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--- s5:regiowiki [2009/09/20 17:26] – created andi
+++ s5:regiowiki [2009/09/26 07:16] (current) – slides andi
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 by Andreas Gohr\\
 CosmoCode GmbH\\
-http://www.cosmocode.de
+http://www.cosmocode.de · <gohr@cosmocode.de>
 ===== Agenda =====
-  - What are typical RegioWiki szenarios?
+  - About me
-  - How does DokuWiki fit in there?
+  - What are typical RegioWiki requirements?
-  - What might be especially useful for RegioWikis?
+  - What is DokuWiki and can it fulfill these requirements?
-  - Your Questions answered.
+  - What plugins might be especially useful for RegioWikis?
+  - Your questions answered.
+===== About me =====
+  * Andreas Gohr <gohr@cosmocode.de>
+  * DokuWiki creator and lead developer
+  * CosmoCode GmbH
+    * www.cosmocode.de
+    * IT Service Provider based in Berlin
+    * Focused on CMS, Wikis and Custom Solutions
+    * Consulting and Support for Wikis (esp. DokuWiki)
+    * Makers of www.wikimatrix.org Wiki comparison portal
 ===== RegioWiki requirements =====
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   * Even smaller group of people involved as editors
   * Editors might not be technically versatile
+  * Users might not be comfortable with English speaking software
   * Low to no funding
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   * PHP based
-  * Free and Open Source
+  * Free and Open Source (GPL Version 2)
   * Created in 2004
   * Originally focused on documentation (hence the name)
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   * Final page HTML is stored in cache files
   * Word based fulltext index for fast search even in large wikis
-===== Wiki Syntax =====
-==== We believe wiki syntax is superior to WYSIWYG editors in every way, but that doesn't mean there's no room for editor improvement. ====
 ===== Ease of Use =====
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   * Extensive formatting toolbar for most common syntax
   * Keyboard shortcuts
-  * We're permanently improving
+  * We're permanently improving {{ :s5:toolbar.png?nolink}}
     * Intelligent context sensitive editor
     * Keep list indentions
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     * Relative headline level insertions
     * Link Wizard
+===== Completely Localized =====
+  * The whole interface is translatable
+  * Comes with translations for more than 40 languages
+  * UTF-8 everywhere and Support for Right-to-Left languages
+  * Optional page name transliteration for Russian, Korean, Japanese, ...
+  * Your language missing? -> http://translate.dokuwiki.org
+{{ :s5:russian.png?nolink&500 }}
+===== Content Organization =====
+{{ :s5:index.png?nolink}}
+  * Namespaces allow hierarchical content organization
+  * Group pages (and media files) to the same topic in their own namespace
+  * Examples:
+    * a namespace for each district in your city
+    * namespaces for different topics (eg. governance, culture, sports, sightseeing)
+  * Namespaces can be used with access restriction
+===== Access Controls =====
+  * DokuWiki supports users and groups
+    * can use different auth backends
+    * Example: reuse the logins from your forum
+  * Access Control Lists (ACL)
+    * groups and users
+    * pages and namespaces
+    * read, write, create, upload, delete
+===== Media Support =====
+{{ :s5:mediamanager.png?nolink&400}}
+  * Upload images, documents to a central repository
+  * Use media files in any page
+  * Organize in namespaces
+  * Insert with a single click
+  * Image resizing support
+===== Templates aka. Skins =====
+{{ :s5:monobook.png?nolink&400}}
+  * DokuWiki can be styled through templates
+  * Similar to how Wordpress themes work
+  * http://www.dokuwiki.org/template has a lot of ready made ones
+  * WikiPedia look and feel is possible
+===== Plugins =====
+  * DokuWiki itself is relatively basic
+  * Focuses on the core wiki functionality
+  * Nearly everything beyond can be done through plugins
+  * More than 500 plugins available at http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugins
+  * Plugins can be dowloaded and installed with built in plugin manager
+  * A few that might be interesting for RegioWikis:
+===== Plugin: Gallery =====
+{{ :s5:gallery.png?nolink&400}}
+  * Display all images uploaded to a namespace as a nice gallery
+  * Creates thumbnails, reads image titles and dates from EXIF
+  * Can use Lightbox JavaScript
+  * Can also load images from a Media RSS feed (eg. from Flickr)
+  * http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:gallery
+===== Plugin: VShare =====
+{{ :s5:vshare.png?nolink}}
+  * Adds simple syntax to embed videos from popular video sharing sites
+  * About 30 sites supported, including Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, ...
+  * New sites can easily be added through a config file
+  * http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:vshare
+===== Plugin: Google Maps =====
+{{ :s5:gmap.png?400&nolink}}
+  * Embed a Google map in any page
+  * Lets you set points of interest in the syntax
+  * http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:googlemaps
+===== Plugin: OSM =====
+{{ :s5:osm.png?nolink&400}}
+  * Similar to the Google Maps plugin
+  * Uses the free and open service Open Street Maps
+  * http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:osm
+===== Plugin: CSV =====
+  * Display data from an uploaded CSV file (eg. exported from Excel)
+  * Useful for publishing official numbers
+  * http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:csv
+===== Plugin: Wrap =====
+{{ :s5:wrap.png?nolink}}
+  * Add boxes with various styles to your wiki
+    * information, hint, warning
+  * Create multiple columns
+  * Or add your own styles
+  * http://www.dokuwiki.org/wrap
 ===== RegioWikis using DokuWiki =====
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   * Eckelsdorf (Germany) http://www.eckelsheim.de/
   * Sechtem (Germany) http://www.sechtem-wiki.de
-  * Wunsdorf (Germany) http://www.wiki-wunstorf.de/
+  * Wunstorf (Germany) http://www.wiki-wunstorf.de/
   * Speichersdorf (Germany) http://www.projekt297.de.vu/
   * Planebruch (Germany) http://planebruch.de/
   * Your town soon?
+===== More Info =====
+  * Main site: http://www.dokuwiki.org
+    * many translations already
+  * Forums: http://forum.dokuwiki.org
+    * sub forums for German, French, Chinese and Arabic speaking users
+  * IRC: #dokuwiki at freenode.net
+  * Ask me for a Leaflet in English or German
+===== Questions? =====
+{{ :s5:questions.jpg?nolink }}
+===== Thanks! =====
+{{ :s5:leaflet.png?nolink&250}}
+**Thank you very much**
+  * Stickers and leaflets here