Re: [Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki ease of use

On 15/11/2007, Frank Fulchiero <fful(a)conncoll.edu> wrote: I found the sandbox here; http://biocc.kobic.re.kr/index.html/index.php/Sandbox I see (what I thought was) the FCKEditor when I click edit. Perhaps some browsers are blocking the FCKEditor java script? For example, I see buttons to create lists, headings, indentation, links, tables, images, etc., etc. Indeed the editor produces HTML, which is a major drawback if users simply want to 'switch it off' - most experienced MW users tend to prefer MW syntax to the slightly slow and slightly buggy WYSIWY-almost-G interface. However, until the editor can be persuaded to produce MW output, which is then rendered as HTML by the MW engine, it is not interoperable with pure MW syntax. I.e. you either run the whole site using the FCKEditor forever, or not. There is no capacity for users to swap editing 'modes'. It seems like it would be simple to allow people to edit and save a single section in the context of the whole page (i.e. an embedded edit box). Also, it should be possible to map MW syntax onto the FCKEditor output - its just a matter of rendering / saving content in a way that makes sense. FYI, some really nice sites in the BiO.CC umbrella project are here; http://biowiki.net/index.php/3rd_Biowiki_contest_winners These sites were winners in the 'Openfree International BioWiki Contents Competition', for example (1st place) http://bioinformatist.org - which also uses the 'BioWiki' editor, and ~~~spam!!!~~~ my own (1st place) entry which is here; http://biodatabase.org - which uses straight MW (+ a few extensions). Dan. -- hello