drbowen wrote on Tuesday, May 10, 2005:
I have also added an on-line manual.
http://www.openmedsoftware.org/html/Manual/Index.html
Please leave me feed back here.
Sam Bowen
sunsetsystems wrote on Tuesday, May 10, 2005:
This is a good beginning. I’m wondering if we should set up a wiki so that everyone can add details as they find the time.
By the way the thumbnails and full-size images should probably be separate files. As it is, the thumbnails appear to be over 100K each.
– Rod <rod at sunsetsystems dot com>
markleeds wrote on Wednesday, May 11, 2005:
Yes, we need a wiki. That’s a great idea. Can you set it up? I would be willing to set it up and host it if you want. There should be a user and installer’s manual and developer’s manual.
Mark
sunsetsystems wrote on Wednesday, May 11, 2005:
Yes I could install one if there is interest. Any suggestions as to which wiki? I used TWiki a few years ago, and a quick scan of freshmeat.net turns up a LOT of choices. A couple that looked appealing at first glance are:
http://www.splitbrain.org/Programming/PHP/DokuWiki/index.php
http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/
– Rod <rod at sunsetsystems dot com>
markleeds wrote on Wednesday, May 11, 2005:
UseModWiki is a really simple and straightforward one that runs as a single Perl script. I set it up on my site with two of the same script running on the same data with one configured to have write access and the other without. I then use the server to protect access to the writable one. The only problem is that it plain and boring, but very simple to setup and run.
Twiki must be a good one. Another open source project I like, SuperWaba, uses Twiki for their wiki.
http://www.superwaba.com.br/en/default.asp
I looked at the two you mentioned. Both look good. I like the idea of simple to setup and use. Cosmetics are also important so it will look good to newcomers.
Mark
sunsetsystems wrote on Wednesday, May 11, 2005:
Before choosing a wiki we’ll need to decide how open it should be. If anyone can make changes anonymously then we’re likely to suffer from “wiki spam” or worse.
If it’s not completely open then the choices would be automated registration (perhaps requiring a valid email address) which has the advantage of instant gratification, or manual registration (you have to email a human and wait for a response) which has the advantage of better security.
Comments?
– Rod <rod at sunsetsystems dot com>
markleeds wrote on Wednesday, May 11, 2005:
I vote for the manual registration. I’d be a little suspicious of someone so anxious to contribute to the online documentation that they can’t wait a day or two to get registered.
Read access should be completely open.
Mark
drbowen wrote on Wednesday, May 11, 2005:
I will be glad to install a wiki at this location. It will be easier for Emily to help maintain the documentation.
We will work on smaller thumbnails. I noticed the same problem of the slow downloads. (Emily has a pretty fast workstation and the processing speed is not noticeable.)
sunsetsystems wrote on Wednesday, May 11, 2005:
Excellent! Thanks Doc. By the way, don’t forget I can set up up with oemr.org whenever you are ready.
– Rod <rod at sunsetsystems dot com>
drbowen wrote on Wednesday, May 11, 2005:
I’m going to:
configure a little virtual hosting on my new server
wanted to get the demo fully functional
then point oemr.org at the site.
drbowen wrote on Thursday, May 12, 2005:
I looked over
DokoWiki, Twiki, PHPWiki and Moin Moin. I think I’ll work with the MoinMoin. This is what www.python.org uses.
I would vote for manal registration. We already have a good idea of who is active in the forums here and what their relative track records are like.
sunsetsystems wrote on Thursday, May 12, 2005:
Sounds good to me.
– Rod <rod at sunsetsystems dot com>
emilykillian wrote on Monday, May 16, 2005:
Guys,
I’ll work on the thumbnails as soon as I get a few free minutes. As for the Wiki, I’ve never used one before, but I’m certainly willing to try it out. I’d definitely vote for manual registration as well. Who will be in charge of granting/maintaining those registrations?
drbowen wrote on Friday, June 03, 2005:
I have just finished configuring a new web page
(domain name courtesy of Rod Roark)
and a new wiki, please come visit.
jabellon wrote on Wednesday, June 08, 2005:
Dr. Bowen:
First of all thanks, for the great website and the info contained within.
However, just wanted to let you know that the links in the new web site "oemr.org" are still pointing to the old website at "openmedsoftware", but if you substitute "openmedsoftware" for "oemr" the link works flawlesly.
Hope it helps.
Thanks again
PS: I’ll try giving you a call tomorrow, if it is OK with you.
You may let me know here or at juan at wellkids dot org
Juan
drbowen wrote on Wednesday, June 08, 2005:
Thank you Juan for the positive feedback. Its good to hear that this is helping somebody.
Cybernetically, I flip-flopped the locations of www.oemr.org and www.openmedsoftware.org. I’m wandering if the settings are coming from your browser history/cache or possibly my virtual hosting is not working as well as I thought.
Could you clear your browser history and cache then re-load the web pages. They resolve correctly for me here but I normally use linux and firefox. Things sometimes work differently with other operating systems.
Which browser and OS are you using?
drbowen wrote on Friday, June 17, 2005:
The most current OpenEMR documentation is at:
This site has a working demo, SQL-Ledger demo, downloads, downloadable user manuals ane the new OpenEMR wiki