RFE: Additional Wiki Scripts

Submitted by ADobkin on Tue, 01/03/2006 - 10:23

I consider this low priority, but here are several additional Wiki scripts that would be nice to have available as Virtualmin script installers:

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Submitted by sfbob on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 11:46

Please add to the list foswiki . (Yes I know this is three years later.)

I've been fighting to get twiki running. I've just won one battle - I got it working. It took way too long.

Now I'm trying to get contributed modules installed and/or upgraded and am getting the problem with the tools/extender.pl script not found or obsolete. Searching around for a solution finds that this is not an unusual problem, however I've yet to find the solution.

One of stated goals on the foswiki site is to provide a "clear upgrade path for existing TWiki® installations.

I'd like to get installation problems behind me and get on with using it.

Thanks

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 13:05

Is foswiki a branch or fork of Twiki ?

Submitted by ADobkin on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 05:06

I'd like to second the request for FosWiki. I've spent some time researching current Wiki choices again recently, and FosWiki is one of the top on my list. Yes, it is a fork of TWiki, but most (all?) of the core developers moved from TWiki to FosWiki due to a big dispute with the founder. Development on TWiki appears to have stagnated somwhat over the past year, while FosWiki has been much more active. I wouldn't remove TWiki by any means, as it has been around for many years and still has a large user base, but FosWiki seems to be a better choice for new installations.

Submitted by sfbob on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 11:52

To save jamie a minute to reply, all but VeryQuickWiki have installation scripts available with the professional version. The full list is available at

http://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/install-scripts

To put in an unsolicited plug, Jamie has provided us (both gpl and pro users) a really wonderful package and I am happy to return the favor with my subscription.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 16:40

Foswiki turned out to be trivial to support, as it's installer is almost exactly the same as TWiki .. so it will be included in Virtualmin 3.79.