Comments on: MediaWiki as a presentation application http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/ apparently much happier in person Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:39:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Paul Barris http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/#comment-83479 Paul Barris Thu, 24 May 2007 11:19:45 +0000 1622997609#comment-83479 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/#comment-83475 dnorman Wed, 23 May 2007 22:02:52 +0000 1622997609#comment-83475 Paul, I think you need the "official" version of the greasemonkey script installed to work with Wikipedia. My modification was to make it work (again) with the older version, which uses different markup to indicate sections. I'm not sure if the two versions of the script are compatible, but if not, you should be able to restrict which one gets activated by the URL patterns on the Manage User Scripts panel... The "Start Presentation" links aren't actually inserted into the content of the page. They're rendered on the fly by Greasemonkey when displaying a page with markup that it recognizes. Paul, I think you need the “official” version of the greasemonkey script installed to work with Wikipedia. My modification was to make it work (again) with the older version, which uses different markup to indicate sections. I’m not sure if the two versions of the script are compatible, but if not, you should be able to restrict which one gets activated by the URL patterns on the Manage User Scripts panel…

The “Start Presentation” links aren’t actually inserted into the content of the page. They’re rendered on the fly by Greasemonkey when displaying a page with markup that it recognizes.

]]> By: Paul Barris http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/#comment-83474 Paul Barris Wed, 23 May 2007 16:36:14 +0000 1622997609#comment-83474 Hi! Thanks for this great tool :) the 'start presentation' link works great at the link you gave. I've installed the greasemonkey script and I'm using my localhost installation of Mediawiki. How can I insert the same 'start presentation' link into pages on my Mediawiki? (visiting pages on my installation and on wikipedia I don't see the presentation link. What am I missing? ;) Thanks for any help! all the best Paul Hi!

Thanks for this great tool :)

the ’start presentation’ link works great at the link you gave.

I’ve installed the greasemonkey script and I’m using my localhost installation
of Mediawiki.

How can I insert the same ’start presentation’ link into pages on my Mediawiki?
(visiting pages on my installation and on wikipedia I don’t see the presentation link. What am I missing? ;)

Thanks for any help!

all the best

Paul

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/#comment-83315 dnorman Sat, 05 May 2007 23:44:38 +0000 1622997609#comment-83315 Josh - I know Pachyderm _could_ do any number of various output formats. Believe me, I know :-) but, when looking at what I could do with available tools _right now_ then things get a bit more restricted. Pachyderm spits out a pretty opaque presentation (yes, it's a website, but it's completely proprietary in format. not even Google can index the content - and yes, I know that's largely my fault as well. Irony.) I've learned the lesson the hard way. Sigh. Josh – I know Pachyderm _could_ do any number of various output formats. Believe me, I know :-) but, when looking at what I could do with available tools _right now_ then things get a bit more restricted. Pachyderm spits out a pretty opaque presentation (yes, it’s a website, but it’s completely proprietary in format. not even Google can index the content – and yes, I know that’s largely my fault as well. Irony.) I’ve learned the lesson the hard way. Sigh.

]]> By: Joshua http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/#comment-83314 Joshua Sat, 05 May 2007 20:49:44 +0000 1622997609#comment-83314 Pachyderm could publish out to an open content format if there were the will to create a build process. currently it produced XML, which is open -- there's no reason it couldn't produce one of any other output formats. Again, the difference between what it *is* and what it *could* be. Sigh. Pachyderm could publish out to an open content format if there were the will to create a build process. currently it produced XML, which is open — there’s no reason it couldn’t produce one of any other output formats. Again, the difference between what it *is* and what it *could* be. Sigh.

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/#comment-83289 D'Arcy Thu, 03 May 2007 22:07:00 +0000 1622997609#comment-83289 yeah. that would work, and I've actually tried it. the beauty of mediawiki is that it's an open (and Open) content format, making it easy for anyone to use/reuse as they wish. Pachyderm is cool, but is more of a kiosk or publication model. yeah. that would work, and I’ve actually tried it. the beauty of mediawiki is that it’s an open (and Open) content format, making it easy for anyone to use/reuse as they wish. Pachyderm is cool, but is more of a kiosk or publication model.

]]> By: Joshua ARcher http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/#comment-83287 Joshua ARcher Thu, 03 May 2007 21:55:19 +0000 1622997609#comment-83287 ...what about using Pachyderm for presentations? :p …what about using Pachyderm for presentations? :p

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/#comment-83278 D'Arcy Thu, 03 May 2007 20:12:34 +0000 1622997609#comment-83278 File > Save as... Pretty easy to make an offline version of a web page, even a wiki page :-) File > Save as…

Pretty easy to make an offline version of a web page, even a wiki page :-)

]]> By: Heather http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/#comment-83275 Heather Thu, 03 May 2007 19:28:24 +0000 1622997609#comment-83275 I saw a wiki used for a presentation for the first time this week (actually it was during three different presentations) and love the idea. My only concern is that I have been to a few events where I've heard, "We're suppose to have wireless, but it doesn't seem to be working." What do you do if you plan your presentation around a wiki (or any live Web-based component) and the facilities suck? I saw a wiki used for a presentation for the first time this week (actually it was during three different presentations) and love the idea. My only concern is that I have been to a few events where I’ve heard, “We’re suppose to have wireless, but it doesn’t seem to be working.” What do you do if you plan your presentation around a wiki (or any live Web-based component) and the facilities suck?

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/02/mediawiki-as-a-presentation-application/#comment-83225 dnorman Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1622997609#comment-83225 Cole, that blog-post-as-presentation-screen style is pretty cool! I'd bet you could get the Mediawiki + S5 thingy going - it just takes clicking a link and saying "OK" :-) Cole, that blog-post-as-presentation-screen style is pretty cool! I’d bet you could get the Mediawiki + S5 thingy going – it just takes clicking a link and saying “OK” :-)

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