[pmwiki-users] Selecting a Wiki engine...

[Thomas Voghera]

> - limitation to a two-level hierarchy (groups and pages)

Is this about how pages can be organized? carved in stone?

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regards /Thomas V



"Kathryn Andersen" <kat_lists at katspace.homelinux.org> wrote in message 
news:20061003032350.GA19557 at katla.katspace.homelinux.org...
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 06:50:10PM +0200, Oliver Betz wrote:
>> So many questions - maybe someone can point out whether or why PmWiki
>> is the best choice...
>
> Well, I hope you're asking other communities why they chose *their*
> wiki, because of course you could consider us all a bit biased. 8-)
> Another point is that whether something is the "best" choice will depend
> on your needs, too, which may not be the same as those who happily are
> using PmWiki.
>
> That being said, though...
>
> Reasons I chose PmWiki:
> - file-based data storage
>  * because having to administer a MySQL database is an annoying extra 
> chore
>  * because storing data in text files is easier to fix if things go wrong
>  * because for some uses it's nice to be able to mirror a wiki just by
>    using rsync (such as syncing my private personal wiki between my
>    desktop and my laptop)
> - upgrading to a new version is fantastically easy, more so than
>  anything else I looked at
> - separation of core, plugins and configuration
> - active, responsive community
>
> Nifty things I found after using PmWiki:
> - pagelists; powerful, flexible and getting more so with version 2.2
> - skins are easy to make (well, if you know HTML and CSS like I do)
>
> Things that are not so nifty:
> - limitation to a two-level hierarchy (groups and pages)
> - I wish it were written in Perl (evil grin)
>
> Kathryn Andersen
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