Wiki or CMS host for troop guidebook

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Wiki or CMS host for troop guidebook

Postby miksmi » Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:58 am

I plan to move troop guidelines from a single large page hosted on Google Sites to a wiki or CMS* so that youth or adults may contribute. Why the large, unwieldy page? It's to facilitate printing or searching with a browser's search function. If you're curious, here's the page: Troop 440 Info page

Does anyone know of a service that provides free/low-cost wiki hosting?

Where is meritbadge.com hosted? Are they happy with the service?

I'm a software enginerd, specializing in human factors engineering, configuration management, controlled vocabulary, and network-based deployment. I'm a Scoutmaster and working my Wood Badge tickets.

Thanks for your time and have a great Scouting day!

* CMS - Content Management System
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Re: wiki or CMS host for troop guidebook

Postby RWSmith » Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:08 am

See this page (from our very good friends at the USSSP): http://usscouts.org/internet/buildasite.asp

See also: http://usscouts.org/netresources/freeweb.asp
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Re: Wiki or CMS host for troop guidebook

Postby miksmi » Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:33 am

Thanks. I'm specifically looking for a wiki or CMS host, not the generic HTML hosts listed on usscouts.org.

Who hosts meritbadge.org?
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Re: Wiki or CMS host for troop guidebook

Postby RWSmith » Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:46 am

miksmi wrote:Who hosts meritbadge.org?

I'll send you an e-mail... check your Inbox.
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Re: Wiki or CMS host for troop guidebook

Postby kwildman » Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:27 pm

Pretty easy info to figure out who someone's host or provider is... try the whois command and/or traceroute (tracert for you windows people).

I would recommend a CMS. Drupal is a great system once you get it set up. Most ISPs have the ability to host Drupal sites. There are modules for all sorts of content and the end users dont have to be coders.
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