Simple server-side Wiki
I'm presently engaged in the task of trying to find a self-contained Wiki which:
1) uses MediaWiki syntax, which is infinitely better than C2Wiki, Wikidot, or most other Wiki syntaxes,
2) requires almost no installation; resides in a single self-editing file or resides in a pair of files (a script and a database), and
3) resides server-side, meaning that users wouldn't ordinarily be able to edit the Wiki.
I'm so used to documenting in MediaWiki format now that just about everything I write is in MediaWiki syntax. It bothers me because to display it to an end user, I have to: 1) parse the file manually and convert it to HTML, or 2) create a whole Wiki, which is silly when I'm writing just one page for a project.
If all else fails, I wonder if there's a simple parser which takes a file with MediaWiki markup and spits out a static .htm corresponding to it (e.g.,
I'm almost tempted to get back into finishing my DM-format MediaWiki parser. I previously abandoned the parser as "possible but unfeasible", which doesn't bode well for my motivation.
1) uses MediaWiki syntax, which is infinitely better than C2Wiki, Wikidot, or most other Wiki syntaxes,
2) requires almost no installation; resides in a single self-editing file or resides in a pair of files (a script and a database), and
3) resides server-side, meaning that users wouldn't ordinarily be able to edit the Wiki.
I'm so used to documenting in MediaWiki format now that just about everything I write is in MediaWiki syntax. It bothers me because to display it to an end user, I have to: 1) parse the file manually and convert it to HTML, or 2) create a whole Wiki, which is silly when I'm writing just one page for a project.
If all else fails, I wonder if there's a simple parser which takes a file with MediaWiki markup and spits out a static .htm corresponding to it (e.g.,
<h2> for every ==, <hr/> for every -----, <b> for every ''', etc.).I'm almost tempted to get back into finishing my DM-format MediaWiki parser. I previously abandoned the parser as "possible but unfeasible", which doesn't bode well for my motivation.
Posted by Jtgibson on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 08:31AM
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(Edited on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 09:08AM)
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#1 digitalmouse:
maybe one mediawiki install for multiple projects?
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:17AM