Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, David McNab <rebirth@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I'm starting to feel that the Homebrew_PCBs group is in desperate 
need
> of a wiki.

I have offered my site: 
http://www.massmind.org on a few occasions. It is not fancy or 
polished (code help appreciated), but it has wiki features. It used 
html rather than that wiki code stuff, but anyone who has a hope of 
etching a PCB can understand <B>HTML</B> vice *WIKI* and <I>HTML</I> 
vice /WIKI/. It isn't rocket science. The site also supports blog 
features allowing most new information, links, questions, etc... to 
be posted as a comment to the bottom of the page via a VERY easy 
little form and the page editor(s) can then edit that in with the 
WYSIWYG or HTML editor online.

I do not allow the direct upload of pictures (bad experience with 
unknowningly hosting porn, keeping wiki/blog spam out is hard enough 
in text) but anyone can email or ftp a photo to me and I will 
quickly review and post it.

> Write access would be restricted to group members.
> Read access would either be open, or restricted to group members,
> according to the group management's decision.

massmind only allows one page editor per page, but there is no 
reason why that editor account could not be shared with a few 
different people. If needed, I can enable trusted editors to 
be "site editors" which gives them the ability to edit any page.
 
> To me, a wiki is the best way of getting maximum info organisation 
for
> the least effort.

I certainly agree.

> What do people think?
> Also, given that YahooGroups doesn't seem to offer wiki, what 
would be
> the best hosting and management arrangements?

I've already documented several pages of data from this and other 
groups on the site. That is a head start that other sites will not 
have.

http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcbs.htm
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcbetch.htm
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/tonertransfer.htm
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcb/etch/directinkjetresist.htm

And the site has many thousands of pages on related EE subjects.

Why start over?

> Cheers
> David
>