http://bayarea.hackmeet.org/category/how-to List of all categories en http://bayarea.hackmeet.org/wiki/how_this_site_was_built <p>This site is implemented as a drupal wiki site using rötzi's install profile, <a href="http://drupal.org/project/drupal_wiki">http://drupal.org/project/drupal_wiki</a>, which makes setting up a drupal wiki easier than ever. The talk module moves comments to a separate page, and "what links here" is provided by the backlinks module. Drupal contrib modules can be downloaded from <a href="http://drupal.org/project/Modules">http://drupal.org/project/Modules</a>.</p> <h5><strong>installed contrib modules</strong></h5> <ul><li> backlinks : see what links here</li> <li> captcha : force spambots to do a little math problem before posting</li> <li> diff : see differences between two versions of a page</li> <li> form_collect : create a registry of forms used on the site for the captcha</li> <li> form_store : same as above</li> <li> image : allow people to upload images</li> <li> panels : create layouts for certain special pages</li> <li> pathauto : give each page a nice URL with the title of the wiki page</li> <li> pearwiki_filter : an implementation of the text filter used by MediaWiki</li> <li> recent_changes : see recent updates to the site</li> <li> simplemenu : provides a dropdown navigation menu for moderators</li> <li> spam : automatically detect and also allow people to report spam</li> <li> subscriptions : allow users to get an email when a page is updated or commented on, or a new page is added</li> <li> talk : move comments to a separate page</li> <li> views : create views, which are listings of content</li> <li> views_bonus_grid : create a grid of links to content items</li> <li> views_rss : create customizable RSS feeds</li> <li> views_ui : a user interface to create and configure views</li> <li> wikitools : allow people to create a new wiki page when they land on one that does not exist</li> </ul> http://bayarea.hackmeet.org/wiki/how_this_site_was_built#comments Drupal how-to Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:42:19 +0000 mark B. 2 at http://bayarea.hackmeet.org http://bayarea.hackmeet.org/wiki/irc_how_to <p><strong>Using IRC</strong></p> <p>Pidgin -- <a href="http://pidgin.im/">http://pidgin.im/</a> -- works on Windows or Linux. </p><ul><li> In Pidgin, go to add/edit accounts and click Add.</li> <li> Protocol: IRC</li> <li> Screen name: whatever you want that to be</li> <li> Server: irc.indymedia.org</li> <li> (everything else can be blank)</li> <li> Then on the Advanced tab:</li> <li> Port: 6697</li> <li> check "Use SSL"</li> <li> (everything else can be blank)</li> <li> When you save and enable this account you now have a secure encrypted chat session!</li> <li> Type "/join #madpenguins" to get on the channel.</li> <li> Try "/help" for help.</li> </ul><p><strong>IRC Meetings</strong></p> <p><a href="http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Help/IrcMeetingHowTo">http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Help/IrcMeetingHowTo</a></p> http://bayarea.hackmeet.org/wiki/irc_how_to#comments how-to IRC Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:36:28 +0000 mark B. 8 at http://bayarea.hackmeet.org