A plugin for this WordPress that will post selected content on TrueNorth is now up and running. This is a very cool integration of WordPress and Wikka Wiki two applications that are now “talking to each other.” I want to use the wiki as a repository for some things that I can also write about on Borderland.
Update: This is actually the second post -now truncated- that I have made attempting to announce this WordPress/Wikka plugin’s installation. As anyone (who visits the wiki) could see, the wiki page isn’t as lengthy as the original blog post because I used it to demonstrate that the plugin does work. But only with shorter texts. As a consequence, I don’t see this plugin as very useful.
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What I would like to see it do:
- create wiki pages of any length; (of course)
- update the wiki page if the blog post is updated.
Fixing this may give me a chance to explore my limited skills with PHP.
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Hey Doug!
I’m a fan. I’ve seen your blog a few times, and, just today I got the chance to sit down and check it out.
I lived in Valdez and Anchorage from 1995 to 2002. I run a website called Alaskagold.com. It’s an old behemoth, but I don’t have the heart to shut it down. I have a blog at http://nsl555.blogspot.com and a wiki at http://wiki.alaskagold.com . I’m interested to see how the Wikiadd plugin works.
Right now, when I come across something I want to share – I have so many options and none of them work together. I can: Post to a blog or two, copy and paste into a forum post, push through some wiki format, post it to delicious, or email it! I haven’t email a link in months!
I’m also a teacher (of sorts). For two years, I’ve been trying to teach English in Taiwan. Difficult at times and very rewarding at others.
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks and that I’m reading your site.
Thanks!
Newman
PS: I did notice the link to the wikiCities on Alaska is broken on this page http://borderland.northernattitude.org/links/
the link goes to http://alaska/wikicities.com/wiki/Alaska and turns up on the Alaska State government home page -
should it be http://alaska.wikicities.com/wiki/Alaska – did you do this on purpose?
Newman, I am pleased to hear from you, and happy to know you’re reading my stuff : )
The Wikiadd plugin is a bit funky, and required a more fussing with than other plugins I’ve installed – but it may yet prove itself. I’ve got it doing everything I wanted it to do except post blog text to the wiki. (I did say it is funky.) At this point I’ll need to copy/paste longer blogposts to the wiki, but at least it creates a direct link to the wiki page at the end of the post. I know this is NOT a cool thing from a programming standpoint, but I’m not a programmer! I may be able to figure a way to make it work as advertised if I can catch up with all the projects I have set for myself – which is what I hoped the plugin would help me do.
Broken links seem to be a problem for both you *and* me. Thanks very much for alerting me to the alaska.wikicities.com error (definitely not intentional). You should know that http://wiki.alaskagold.com also generates an error message. Maybe you meant http://www.alaskagold.com/wiki/pmwiki.php
Anyway, I enjoyed finding your blog, and your other websites. It’ll be good to read some more Alaskan bloggers. Thanks for checking in.
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