It didn’t go brilliantly, more work to do.

I discovered that moinmoin requires Python installed on the webhost and as far as I can tell mine doesn’t.

The documentation for installing most Wikis seems to assume you are installing on your own machine, rather than on a webhost, so it’s a bit daunting. I Furled Frankie’s guide to mediawiki on his own wiki and tried that. Managed to download the same version, unpacked it and ftp-d up. tried surfing to config directory to get instructions. At least PHP must work just by having files with extension .php

I found out I need to be able to make directories writable to install ( and run of course) and mine has no command line access. I tried the web interface and ftp. Anyway, it looks like I should be preparing to transfer out, so looking for domain hosting with decent priced web hosting with all the facilities including more than 10Mb capacity so I can have Movable Type as well.

I like this way of recording your progress as you go along. Should make for less work at the end :-)
As for the ‘R’ in SMART I’ve seen both interpretations used.

I had a discussion with DM last night, which confirmed in my mind that Media Wiki is the one to go for, the buzz is getting louder. This is the platform used by Wikipedia, was chosen by Mario for europa, and has been implemented by frankie for his secret hush hush project. So there’s a groundswell of support for it which outweighs the fact that it’s really intended for much larger Wiki applications than the one I am settting up. Different wikis have different syntax which can be a pain, so there are advantages to conformity.

Now I just have to install it, after having switched host providers.

Hi there-is it following netiquette to use someone’s name when they have chosen another for a user account? (I know it’s usually because yours has already been taken)

Anyway-I agree with ‘Lindlop’ that it seems a great way of recording your progress. I can see evidence of what often happens in research-the collection of data is not cleanly separated from the analysis. As you are collecting your data, you are also analysing the results. We can’t avoid this, in fact it’s helpful, but keep in mind that readers will need to know clearly what is your data, how you have collected it and what your analysis is.

Hope this makes sense- I could have just said hello-couldn’t help myself :-)