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[Brian Koontz <brian AT pongonova.net>]

On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 03:31:47AM -0600, Caleb Langeslag wrote:
> I've had a thought recently: Why don't we just have the whole OpenNIC
> website as a wiki rather than a Joomla installation with a Wikka Wakka
> installation as a subsidiary? Having the main website under Joomla is only
> restricting people from being able to contribute and/or fix any content. As
> for any high-profile or mission-critical pages, we could just have those
> pages require moderator-approval for changes to become public. I don't see
> what a wiki installation would be incapable of, as of how the Joomla
> installation is currently used.

WikkaWiki is full-featured, plus OpenNIC has the added bonus of having
one of the WikkaWiki devs on its staff payroll (me).

> We could also work towards making a very nice wiki theme that's well done
> that isn't just a recolorization of a default theme (whereas you can look
> at wiki.ubuntu.com and not tell what wiki solution it is, due to it's
> extensive branding and theming). Overall, this would also make the OpenNIC
> website more uniformal. I'm completely willing to do any of the web design
> and templating work necessary for a custom theme (as long as someone has a
> decent design idea/draft).

Easily done.  Some examples:

http://www.exatorq.com
http://nitens.org
http://blog.wikkawiki.org/2009/09/11/how-to-design-themes-for-wikkawiki/

You tell me what you need in terms of access, and I'll figure out how
to get it for you.

  --Brian