FreeLists / dokuwiki / [dokuwiki] Re: ideas on how to enhance dokuwiki

[Redeeman <redeeman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 00:32 -0400, Bert Garcia wrote:
> Redeeman wrote:
> 
> > however, after spending some time reading the code of dokuwiki, i have
> > come to think, why not have everything as plugins? i think it makes more
> > sense that way, instead of having some monolithic things builtin, and
> > then extend via plugins, why not have a core, and then create plugins.
> 
> I became involved with DokuWiki in November of 2004, I haven't 
> contributed any code, I've been more on the promotion side of things.
> 
> So what I say is more from my experience and it's not intended to steer 
> anything in anyway. I think those that do the rowing have that task.
> 
> But going on the concept that most everything is a plugin has been used 
> successfully in the CMS that I use on my sites, it's called Nucleus CMS.
> 
> The core of Nucleus is very simple but it has a wonderful plugin API. So 
> you can install the basic system and extend it to your liking if you so 
> desire. This concept is appealing to both the minimalist or the feature 
> rich mindset.
> 
> It is an interesting idea to ponder.
i couldnt agree more, and i am not suggesting any features be removed
from dokuwiki, only that it be moved into plugins, now that there is a
syntax plugin interface it makes sense to have all the syntax stuff as
plugins, that way one can even create derived plugins

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