[dokuwiki] Re: New Start
- From: Wes <stararmy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:09:58 -0400
I don't know if this will help or not, but you're welcome to look at
my RPG's dokuwiki setup for ideas: http://stararmy.com/wiki
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Chip Dunning <chip.dunning@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Very new not just to dokuwiki, but to wiki's in general.
>
> I am trying to use dokuwiki from my various role-playing games
> (background, history, rules, etc.) and I am having difficulty making
> the mental transition from a combination of PDFs and HTML pages.
>
> The problem is that many of my PDFs span 25-30 pages covering a single
> topic. Obviously a single wiki page that long would seem to be a
> nightmare. Breaking it up seems proper, but then I am left trying to
> figure out the best naming scheme (combination of namespaces and
> pagename).
>
> Ex:
>
> Continent = broken up by sub-sections: Bronze Sea, Western Realms,
> Eastern Jewels, Northern Snows, etc.
> Kingdom = broken up by information: History, Resources, Religion,
> Government, Military, Sub-Domains, etc.
> Major Area = broken up by town or a single lord's holdings, etc.
>
>
> Given 5 Continents, 4 sub-areas per continent, 8 nation-states per
> sub-area, and about 10 major areas per nation-state. I am trying to
> work out the best combination to take advantage of the wiki.
>
> 1) Atlas:Continent:Subarea:Nation:Area
> 2) Atlas:Continent:Subarea:Nation
> 3) Atlas:Continent:Nation
> 4) Atlas:Nation
>
> Currently I am leaning towards #3, but I could use some advice if this
> is not really the best way to approach namespace:pagenames.
>
>
> Second, how to break up my large pages. As an example one of my major
> kingdoms is written up in a PDF spanning almost 50 pages. There are
> subtopics within this document, but I want to make sure that someone
> can quickly find relevant information. If they search for Religion -
> given that there are over 180 nations each with a religion document it
> could return a huge number of results.
>
> I think once I get my mind wrapped around the wiki way of doing things
> it will go well for what I want to get out of it, but I really want to
> start the best way possible. For that I need to tap some expertise on
> this list.
>
>
>
> Chip
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