Hi all,

sorry, but I meet problems when trying to contact you. See
my original
message below.

Hi Pm,

I'm familiarizing myself with pmwiki for 6 month to see
whether it fits to
my major hobby: creating a non-profit community site for
psychologists
with the aim of bringing closer the science to layman +
offering the
possibility for users to contribute in scientific research.

During these months I became a fan of your concept: the
simplicity and
elegance of the core idea is excellent for many purposes
(including mine).
But! I have some suggestions for improvement in the field of
attracting
well-prepared people to our sites. The concept:

EYE CATHING + EMPHASIS ON VISUAL COMMUNICATION + RESPECTING
THE DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF EXPERTISE The background: well-prepared people
usually have less
time to decide whether a topic is of their interest or not.
Even the most
interesting texts are usually awfully long.

The solution: preparing visual abstracts (e.g. with
pmwikidraw). Visual
abstract = a simple drawing (or gif/flash animation) and
some text that
shows the essence of the long-long original text. The
drawings come from
the normal document and the text can be the titles/subtitles
(similar to
TOC).


Below I send you a brief specification of the homepage I
would like to
build. I hope that after reading it you might understand
better my
concept.

You are the first person I contacted in this topic because
I'm really
impressed by pmwiki. Please reply to me asap letting me know
if I can
count on your help or not. Although I think that my concept
could enrich
pmwiki as such, if you disagree I'm interested to hire
professionals who
can do it for me. In the second case I would appreciate
recommendations.


Best regards & everytype of help is welcome,

Miklos Fodor (fodormik)
+36-70-312-0142
miklosfodorhr.hu
fodormikinterware.hu


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Hi,

I’m searching for a solution to build a non-profit
homepage in the
area of psychology.

The following criteria should be met by the new homepage:

·	the homepage’s pages should work as a
wiki (currently
I’m using the php-based pmwiki), meaning that all
pages should be
editable, voting system (weighted by seniority) should work,
rss and chat.
A freely expandable open source system would be the best
·	the pages should be able to contain simple images
created &
editable with online (e.g. java based) editors (see
pmwikidraw for
example), that also tracks the changes and the different
version of a
drawing. Pmwikidraw would be excellent but it
“forgets” the
previous version…
·	there should be a possibility to add flash /
multiple gif / other
format simple drawing (different colored circles + text +
lines +
freehand). If these would be editable as well that would be
excellent
·	the content of the pages is typically text. But,
there are
different level of details of the same text, depending on
who how deep is
interested in the topic (compare with the Outline function
of MS word, or
expandable menus). From the eye-catcher level to the fanatic
level. The
same text (and this is an issue for the editor part as well,
when writing
the text) should have different levels when appearing:
o	abstract’s level (eye-catching): some
easy-to-understand drawings
+ 3-4 sentences covering the main idea of the text or a
section
o	core text’s level: same as above + normal,
detailed description of
the idea focusing on the important new ideas
o	examples’ level: additional examples that make
the story more
understandable are added to the above
o	comment’s level: not core ideas, but things that
are enriching the
text and give possibility for further thoughts are added
o	link’s level: online references are visible that
link to different
articles and homepages
o	multimedia (fanatic) level: the very non-core part
containing paintings,
music etc. that can be connected to the topic
o	a further dimension should be included in the all above
depending on the
reader’s background:
§	professional or
§	layman (e.g. when explaining the meaning of the scientific
terms)
The appearance of the page is set once (e.g. through
cookies) by the user
but in each case it can be modified using buttons and
“+” &
“-“ signs (similar to Word / Outline
view)
	During the input of the text different colors should show
to the writer
the main levels

Otherwise very simple and easy to use system is preferred.

In case of interest further details are available from
fodormikinterware.hu or miklosfodorhr.hu







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