need of a web based message board

[Brian K. White]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Vaughan" <wvaughan at steelerubber.com>
To: "filePro" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: need of a web based message board


> Don Bush wrote:
>
>> our company has a need for some type of  a message board for
>> communications with
>> the overseas operations for products being developed.
>
> Late to the discussion... but we have started using Mediawiki (the same 
> stuff
> that Wikipedia is built with) and it's been embraced by everyone, more so 
> than I
> ever thought possible in the past few weeks.
>
> It takes about 10-15 minutes of training per person, and we've got them
> uploading pictures, commenting, adding content, the whole ball of wax. And 
> these
> are NOT the computer savvy people who are doing this.
>
> We've even installed a plugin that allows inline flash(YouTube) videos for 
> even
> more interactive content, so we dont have to worry about playback on 
> various
> video players.
>
> We'll be using it for the training manuals for our ERP, we're using it for 
> setup
> and configuration instructions for our ERP, troubleshooting and 
> adminstering our
> FacetPhone server, proceedures for currently handling a manual Ebay order, 
> step
> by step disassembly of a 1987 at a junkyard while we removed parts,
> manufacturing proceedures and tips,.... anything that's in someone's head.
>
> I see this wiki will have as much importance in the near future as our 
> entire
> ERP project, maybe even a lot more afterward because it will contain all 
> our
> collective knowledge and DNA.
>
> Of course, it's a single point of failure unless you do the standard stuff 
> like
> backups, redundant drives, etc...
>
> But from what you want to do, a wiki may be the trick. By definition, you 
> cannot
> erase anything from a wiki, so can always go back in time in case some 
> important
> data is erased by accident. And if it's information that once the project 
> is
> done is no ones business... delete the wiki.
>
> --
> Walter

I find mediawiki outstanding for documentation, but not very good for 
discussion.
Unless you are saying something like a BB plug-in?

All this "web 2.0" stuff is awsome.
I can't imagine the bad old days before I had my own Gallery, Mediawiki, and 
Ampache at home so I can deposit, access, & share my pictures, knowledge, 
and music from anywhere.

I must get off my rear and play with zope w/plone.
http://seankelly.tv/videos/better-web-app-development

Apparently it's the same idea taken even further. Not just managing content 
but developing apps without writing a line of code or configuration. ... 
Hey, wasn't that _exactly_ filePro's own claim to fame ..how many years ago?