My Redesigned Linux Docs has Launched
January 04, 05 by kenrichToday, I launched a re-vamped version of the Linux resource site: Linux Docs. I really didn’t do much work in re-building the site. I lost a lot of valuable code on the old site due to a hacker who exploited a vulnerability in my phpBB forum software which is why I needed to re-build the site.
So the new site is running Wiki software which allows for collaborative content management. Wiki is web authoring software originally created by Ward Cunningham who based his software on the old HyperCard software for Macintosh. Since them, Wikis have been very popular with the most popular one being WikiPedia. In addition to this, I also added the excellent Phorum software to run very simple discussions on the site.
Since I don’t have time to update the content on the site myself, the Wiki solution is about the only solution that will work. If you visit the site, you will notice that there is almost no content on there right now. This is because I had no “real” content on the old site except for HTML version of the man pages. Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyways) - It’s going to take a while before the site becomes useful for Linux users. I have learned a lot from Linux and this is my way of giving something back.
