Comments on: My Favorite MediaWiki Extensions http://renareich.com/2010/01/11/my-favorite-mediawiki-extension/ Wikis, Content, Social Media and Cats Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:42:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Facebook Connect for MediaWiki http://renareich.com/2010/01/11/my-favorite-mediawiki-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Facebook Connect for MediaWiki Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:16:44 +0000 http://renareich.com/?p=753#comment-1236 [...] my post on My Favorite MediaWiki Extensions, I mentioned that although I already had the Facebook Connect working on the site, there was still [...] [...] my post on My Favorite MediaWiki Extensions, I mentioned that although I already had the Facebook Connect working on the site, there was still [...]

]]> By: Rena http://renareich.com/2010/01/11/my-favorite-mediawiki-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Rena Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:39:27 +0000 http://renareich.com/?p=753#comment-799 Nope - MediaWiki doesn't give you per-page permissions. (There is an extensions - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleSecurity - but they strongly recommend that you don't use it). I've been looking into TikiWiki, and I'm very impressed with it. It gives a lot of power. Is it as customizable as MediaWiki? MediaWiki seems to be a bit more SEO friendly to me. I've been holding my breath for the MediaWiki 1.16. That will give me widgets and a whole slew of usability enhancements. They're not giving a date for it yet, but it should be any time now... Nope – MediaWiki doesn’t give you per-page permissions. (There is an extensions – http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleSecurity – but they strongly recommend that you don’t use it).

I’ve been looking into TikiWiki, and I’m very impressed with it. It gives a lot of power. Is it as customizable as MediaWiki? MediaWiki seems to be a bit more SEO friendly to me.

I’ve been holding my breath for the MediaWiki 1.16. That will give me widgets and a whole slew of usability enhancements. They’re not giving a date for it yet, but it should be any time now…

]]> By: Delltechie http://renareich.com/2010/01/11/my-favorite-mediawiki-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Delltechie Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:09:29 +0000 http://renareich.com/?p=753#comment-792 drupal has a forum and a module for an advanced forum but still a long way from having the features of phpbb or smf. here is wmpu +buddy press indiareckoner.com/giveindiablogs/blog (just a testing site for different platforms) but looks like GI will only have forums for now so its phpbb as later on it will be easy to integrate into joomla or drupal . but i liked the tiki forum http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-forums.php still have to figure out how to get the tikisite up (if i go for a wiki engine i will be tikiwiki because of its ability to give each page different permissions for editing not sure if media wiki has the same flexibility. ) Though i remember reading a recent article which says forums are so 1998 or web 1.0 ;) drupal has a forum and a module for an advanced forum but still a long way from having the features of phpbb or smf.
here is wmpu +buddy press
indiareckoner.com/giveindiablogs/blog (just a testing site for different platforms) but looks like GI will only have forums for now so its phpbb as later on it will be easy to integrate into joomla or drupal . but i liked the tiki forum
http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-forums.php still have to figure out how to get the tikisite up (if i go for a wiki engine i will be tikiwiki because of its ability to give each page different permissions for editing not sure if media wiki has the same flexibility. )
Though i remember reading a recent article which says forums are so 1998 or web 1.0 ;)

]]> By: Rena http://renareich.com/2010/01/11/my-favorite-mediawiki-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Rena Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:59:34 +0000 http://renareich.com/?p=753#comment-783 SMF looks like a very powerful forum. I've never really worked with drupal. I thought that it came with a forum built in. Are you allowed to share a link to the project/s that you're working on? It would be great to see it all in action. SMF looks like a very powerful forum. I’ve never really worked with drupal. I thought that it came with a forum built in. Are you allowed to share a link to the project/s that you’re working on? It would be great to see it all in action.

]]> By: Delltechie http://renareich.com/2010/01/11/my-favorite-mediawiki-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Delltechie Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:09:56 +0000 http://renareich.com/?p=753#comment-781 Im looking for multiple sub forums and good mod options. Now tried media wiki nor awc but after seeing it on your site and it looked nice went over to see what the developer was doing (i like an active community for dev for any app like smf - phpbb). I really liked smf indiareckoner.com/smf/index.php with the portal module but had issue with it integrating with drupal due to the smf license and with the cookie in gigya .I really wanted to have drupal+smf+wordpress .But for now the client just wants a forum so i have more time to look at integration Im looking for multiple sub forums and good mod options. Now tried media wiki nor awc but after seeing it on your site and it looked nice went over to see what the developer was doing (i like an active community for dev for any app like smf – phpbb). I really liked smf indiareckoner.com/smf/index.php with the portal module but had issue with it integrating with drupal due to the smf license and with the cookie in gigya .I really wanted to have drupal+smf+wordpress .But for now the client just wants a forum so i have more time to look at integration

]]> By: Rena http://renareich.com/2010/01/11/my-favorite-mediawiki-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Rena Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:15:52 +0000 http://renareich.com/?p=753#comment-777 Yeah, I knew that there wasn't going to be any more development on the forum unless I did it myself (or had someone with a lot more experience do it for me). I've done a little playing around with the AWC's Forum extension - nothing that actually makes it better, just making it fit in better with the SocialProfile and FBConnect extensions. Things like using the avatar and biography from the SocialProfile and using the user's real name instead of their facebook id. What functionality are you looking for that is missing from AWC's forum? Yeah, I knew that there wasn’t going to be any more development on the forum unless I did it myself (or had someone with a lot more experience do it for me). I’ve done a little playing around with the AWC’s Forum extension – nothing that actually makes it better, just making it fit in better with the SocialProfile and FBConnect extensions. Things like using the avatar and biography from the SocialProfile and using the user’s real name instead of their facebook id.

What functionality are you looking for that is missing from AWC’s forum?

]]> By: Delltechie http://renareich.com/2010/01/11/my-favorite-mediawiki-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Delltechie Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:29:17 +0000 http://renareich.com/?p=753#comment-776 I was looking at the AWC Forum extension but was sad to see the developer was no longer actively updating it . Hence looked at other options. I looked at SMF but the license was causing issue in integration with joomla and drupal.looked at tikiwiki and liked it but still a steep learning curve to get it started.liferay.com looks promising running on coyote (not sure how to get it running on my hosting provider).wordpress+buddypress is good waiting for the forum dev to mature love it working well with the gigya plugin. I was looking at the AWC Forum extension but was sad to see the developer was no longer actively updating it . Hence looked at other options. I looked at SMF but the license was causing issue in integration with joomla and drupal.looked at tikiwiki and liked it but still a steep learning curve to get it started.liferay.com looks promising running on coyote (not sure how to get it running on my hosting provider).wordpress+buddypress is good waiting for the forum dev to mature love it working well with the gigya plugin.

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