Showing posts with label Linux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linux. Show all posts

Friday, May 23, 2008

Placing images in Tiki Wiki


I'll get back to setting up the Linux Server later. I'm going to jump ahead and discuss the steps in placing images in the Tiki Wiki. In Tiki you can put normal html href commands to link to an external image but I think the better way is to upload the image into the wiki itself. This is a two step process.
The first thing you need to do is to enable image galleries, this can be done by logging in as the Admin and go to admin-features and ticking the required features.
When you confirm the changes the image gallery items will appear on the menu on the left.
The next step is to create a new gallery and once created the gallery will allow you to upload images. To put the images on the wiki the easiest way is to select the image and below the image is the code that can be inserted in the wiki entry

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Teaching kids computing - Tiki Wiki on Linux part 1

I teach twice a week at my children's school. One is too stage 2 children (7-9 year olds) and this is the basics around understanding emails, internet and using tools such as PowerPoint and movie maker. I add value because I have been using these tools for decades, where for a lot of teachers it is fairly new. Although, there are exceptions teachers as a rule are behind on technology. Where I worked previously all members of staff were expected to be able to run an Excel model and put the results into word or PowerPoint for at least a decade.
For the second lesson, this is with stage 3 children who are around 9-12 years old. Last year I just gave them the same course as the stage 2 children, but these kids are moving ahead so fast I thought I would do something different. I decided to get the kids to create and manage a wiki for the school. I was going to put it on a Microsoft Server as the school could get free licenses but decided that it would be less hassle to put it on a Linux box. I chose Ubuntu 7.10 and Tiki Wiki for the wiki. Ubuntu because it was available on the Linux Mag and Tiki Wiki because it also allows forums and blogs.
this series of posts is about my adventures as a linux tyro setting up the server and installing the wiki and hopefully how the children enjoy the experience with this millenniums version of a school newspaper

Monday, January 21, 2008

Linux

I've been playing with adwords. One of the advantages is that you can play with keywords and look at the popularity of certain search terms. Getting clicks is a bonus. One of the the most popular search terms was Linux and coincidentally, I have a customer inquiring about Linux as an operating system.
I have been interesting in Linux for quite awhile. I'm still in two minds about the value of Linux to customer as a better value proposition for customers. It would not take much of my time searching for drivers or getting some windows application to work on Linux to make it cheaper to just use Windows. If you throw Microsoft Office into the mix then there is more saving, however, you can just put Open Office on a windows machine.
There may be an opportunity in the future, when XP can not be sold anymore. There could be an option to sell a cheaper machine with Linux versus a computer that can run Vista. Although the Linux community could shoot itself in the foot by insisting on extra glitz in the Linux UI,