TWiki Newsletter 2008-08-06

In this newsletter: Items posted to the TWiki Blog between 13 June and 06 August

1. Release Managers comments on TWiki 4.2.1
2. More stability for TWiki 4.2 - Over 150 bugs fixed
3. TWiki in The Conversation Prism
4. Moldy Oldies
5. Building a Twitter Reader With pyTwerp and TWiki
6. Sorting Lists in TWiki
7. Bits and Pieces
8. Universal Wiki Edit Button for TWiki
9. New Employee Application

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. Release Managers comments on TWiki 4.2.1

Here is the release manager's (KennethLavrsen) reflection on TWiki 4.2.1 As release manager for TWiki for almost 3 years I have been managing the releases of quite many TWiki versions now. But the release 4.2.1 is probably the release I have put more heart and energy into and also the release I have felt most pleased with getting finished and made available for our many users. ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/BlogEntry200808x2
04 Aug 2008 -- Main.KennethLavrsen

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2. More stability for TWiki 4.2 - Over 150 bugs fixed

The TWiki community has just released a big patch release for the newest TWiki version 4.2. In the new release, that can be found at http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiRelease04x02x01 both stability and performance have improved. ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/BlogEntry200808x1
04 Aug 2008 -- Main.MartinSeibert

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3. TWiki in The Conversation Prism

In his article, Introducing The Conversation Prism, Brian Solis writes: Over the last month, I worked with Jesse Thomas of JESS3, to create a new graphic that helps chart online conversations between the people that populate communities as well as the networks that connect the Social Web.
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/BlogEntry200808x3
06 Aug 2008 -- Main.VickiBrown

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4. Moldy Oldies

How can you determine if old content is "moldy" (stale) or simply doesn't need to be changed regularly? TWiki is terrific. Anyone can add pages. However, if you don't have a dedicated TWiki librarian, content can become stale. I wanted a relatively easy way to mark "old" pages and ask for feedback: is this content still useful? ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/BlogEntry200807x4
22 Jul 2008 -- Main.VickiBrown in Usability

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5. Building a Twitter Reader With pyTwerp and TWiki

One of the features of Twitter is that it runs 24/7/365. (Un)fortunately, I don't. So, I miss things. ... I wanted a solution I could control and tweak if necessary. ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/BlogEntry200807x3
08 Jul 2008 -- Main.VickiBrown in General

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6. Sorting Lists in TWiki

Where I work, we have started a page for "new people" in the department... The problem: as the page gets larger, it's more difficult to find the entry for a given person. The TOC is ordered by when the person joined. It would be convenient to be able to sort the TOC alphabetically (it's just a list after all) I started looking for ways to sort a list ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/BlogEntry200807x2
06 Jul 2008 -- Main.VickiBrown in Usability

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7. Bits and Pieces

Working with TWiki doesn't need to be big and showy to learn something from it. I did lots of TWiki work last week. ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/BlogEntry200807x1
06 Jul 2008 -- Main.VickiBrown in General

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8. Universal Wiki Edit Button for TWiki

There has been progress towards making the Web properly Read Write at Universal Edit Button site. TWiki.org and Bugs site have been Universal Edit Button enabled all you need to do is install the addin, and you see a Wiki Edit Icon in the Firefox URL input box. Editing then becomes as simple as clicking on the icon in the toolbar! ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2008-06-20-universal-wiki-edit-button-for-twiki
20 Jun 2008 -- Main.SvenDowideit in Usability

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9. New Employee Application

In our company with several geographically dispersed teams, we found it challenging to keep up with who our coworkers are in other offices. Another challenge was that when a new person was hired, that information often did not reach the people who needed it in order to prepare for the new employee's arrival. ...
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Blog/2008-06-13-new-employee-application
13 Jun 2008 -- Main.DavidWolfe in General

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-- Contributor editor: Main.VickiBrown -- 06 Aug 2008

Discussion

Great work Vicki!

-- MartinCleaver - 06 Aug 2008

Thanks Vicki for driving the newsletter!

-- PeterThoeny - 07 Aug 2008

Great work Vicki!

-- MartinSeibert - 08 Aug 2008