TWiki Newsletter 2008-03-10

In this newsletter: Items posted to the TWiki Blog between 14 Nov 2007 and 06 Mar 2008

1. TWiki, YouTube and $2,000 - Deadline for submissions: 14 April 2008
   
   
2. Requesting customer feedback on removing RCS files in subdirectories feature
   
   
3. TWiki using IIS and Windows Authentication
4. Meeting like-minded TWiki-adepts
5. Second Silicon Valley User Meetup
6. Community Summit - Sunnyvale, CA Feb. 2008
7. TWiki 4.2.0 OpenIDUserContrib Consumer released
8. TWiki 4.2.0 final Release now with installers for windows, osx, centos and fedora core
9. TWiki Meet Up - Silicon Valley - November 29, 2007
10. Does TWiki need a Foundation?
11. Plugins And TWiki 4.2.0
12. How to REST

Articles have been shortened, below, to save some space. If you're particularly interested in one of these items, be sure to visit the link to the complete entry!

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1. TWiki, YouTube and $2,000 - Deadline for submissions: April 14, 2008

TWiki is one of the most powerful application wikis around and, with over 2 million users, it is also one of the most widely used. The trouble is, the mainstream media haven't picked this up yet and so TWiki remains one of the internet's best kept secrets. ... Many companies use YouTube's high profile to promote their own products and services. We could do this too. All we need are some TWiki videos for YouTube. This is where you come in. The fact that you are reading this means that you have an interest in TWiki and, if you do, you have probably got a TWiki video inside you just waiting to get out. All you need is a video camera and a small incentive...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2008-02-28-twiki-youtube-and-2000
-- 28 Feb 2008 MichaelCorbett

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2. Requesting customer feedback on removing RCS files in subdirectories feature

The TWiki development team asks for customer feedback for the following proposal. TWiki has a documented feature that allows the admin to set up TWiki at installation so that the revision control file (the files that ends with ,v) are placed in subdirectories. We have received the first and only bug report that says it does not work. .... We now need to decide if we fix the feature or remove it. Unless we hear from customers that need it we intend to remove it from TWiki 5.0 (assumed release in 2009)....
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2008-03-04-remove-rcs-subdirectories
-- 04 Mar 2008 by KennethLavrsen

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3. TWiki using IIS and Windows Authentication

My use for TWiki is for an installation, on an intranet, where users don't have to re enter their passwords (or worse still have yet another to remember). I now have a few months' experience of running TWiki using Microsoft's IIS to handle all issues of user authentication. For brief notes on the installation steps used, please see: Installing TWiki on Windows, using IIS and Cygwin.
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2008-03-06-twiki-using-iis-and-windows-authentication
-- 06 Mar 2008 by PhilipSweetenham

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4. Meeting like-minded TWiki-adepts

More and more, TWiki enthusiasts around the globe are getting together to share experiences and talk about TWiki and how it is being used. These meetups are a great way to see what TWiki is capable of. Among the more successful series are the Silicon Valley meetups, which have been blogged about on this same blog a number of times. In April, the second Dutch TWiki meetup will take place. ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2008-03-02-meeting-like-minded-twiki-adepts
-- 02 Mar 2008 by KoenMartens

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5. Second Silicon Valley User Meetup

The February Community Summit meeting was followed, on Friday night, by an open TWiki User Meetup. Approximately 35 TWiki users and interested parties convened to eat pizza and learn more about TWiki. Five people gave short presentations, either of sites they've implemented in TWiki, projects they would like to see implemented, or nifty TWiki capabilities. ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2008-02-17-second-silicon-valley-user-meetup
-- 17 Feb 2008 VickiBrown

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6. Community Summit - Sunnyvale, CA Feb. 2008

On Thursday and Friday, Feb 14/15, I attended the TWiki Community Summit in Sunnyvale, CA. The location and and wireless internet access for the meeting were provided by Yahoo!. The Summit meetings were followed, on Friday night, by an open TWiki User Meetup. ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2008-02-17-community-summit---sunnyvale-ca-feb-2008
-- 17 Feb 2008 by VickiBrown

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7. TWiki 4.2.0 OpenIDUserContrib Consumer released

I have just uploaded the OpenIDUserContrib for TWiki 4.2.0. It adds OpenID login and 1.1 Attribute functionalty to TWiki. Currently, it disables Registration, and limits authentication to OpenID users....
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2008-02-12-twiki-420-openidusercontrib-consumer-released
-- 12 Feb 2008 by SvenDowideit

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8. TWiki 4.2.0 final Release now with installers for windows, osx, centos and fedora core

TWiki 4.2.0 was released on the 22nd of January 2008. I have now updated the Windows, OSX Tiger, Centos 4 5 and Fedora Core 5 7 installers. Stay tuned for the installer source release.
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2008-02-11-twiki-420-final-release-now-with-installers-for-windows-osx-centos-and-fedora-core
-- 11 Feb 2008 - 03:36 by SvenDowideit

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9. TWiki Meet Up - Silicon Valley - November 29, 2007

We had a wonderful first Silicon Valley TWiki User's Meet Up at Plug and Play Tech Center Thursday night (Nov 29). More than 50 TWiki users were in attendance and highlights from the evening included a superb presentation by Vicki Brown of Yahoo! and Guy Martin of Motorola Open System Technology, among others.
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2007-12-17-twiki-meetup-nov-2007-silicon-valley
-- 17 Dec 2007 by AmirShobeiri

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10. Does TWiki need a Foundation?

Sparked by the emergence of NET, a new commercial entity delivering enterprise class TWiki services, the debate of a TWiki Foundation has been reopened. NET has TWiki founder Peter Thoeny. Another player in the field of commercial TWiki services that already existed is WikiRing, a brand/partnership founded by some of the most active and long term contributors to TWiki. This begs the question: is TWiki.org able to hold its own as an independent project? ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2007-12-16-does-twiki-need-a-foundation
-- 16 Dec 2007 by KoenMartens

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11. Plugins And TWiki 4.2.0

TWiki has an impressive number of Plugins. Many are now outdated because a better plugin has been made or the core code has adopted the function. ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2007-12-10-plugins-and-twiki-420
-- 10 Dec 2007 by KennethLavrsen

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12. How to REST

A Long, Long Time Ago RafaelAlvarez contributed a REST architecture for TWiki that until relatively recently had been largely ignored. That's a shame, because TWiki has fallen behind the curve on effective interaction, partly because it is so difficult and inefficient to interact with TWiki from Javascript. More recently we have been able to re architect big sections of the core to make REST more useful. ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2007-11-14-how-to-rest
-- 14 Nov 2007 by CrawfordCurrie

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Do you have a TWiki experience to share? Don't hesitate to write a blog post! We like to learn from you!

Visit the TWiki Blog at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog.

Not sure what to write about? We've got some ideas!

-- Contributor editor: VickiBrown - 07 Mar 2008

Discussion

Thanks Vicki for creating this newsletter. I renamed the topic to tomorro's date to give people a chance to provide feedback. I also reformatted it for an easy copy & paste into the e-mail. Please post tomorrow Friday if possible (due to the deadline of the YouTube contest.)

-- PeterThoeny - 07 Mar 2008

Deleted the two items related to release candidates. They are not relevant reading any more since 4.2.0 has been available for quite a while.

-- KennethLavrsen - 07 Mar 2008

Thanks Peter; I never thought of using underbars to mske the h-rules paste in the email!

Thanks Kenneth; I had wondered about those!

-- VickiBrown - 09 Mar 2008

sent to twiki-announce@listsPLEASENOSPAM.sourceforge.net Saturday night. Sorry for the extra day.

-- VickiBrown - 09 Mar 2008

Is Number 11 irrelevant or need edits since 4.2 has released?

-- DavidWolfe - 09 Mar 2008

Thanks Vicki for sending out the newsletter this morning!

-- PeterThoeny - 11 Mar 2008