LocalWiki, a really easy to use geographically-based wiki, released

by philipn • 15 years ago

63 21 15 years ago

ewoodrich• 15 years ago

(shameless plug)

My site, www.lokusapp.com is a similar project, with more integration with social features among other differences. It's still in beta stages, but any input would be appreciated.

Gring• 15 years ago

If you're planning to go international, my suggestion would be to change the name. Lokus = "loo" in german :-D

Izidor• 15 years ago

I skimmed the page and it seems to be so complicated (comparing with the localwiki). For example, page http://www.lokusapp.com/entry/united_states/texas/mclennan/m... is almost empty (no information) but it is cluttered a lot by empty boxes. Maybe you should focus on the design for a while.

jarin4• 15 years ago

Pretty cool, I'm setting up a VPS to test this out for a possible San Diego wiki. Definitely would need some help with administration and populating it with content though, if anyone's interested.

Edit: Temporary home here - http://173.255.215.222/Front_Page

philipn5• 15 years ago

Sweet! Let me know if you have any technical or community questions: philip@localwiki.org. We're also putting together this "how to" site here: https://guide.localwiki.org

jarin4• 15 years ago

Update: http://sd.localwiki.org

jarin4• 15 years ago

Update 2: http://sdwiki.org :D

brandnewlow• 15 years ago

Anyone want to help bootstrap a localwiki for Chicago? I've got 13k Chicagoland Twitter followers on @windycitizen we can set loose on it after we get the first 100 entries or so up.

ary• 15 years ago

This sprung out of DavisWiki (http://daviswiki.org/). Poking around that site you find that the citizens have a sense of humor. Does your town have a Zombie Attack Response Guide?

http://daviswiki.org/Zombie_Attack_Response_Guide

LilValleyBigEgo• 15 years ago

A desktop client when html5 exists? Really?

philipn5• 15 years ago

It's not a desktop client. We're just using the phrase "Download" because it's a bit more digestible :)

jarin4• 15 years ago

I think maybe changing it to "install" might be good, because it does take someone with basic sysadmin skills to set up anyway.

I'd also consider putting the "find a community" stuff at the top too, since that's probably the first thing you'd want people to look at (and they can install the software if they don't find one).

fennecfoxen• 15 years ago

I think this indicates a problem in your marketing on that site. The first time I looked at the site I thought the same thing: "why is there a download? give me the wikis!"

pyre• 15 years ago

Truly. I'm aghast that AutoDesk hasn't ported all of their offerings over to the cloud, too!

18pfsmt• 15 years ago

Looks good. Just a couple questions:

From a quick look over the documentation I could see this is built with postgres and python/django, but I didn't notice which versions (nor a roadmap to see if there would be a future transition to python3). Is there any chance you could clarify?

Also, considering its geographic focus, maps seem to be an important part, but I didn't notice any maps in the Davis install. Is there already, or planned, integration with Open Street Maps? From a quick search I found there is a django module for OSM[1], so I was just curious what the plans are in that regard.

[1]https://bitbucket.org/ikks/django-cms-osm

philipn5• 15 years ago

It's built atop Django + GeoDjango, so we'll likely transition to Python3 when most of Django marches there. There's a development site here with some more information: https://dev.localwiki.org

The DavisWiki is running our old software, not LocalWiki. We'll transition it over soon. The Denton site is a good example of what LocalWiki looks like: https://dentonwiki.org

We're using OSM base data for the map tiles (rendered via cloudmade). We'll likely do our own map tile rendering soon, probably running an open tile server for any localwiki install to point at. Not sure about further OSM integration - got any ideas?

dashr• 15 years ago

Congrats on shipping Philip! Gonna set up a test-bed. Oaktown needs a Wiki too.

philipn5• 15 years ago

Sweet! Let me know - Oakland Local folks may be interested in helping out.

drewda• 15 years ago

Anyone interested in helping with a Berkeley wiki? I'm glad to host an initial version.

abhiyerra• 15 years ago

I own the domain of berkwiki.org which is running their old software. I'd be interested in partnering with someone to get it off the ground again.

LocalWiki, a really easy to use geographically-based wiki, released

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