[BLU/Officers] Moving off of Wikispaces

[John Abreau]

I've exported the content, including the various .csv files of
metadata, in every format they had available.

I placed them on the BLU webserver at

    http://www.blu.org/wikispaces/2018-07-08/

The next question is which wiki software we should use for the new
wiki. I personally like FosWiki, which used to be called TWiki when I
used it at Zuken. Can FosWiki easily import any of the wikispaces
backup formats (DocuWiki, Kwiki, MediaWiki, MoinMoin, PhpWiki,
TikiWiki, WikiText)?


On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 1:46 AM, David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:
> I'm not sensing any urgency on this, so I'm bringing it up one last time
> since the wiki is going away in like... 3 weeks.  Even if all we do is
> export the content before it gets deleted, and not host it anywhere until
> later, that would be something.  There is content there that is nowhere else
> that will be completely lost if we take no action.
>
> This page shows how to export the wiki.  I don't have an admin login to do
> it.
> http://helpcenter.wikispaces.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2920537-classroom-and-free-wikis
>
>
> On 06/18/2018 05:36 AM, John Abreau wrote:
>>
>> The ancient server that the BLU website runs on is unsuitable for any
>> additional services like a wiki. Our secondary server died suddenly a
>> couple weeks ago, and I've ordered a replacement on ebay, which should
>> arrive by Wednesday. Hopefully I'll be able to start working on it by
>> Thursday. Once it's operational, we can add a wiki to it.
>>
>> The dead machine wouldn't even POST, so I'm hoping that the hard
>> drives are intact and that just popping them into the new box will
>> resurrect the server.
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>> On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 6:23 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
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>>> On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 5:21 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested since I have same issue with Boston.pm.org
>>>>
>>>> Their Export control allows multiple export formats.
>>>> If you pick a wiki that supports one of the variations of markdown
>>>> supported in export, life will be easier if saving history (which I am
>>>> in
>>>> favor of)
>>>>
>>>> Tom M and another BLUnik have been talking some already about options.
>>>
>>>
>>> ( it was Greg Rundlett that Tom Metro was talking Wiki options with,
>>> looking
>>> at both BLU and Boston.pm )
>>>
>>>
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