Just posting a collection of links to HOWTO documents I've written in case you need a handy reference:
Find members local to you on a map
Put photos on the forum from your iPhone/iPad (Members Only Feature)
Embedding Youtube videos on the forum
Putting photos and videos on the wiki
Getting emails when updates are made on the wiki
Adding Skype details to your forum profile
Embed photos on the form using Flickr
Forum and wiki HOWTO list
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Re: Forum and wiki HOWTO list
Can someone please explain what a wiki is?
Cheers, Clive.
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Re: Forum and wiki HOWTO list
Is that not what the forum is?
Cheers, Clive.
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Re: Forum and wiki HOWTO list
Yes - that's pretty much it.
A wiki is a collection of information that (in our case) any club member can edit. Some of the same information appears in the forum, but finding it amongst the chat is difficult. The wiki is a distillation of that information into a more usable reference.
With forums, you often get erroneous information as well - someone posts something, then someone posts a correction or some more accurate information, and it can be hard to work out what the truth is. With the wiki, a couple of people in the club have agreed to lightly 'moderate' anything that goes on there to make sure it is accurate and relevant. Hopefully this means it is a more useful source of information.
Andrew
A wiki is a collection of information that (in our case) any club member can edit. Some of the same information appears in the forum, but finding it amongst the chat is difficult. The wiki is a distillation of that information into a more usable reference.
With forums, you often get erroneous information as well - someone posts something, then someone posts a correction or some more accurate information, and it can be hard to work out what the truth is. With the wiki, a couple of people in the club have agreed to lightly 'moderate' anything that goes on there to make sure it is accurate and relevant. Hopefully this means it is a more useful source of information.
Andrew
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Re: Forum and wiki HOWTO list
Hi catsx11 - have added a 'video' button as well now. This should work for Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and so on.catsx11 wrote:Good stuff Andrew.
Is it too complicated to have a general video button?
The dedicated Youtube button is probably more reliable if the video is a Youtube one, since Youtube streams can come from various different URLs - it is the video ID that is most important. So if you post something that doesn't work with the video button, try again with the Youtube one and hopefully it will be ok.
Cheers,
Andy
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Re: Forum and wiki HOWTO list
Actually - forget that. I've just discovered the 'video' button code I used doesn't work! We'll have to stick to the Youtube one for the time being until I get time to figure out what is wrong.
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Re: Forum and wiki HOWTO list
Updated the list with a video on how to upload photos direct from iPhone (see first post in this thread)