http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog Get on the scene en-us Copyright © 2010 WikiRing Partnership WikiRing Administrator [webmaster@michaeldaumconsulting.com] WikiRing Administrator [webmaster@michaeldaumconsulting.com] WikiRing http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry36 AndreUlrich 2009-11-17T09:55:00Z WikiRing AndreUlrich It is often claimed that only a few developers moved from TWiki to Foswiki, therefore the first article will look at who are/were active core developers of both projects. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=community" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=foswiki" rel="tag">foswiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=opensource" rel="tag">opensource</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry35 AndreUlrich 2009-11-14T16:57:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum One year after the commercial take over of TWiki.org its time look how TWiki and its successor Foswiki performed. A small blog series will cover facts and give you insight into the development status of both projects. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=community" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=fork" rel="tag">fork</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=foswiki" rel="tag">foswiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=opensource" rel="tag">opensource</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry34 MichaelDaum 2009-09-21T10:25:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum The amount of improvements is impressive. The bug fixing carousel passed another lap and pace increases noticeably as new high potential contributors have joined the Foswiki core team. This is easily the best release we ever had. <p /> <div id="" class="imageFloat imageFloat_right " ><a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/pub/Blog/BlogImages/virgo-300.gif" class="imageHref" title="Foswiki 1o7, a Virgo"><img border="0" src="http://blog.wikiring.com/pub/Blog/BlogImages/virgo-300.gif" alt="virgo-300.gif" width="300" height="171" longdesc="Foswiki 1o7, a Virgo" /></a></div> <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=community" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=foswiki" rel="tag">foswiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=opensource" rel="tag">opensource</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=release" rel="tag">release</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry33 MichaelDaum 2009-08-24T09:43:00Z WikiRing, Sponsorship MichaelDaum <div id="" class="imageFloat imageFloat_right " ><a href="http://www.sonologic.nl" class="imageHref" title="sonologic-logo.png"><img border="0" src="http://blog.wikiring.com/pub/Blog/BlogImages/sonologic-logo.png" alt="sonologic-logo.png" width="146" height="55" longdesc="sonologic-logo.png" /></a></div> We are all quite excited about the recent and upcoming changes on the <a href="http://foswiki.org" target="_top">Foswiki project</a>. Now <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Public/KoenMartens" class="twikiLink">Koen Martens</a> has set up a new hardware for the Foswiki main server and migrated the site. Big big thanks to Koen and his company <a href="http://www.sonologic.nl" target="_top">Sonologic</a> hosting it and all people that donated money to buy the new iron. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=community" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=foswiki" rel="tag">foswiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=hardware" rel="tag">hardware</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=server" rel="tag">server</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry32 CrawfordCurrie 2009-06-04T11:14:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum Is there any interest in such an interface? <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=clearquest" rel="tag">clearquest</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=foswiki" rel="tag">foswiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=ibm" rel="tag">ibm</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=integration" rel="tag">integration</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=plugin" rel="tag">plugin</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=tracking" rel="tag">tracking</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=wikiapps" rel="tag">wikiapps</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry31 CrawfordCurrie, AndreUlrich 2009-05-08T11:04:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum The new WebDAV plugin provides direct access to files stored within the Wiki for desktop applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=documentmanagement" rel="tag">documentmanagement</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=foswiki" rel="tag">foswiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=integration" rel="tag">integration</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=webdav" rel="tag">webdav</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry30 CrawfordCurrie 2009-05-08T09:22:00Z WikiRing, Sponsorship MichaelDaum I've been thinking about doing some more work on the PublishContrib, to make it more useful for people who want controlled publishing processes, for example those who publish process manuals. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=automation" rel="tag">automation</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=cms" rel="tag">cms</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=content" rel="tag">content</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=foswiki" rel="tag">foswiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=plugin" rel="tag">plugin</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=publishing" rel="tag">publishing</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=wikiapps" rel="tag">wikiapps</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=workflow" rel="tag">workflow</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry29 MichaelDaum 2008-11-19T10:34:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum The community formerly known as TWiki.org has entered the home stretch to strip off its burdens of the past. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=community" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=fork" rel="tag">fork</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=foswiki" rel="tag">foswiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=opensource" rel="tag">opensource</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry28 MichaelDaum 2008-10-29T10:54:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum Yesterday, 2008-10-27: 21:00 GMT, just a minute before the regular TWiki release meeting, the company TWIKI.NET announced unilaterally that the best for the TWiki.org project would be for them to take over governance. With it comes a complete lock down of the community site. From that minute on, all long-time contributors have lost access to their code. Counter-reaction: the community has left the building, leaving TWIKI.NET without a contributing community. Question: is it a sensible move for a venture capital firm that depends on a healthy Open Source community to lock it out? <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=community" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=fork" rel="tag">fork</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=opensource" rel="tag">opensource</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry25 CrawfordCurrie 2008-08-02T13:44:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum A new plugin uses the Safe module in Perl to constrain perl scripts in TWiki topics so they are safe to execute on your server. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=perl" rel="tag">perl</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=plugin" rel="tag">plugin</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=security" rel="tag">security</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry24 CrawfordCurrie 2008-03-28T11:57:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum How to convert Jot Spot data to TWiki <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=conversion" rel="tag">conversion</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=google" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=jotspot" rel="tag">jotspot</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry23 CrawfordCurrie 2007-11-14T11:13:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum <div id="" class="imageFrame imageFrame_right " ><a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/pub/Blog/BlogEntry23/sleep.jpg" class="imageHref" title="sleep.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://blog.wikiring.com/pub/Blog/BlogEntry23/sleep.jpg" alt="sleep.jpg" width="188" height="150" longdesc="sleep.jpg" /></a></div> A Long, Long Time Ago <a href="http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Main/RafaelAlvarez" title="'Main/RafaelAlvarez' on TWiki.org" class="interwikiLink">Rafael Alvarez</a> contributed a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer" target="_top">REST</a> architecture for TWiki that until relatively recently had been largely ignored. That's a shame, because TWiki has fallen behind the curve on effective interaction, partly because it is so difficult and inefficient to interact with TWiki from Javascript. More recently we have been able to re-architect big sections of the core to make REST more useful. Writing a REST script still isn't all that easy, however. This post is intended to try and make it easier. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=ajax" rel="tag">ajax</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=javascript" rel="tag">javascript</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=json" rel="tag">json</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=rest" rel="tag">rest</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=wysiwyg" rel="tag">wysiwyg</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=xmlrpc" rel="tag">xmlrpc</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry22 CrawfordCurrie 2007-09-26T20:14:00Z WikiRing CrawfordCurrie Getting the values of TWiki variables into Javascript can be a trial. This article describes one simple technique for doing that. http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry21 SvenDowideit 2007-09-22T07:11:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum TWiki 4.2 will be a much easier Wiki to install – with fully integrated native installers that will update your Computer with perl, apache and other tools needed to run TWiki. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=activestate" rel="tag">activestate</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=apache" rel="tag">apache</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=installer" rel="tag">installer</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=windows" rel="tag">windows</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry20 CrawfordCurrie 2007-03-11T12:00:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum STC Spring Event highlights issues of Technical Communicators, and reveals an interesting new way of assessing "Web-2-ness" <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=collaboration" rel="tag">collaboration</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=user" rel="tag">user</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=web2" rel="tag">web2</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=wiki" rel="tag">wiki</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry18 MichaelDaum 2007-02-27T22:25:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum <div id="" class="imageFrame imageFrame_left " ><a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/pub/Blog/BlogImages/tins.jpg" class="imageHref" title="tins.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://blog.wikiring.com/pub/Blog/BlogImages/_220___tins.jpg" alt="tins.jpg" width="220" height="162" longdesc="tins.jpg" /></a></div> The current TWiki::Cache implementation has been <a href="http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiCache" target="_top">proposed for integration</a> to the next TWiki release (code name freetown). <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=caching" rel="tag">caching</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=performance" rel="tag">performance</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry19 CrawfordCurrie 2007-02-23T13:32:00Z WikiRing, Sponsorship MichaelDaum Dinky little quiz plugin adds value to TWiki-based training <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=collaboration" rel="tag">collaboration</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=plugin" rel="tag">plugin</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=wikiapps" rel="tag">wikiapps</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry16 SvenDowideit 2007-02-14T12:08:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum I was talking to James Matheson of <a href="http://wiki.saikore.com" target="_top">Saikore</a> a few months ago, and we thought it was about time that there was a 'Wiki-Wednesday' in Sydney, Australia. James has organised it while I was in Zurich. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=meetup" rel="tag">meetup</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=saikore" rel="tag">saikore</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=sydney" rel="tag">sydney</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=tuesday" rel="tag">tuesday</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=wiki" rel="tag">wiki</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry15 LynnwoodBrown 2007-01-04T22:47:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum <div id="" class="imageFrame imageFrame_right " ><a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/pub/Blog/BlogImages/plants.jpg" class="imageHref" title="plants.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://blog.wikiring.com/pub/Blog/BlogImages/_200___plants.jpg" alt="plants.jpg" width="200" height="262" longdesc="plants.jpg" /></a></div> <a href="http://wikigardens.com" target="_top">WikiGardens.com</a> is a new <a href="http://twiki.org" target="_top">TWiki</a>-based web site aimed at plant lovers. Developed with technical services provided by WikiRing, the site features a host of features designed to allow both professional and home gardeners to share information about plants, gardening, and all related matters. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=gardening" rel="tag">gardening</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=wiki" rel="tag">wiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=wikiapps" rel="tag">wikiapps</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry14 CrawfordCurrie 2006-12-15T12:38:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum <img class="alignright border" src="http://blog.wikiring.com/pub/Blog/BlogImages/premierclasse.jpg" /> It's a common scenario; a manager unplugs their laptop and goes travelling for a week. During their time away they want to work in the team wiki, but often don't have a suitable connection. It would be good if there was a way to let them roam, and re-synch their changes when they have a good connection again. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=ajax" rel="tag">ajax</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=database" rel="tag">database</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=repository" rel="tag">repository</a>