke dont fix.
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Joined: 7/20/2006
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Maybe this old post and package could help you getting started: http://www.090978.org/2004_12_01_old.htmlJust remember, this is old stuff...
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Rank: Aficionado
Joined: 3/19/2008
Posts: 192
Location: London, UK
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IMHO there are plenty of good Wiki's out there already. Why re-invent the wheel?
Darren Ferguson - Umbraco level 2 certified www.darren-ferguson.com - www.fergusonmoriyama.com
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Joined: 8/9/2007
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Location: Kentucky, USA
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I tend to agree with Darren; however, I could see a small niche for an umbraco wiki package. Suppose you want a wiki that's tightly integrated within an existing umbraco site. Or you are an experienced umbraco integrator who knows nothing about wikis and are asked to implement one quickly. There's something to be said for using the tools that you know well.
Pete Koutoulas • Fayette County Public Schools • Lexington, Kentucky See you in Chicago at CodeGarden US 2008!
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Joined: 7/20/2006
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Location: Charleston, West Virginia, United States
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Hi Barney, As Ismail mentioned, take a look at Doc2Form. It will allow you to have the ability to edit the content directly. Another thing to look at is to create a control or xslt extension that will allow you to check user permissions and redirect if the permissions are not correct for what you want to do. IE, do not leave it to anybody to edit your pages, but, make it so they are at least logged in users or members. Using alt templates to display the edit page would be ideal, but having edit pages would be easier to secure. You would probably have to create a node and template for each doc type that you are to edit, and pass the page ID you want to edit in the querystring. It is not terribly difficult, but, you must take heed when it comes to security. You can easily open your site up to be a mess if you are not careful. Case
• 2007/2008 MVP • 2008/2009 MVP • Core Developer • Certified Professional Level I & II •
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Rank: Fanatic
Joined: 7/22/2006
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Location: Randers, Denmark
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Well, Darren.. Reinventing the wheel can be a good thing sometimes. I agree, there are many great wiki-applications out there, but many of them are seriously bloated with useless stuff. I think it still could be nice to have one made with a touch of Umbraco spirit - simple, yet powerful.
Best Regards Simon Simm.dk - My base on the web - proud Umbracian since 2.0 Beta
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Rank: Newbie
Joined: 5/22/2008
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Location: uk
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Could you get Umbraco to search the data in the external wiki? If not, having separate search domains isn't appealing.
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Rank: Enthusiast
Joined: 10/19/2007
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Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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Hello all,
I'm just wondering if there's been any progress made on this at all? Or has it fallen by the wayside?
Per did an excellent presentation at CodeGarden where he browsed the Boost site and could click to edit each of the page elements inline using AJAX and REST (I think?). Is this the best way forward perhaps? Or is the Doc2Form method better (is this similar to Jesper's intranet idea)?
I could possibly have to implement this one on an upcoming project and if I get the chance to do that then I'll definitely create a package for it. Perhaps a collaboration would work or if anyone has made a start then that would be great.
There are a number of reasons why having the wiki very tightly integrated within Umbraco is important for this project. I agree with Darren that reinventing the wheel can be pointless, but to really impress a client having the wiki within Umbraco could be a winner.
Cheers,
David
David Conlisk - Umbraco level 2 certified
web-garden.co.uk
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