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Conversion work to Dokuwiki

Conversion work to Dokuwiki

Well, despite the availability of macros for converting from either MS Word or OO Writer to Dokuwiki, the work hasn’t been that straightforward. Quite a few things don’t get converted properly, so quite a bit of manual editing needs to be done. This will probably take a few weeks at least..oh well.. Also came across an online conversion tool that seems to produce somewhat more reliable results. Only thing though, is that I’d first have to convert the document to…

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Getting started on that intranet wiki

Getting started on that intranet wiki

My workplace will be converting some documents into a wiki format, partly to make it more searchable. Alas, none of the open source wikis I’ve looked at has an easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor. To manually convert hundreds of pages of documentation into wiki syntax would definitely be a most daunting task! So I was really happy when I came across the following macros: MSWord to DokuWiki OpenOffice Writer 2 to DokuWiki I’m really excited because this should significantly speed up the…

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DIY File Server to Qnap TS-101

DIY File Server to Qnap TS-101

Just a few months ago I put in quite a bit of effort reading up on the best/easiest way to set up a file server on my old AMD Duron 800MHz PC for the home network. I settled on installing Clark Connect and used it as a DIY Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. But today, I migrated my file server to the decidedly specialised Qnap TS-101 device. So what’s with the switch? Was it the lower power consumption? The much…

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