[sword-devel] New SWORD website - update

[Greg Hellings]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Troy A. Griffitts
<scribe at crosswire.org> wrote:
> Dear Jerry,
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> jhphx wrote:
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>> Chris wrote:
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>>> I guess logic would dictate that the Wiki is dead and we should move
>>> entirely to static pages.
>>
>> Both forms of pages have their place for the purposes of displaying these
>> informative pages. There are those for whom Wikis are the web. Others find
>> Wikis aesthetically and functionally limiting. Is there a way to have just
>> the more static information on static pages where it could be stated that
>> revisions to a page, or the information, is ongoing at the Wiki. Perhaps
>> some static pages could also be updated automatically periodically from the
>> Wiki pages. Just thinking.
>
> I think you are on to something.  It seems our individual constructive
> agendas dictate which kind of site we prefer.
>
> I agree that both have their place.  It is great that anyone can update,
> change, voice their contribution on the wiki.  On the other hand, some
> information should be fairly static and conserved and not open to mass edits
> by anyone who feels something should go a different direction, or we'd have
> no direction (or rather, no usefully cohesive direction)
>
> It seems the wiki should continue to be the fluid place where people
> brainstorm, and also where they can easily edit pages without ssh'ing into
> CrossWire and vi'ing a .jsp file.
>
> Maybe some wiki pages, like project blubs, can be automatically and
> regularly pulled from the wiki and saved on the 'static' site (I like the
> 'pulled' idea you mention because it keeps our site useful in the case of
> something rare happening, like the wiki not being available :)), and project
> owners can use wiki permission to delegate who can edit these.  The FAQs
> might be another great place for this.
>
> This gives wiki edit functionality, some control for project leads with wiki
> perms, and a sense of useful moderation and staticness for the main site.
>
> Now how?

If the wiki worked, I'd be able to demo for you my simplistic export
page - but since the Wiki isn't setup and running, I can't do that.
The PHP to export from the wiki is really quite straightforward.

--Greg

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>        -Troy.
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>> Jerry
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