[ale] The ALE TWiki server is on the air!

[jhubbs at telocity.com]

I first read of "Wiki servers" on Web sites about Extreme Programming (www.extremeprogramming.org).  It's a very interesting way for people to collaborate and yes, like Vernard said, Wikis handle some kinds of discussion better than mailing lists or newsgroups can.

- Jeff

On Thu, 11 October 2001, "Matthew Brown" wrote:

> 
> Wow!  This is hot stuff.  I am really impressed with the security and
> document sharing capabilities.  I have a client using SharePoint that will
> definitely want to see this.
> 
> 
> Matthew Brown
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Shapiro [mailto:cshapiro at numethods.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 8:15 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] The ALE TWiki server is on the air!
> 
> 
> <Vernard Martin>
> 
> I would like to announce the formation of the Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> TWiki Server hosted at
> 
> http://tomshiro.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/ALE/WebHome
> 
> This site is an experiment to see if there is sufficient interest by the
> ALE community. If you like and use it then we'll move it to
> the official ALE server and make sure it exists in perpetuity alongside
> the ALE mailing list. The TWiki is place where folks can take long term
> discussions which they feel don't belong on the list. This is by no
> means an attempt to censor what is on the list but some dicussions
> simply work better in different forums and web pages allow for things
> like screenshots and other bandwidth hogs that we normally wouldn't
> appreciate being send out over a mailing list.
> 
> Please give it a try and let the list know what you think. With any
> luck this can become another long standing ALE tradition :)
> 
> Oh yeah, make sure to thank Charles Shapiro for taking the time out of
> his busy schedule to set up the TWiki and host it on his web site for
> the immediate duration.
> 
> Details on how to use the TWiki are below:
> 
> </Vernard Martin>
> 
> <Charles Shapiro>
> 
> The TWiki looks just like any other website  except that each page has a
> 
> button that says "Edit" on the bottom. Click on that button to change
> any
> page & save it back to the server for others to view.
> If you want to create a  brand new page on the TWiki, edit an existing
> page and type
> in a WikiWord (an initial capital letter followed by mixed case
> letters).
> After you save the page, the word will have a "?" after it. Click on
> that "?",
> and you're editing your brand-new page. Simple.  Plenty of documentation
> is
> available on the TWiki to help you understand the other cool things you
> can do
> with it. Hit the "WelcomeGuest" link at the top of the opening page to
> see some of it.
> 
> I've set this server up with authentication, which means you'll need to
> enter a username & password when you hit the <edit> button. Anyone can
> view pages, of course. If you don't want to register yourself, you can
> log in as the
> anonymous user: TWikiGuest, password "guest"
> 
> To register yourself, flunk the authentication  (that is, press "Cancel"
> when
> asked for a username and password) when you select to edit a page.
> Choosing a secure
> password is less important than figuring out a memorable one, since the
> authentication
> I'm using is itself not very secure.  Use your last name reversed or the
> name of the street
> where you live rather than your bank PIN or the root password to your
> PC. Your password is not stored in clear text, so I can only reset it,
> not tell you what it is.
> 
> </Charles Shapiro>
> 
> -- CHS
> cshapiro at numethods.com
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