http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog Get on the scene en-us Copyright © 2008 WikiRing Partnership WikiRing Administrator [webmaster@michaeldaumconsulting.com] WikiRing Administrator [webmaster@michaeldaumconsulting.com] WikiRing http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog 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/BlogEntry26 MichaelDaum 2008-08-15T22:47:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum Get a decent T(wiki)-Shirt in the <a href="http://385747.spreadshirt.net">TrickyWikiShop</a>. Have your favorite slogan on the back when you meet the TWikiCommunity on the <a href="http://385747.spreadshirt.net"&gt;Mein Shop" target="_top">upcoming TWiki Community Summit</a> in Berlin on 4th and 5th September. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=merchandise" rel="tag">merchandise</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>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry24 CrawfordCurrie 2008-03-28T11:57:00Z WikiRing CrawfordCurrie 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>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</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=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</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 CrawfordCurrie 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=4.2" rel="tag">4.2</a>, <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=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</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 CrawfordCurrie <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>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</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=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</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=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</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>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry8 SvenDowideit 2006-12-13T09:00:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum Sven Dowideit takes a closer look at a couple of existing TWiki skins and how they work. <p /> Sadly, they are not much help for new skin developers and web designers, as they set no real consistency that can be built on. To try to resolve this, I have altered the default skin to offer better reusablility – initially as a base for the new TWiki CssZengardenSkin. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=css" rel="tag">css</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=skin" rel="tag">skin</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=zengarden" rel="tag">zengarden</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry6 MichaelDaum 2006-11-29T11:40:00Z 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> Today most sites use content engines that produce highly dynamic content, by assembling different objects to finally generate html and send over to your browser. This makes caching on the server side a must. As wikis emerge from simple one-page services and leap into the regions of content management systems, caching is increasingly attractive here too. Last, but not least, there are many more lurkers and page hoppers than contributors to a wiki, and there's no need to recompute the same pages again and again. <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=content" rel="tag">content</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</a> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry5 CrawfordCurrie 2006-11-29T08:56:00Z WikiRing CrawfordCurrie Recent work on content repositories <p /><b>Tags</b>: <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> http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry7 CrawfordCurrie 2006-11-27T14:13:00Z WikiRing CrawfordCurrie The relationship between Perl and CPAN http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogEntry3 SvenDowideit 2006-11-13T11:31:00Z WikiRing MichaelDaum In this post, I show an example of how easy it can be to create a unique design for TWiki. <p /><b>Tags</b>: <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=css" rel="tag">css</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=design" rel="tag">design</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=skin" rel="tag">skin</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=twiki" rel="tag">twiki</a>, <a href="http://blog.wikiring.com/Blog/BlogArchive?mode=tag&amp;search=zengarden" rel="tag">zengarden</a>