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Last year I wrote a little script for producing GraphViz graphs, and LaTeX books, from werelate.org family history data. I’ve been tweaking it a bit now and then, and using it for my mum’s genealogical research. It works, but the more I want to do with it the more I think it needs a good [...]
[Keywords: extensions, genealogy, MediaWiki, Printable WeRelate, trees, WeRelate] [No comments] [Permanent link]
Last week I needed a simple, reader-focused skin for a MediaWiki install, and I figured WordPress’ TwentyTen theme would be suitable. So I ported it to MediaWiki. The skin can be downloaded from Github, and I’ve also added it to the MediaWiki gallery of user styles.
[Keywords: design, MediaWiki, porting, skinning, themes, TwentyTen, wikis, wordpress] [5 comments] [Permanent link]
I have recently started helping to maintain The Fremantle Society’s website (fremantlesociety.org.au), and it’s reminding me of why I work in IT and of how much I’ve been missing being part of any greater endevour (with people, I mean, and working together for some purpose — as I once did with the Coop, for instance). [...]
[Keywords: causes, collaboration, Fremantle, Fremantle Society, heritage, MediaWiki, technology, The Co-operative Food Shop, websites] [No comments] [Permanent link]