Hi Frederik Dohr,
In this case, I think that the best bet would be to get Google Apps for your domain (or use their server with a Google domain) and have either a shared calendar or a shared excel sheet. A wiki is not designed for something as simple as this.
If you want to do it in a Wiki, however, you could make a large table but include each section with a template. Then tell your users that when they want to add in their vacation time or what not, they just follow the link to the proper template and never see the table code.
I hope that this helps, Kasimir Gabert
On 12/2/06, Frederik Dohr fdg001@gmx.net wrote:
Hello,
While searching for a "killer app" for convincing my colleagues of the advantages of a wiki (see the thread on corporate wiki success factors), I realized that calendaring and scheduling might be a very good thing to start with. This way everyone could, for example, enter their periods of absence (e.g. vacations, out-of-office meetings etc.) in the wiki without the hassle we currently have with these issues (we're mostly using an Excel sheet for that at the moment).
However, I wonder how best to present the respective data. Using the EasyTimeline extension probably wouldn't be a good thing for starters, as its use is a little more complicated than the basic wiki syntax. A huge table might do the job, but its "source code" (i.e. wiki syntax) would probably look like a huge mess to most of my colleagues. So that leaves me with an ordinary sequential list - maybe with years and months as (sub-)headings? The whole thing might look something like this: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Simple_Timeline
Hmm, come to think of it, a shared Excel table might actually be better then - also because it'd be easier to highlight weekends and holidays there!? What do you think of my assessment of this situation - any ideas?
Thanks a lot in advance!
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