[ale] alternatives to Wiki info

[Ron Frazier]

I had another thought.  You could run your own installation of WordPress 
on an internal server.

Ron

On 10/19/2011 12:02 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> Right this is very proprietary data and I cant put it outside of the 
> intranet.
>
> The reason word is imp is because folks here in the office use word 
> and would love to save in word.  Currently we convert to wiki then 
> massage it and images are another story.
>
> Instead, I was thinking of putting the docs in Drupal or something 
> like that which allows us to put our HTML content (generated from word 
> or so) and put it there.
>
> But I am not sure Drupal is even an option.  I thought I pick on some 
> brains to get some info.,
>
> -Narahari
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Ron Frazier 
> <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hi Narahari,
>
>     A couple of thoughts come to mind.  I think both Word and LibreOffice
>     can export to HTML.  So, you should be able to edit a word
>     document (in
>     either package), then save as a web page.  You might have to have a
>     plugin or something to post it on a server where it will be
>     accessible.
>     I'm not sure about importing HTML, editing, then exporting again.
>
>     I think you might want to consider just building your own point and
>     click (no coding) website at http://www.squarespace.com/ .  They have
>     very powerful design tools, so I'm told.  I believe it can support
>     multiple editors with different privileges, audio, video, etc.  You
>     could password protect the pages if you don't want the public in
>     there.
>     I'm sure you can do SSL if desired.  I wouldn't put extremely
>     sensitive
>     information there without consulting a security professional.
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     Ron
>
>     On 10/19/2011 9:13 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
>     > Friends:
>     >
>     > We at work use Wiki to store hints/tips/information about our
>     > environments etc.,
>     >
>     > The media wiki server is   local to our intranet. It is working
>     fine.
>     >
>     > However the pain involved in converting to Wiki format from
>     M$Office,
>     > OpenOffice, LIbreOffice is really not fun.
>     >
>     > If it involves images GOD save us.
>     >
>     > ==========================================
>     >
>     > In the above context, is there a pure HTML based document
>     storage, out
>     > of the box framework.
>     >
>     > No coding, just create doc in any Office suite convert to HTML then
>     > just put it there easily.
>     >
>     > Provide any solutions you have used and/or heard off that is easy to
>     > install too.
>     >
>     > Very important :  It should be searchable easily.  If it can host
>     > video its even better.
>     >
>     > Thanks
>     >
>     > -Narahari
>

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