Jason -
Hello, and welcome to the RH forums. I can't tell you how on
time this is. While they might not know it, it is a solution many
have been asking for, for some time now.
For those wondering, a wiki is: "A website or similar online
resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively."
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source. It is a knowledgebase, much like RH's Webhelp, that
allows for user contributions, version tracking, and more.
MediaWiki is probably the first, and was developed specifically for
Wikipedia.
I've been asking on the
http://www.wikimatrix.org/
forums this fall about importing whole directories of generated
files (RH output files, to be specific) for either MediaWiki or
Twiki. Got a few answers, all requiring master's degrees in wiki
development. I wasn't ready for a whole new discipline. I figured
I'd tackle it when I got there.
So, it is the large-scale answer to those help authors who
ask, "How can my clients add content to the finished RH
knowledgebase?". Once converted and imported into your existing
MediaWiki project, (using Jason's tool, of course), it is no longer
a Robohelp project, but part of the wiki... All subsequent editing
occurs within the wiki itself, although it does look like Jason's
thinking about subsequent RH uploads as well.
I really like the image history capabilities, and being able
to follow changes using the RSS feeds on the recent changes page.
And yes, Jason, any further developments will be heralded and
appreciated; comprehensive markup, version control and GUIs are all
great.
Nice work sir, and an outstanding contribution for the
content management and single-sourcing crowd...