Well when PERSPECTIVE wouldn't run, which was probably my fault, I moved on to another wiki. inspired by http://www.lifehacker.com/software/wikipedia/geek-to-live-set-up-your-personal-wikipedia-163707.php I gave mediawiki, the thing that powers wikopedia, a try.
Worked like a charm; well maybe a cracked charm. I had some trouble getting the WAMP5 to install. Then, I had some trouble getting apache to come up. I iterated thru that drill a few times. With reboots to ensure that wxp was clean. AND, just as I was about to give up. POOF! Everything started to work. Shazam.
I haven't rebooted since I got it working but that shouldn't casue anything to fail? Right!
I actually have tested it across my home lan and it seems to work. I've got a DUH, a type3, and a type4 so far, but nothing I can't live with.
I ported all my stuff over from Perspective last night.
One observation is that I don't have a backup … yet. AND, the underlying data store is not xml or html or text. Have to think about that.
You can't see my wiki because it's firewalled. Kinda defeats the purpose of wikiing. But when I feel confident enough, I'll go up on vwbbie and expose it to the net for a short time. Then my luddite friend can test it for me. It's neat technology.
Next I want to put it on my machine at work. That should cause a stir.
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