Which Weblogs Are Best Suited for User Group Use? 30
An Anonymous Coward asks: "I'm preparing a proposal to my local LUG hopefully to persuade them to incorporate a weblog into their current website. It seems to me that weblogs would be better suited to the type of communication that is generally found on LUG email lists. My questions is: Are there any LUGs out there that are currently using some type of weblog application? Are there any who are considering it, or have considered it and abandoned the idea? What are the major reasons behind your choice?"
Scoop... (Score:5, Informative)
We use Wiki. (Score:4, Informative)
Also, it supports versioning, so it's handy for many other group oriented activities that involve planning.
We use Wiki (also!) (Score:3, Informative)
My favorite heavy duty Wikis are:
Linux: TWiki (http://www.twiki.org/)
Windows: OpenWiki (http://www.openwiki.com/)
Each of these wikis support heavy duty revisions, diffs, uploading, access controls (only if you want them), and are Open-Source!
Re:We use Wiki (also!) (Score:3, Informative)
I have installed it successfully and without much hassle on MacOSX and BSD, Linux, and BSD even running on an ISP's somewhat locked-down server. It is highly configurable, but the default setup is useful right out of the box.
Some features of TWiki I like:
- it's in Perl (and Perl is more likely to be available on system X than some of the newer languages)
- the source is quite readable
- it is highly readable
- the markup is extremely simple to learn
- your contents are stored in RCS files
- you can upload files (mentioned already)
- users can register to be notified about content changes by e-mail
Overall it has been a great tool. I'd like to see a few things improved, like support for creating new webs, real hierarchical namespaces for WikiWords (sub-webs), built-in preferences for enabling/disabling access to robots, simpler and better-looking default templates, and a little better support for generating a static site from the live site. But these are all pretty minor and for the most part I've been very happy with it. (And, if the itch to fix something becomes great enough, well, of course I should brush up on my Perl and contribute some fixes).
Paul R. Potts
Re:We use Wiki. (Score:3, Insightful)
(yes yes, Wikis do have a 'most recent additions' list which could be used as news but Wiki's don't usually store intro text and main body of text separately like news sites, so use what suits)
Re:We use Wiki. (Score:2, Interesting)
We spend a lot of time looking at what people search for in the wiki and try and put up useful content for people outside the region to use.
Our wiki gets a lot of use from people inside (and occasional use from people outside) the LUG. I highly recommend using a Wiki.
Re:We use Wiki.-- Twiki too. (Score:2)
If it is a little too much, try another wiki as suggested here. The benefits are they can be used in various different fashions, from bulletin boards to help desk info.
SCOOP is also very good, but so would Slashcode if that is the type of setup you are looking for. In the case of a LUG, I would suggest you look at broader option and Wikis are there.
Scoop and Slashcode are too much overhead. (Score:3, Insightful)
For what the LUG needs, 10 minutes of a Wiki setup is way better than 20-40 minutes on a Perl/Apache/MySQL/Scoop setup which requires more maintenance.
Geeklog aint too bad (Score:5, Informative)
Postnuke is pretty amazing, but IMNSHO it's becoming very large. Takes a bit to get it customised to the level you want.
Slashcode (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Slashcode (Score:2)
Wiki or a simple Weblog (Score:2)
Geeklog runs fine on IIS (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Geeklog runs fine on IIS (Score:2)
Re:Geeklog runs fine on IIS (Score:2)
Drupal (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Drupal (Score:2)
Re:Drupal (Score:1)
Why not a BBS? (Score:4, Interesting)
(This is like a throwback to the user-group days of old when we actually used green-screen BBS's on 2400 bps modems... but sometimes the oldies are goodies.)
XDG
File Repository yet? (Score:2)
Mark Kyne's Personal Weblog (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.kyne.com.au/~mark/software/weblog.ph
Check out Plone! (Score:3, Informative)
It's big if all you need is a weblog, but it's perfect if you want a platform that you can build on and add applications to while maintaining a lot of flexibility (user management, etc)
Moveable type. (Score:2, Informative)
Tiki is awesome! (Score:3, Informative)
take a look... (Score:2, Informative)
Roller (Score:3, Interesting)