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= Introduction = | = Introduction = | ||
DataFlex.Wiki is a free resource for DataFlex developers to share and promote their knowledge, ideas, resources and projects with other developers. | |||
This wiki complements the thriving DataFlex community, and aims to provide a site where all DataFlex tools, utilities and resources (new and old) both from Data Access (producers of DataFlex) and third party DataFlex software companies are brought together. | |||
==wiki technologies== | ==wiki technologies== | ||
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* Mediawiki - running wikipedia - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki | * Mediawiki - running wikipedia - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki | ||
== | ==Other cool wikis== | ||
*http://www.wikipedia.org - an online encyclopedia | |||
*http://c2.com/cgi/wiki - original wiki - inspiration from the masters | *http://c2.com/cgi/wiki - original wiki - inspiration from the masters | ||
*patterns | *http://ajaxpatterns.org - a list of good "design patterns" for the AJAX world | ||
== Collaboration in the DataFlex community == | == Collaboration in the DataFlex community == | ||
*news://news.dataaccess. | *news://news.dataaccess.com | ||
*http://vdf-guidance.com | *The whitepapers (here Data Access do all the hard work) | ||
*http://vdf-guidance.com (use twitter @vdfguidance to keep up with news!) | |||
*VdfQuery | *VdfQuery | ||
*SCANDUC (and other user conferences!) | *SCANDUC (and other user conferences!) | ||
*Blogs. They are sources for good information. | |||
= DataFlex.Wiki = | |||
DataFlex.Wiki was created under another name: VdfWiki. | |||
VdfWiki started its life as a response to a debate started at [http://blog.front-it.dk/2007/07/03/is-there-enough-education-in-visual-dataflex/ Charlotte's web] | VdfWiki started its life as a response to a debate started at [http://blog.front-it.dk/2007/07/03/is-there-enough-education-in-visual-dataflex/ Charlotte's web] | ||
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* Your contributions can be protected (We have administrators that will govern this) | * Your contributions can be protected (We have administrators that will govern this) | ||
* the newsgroups are still great! We can ask questions there | * the newsgroups are still great! We can ask questions there | ||
* www.vdf-guidance.com still has its use! vdf-guidance.com is good for sharing code and projects | * the trainings from Data Access are still great! We can still save a lot of time learning from the data access guys. | ||
* The whitepapers are still good! They are a good source of information | |||
* www.vdf-guidance.com still has its use! vdf-guidance.com is good for sharing code and projects. | |||
* The blogs are still great. People can still share news and articles there! | * The blogs are still great. People can still share news and articles there! | ||
== Organisation of the wiki == | == Organisation of the wiki == | ||
The frontpage and selected areas have been protected | The frontpage and selected areas have been protected | ||
=== Administrators === | |||
Check [[Special:Listusers|the list of users]] to see which users have "sysop" rights. --[[User:Jka|Jka]] 12:49, 25 November 2007 (CET) | |||
== Using DataFlex.Wiki == | |||
Checkout [[Help:Contents]] and [[Help:Editing]] for more information. | |||
=== Getting an account === | === Getting an account === | ||
everybody can register for an account. | everybody can register for an account. | ||
To get an account you can just press "create account" in the upper right corner of vdfwiki. | |||
=== | If you have experience from contributing to http://wikipedia.org , then you should feel at home at VdfWiki (it is the same system - mediawiki). | ||
Note that if you forgot your password , then the wiki can send your password to the email account you supplied when creating the account. | |||
=== Posting guidelines === | |||
The administrators have setup the following guidelines [[VdfWiki_guidelines]] . Please respect these guidelines to make this a better wiki for everyone. | |||
=== Reverting content === | |||
If you wrote something wrong on a page then you can click 'history' for the page. choose an earlier version that works - then save it. You will be notified that later edits will be lost. | |||
=== Watching pages === | |||
First of all you can check all 'recent changes' by clicking the link in the navigation menu. | |||
As the wike grows you can add pages to you watch list by clicking 'watch' page. Then you can monitor changes for that page in your 'watch list'. | |||
= Where to go from here? = | |||
== | *Create a user account .Put information about your self online :) | ||
*Start contributing! Do you have something to share? | |||
*Discuss what you want to see in the wiki at http://vdfwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page | |||
*Take a look at http://vdfwiki.com/index.php?title=Special:Wantedpages | |||
*Help categorize pages at http://vdfwiki.com/index.php?title=Special:Uncategorizedpages | |||
[[Category:DataFlex.Wiki]] | |||