DPRG mailing list archives: [DPRG] Spring Outdoor Contests #1 and #2, addendum2: navigation

Fri Feb 1 21:10:17 CST 2008

I have some experience in setting up a wiki. I did some research into it and figured out that DekiWiki would best suit some basic needs:

- Simple to use (no weird pseudo html knowledge needed), in other words, uses a WYSIWYG editor
- Free, Open source

I noticed the HBRC uses Media Wiki, which is a pretty good wiki (Wikipedia uses it), but I found one that I think is better which is Deki Wiki. Deki Wiki is actually derived from Media Wiki. It uses a WYSIWYG editor, which makes it easy for everyone to use and more likely for people to contribute. There are a couple ways to use Deki Wiki. One is to install the software on a machine that has internet access or another way is to use wiki.is to make a wiki page/site.

I think a club wiki is a great idea.

Thanks,

Glenn

----- Original Message ----
From: "ed at okerson.com" <ed at okerson.com>
To: dprglist at dprg.org
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2008 7:27:50 PM
Subject: RE: [DPRG] Spring Outdoor Contests #1 and #2, addendum2: navigation

I'll 
second, 
or 
is 
it 
third, 
that!!!

I 
have 
seen 
many 
fine 
postings 
pass 
through 
this 
list, 
as 
well 
as 
the
other 
robotics 
mailing 
lists, 
but 
David's 
recent 
posts 
on 
how 
it 
is
actually 
done 
are 
most 
excellent.

Recently 
the 
Home 
Brew 
Robotics 
Club 
started 
a 
wiki 
where 
they 
are
attempting 
to 
build 
up 
a 
large 
knowledge 
base 
on 
all 
things 
robotic. 
Perhaps 
we 
should 
consider 
something 
similar, 
or 
at 
least 
contributing 
to
theirs:

http://hbrobotics.org/wiki/index.php5/Main_Page

It 
is 
generally 
easier 
to 
find 
information 
in 
a 
wiki 
than 
in 
mailing 
list
archives.

Ed 
Okerson

> 
Amen 
to 
that 
Robert!
>
> 
Great 
work 
David.  
I 
think 
the 
amateur 
robotics 
community 
as 
a 
whole 
gains
> 
when 
people 
take 
the 
time 
to 
think 
something 
through 
and 
document 
it.
> 
Given 
the 
fact 
that 
it 
is 
an 
amateur 
community 
we 
to 
often 
think 
we 
are
> 
off
> 
the 
hook 
in 
the 
documentation 
dept 
and 
that 
only 
hurts 
ourselves 
(used 
in
> 
the 
context 
of 
the 
larger 
group).  

When 
I 
see 
these 
sorts 
of 
posts 
I
> 
smile
> 
and 
know 
that 
our 
peers 
and 
those 
who 
come 
after 
us 
will 
benefit 
greatly,
> 
so
> 
I 
offer 
up 
my 
humble 
praise 
to 
you.  
-Thank 
You.
>
> 
-Kenneth
>
> 
-----Original 
Message-----
> 
From: 
dprglist-bounces at dprg.org 
[mailto:dprglist-bounces at dprg.org]On
> 
Behalf 
Of 
Robert 
F. 
Scheer
> 
Sent: 
Friday, 
February 
01, 
2008 
10:48 
AM
> 
To: 
dprglist
> 
Subject: 
Re: 
[DPRG] 
Spring 
Outdoor 
Contests 
#1 
and 
#2, 
addendum2:
> 
navigation
>
>
> 
On 
Fri, 
2008-02-01 
at 
09:33 
-0600, 
David 
wrote:
>> 
Howdy,
>>
>> 
I 
sat 
down 
to 
write 
a 
follow-up 
to 
the 
post 
on 
the 
DPRG 
outdoor
>> 
robot 
challenges 
#1 
and 
#2, 
on 
the 
subject 
of 
obstacle 
avoidance
>> 
for 
challenges 
#3 
and 
#4.
>>
>
> 
dpa,
>
> 
These 
postings 
on 
getting 
ready 
for 
the 
upcoming 
challenges 
are
> 
beautifully 
written 
and 
greatly 
appreciated.
>
> 
- 
Robert
>
> 
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