Web Web

You can download WebWeb now from http://cvu.strath.ac.uk/download/webweb/ Note: No longer reachable (except via the WaybackMachine).

I wrote WebWeb in response to a wish-list that myself and a colleague produced for WikiWikiWeb when we were testing it on our local server.

I have added:

Fully accessible edit history.
Access control (read/edit/modify).
Email notification.
Extended functionality for external links.
Improved recent changes.

Have a look and see what you think. My only regret is that I have probably obscured the simple beauty of the original WikiWikiWeb under a tonne of features.

http://cvu.strath.ac.uk/webweb

-- DavidMcNicol

Authorization is required, but logging in as guest with password guest seems to work fine.

I should mention that you need to register with ClydeVirtualUniversity? first:
- http://cvu.strath.ac.uk/register

I just checked it out - interesting. My first impression, reading through the help, was that the icons were all cool and worthwhile. Then as soon as I tried to read some actual stuff, I got lost. The icons were definitely complex for a first-time user. Maybe just have 3 or 4 to a page, to begin with?

I notice the access restrictions work at page level. Finer resolution would be nice - especially allowing people to append new stuff to a page but not to edit old stuff.

The initial password was quite off-putting. Could you do that lazily? Ie wait until a person tries to do something restricted before asking who they are. One of the neat things about WikiWiki is that it has no passwords.

I vaguely got the impression the web space was divided into smaller webs somehow. I don't understand what's going on there.

(Sorry to be putting these comments here rather than there. My guess is that I'll only be checking one wiki site regularly, and it'll probably be this one.) -- DaveHarris

Thanks for the feedback. I was, and still am, worried about the complexity of the system. It may be useful to have a novice flag which users can eventually disable.

I like the idea of allowing users to append rather than edit pages. I decided that initially we could suggest this as a "style tip" rather than enforce it.

The password system is used throughout CVU to protect courseware. It's mainly used to generate log information, rather than to keep people out (although bandwidth considerations also play a part too).

Different "webs" can be created by making a symbolic link to the main script, and the URL "webweb:" can be used to link between them. This is just a last minute add-on which may be removed - I don't like implying that separate namespaces exist like that when they are not catered for at a high level.

-- Cheers, DavidMcNicol

WebWebX is an extension of WebWeb. See page WebWebTwo for more information. -- JoeMcMahon

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