[GRLUG] Media Wiki Themes

[Bill Creswell]

I have been in IT for 10+ years, PHP and Web development. I never liked
Wikis because they break general website usability guidelines. They are a
document/information sharing application, not necessarily an information
distrubution application.

But I have to agree, that MainJive page did a good job of transforming it.
Their Navigation section is in line with expectations of a normal
navigation.

On 7/6/06, john-thomas richards <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 09:57:28PM -0400, Michael Greene wrote:
> > But you needn't have the links like that... the visual appearance of
> > the wiki can be modified however we like.  Besides, anyone who is
> > going to be considering joining an LUG should be aware of wikis.
>
> I suspect those who are seeking to join a LUG and have IT backgrounds
> may well be aware of wikis.  Those who simply enjoy tinkering with
> computers and who only use Linux as a home system may well be *unaware*
> of what a wiki is.  I, for example, do not use Linux at work; I use it
> at home and have for around nine years or so.  I have never been in IT.
> My only familiarity with wikis is via wikipedia.
>
> [snip]
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