Permaculture Database

[jedd <jedd@progsoc.org>]

On Wed, 9 May 2007, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
> Its not that difficult. Take a look at my entries. Linked, highlighted
> keywords lead to subset pages to develop or not. Just like the WikiPedia.
> Think of it that way. Mediawiki is an elaborate and elegant tool for us to
> use to get started.

 I grok the technology, Lawrence - I just couldn't (and still can't)
 see where you modify the contents of special boxes - eg, the toolbox
 in the left column.  I see that the cosmetic change has been made
 now, so it's almost moot.  I suspect that certain key areas of the 
 site are modifiable only by certain users (which is fine and dandy).

 Aside -- I set up joomla 1.6 (beta 2) and drupal 5.1 last week, and
 have been doing a small amount of playing around with both.  Joomla
 seems to have come leaps and bounds, happily, and includes a wiki
 component.  The drupal crowd tends to eschew wiki modules, though
 there is one available for it I believe.

 The book construct that drupal encourages has potential, though I see
 a few annoyances with it.  I haven't played much with the access
 control stuff, but I gather it has far greater granularity for
 authentication systems .. not sure how it compares to mediawiki.

> It looks like we might start with a guilds database within the Wiki that
> represents permaculture.info; it can take all sorts of new directions. Roll
> your own.

 Of the two approaches to a 'guild database' - dynamic identification
 of guild components based on sociability of various plant (types), 
 versus specifying what constitutes a guild and managing / describing
 each guild individually - am I right in guessing that we're inherently
 committed to the latter now?

 Jedd.