Weblog entry #10 for lters

A simple but useful personal page
Posted by lters on Tue 6 Nov 2007 at 15:49
Sometimes it would be handy to have a place to put personal notes, have access to personal email, and store files for later usage.

And at the same time have some simple content available to the public.

What do folks find as an easy way to accomplish a setup like this or does everyone do everything the manual way?

IE: Install apache, configure it, and then code the html stuff, add a protected personal page, add a public side, add photos tips, ideas and so...
Doing the following:
apt-cache search web tools personal

This does not seem to yield anything real useful.

 

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Posted by Steve (80.68.xx.xx) on Tue 6 Nov 2007 at 16:28
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For plain text status information for other people I use HTML + $EDITOR.

For notes for myself I use a wiki ..

Steve

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Posted by lters (69.176.xx.xx) on Tue 6 Nov 2007 at 16:48
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Which wiki do you find most helpful?

respectfully, lters

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Posted by mwr (149.149.xx.xx) on Tue 6 Nov 2007 at 17:11
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It may be worth looking at the Wiki Matrix Wiki Choice Wizard. Three questions, and it'll help narrow down which ones might work for you.

But I'll admit I'm a bit confused by the question. Personal notes could be held in a wiki, any file with an obscure URL, or on a USB stick (in either a separate file, or in a self-contained Wiki). When you talk about accessing personal email, that could mean any of setting up your own webmail, having a bookmark to your ISP's webmail, keeping a copy of Putty or some other SSH program to let you connect to your server and run mutt, etc. Storing files? An sftp client and an ssh server at home might work. A Wiki might work, too. So might an Apache server with WebDAV.

Can you break that list of questions into some more specific goals and restrictions?

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Posted by ajt (85.211.xx.xx) on Tue 6 Nov 2007 at 19:08
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There are a few desktop note tools including desktop wikis. I find KJots works for me, as does a notebook and pencil.

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"It's Not Magic, It's Work"
Adam

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Posted by goeb (77.179.xx.xx) on Wed 7 Nov 2007 at 09:38
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I did use Basket to kepp my notes for some time, than switched to TiddlyWiki. The advantage of TiddlyWiki is that you only need a browser (and the wiki file), so you can easily put it on an usb stick and use it on another system.

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Posted by kaerast (82.47.xx.xx) on Wed 7 Nov 2007 at 20:15
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Personally, I'm a fan of Dokuwiki. It's a really simple install, and can be setup for groups in a few minutes without having to think. I've also built a couple of Windows installers for it which use Apache to provide a localhost-based notepad. It is an absolute nightmare to keep upgraded though, and can't be installed as a farm.

More recently I tend not to use wikis though, either something's worthwhile making a blog post about or I'll trust myself to remember it. For this reason I recently installed a knowledgebase system at work, and if there's anything I ever think is worth noting will put it on there.

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Posted by philcore (72.218.xx.xx) on Sat 10 Nov 2007 at 18:00
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sounds like google to me. gmail, notebook, documents...

phil

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