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Investigating blogging software
This is not a blog.
It is a page describing my attempts at merging my Mediawiki-based sites with Wordpress software.


== Why not stick with the wiki? ==
== Why not stick with the wiki? ==


I probably will for my own rough notes here on Wildsong.biz but I need something on http://GEO-CEG.org/
I will for my own "lab notebook" here on Wildsong.biz but I need something on http://GEO-CEG.org/ too.
The wiki on Geo-CEG will be used as a documentation repository.


Mostly I want a format that allows me to develop ideas on pages that are not public
I also need to consider [http://bbpress.org/ bbPress] which is a Wordpress forum software package.
and then publish them when they are ready to go.
 
== Options ==
 
* hosted like "blogger" google again jeez cant get away from them
* roll my own, can you see where this is going
 
Okay, so it's roll-my-own


== My requirements ==
== My requirements ==
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Database backed? Don't care, text only would be fine
Database backed? Don't care, text only would be fine


Roles - would be good but not very important
Roles and authentication - someday an OAUTH2 thing would be great but I have enough on my plate already.
I want the two packages (wiki and blog) to use the same MySQL database for now.


== Software ==
== Software ==


General reference on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_software
General reference on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_software
Dang! Wordpress is very popular. I think I will give it a try
I tried a bunch of different packages out and ended up staying with Wordpress.
 
It is installed but now I need to integrate WP and Mediawiki.  
I don't want all the Mediawiki URL's to break. I want to have a WP front page with access to the old content undisturbed.


These are available on Hostmonster making them very easy for me to test.
So I guess that means the top level index.php page has to be smart enough to know what to do.
Only it turns out that I tried to install Wordpress and it ''failed'', so I ended up installing it from the download from wordpress.org.
 
It was VERY easy to do manually.
Having single sign on for both systems would be nice but not important since only 2 or 3 people actually do edits in the wiki part.
Allowing discussion pages is a big goal.
 
=== Wordpress + Mediawiki integration options ===
 
Here are some of them.


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! package   !! type !! platform  !! link  
| package || comments || link || updated
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| wordpress  || blog      || php mysql || https://wordpress.org/
| Wiki Embed || embed any wiki content in wp <br> 9000 downloads 4 stars || http://wordpress.org/plugins/welcomewiki-lite/ || 2013-08-13
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| croogo      || cms + blog || CakePHP ||  
| Wikiful Mediawiki Bridge || 3500 downloads 4 stars || http://wordpress.org/plugins/wikiful/ || 2013
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| b2evolution || blog +    || php mysql || http://b2evolution.net/ || extras including file and photo management
| WPMW || '''This one looks good so far''' || http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WPMW || 2013-08-05
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| textpattern || cms + blog ||            || http://textpattern.com/
| PhotoCommons || || http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/PhotoCommons ||  
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| geeklog    || cms        || php mysql postgresql || http://www.geeklog.net/
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| anchor cms  || || ||
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| chyrp cms  || || ||  
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[[Category: WordPress]]

Latest revision as of 21:34, 14 July 2015

This is not a blog. It is a page describing my attempts at merging my Mediawiki-based sites with Wordpress software.

Why not stick with the wiki?

I will for my own "lab notebook" here on Wildsong.biz but I need something on http://GEO-CEG.org/ too. The wiki on Geo-CEG will be used as a documentation repository.

I also need to consider bbPress which is a Wordpress forum software package.

My requirements

Workflow management would be great

Database backed? Don't care, text only would be fine

Roles and authentication - someday an OAUTH2 thing would be great but I have enough on my plate already. I want the two packages (wiki and blog) to use the same MySQL database for now.

Software

General reference on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_software I tried a bunch of different packages out and ended up staying with Wordpress.

It is installed but now I need to integrate WP and Mediawiki. I don't want all the Mediawiki URL's to break. I want to have a WP front page with access to the old content undisturbed.

So I guess that means the top level index.php page has to be smart enough to know what to do.

Having single sign on for both systems would be nice but not important since only 2 or 3 people actually do edits in the wiki part. Allowing discussion pages is a big goal.

Wordpress + Mediawiki integration options

Here are some of them.

package comments link updated
Wiki Embed embed any wiki content in wp
9000 downloads 4 stars		 http://wordpress.org/plugins/welcomewiki-lite/ 2013-08-13
Wikiful Mediawiki Bridge 3500 downloads 4 stars http://wordpress.org/plugins/wikiful/ 2013
WPMW This one looks good so far http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WPMW 2013-08-05
PhotoCommons http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/PhotoCommons
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