4x4 trail report site

[Chris]

PHPWiki is better than Tikiwiki IMHO though both are inferior to MediaWiki. It can be styled to be "pretty" too. The current version of MW requires a newer version of PHP than on my host and I'm too lazy to install an older version. If people get serious about this MW is the way to go.

[Tom]

I'll check to see if its available on my host next time I'm on my desktop.

Chris previously posted:

[Chris]

Hey Jim when you have some time read through this and see if it's still possible to integrate Mediawiki with this version of vBulletin. Pretty much just allows members to edit by integrating the passwords so they can post by non-members can't. It's what I once used and was great in function even though members didn't care to use it.

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extens...rs_Integration

[offroadwonder]

Mediawiki is a great option if it is available. It is so familiar to everyone that it might attract users on that fact alone. The only thing that I prefer from tikiwiki is the ability to embed google maps with a .gpx track on it. Maybe mediawiki could do the same, I just have never seen it.

[Chris]

Good point, I think the file types can be determined by the admin though I'm not 100% sure.

[Tom]

Tom previously posted:

[Jim]

Perhaps I'll give it a whack - my host is at 5.3.17

[Tom]

Had issues getting tikiwiki back up. New URL http://fr4x4.crosman.org/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=Trail+Report

guest:guest

[Jim]

While I would like a memberlist integration feature of a wiki (one login ID/PW), doing so would likely need the wiki to be one with FR4x4. I have one hesitation with putting the wiki on the same hosting account as the general forum: bandwidth overage issues.

Having encountered, once or twice, last season TrailDamage.com being unavailable due to bandwidth overage I'd like to keep the functions separate. The wish is to have the trail coordination forum still be running should the trail wiki go over bandwidth. Now, perhaps this is being overly cautious as any wiki we start might not get to the popularity that TD has and bandwidth issues may never happen - but I still wish to consider the possibility. Yes, purchasing more bandwidth is an option, with a price.

Thoughts?

[Tom]

I concur Jim. We'd need another domain and hosting account. Are members here willing to financially support it?

[Jim]

I have hosting space and there's enough in the fund to spring for a domain name. While it's in an infancy, my hosting will be sufficient. Should it grow and be fruitful, then it may need more which might cost something - but I'd imagine that would be down the road a bit.

What domain name do folks like?

DO NOT SEARCH TO SEE IF A NAME IS AVAILABLE! Squatters sometimes register the name if they see people searching for availability. You can punch the name into a web browser to see if it's active - just don't search for availability at a registrar. When we get a list of a few nice names, I'll search for availability and if available I'll register it right then.

EDIT: I'm still trying to get MediaWiki installed at a test site - time's a tad tight.

[offroadwonder]

Jim previously posted:

[Brad]

Just to get the ball rolling:
Trail status
Trail report
Trail Base (like database)
Trail wiki
Wiki trail

[offroadwonder]

...or...

Trailpedia/Trailipedia
Exploropedia/Exploripedia
Wiki4x4

[alexb]

I broke it good.... http://fr4x4.crosman.org/twiki/tiki-...=Dry+St.+Vrain doesn't load anymore.

I tried to make a sample page and Tikiwiki is just too hard to encourage easy writing. It's much more difficult than vbulletin. I can't cut/paste an image into the post and I also don't get wysiwyg.

Thanks for hosting this Tom.

[Chris]

I'm the one that did the 5 headings to spur interest, I agree that it's not as easy as people need. It can be done as another forum but even when that was tried a year or so ago it didn't catch on.

[Tom]

So I'm going to delete the wiki site. Its being hacked like the php one was previously. Chris and Alex have been the only valid visitors.