I'm considering writing a technical book, mostly a labour of love. I want to do the writing process online, like Bruce Eckel did for his excellent
Thinking in Java years ago. In order to facilitate user feedback, Eckel had a very fine-grained commenting system, which he developed himself and called TalkBack. At the end of each paragraph there was a "comment" link that let users comment on that particular paragraph. Are there any other CMS that offers fine-grained feedback like that? I'm aware of an older (2003-2004?) Zope TalkBack implementation, but would like something more current. And if you think I'm looking for the wrong thing and should go about writing a book on the web differently, please chime in!
posted by Harald74
on Jan 22, 2013 -
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Network guy dipping toes into web development. I want to create a "simple" site. The site would have members enter text and create tags for that text. The user would then generate "reports" based on the tags into templates. The data entered and reports generated would only we viewable by the user that entered it. I guess it would be a multi-user web based Cyrstal reports type of thing.
What is the right tool for the job? It would be nice if I could use a pre-build enviroment like a CMS (Drupal, Joomla) as I have access to training and web host offer simple installers. I am savvy with Linux and would prefer free software.
posted by nivekraz
on Apr 18, 2012 -
14 answers
I love wordpress but I am finding that it seems to be very unsecure when it comes to viruses and hacking. What do other Wordpress users do to keep their sites secure and safe?
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posted by hellodonna
on Mar 2, 2012 -
14 answers
Is anyone out there using a blogging platform calendar plugin that lets you define recurring events such as "the second tuesday of each month"?
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posted by maniabug
on Nov 9, 2011 -
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I have until noon tomorrow to prove to my company that switching out our proprietary CMS system to Wordpress is a terrible idea. Difficulty: I know nothing about Wordpress. Help!
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posted by Melusinewave
on Sep 27, 2011 -
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I've been keeping research notebooks since the early 1990s, on a lot of different subjects. They're all finally consolidated as a couple thousand text files written in Markdown syntax. I'd like to start putting them up, gradually, on a website for others to use. A wiki seems the best way. (Is it?) I've got a few other questions about the best one, and best way, though:
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posted by finnb
on Apr 18, 2011 -
5 answers
What's a tastefully-themed content management system + host that is
not a blog?
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posted by morganw
on Apr 15, 2011 -
10 answers
I need a simple way of creating dozens -- even hundreds -- of very simple HTML pages.
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posted by slogger
on Mar 3, 2011 -
7 answers
I need a theme for a new Wordpress site I'm making about hot springs in Japan. I have a large Bento database of over 200 location with reviews, pictures, addresses, types of baths, and so on... I've found a way to automatically turn the CSV file that Bento makes into the pages I want... I just need a template to put those pages into. Something simple and more geared to hosting static pages rather than a blog. I've spent hours searching through all of these theme websites only to get confused in the 1,000s of choices. So I'm asking you, the MiFi community, to choose for me. Thanks!
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posted by sleepytako
on Nov 21, 2010 -
4 answers
Wordpress filter: Is there a fairly simple way that I'm missing to restrict WP users from editing only the pages they're authorized to edit?
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posted by liquado
on Sep 15, 2010 -
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Due to a fiasco involving a failed service provider, I have to put together a small (5-10 pages) website in the next 72 hours. Since the domain name is still under the contractor's control and resides on her server, I must use CMS Made Simple (which is fine, given the need to update the site regularly). Otherwise it's a completely blank slate... and so am I.
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posted by carmicha
on Sep 9, 2010 -
12 answers
What blogs and publications are good readin' for someone in the media/publication industry?
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posted by geekchic
on May 11, 2010 -
5 answers
Best practices for WordPress as a CMS ... or, please help me not kill my site again.
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posted by rmm
on Mar 2, 2010 -
5 answers
What's a minimal self-hosted "blog" that hooks into Flickr's API so I can send photos from my camera directly to my web site?
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posted by ehamiter
on Dec 20, 2009 -
11 answers
How could a wiki be used by a small retail business selling tangible products?
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posted by webhund
on Sep 28, 2009 -
9 answers
What are the best resources for learning Joomla? Help a poor designer wrap her head around the CMS.
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posted by wundermint
on May 4, 2009 -
12 answers
Drupalfilter: Image-heavy CMS with specific functionality - your thoughts on the best option?
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posted by xiaolongbao
on May 3, 2009 -
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Any decent Slashot/Kuro5hin-style CMSes you know of? I'm looking for a BBS/news/threaded discussion software package that's a) still actively maintained and b) not a nightmare to install and administrate. Thanks!
posted by signalnine
on Nov 19, 2008 -
8 answers
Awhile back I came across this hosted CMS. Unfortunately, I didn't bookmark the page and now I'm racking my brain and Googling everything I can think of to find it. All I can remember is that the page design was a black background with grey text. They had one page that listed every feature I believe in three columns. It was a huge list of features. You can customize the appearance of your site and it integrated with all sorts of other webservices. It offered stats packages and it also had some social networking features. I believe users could create blogs, it had forums, comments, profiles, etc. I'd really like to find it again, but I can't seem to find it. Hopefully one of you has the answer!
posted by AaRdVarK
on Oct 8, 2008 -
4 answers
Drupal: How do I automatically assign users into groups when they register? Is this something I can do with Organic Groups? Profile tags? A different module?
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on Aug 4, 2008 -
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