Require something like a blog, but not on the web
I'm looking for some software that might be described as a blog (or diary) but I don't really want/need it to be web visible. It's more for creating a 'timeline' of events over the years, I want to be able to cross-reference stuff and to have links to external stuff. The requirement for links and cross-references does sort of suggest HTML, that would be alright, but I want ease of creation and simple formatting rather than an elegant web presence. Ideally the format would be plain text or HTML or at least the content should be possible to export in one of these formats to enable content to be preserved when/if the software to generate it has gone. Any ideas, suggestions, places to look? -- Chris Green (chris@halon.org.uk)
A blog could be just what you are after. If you have Apache, PHP and MySQL installed locally, it's dead easy to get (say) WordPress running on it. Other option might be a wiki - something small like TiddlyWiki might be a good option, which runs off a single HTML page and doesn't require any installation. On 05/12/06, cl@isbd.net <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
I'm looking for some software that might be described as a blog (or diary) but I don't really want/need it to be web visible. It's more for creating a 'timeline' of events over the years, I want to be able to cross-reference stuff and to have links to external stuff.
The requirement for links and cross-references does sort of suggest HTML, that would be alright, but I want ease of creation and simple formatting rather than an elegant web presence. Ideally the format would be plain text or HTML or at least the content should be possible to export in one of these formats to enable content to be preserved when/if the software to generate it has gone.
Any ideas, suggestions, places to look?
-- Chris Green (chris@halon.org.uk)
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-- Dave Briggs
On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 02:51:05PM +0000, Dave Briggs wrote:
A blog could be just what you are after. If you have Apache, PHP and MySQL installed locally, it's dead easy to get (say) WordPress running on it.
Yes, I have all those available, I'll take a look at some blog software and see what it offers. What I need that isn't really quite so 'blog like' is:- Ability to create entries for a nebulous time in the past, e.g. an entry for "Summer Holiday 1995". A view by year/month or similar.
Other option might be a wiki - something small like TiddlyWiki might be a good option, which runs off a single HTML page and doesn't require any installation.
I already have TWiki up and running and it's what I'm using at the moment, looking for something new is a consequence of having used TWiki for a while and seeing its limitations for what I'm trying to do. The major limitation for me of TWiki (and most wikis I think) is that the pages it creates are not viewable by any means except through the Wiki. I want either text or maybe static HTML for the actual content as far as possible. -- Chris Green (chris@halon.org.uk)
cl@isbd.net wrote: [SNIP]
The major limitation for me of TWiki (and most wikis I think) is that the pages it creates are not viewable by any means except through the Wiki. I want either text or maybe static HTML for the actual content as far as possible.
Take a look at DokuWiki, which is our preferred choice of tool. The following is from their front page: ---- cut here ---- DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ eases the creation of structured texts. All data is stored in plain text files – no database is required.---- cut here ---- (http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki) Cheers, Laurie. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurie Brown laurie@brownowl.com --------------------------------------------------------------------
I'd be inclined to use bblog or a wiki or a combination of the two. I tend to use wikis a lot that aren't visible to the web, i.e. passworded so only I can see them or they're running on a local machine. It means you get the simple editing thing, but you don't necessarily have to make it web visible (and I suppose it's neat that you have the option to allow other people access to it if your needs go that way). Ross Fenning On 05/12/06, cl@isbd.net <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
I'm looking for some software that might be described as a blog (or diary) but I don't really want/need it to be web visible. It's more for creating a 'timeline' of events over the years, I want to be able to cross-reference stuff and to have links to external stuff.
The requirement for links and cross-references does sort of suggest HTML, that would be alright, but I want ease of creation and simple formatting rather than an elegant web presence. Ideally the format would be plain text or HTML or at least the content should be possible to export in one of these formats to enable content to be preserved when/if the software to generate it has gone.
Any ideas, suggestions, places to look?
-- Chris Green (chris@halon.org.uk)
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cl@isbd.net wrote:
[...] It's more for creating a 'timeline' of events over the years, I want to be able to cross-reference stuff and to have links to external stuff.
Would a plain-text changelog work? If viewed in a Firefox-based browser, double-click a URL to select it and middle-click to make the browser load it. There are some clever formatting tools too. http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html#Change-Logs Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray - see/vidu http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Somerset, England. Work/Laborejo: http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ IRC/Jabber/SIP: on request/peteble.
On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 04:16:22PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
cl@isbd.net wrote:
[...] It's more for creating a 'timeline' of events over the years, I want to be able to cross-reference stuff and to have links to external stuff.
Would a plain-text changelog work? If viewed in a Firefox-based browser, double-click a URL to select it and middle-click to make the browser load it. There are some clever formatting tools too.
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html#Change-Logs
It's a thought and probably in the right sort of direction. The basics of what I want to do are probably pretty simple really, it might even be worth inventing it myself. -- Chris Green (chris@halon.org.uk)
On 12/5/06, cl@isbd.net <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
I'm looking for some software that might be described as a blog (or diary) but I don't really want/need it to be web visible. <<<snip>>> Any ideas, suggestions, places to look? -- Chris Green (chris@halon.org.uk)
How about http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ ?
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:48:11AM +0000, Robert Stelmack wrote:
On 12/5/06, cl@isbd.net <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
I'm looking for some software that might be described as a blog (or diary) but I don't really want/need it to be web visible. <<<snip>>> Any ideas, suggestions, places to look? -- Chris Green (chris@halon.org.uk)
How about http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ ?
Quite amazing but it falls down on one important thing, the resulting files contining my words of wisdom are *very* far from being human readable or plain HTML or anything. -- Chris Green (chris@halon.org.uk)
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