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Title: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Mrs Ava on January 25, 2006, 23:29:48
Bet your life it has been covered somewhere, but I dunno where!
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Hyacinth on January 26, 2006, 13:19:45
Em...Website Suggestions...Knowledge Database.........5 or 6 pages of more than you'll ever need to know! - our very own 'knowledge database' on knowledge databases ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Mrs Ava on January 26, 2006, 13:24:54
Super!  Ta Lish, good job you know what is going on.  ;D
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Heldi on January 26, 2006, 14:29:33
Was thinking that myself too EJ and despite Lishka's explanation and me having a looky, it makes no sense to me!
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Hyacinth on January 26, 2006, 14:52:50
The only explanation I gave was......where to find the explanation :D But isn't it a sort-of encycloepaedia-type thing written by everyone with some knowledge on a particular topic? And if not, don't refer me back to read 5-6 pages........please?  :o ;D
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Curryandchips on January 26, 2006, 14:58:24
Yes perhaps it could be described as a communally interactive repository in real time, ie always being updated. I nearly typed suppository there, how to embarrass oneself in one easy lesson  :-[
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: bupster on January 26, 2006, 15:16:25
If you go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial) it shows how to edit the pages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) is how one looks when it's up and running. Here's another example: http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page (http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page) and my personal favourite for the sheer madness involved in setting it up: http://wiki.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/index.php/Main_Page (http://wiki.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/index.php/Main_Page)
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: bupster on January 26, 2006, 15:39:56
Right, I've started the ball rolling...  :D
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Wicker on January 26, 2006, 23:38:07
Sorry I can't get my mind off Curry's "communally interactive suppository" and the effect it would have!!  ::) ;D
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: kenkew on January 27, 2006, 11:10:34
All I get from A4A Wiki is;

Backtrace:

GlobalFunctions.php line 524 calls wfbacktrace()
MamboLogin.php line 63 calls wfdebugdiebacktrace()
SpecialUserlogin.php line 274 calls mambologin::authenticate()
SpecialUserlogin.php line 93 calls loginform::processlogin()
SpecialUserlogin.php line 28 calls loginform::execute()
SpecialPage.php line 311 calls wfspecialuserlogin()
SpecialPage.php line 221 calls unlistedspecialpage::execute()
index.php line 101 calls specialpage::executepath()
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: John_H on February 03, 2006, 18:41:03
It looks like the Wiki is up and running now, I have just had a quick play and added starting pages for Asparagus and Asparagus peas.
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: kenkew on February 03, 2006, 18:43:55
Well, at least now I'm only getting...
Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/danall/public_html/joomla/components/com_mambowiki/includes/SpecialUserlogin.php on line 318
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Admin aka Dan on February 03, 2006, 18:46:38
Ken,

Some people seem to get that message when they first try to access the wiki, give it another go and see if you are successfull.

Cheers

Dan
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Val on February 03, 2006, 18:54:31
Oh my not more computer techie stuff, I still want to know what a blog is?
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: bupster on February 03, 2006, 20:06:36
My blog's in the signature line below this post. If you want your own, try blogger.com - they're free and not too hard to use, though it takes a bit longer to work out how to customise them :)
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: kenkew on February 03, 2006, 21:00:09
There's something on the end of my finger...could that be a blog?
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: kenkew on February 03, 2006, 21:02:15
Quote from: Admin aka Dan on February 03, 2006, 18:46:38
Ken,

Some people seem to get that message when they first try to access the wiki, give it another go and see if you are successfull.

Cheers

Dan
Got it.

Je**s Dan. You're too good for this world. When you pop your clogs can I have you for compost?
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: John_H on February 03, 2006, 23:21:28
I'm very new to Wiki editing but I thought it may help if I put an entry in the 'editing help' page, so I lifted the text from wikipedia which explains which codes do what.

Hope this is OK and its the sort of thing that page was designed for?
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Val on February 04, 2006, 10:31:43
Quote from: bupster on February 03, 2006, 20:06:36
My blog's in the signature line below this post. If you want your own, try blogger.com - they're free and not too hard to use, though it takes a bit longer to work out how to customise them :)

Thanks Bupster, so its a sort of your own personal site thingy, that you can share with everyone.
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: John_H on February 04, 2006, 13:51:04
think of it as being like  the captains log on Star Trek!
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: grawrc on February 04, 2006, 20:17:06
It's short for web log. So a log book of what you want to record on the web. ;)
Title: Re: And a Wiki is?
Post by: Val on February 05, 2006, 17:44:38
 ;D ;D ;D right, so long as it doesn't beam me up or anywhere.