Convert Wikidot style syntax to Markdown style syntax

2012-06-14 15:38
Category: Useful Hints and Scripts, Websites, Webservers & Webtechnology
Tags: Markdown, Wikidot Wiki

I wrote a converter for Wikidot syntax that outputs Markdown syntax. You can use it to move from Wikidot.com to any Markdown based wiki / blog / note collection.

I set up an online converter that you can use to convert your Wikidot syntax files to Markdown.

The converter itself...

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Install your own Wikidot Wiki

2010-04-01 16:11
Category: Ubuntu 9.10
Tags: collaboration, websites, Wikidot Wiki

http://www.wikidot.org/installation-guide

requirements

• PostgreSQL 8.3
• PHP 5.2+
• Lighttpd 1.4 or 1.5
• ImageMagick
• LaTeX
• PHP gd extension
• PHP tidy extension
• PEAR
• file
• git

To install all these:

sudo aptitude install postgresql-8.3 php5-cgi php5-cli php5-pgsql lighttpd imagemagick tetex-bin tetex-extra gs-gpl  php5-gd php5-tidy php-pear file git-core

Installation of Wikidot

http://www.wikidot.org/debian-packages

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://www.wikidot.org/local--files/debian-packages/wikidot_0.90_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i wikidot_0.90_all.deb

if it complains about missing packages...

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