Permaculture Database

[jedd <jedd@progsoc.org>]

On Sat, 12 May 2007, Paul d'Aoust wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-05 at 22:46 +1000, jedd wrote:
> >  I've got some thoughts on db design and interface requirements that
> >  I've been jotting down over the past few months ...
>
> cool; I'm looking forward to seeing it. I still firmly believe that a
> custom-designed database would have merits over a wiki, but to be
> honest, ever since joining this list, my personal vision for this
> project has become more vague and confused. 

 Paul, et al,

 I've finally finished writing up my thoughts.  Well, when I say
 finished, I mean gotten to a point where it's going to be a trickle,
 and an even slower trickle than it has been the past 6 weeks ...

 My apologies for being so slack in formulating my ideas.

 Have a read at:

 http://www.permaculture.info/index.php/PIW:Community_Portal_Jedd

 Note that it took me a non-trivial amount of time to get those two
 graph thumbnails lining up -- the information on inserting images
 into pages is a bit skewed.  The thrill of wikis over CMS's.

 Having also spent (in my other life) a few weeks looking at CMS's
 for a work environment, I'm more convinced than before that
 something like Drupal (with its categories system) would work
 better for us.  It falls down by not being wiki-like in its textual
 input, but I gather there's wiki plugins available or on the way.

 I'm sure this subject will come up again soon enough, anyway.

 Jedd.