Wiki
This group was suggested as a way to follow up on the discussions spawned at Moshe Weitzman's DrupalCon Brussels 2006 talk on Implementing a fully baked Wiki module for Drupal.
Let's conclude some of those thoughts and translate them into code!
Last chance for workflow support in D7 Core
While the more expansive workflow features that were proposed did not make it in time for code freeze, we still have an opportunity during the current "code slush" period to make a few key alterations to the underlying Drupal database. This will enable further development in Contrib of comprehensive workflow and content moderation modules, with an eye towards D8. However, time is running out. After October 15, all hope is lost.
Caching of the external links
I'm looking for a way to cache some external pages (the external references on the wiki nodes).
That's because the local server must to have a copy in case the external page is gone or that site is down.
Does anyone have a suggestion on this?
Thanks!
Opportunity for better workflow/content moderation support in Core
The upcoming Drupal 7 update brings with it a great opportunity to provide better support in Core for advanced workflows with content moderation, but the code freeze is fast approaching and this opportunity may pass us by. I encourage all developers to check out Support Revisions in Different States in the Drupal issue queue and lend a hand.
Why you should care?
Edit section module
http://drupal.org/project/edit_section
Allows freeform text sections to be edited individually, like MediaWiki / Wikipedia.
When a node is being viewed as a page by a user with permission to edit the node, this module adds [edit] links floated to the right of all headings in the body.
Community Moderation Module Development
Moderation seems to be a large issue with any wiki system I have used. If there is any level of moderation, it is by users with special role that have some level of trust with the webmaster and are tasked with reviewing changes to the wiki. Sometime, it is just the wiki owner who is responsible for this task. Then there are wiki's like Wikipedia, which go unmoderated. User's are, for the most part, free to change anything they please (until they are banned) and then their contribution (or vandalism) is available for all to see until another competent user reverts it.
Wiki's are community driven websites, and it is for this reason that I think moderation should be a task for the community.
Freelinking patch - make freelinks to images show image preview instead of title
I was a bit disappointed with the fact that Freelinks didn't support embedding images, so I created a patch to make it do that. If you have the Image module installed and you freelink to an image node, you see the image preview on the page instead of the node title for the image. I submitted an issue (including the patch to implement it) here:
Notes:
* This option must be explicitly turned on in the freelinks configuration page.
* You need the Image module for this to work, although not having it won't cause freelinks to break.
KE9QQ2: Proposed Drupal Modules for “The Next Generation of Wikipedia” (CommuniDB)
Evaluation Drupal 6 wiki modules
I have written up my experience evaluating the Drupal 6 modules for my attempt to create a mediawiki-like site.
An actual wiki in Drupal
Hey all,
I come from a wiki development background. have been involved in wiki communities and circles for a while now.
I have struggled with both Liquid and Wikitools in Drupal since Drupal 4.7, and have come to the conclusion that the problem is with Freelinking.
When I first used freelinking, I loved it. But, as I tried to customize and add functionality onto wiki in Drupal, Freelinking, and specifically the way that Freelinking makes links, has become a real bane to me in constructing wiki in Drupal.
Wiki Templates (or mimicking Wikipedia functionality)
There's a neat feature on Wikipedia pages where pages are related, they have a template at the bottom of the page with links to all of the relevant nodes.
For example, the Linkin Park entry will have a template at the bottom that has links to all their members pages, singles and albums, etc. This template is editable and when you make changes to it, it gets updated across all the pages that use it.
Seems like a great idea, and I'd love to implement something similar in a Drupal wiki. Does anyone know if it's possible using existing modules?
Edit Link for Wiki Pages
I'm building a community site for the Public Librarians and I was wondering how on Wiki Pages, the Edit link is added on Drupal Groups.
It's the link just under the Title that says, "You are viewing a wiki page. You are welcome..." Then depending on whether you're already a member of the Group, the link either goes to edit the page or join the group.
How nice.
Does anyone know how this was done? Is it something added to the theme template? I'm trying to figure out how it's done!
Any help would be appreciated.
Do we need Mediawiki syntax when we have WYSIWYG editors?
After spending/wasting a lot of time this weekend trying to get a functioning wiki built using a combination of wikitools, pearwiki filter and freelinks module (in combination with TinyMCE).
I ran into a hell of a lot of problems trying to implement the PEARWiki filter in conjunction with Wikitools and TinyMCE and in the end I just gave up completely!
Import from mediawiki XML?
I'm just wondering how to import mediawiki XML and turning it into a wikitools drupal system. This should theoretically be simple, but I'm not sure where to begin.
Refactor Collaborative Editor
Based on the Refactor revisions to use a version control system proposal changed, I post this proposal.
The problem
Core only allows the first user that sumbit the node form to save the changes; so the others have to see the saved node again and manually make the changes, hoping no other user save it before he does it. Clearly, it's a really slow way to make a contributed document.
Installing Pear Wiki Filter
I am trying to install the pear wiki filter, but I am not understanding this part of the readme instructions:
Use the following command to get the CVS Version of all the required PEAR packages
(which I would recommend at least for the Mediawiki parser):
cvs -d :pserver:cvsread@cvs.php.net:/repository checkout -d Text pear/Text_Wiki/Text
Any help? I think it means to use some sort of command line, which I am unfamiliar. Is there a way to do it without it?
Mediawiki namespaces
I'm currently working on integrating the Mediawiki parser into Drupal. The basics work: formatting, links, templates, images.
Two major things are still missing: category links and namespaces. Cagegory associations can easily be mapped into taxonomy module. The question remains for namespaces.
Is Drupal Wiki ready for primetime?
I'm debating whether to integrate wiki (a simple solution that I'm familiar with and would basically take care of all my needs in 1 fell swoop), or use various modules to do a native Drupal wiki.
So to help me make this decision, I'm asking if the Drupal wiki modules are able to duplicate at least all the basic functions of mediawiki. I'm a little confused about freelinking module. Is it neccessary? Shouldn't the wikitools module be able to do the same thing? Or am I missing something?
Refactor revisions to use a version control system
Proposal added to official ideas list at http://drupal.org/node/237619
The node_revisions table currently stores a full copy of everything for every revision.
For space considerations it would make a lot of sense to store it as diffs instead.
Many sites like drupal.org also have issues with simultaneous editing - using diffs might allow for merging of edits rather than the current locking system.
Note that in D7 core, node_revisions may well be handled similarly to CCK fields - so something extensible to both models is likely to have the most chance of future use.
intigrating just part of wikimedia into drupal ?
I like wikimedia as it is, the syntax and everything are very good for most documents, the only thing I don't like, is the discussion pages. is it possible to just have the discussion (talk) pages link into drupal ? instead of going for full integration. How hard would that be ?
Namespaces, other wiki comparisons
Hi folks,
Have any of you Drupal wiki pioneers come up with a good way of mimicking namespaces? We're looking for a wiki solution for a corporate intranet and we already use Drupal for some other things... Seems like that is one of the missing pieces.
The main contenders besides Drupal for the wiki are Confluence, WikiSpaces.net, Dokuwiki and Mediawiki.
Any feedback or thoughts appreciated. Thanks!
