One of the sites I’m working with lately at my job combines a forum (vBulletin), blog (Joomla), and wiki (Mediawiki) into one experience. Each of these tools does a great job at what it was designed to do. They’re three separate platforms skinned and linked together. I used to think the site was a hodgepodge of software platforms, but now I see that these three resources … more »

After a recent conference call I had for an STC chapter meeting, we needed an online mechanism to keep the discussion going. Doc Guy set up a Google Groups discussion site (which includes a threaded forum and wiki) to facilitate the online discussion, and we started a few threads, but soon the discussion focused , unfortunately, only on scheduling dates for in-person meetings. In a … more »

STC’s wiki is also scheduled for demolition :: TechCommDood. I admit that while I haven’t visited the STC Forums in at least a year, I am surprised to see them being taken down. I didn’t realize the hosting costs were so prohibitive that it was an expense that needed to be cut. Then again, I’m not sure the STC is taking them down to cut … more »