For the next (open source) version of KnowledgeTree, I've been working on some login improvements. One of the least dynamic parts of the system has always been the login system - you were okay if the user needed to enter a username and password and was already created, whether authenticated internally or via something like LDAP. But not weirder things...
In its current form, KnowledgeTree is a business division of Jam Warehouse, from whence it started. But this isn't the post on KnowledgeTree's history. Being a business division of a software development company like Jam has its advantages. Back when KnowledgeTree meant just me, the availability of software development and business experts amongst my colleagues was invaluable. Even as one of the largest efforts in the company, the new ideas and alternative perspectives are still valuable. (Repost from my KT blog)
Looks like South African career site CareerJunction is looking for Python programmers. Converting possibly the largest career site in South Africa from ASP to Python sounds like an interesting opportunity.
KnowledgeTree web logs
07 Aug
One of my (many) job titles on KnowledgeTree is Community Manager, and as part of that, I've been encouraging my colleagues to talk about KnowledgeTree. They now all have their own web logs, and they're all aggregated to people.ktdms.com. Over the next week or two, everyone should at least introduce themselves, and hopefully it will be an interesting way to keep up with what's happening - well, that's what it'll be for me at least...
The final step of migrating from confluence to Mediawiki is redirecting from the old confluence wiki to the new MediaWiki one. If, like our install, confluence is reached directly through Tomcat and not via Apache httpd (and this couldn't be changed), you have a minor problem - you can't just use mod_rewrite. urlrewrite to the rescue.
Now, once you've exported pages from Confluence and converted to MediaWiki format, you probably want to upload those pages automatically. pywikipediabot popped up in my search for Python programs to interact with MediaWiki.
KnowledgeTree 3.1 released
01 Aug
Another month, another release - or so it seems lately. KnowledgeTree 3.1 is out. I've been working on other stuff (more later), so the development has been mostly Brad and Bryn's job this time around. Of primary interest is the international language and UTF-8 improvements from Bryn and Brad's Workflow Triggers. Check it out (you don't have to fill in the form).