Suggest: Topic for Newbies

ladynada · #1 02-17-2007, 10:09 PM

A topic for newbies would be my suggestion. This is such a nice board (vbulletin). As I scan through some of the topics and threads for the first time, my head is spinning. I do have some background in programming, so I know I will figure out how to setup my website and message forum, but a topic here for newbies would be great to post some easy questions.

Maybe a USER-supported newbie topic would be good enough. When the experienced gatorites come on to check their other topics, they can pop in on the newbie topic and help a new gator.

just a thought.

Serra · #2 02-18-2007, 08:54 AM

I kinda wish we had a HostGator Wiki. That would be cool.

vtrain · #3 02-18-2007, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Serra

I kinda wish we had a HostGator Wiki. That would be cool.

I vote and would support that.

Vtrain

eLIANT · #4 02-18-2007, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Serra

I kinda wish we had a HostGator Wiki. That would be cool.

I did a quick Google search and found this web hosting wiki
http://wiki.hostin.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

It's pretty much empty (maybe completely empty), and of course it is not specific to HG.

Serra · #5 02-18-2007, 09:28 AM

I think an general wiki would cause too many questions, people really need host specific answers. The differences between helm and cpanel would send most causal users into a coma...

eLIANT · #6 02-18-2007, 10:00 AM

So either HG sets one up as part of its suite of support services, or someone volunteers to host it on their account. I'm fairly community minded, but I'm not setting one up for free.

slapshotw · #7 02-18-2007, 02:35 PM

Wikia offers free wiki hosting, but I'm not sure if our purpose is good with their TOS.

Holmis · #8 02-19-2007, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by vtrain

I vote and would support that.

Vtrain

For anyone who's interested - I set up a wiki (HG) here:

http://gatorwiki.holmis.se/

This is on a trial basis to see if it does any good... Comments / suggestions greatly appreciated

This depends on the usage of HG clients, so go fill up that wiki...

gwyneth · #9 02-19-2007, 05:06 PM

Hi, Holmis,

I just registered over there but I don't know if it took...there's no user-feedback after I clicked the button, such as "check your email" or "welcome, new user" or "logged in" or whatever...

Just to be clear, the idea is to put all the useful "how-to" stuff over there so people can find and expand on it?

great idea, everybody

Update: my new registration didn't take...I got 'invalid user name or password'.

PsiPro · #10 02-19-2007, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Holmis

For anyone who's interested - I set up a wiki (HG) here:

http://gatorwiki.holmis.se/

This is on a trial basis to see if it does any good... Comments / suggestions greatly appreciated

This depends on the usage of HG clients, so go fill up that wiki...

You should really use the MediaWiki software http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki overall its the best I have seen.

Sadly I wont contribute

I have to many tutorials to write for my own users. It would be nice if we could have open source how-to articles for using cpanel etc.

ladynada · #11 02-19-2007, 10:35 PM

Thanks folks!

I have to get off my be-hive and get to work!

I will start with the tutorials and videos provided by hostgator.

and I will check out that wiki site you set up when I get a chance.
thanks again!
nada

Holmis · #12 02-19-2007, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by gwyneth

Hi, Holmis,

I just registered over there but I don't know if it took...there's no user-feedback after I clicked the button, such as "check your email" or "welcome, new user" or "logged in" or whatever...

Just to be clear, the idea is to put all the useful "how-to" stuff over there so people can find and expand on it?

great idea, everybody

Update: my new registration didn't take...I got 'invalid user name or password'.

Sorry about that, I set the software up in a hurry and haven't had time to configure everything properly yet, I'll get right to it.
I'll check back with an update when it's all done...

gwyneth · #13 02-20-2007, 09:50 PM

After you get it fixed, I'll start categorizing stuff and copying some info...

Holmis · #14 02-21-2007, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by PsiPro

You should really use the MediaWiki software http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki overall its the best I have seen.

Sadly I wont contribute

I have to many tutorials to write for my own users. It would be nice if we could have open source how-to articles for using cpanel etc.

Thank you for the tip.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwyneth

After you get it fixed, I'll start categorizing stuff and copying some info...

I have installed MediaWiki and hope you know what to do with it. Check it out at http://gatorwiki.holmis.se

Serra · #15 02-21-2007, 01:43 PM

Doesn't appear to work for me.

leftie · #16 02-21-2007, 02:46 PM

I think one of the coders at vbulletin.org is working on a wiki based module for this forum software.

gwyneth · #17 02-21-2007, 03:31 PM

Just says Firefox can't find your server...

PsiPro · #18 02-21-2007, 03:47 PM

http://gatorwiki.holmis.se

vtrain · #19 02-21-2007, 04:19 PM

well at the beggining I tought on a HG supported wiki. At this point a big part of the information present in this forum is not public. Only members can access it. Are we making a mutiny agaist the caption of the ship and building another ship elsewhere ?

This is fun !

oh, MediaWiki is much cleaner and easy to use. At my work we use it for organizing everthing (meetings, external orders, pass information about tricks about how to use particupar programs and computers, etc).

Vtrain
P.S: Serra, will you release your topics as a Creative Communs licence?

eLIANT · #20 02-21-2007, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Holmis

I have installed MediaWiki and hope you know what to do with it. Check it out at http://gatorwiki.holmis.net

Should be ".se" instead of ".net"

gwyneth · #21 02-21-2007, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vtrain

P.S: Serra, will you release your topics as a Creative Communs licence?

Really good point...obviously people who copy and paste their own posts are releasing them to the wiki, but since it's winter and I've got some time, I don't mind doing some of it...so who will agree their stuff is ok to copy?

This assumes Host Gator doesn't automatically own anything posted here...

ladynada · #22 02-21-2007, 08:11 PM

I'm following your discussion and have bookmarked the Wiki. Thank you.

Holmis · #23 02-22-2007, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Serra

Doesn't appear to work for me.

Oups, guess I have to check my own post a bit more carefully in the future. As said before, the tld is .se not .net.

http://gatorwiki.holmis.se

Serra · #24 02-22-2007, 03:48 PM

...and apparently, I'm clueless how to operate it. I can edit, but I'm not sure how to put new topic links on to it.

vtrain · #25 02-22-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Serra

...and apparently, I'm clueless how to operate it. I can edit, but I'm not sure how to put new topic links on to it.

You may just search for a page you want to create and them on the search results click "create this page." Afterwards, don't forget to link back somewhere to the page you just created.

Other way is edit a page and create a wiki link on that page...

then render the page and click the just created link. Since it does not exist you are old if you want to create a page to that link.

Vtrain

P.S: Some typical wiki code to play a bit.

Code:

wiki link:
[[Text to be seen|link name]]

normal link:
[http://URL  Text]

To create a separation in the page:
== Title Text ==


To do a table the code is:
{| {{Prettytable-R}}
|+ ''Title'''
|text column 1, row 1
|text column 2, row 1
|-
|text column 1, row 2
|text column 2, row 2
|-
|text column 1, row 3
 |text column 2, row 3
|-
|text column 1, row 4
 |text column 2, row 4
|-
|}

EDIT:
I have just filled the help editing section with content taken from wikipedia:
http://gatorwiki.holmis.se/index.php?title=Help:Editing