Re: Minutes for January 25, 2006

Michael Bond <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:25:07 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.morlug
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I've made a couple of corrections to the wiki page :-P


Mike.
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On Jan 26, 2006, at 11:51 PM, Derek Perriero wrote:

> Here's the minutes for 01/25/2006
>
> You can find them posted on the website as well at
> http://www.morlug.org/index.php/Jan_25%2C_2006
>
> MorLUG wiki-wiki website - www.morlug.org
> presented by Michael Bond
>
> A little history
>
> The site started off as static html on David Smith's sunsol box, which
> inherently crashed. The site went into limbo and returned on Plone.
>
> The main goal
>
> The wiki is a very scalable application. The wiki in general has
> fallen subject to grafiti, so the proposal of putting restrictions to
> mailing list only. The main goal of the website is to keep
> organization of various ventures of MorLUG. Eventually limit users to
> certain rescritions. i.e. specific tags are limited, like js.
>
> Before you save the page, preview it.
>
> Create a correct chronilogical link system on the site, as opposed to
> just creating random pages on the home page.
>
>
> Headings
>
> <h1></h1> tags are represented as    =this=
> <h2></h2> tags are represented as    ==this==
>
> Syntax
>
> Italics (<em></em>):   ''this is italics''  - these are single quotes
> Bold text (<strong></strong>): '''this is bold text'''  -these are
> single quotes as well
>
> HTML Structure
>
> The wiki will be rendered in xhtml.
> i.e.
>  To create paragraphs put <p></p>
>  Table tags are enabled.
>
> Signatures
>
> When you edit the page you should sign the page with one of these  
> signatures.
> name: ~~~
> name+date: ~~~~
> date: ~~~~~
>
> It will appear like this:
>
> Dperriero
> Dperriero 22:13, 26 January 2006 (CST)
> 22:13, 26 January 2006 (CST)
>
> Its a good idea to sign your name after you edit or make a comment to
> keep things organized again.
>
> Lists
>
> ordered lists (<ol></ol>):
>  # item1
>  # item2
>  ## 2a
>  ## 2b
>  ###3a
>  # 3
>
> undordered lists (<ul></ul>):     * an asterisk followed by your line
>
> Indentations
>
> paragraph indentation
>
>
> :text_____
>
> The text will appear
>           like this.
>
> definition list
>
>  ; Morlug:Morgantown Linux Users Group
>
>   Morlug
>        Morgantown Linux Users Group
>
>
> New Pages
>
> A new page can be created when a wiki word is typed.
> [[Some Text]]
>
> To link to a specific page you enclose the page name in [[Some Page]]
>
> To link to an external page you would enclose the URL in single
> brackets  [http://slashdot.org]
>
> Media
>
> *Upload images or docs...
> The upload button is on the side panel. It'll warn you if a file  
> name exists.
>
> linking to the file...
> foo.png
>
> [[image:foo.png|alt text]]
> [[media:foo.png|alt text]]
>
> Misc
>
> To escape wiki syntax you tag your content with <nowiki>text</nowiki>
>
> Recent changes displays a revision system of modified pages and a
> diff.  Reverting a revision is totally possible through this page.
>
> If you are particulary interested in a specific page you can click on
> 'watch' to keep tabs on that page.
>
> Categories keep the site very organized and indexes the pages well.
>
> There is a rss and atom feed to the site.  David Riggs commented that
> the site has been submitted to gmane.
>
> Cool facts
>
> wiki - what i know is  The site name 'wiki-wiki' is based on the
> hawaiian word wiki for 'fast or quick'
>
>
> Open discussion
>
> Apparently Richard Stallman won't speak at a LUG but will speak at  
> a GLUG.
>
> For more help on wiki editing go to:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing
>
> --
> Perriero, Derek
> [email protected]
>
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