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LocalWiki, a really easy to use geographically-based wiki, released
- ewoodrich 15y ago(shameless plug) My site, www.lokusapp.com is a similar project, with more integration with social features among other differences. It's still in beta stages, but any input would be appreciated.
- Gring 15y agoIf you're planning to go international, my suggestion would be to change the name. Lokus = "loo" in german :-D
- Izidor 15y agoI skimmed the page and it seems to be so complicated (comparing with the localwiki). For example, page http://www.lokusapp.com/entry/united_states/texas/mclennan/marrs_mcclean_science_building/ http://www.lokusapp.com/entry/united_states/texas/mclennan/m... is almost empty (no information) but it is cluttered a lot by empty boxes. Maybe you should focus on the design for a while.
- jarin 15y agoPretty cool, I'm setting up a VPS to test this out for a possible San Diego wiki. Definitely would need some help with administration and populating it with content though, if anyone's interested. Edit: Temporary home here - http://173.255.215.222/Front_Page http://173.255.215.222/Front_Page
- philipn 15y agoSweet! Let me know if you have any technical or community questions: philip@localwiki.org. We're also putting together this "how to" site here: https://guide.localwiki.org https://guide.localwiki.org
- jarin 15y agoUpdate: http://sd.localwiki.org http://sd.localwiki.org
- jarin 15y agoUpdate 2: http://sdwiki.org http://sdwiki.org :D
- brandnewlow 15y agoAnyone want to help bootstrap a localwiki for Chicago? I've got 13k Chicagoland Twitter followers on @windycitizen we can set loose on it after we get the first 100 entries or so up.
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- ary 15y agoThis sprung out of DavisWiki (http://daviswiki.org/ http://daviswiki.org/). Poking around that site you find that the citizens have a sense of humor. Does your town have a Zombie Attack Response Guide? http://daviswiki.org/Zombie_Attack_Response_Guide http://daviswiki.org/Zombie_Attack_Response_Guide
- LilValleyBigEgo 15y agoA desktop client when html5 exists? Really?
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- philipn 15y agoIt's not a desktop client. We're just using the phrase "Download" because it's a bit more digestible :)
- jarin 15y agoI think maybe changing it to "install" might be good, because it does take someone with basic sysadmin skills to set up anyway. I'd also consider putting the "find a community" stuff at the top too, since that's probably the first thing you'd want people to look at (and they can install the software if they don't find one).
- philipn 15y agoThanks! Will change on our next deploy.
- fennecfoxen 15y agoI think this indicates a problem in your marketing on that site. The first time I looked at the site I thought the same thing: "why is there a download? give me the wikis!"
- pyre 15y agoTruly. I'm aghast that AutoDesk hasn't ported all of their offerings over to the cloud, too!
- 18pfsmt 15y agoLooks good. Just a couple questions: From a quick look over the documentation I could see this is built with postgres and python/django, but I didn't notice which versions (nor a roadmap to see if there would be a future transition to python3). Is there any chance you could clarify? Also, considering its geographic focus, maps seem to be an important part, but I didn't notice any maps in the Davis install. Is there already, or planned, integration with Open Street Maps? From a quick search I found there is a django module for OSM[1], so I was just curious what the plans are in that regard. [1]https://bitbucket.org/ikks/django-cms-osm https://bitbucket.org/ikks/django-cms-osm
- philipn 15y agoIt's built atop Django + GeoDjango, so we'll likely transition to Python3 when most of Django marches there. There's a development site here with some more information: https://dev.localwiki.org https://dev.localwiki.org The DavisWiki is running our old software, not LocalWiki. We'll transition it over soon. The Denton site is a good example of what LocalWiki looks like: https://dentonwiki.org https://dentonwiki.org We're using OSM base data for the map tiles (rendered via cloudmade). We'll likely do our own map tile rendering soon, probably running an open tile server for any localwiki install to point at. Not sure about further OSM integration - got any ideas?
- dashr 15y agoCongrats on shipping Philip! Gonna set up a test-bed. Oaktown needs a Wiki too.
- philipn 15y agoSweet! Let me know - Oakland Local folks may be interested in helping out.
- drewda 15y agoAnyone interested in helping with a Berkeley wiki? I'm glad to host an initial version.
- abhiyerra 15y agoI own the domain of berkwiki.org which is running their old software. I'd be interested in partnering with someone to get it off the ground again.