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  "date": "2004-09-18T17:51:32.000Z",
  "excerpt": "So, I'm going to try out Kwiki.",
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  "title": "Moving toward Kwiki, away from TWiki",
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  "html": "<p>I'm getting a bit tired of my <a href=\"http://www.twiki.org\">TWiki</a> install--  I never really liked the WikiText variant it uses, and it seems a bit heavy and slightly overkill.  Admittedly, I haven't bothered to follow the project or upgrade my installation in over a year or so, but it just hasn't appealed to me.</p>\n<p>So, I'm going to try out <a href=\"http://www.kwiki.org\">Kwiki</a>.  I like the WikiText, the module system, and the templating system better.  Also, it seems quite a bit less lumbering to me, which is wholly subjective at this point.  I haven't put much effort at all into making it fit within my site template, but that should be easy enough once I get the time.</p>\n<p>To start off, I'm going to work on emptying out my head on <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/kwiki/index.cgi?FeedReactor\">dbagg3 / FeedReactor</a>.</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221090689\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.socialtext.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e377f3e2140297d32460ae9a4b38ff98&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.socialtext.com\">Edward Vielmetti</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221090689\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2004-09-18T18:19:22\">2004-09-18T18:19:22</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Good choice Les - drop me a line if you want to get a personal intro to the project team.  Ed</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221090691\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://bloiki.nur-eine-i.de/feeds/rss\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=72aaafbe3caebac50e16a1de31d8717a&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://bloiki.nur-eine-i.de/feeds/rss\">Benjamin Reitzammer</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221090691\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2004-09-21T02:22:32\">2004-09-21T02:22:32</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Kwiki is really a good wiki software. It's very flexible, once you get a grip on the plugin architecture. My blog is powered by some homegrown Kwiki plugin, although I'm still missing some niceties, that usually come with blog software.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221090696\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.cleaver.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=035201f02846b5bc4bac5607b34ac77b&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.cleaver.org/\">Martin Cleaver</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221090696\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-03-25T19:50:37\">2005-03-25T19:50:37</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Hi Les,\nWhat was your conclusion? \nRegards, M.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "I'm getting a bit tired of my [TWiki][twiki] install--  I never really liked the WikiText variant it uses, and it seems a bit heavy and slightly overkill.  Admittedly, I haven't bothered to follow the project or upgrade my installation in over a year or so, but it just hasn't appealed to me.\r\n\r\nSo, I'm going to try out [Kwiki][kwiki].  I like the WikiText, the module system, and the templating system better.  Also, it seems quite a bit less lumbering to me, which is wholly subjective at this point.  I haven't put much effort at all into making it fit within my site template, but that should be easy enough once I get the time.\r\n\r\nTo start off, I'm going to work on emptying out my head on [dbagg3 / FeedReactor][feedreactor].\r\n\r\n[feedreactor]: http://www.decafbad.com/kwiki/index.cgi?FeedReactor\r\n[twiki]: http://www.twiki.org\r\n[kwiki]: http://www.kwiki.org\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221090689\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.socialtext.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e377f3e2140297d32460ae9a4b38ff98&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.socialtext.com\">Edward Vielmetti</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221090689\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2004-09-18T18:19:22\">2004-09-18T18:19:22</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Good choice Les - drop me a line if you want to get a personal intro to the project team.  Ed</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221090691\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://bloiki.nur-eine-i.de/feeds/rss\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=72aaafbe3caebac50e16a1de31d8717a&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://bloiki.nur-eine-i.de/feeds/rss\">Benjamin Reitzammer</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221090691\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2004-09-21T02:22:32\">2004-09-21T02:22:32</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Kwiki is really a good wiki software. It's very flexible, once you get a grip on the plugin architecture. My blog is powered by some homegrown Kwiki plugin, although I'm still missing some niceties, that usually come with blog software.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221090696\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.cleaver.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=035201f02846b5bc4bac5607b34ac77b&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.cleaver.org/\">Martin Cleaver</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221090696\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-03-25T19:50:37\">2005-03-25T19:50:37</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Hi Les,\r\n  What was your conclusion? \r\n\r\nRegards, M.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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