See FedWiki Training for a relatively simple introduction to using the FedWiki. Use the list there to keep track of your progress.
The FedWiki is not for everybody.
It is a Universal, Open Source, Personal, Public space for sharing anything digital. Potential for scaling democratic interaction. I think it is essential for the future of democracy, but that is me.
Everything written in the federated wiki is open and open source. This is not a tool for private business or people in government who need to hide things from competitors, customers, or the public. This is a tool specifically for civil society with the democratic intent.
It is work of love and dedication by Ward Cunningham and a bunch of his friends.
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Please think of this exercise as an experiment in **See the Systems** and **ReLocalize Creativity**.
I believe that the FedWiki, well implemented, is the best and quickest way to support learners learning to learn.
This is my attempt to explain what the Federated Wiki is and how to use it.
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**When to write in the Federated Wiki?** When you are collaborating with a group of people over a relatively long time period. The ability to select and participate in a virtual "neighborhood" is unique. **What is be big benefit of the Federated Wiki user interface?** I allows you to maintain the context as you like. The ability to flexibly arrange columnar pages is unique. If context is everything, the FedWiki is a way to manage context.
There are pages others have created as well. Please use them too. They are referenced on every Welcome Visitors page unless the site owner has removed the links. The reference page links are: * [ ] Federated Wiki * [ ] How to Wiki * [ ] About Federated Wiki * [ ] Field Guide to the Federation.
How To Wiki is the closest to what I have written and I will integrate that content into my pages as well.
Go here for a not quite up-to-date navigational Learn FedWiki Graph of this page and it's children. It is reproduced at the bottom of this page too.
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* [ ] Riffing on the Context provided by the FedWiki.
* [ ] Account Creation in this case on Ward's Servers. (You will need a g-mail account and its password)
* [ ] Notice FedWiki's Bottom of Tab Functions
* [ ] Unique Welcome Page Behavior
* [ ] Opening Pages in Lineup Replace or Add-on
* [ ] Line Up Features
* [ ] Page Sharing (copying) from within the neighborhood ("forking" by clicking the flag icon bottom right of the journal)
* [ ] Notice the "FACTORY" near the bottom of each page, with access to "plugins" or paragraph size objects. **MOST OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE FEDWIKI IS ACCESSED HERE!** This a big sublist. Fork it to your sight and clear the check boxes, using them to keep track of the ones you are interested in or have used.
* [ ] Use the Text Editors (yes there are two of them).
* [ ] Moving Paragraphs within a page and between pages.
* [ ] Import Images
* [ ] Notice the Page Journal where all changes to the page are recorded and accessable.
* [ ] Deleting Pages
* [ ] Pages Link Here
* [ ] Try Neighborhood Search
* [ ] Try Hamburger
* [ ] Try Markdown
* [ ] Notice Recent Changes in Neighborhood
* [ ] Reset Neighborhood
* [ ] Help Pages
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* [ ] Radar Chart
* [ ] Lineup Diagram which is available from the hamburger icon at the bottom of each FedWiki site.
* [ ] Yellow Outline around a page
* [ ] Blue Outlines around pages
* [ ] Green Outlines around pages
* [ ] Grey Pages
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# Present Challenges include: * Server setup and ownership * Use on smartphones and tablets * Training * Plugin programming (creation)
# Current Coding Work:
* Updating code base
* Adding Peer-to-Peer ("serverless") capability
* Creating robust code testing environment
* Integrating data visualization with Observable
* Integration with web apps through the Frame Plugin
* Developing Universal Personal Curriculum and Learning environment
* Integrating Shared Visual Enterprise Modeling capability
* Adding "Reusable Books"
* Supporting ReLocalize Academy (FedWiki Agora)
* Actively contemplating longterm support for the Federated Wiki, FWF 