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Wiki-to-print is a collective publishing environment based on MediaWiki software<ref>https://www.mediawiki.org</ref>, Paged Media CSS<ref>https://www.w3.org/TR/css-page-3/</ref> techniques and the JavaScript library Paged.js<ref>https://pagedjs.org</ref>, which renders a preview of the PDF in the browser. Using wiki-to-print allows us to work shoulder-to-shoulder as collaborative writers, editors, designers, developers, in a non-linear publishing workflow where design and content unfolds at the same time, allowing the one to shape the other.


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Following the idea of "boilerplate code" which is written to be reused, we like to think of wiki-to-print as a boilerplate as well, instead of thinking of it as a product, platform or tool. The code that is running in the background is a version of previous ''wiki-printing'' instances, including:
 
* the work on the Diversions<ref>https://diversions.constantvzw.org</ref> publications by Constant<ref>https://constantvzw.org</ref> and OSP<ref>https://osp.kitchen</ref>
* the book Volumetric Regimes<ref>http://data-browser.net/db08.html + https://volumetricregimes.xyz</ref> by Possible Bodies<ref>https://possiblebodies.constantvzw.org</ref> and Manetta Berends<ref>https://manettaberends.nl</ref>
* TITiPI's<ref>http://titipi.org</ref> ''wiki-to-pdf'' environments<ref>https://titipi.org/wiki/index.php/Wiki-to-pdf</ref> by Martino Morandi
* Hackers and Designers'<ref>https://hackersanddesigners.nl</ref> version ''wiki2print''<ref>https://github.com/hackersanddesigners/wiki2print</ref> that was produced for the book Making Matters<ref>https://hackersanddesigners.nl/s/Publishing/p/Making_Matters._A_Vocabulary_of_Collective_Arts</ref>
 
So, wiki-to-print/wiki-to-pdf/wiki2print is not standalone, but part of a continuum of projects that see software as something to learn from, adapt, transform and change. The code that is used for making this journal is released as yet another version of this network of connected practices<ref>https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/wiki-to-print</ref>.
 
This wiki-to-print is hosted at CC<ref>https://cc.vvvvvvaria.org</ref> (''creative crowds''). While moving from ''cloud'' to ''crowds'', CC is a thinking device for us how to hand over ways of working and share a space for publishing experiments with others.


== Network of wiki-publishing experiments ==


The code of the wiki-to-print instance that is running on the ''creative crowd'' server is published at [https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/wiki-to-print Varia's Gitea] under the [https://constantvzw.org/wefts/cc4r.en.html CC4r] license.
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This project is inspired by and builds upon several previous iterations of and experiments with mediawiki-to-pdf workflows:
==Create a wiki-to-print environment==


* [https://hackersanddesigners.nl/ Hackers &amp; Designer]'s work on [https://wiki2print.hackersanddesigners.nl/wiki/Publishing:Making_Matters_Lexicon Making Matters]
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* [http://titipi.org/ TITiPI]'s work on [http://titipi.org/wiki-to-pdf/unfold/Infrastructural_Interactions Infrastructural Interactions]
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* [https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/mb Manetta]'s work on [https://volumetricregimes.xyz/index.php?title=Volumetric_Regimes Volumetric Regimes]
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* [https://constantvzw.org/site/ Constant]'s and [https://osp.kitchen/ OSP]'s work on [https://diversions.constantvzw.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Diversions]
* [https://constantvzw.org/wefts/webpublications.en.html many more...]


==How does it work?==
==How does it work?==

Revision as of 12:29, 13 July 2023

Wiki-to-print is a collective publishing environment based on MediaWiki software[1], Paged Media CSS[2] techniques and the JavaScript library Paged.js[3], which renders a preview of the PDF in the browser. Using wiki-to-print allows us to work shoulder-to-shoulder as collaborative writers, editors, designers, developers, in a non-linear publishing workflow where design and content unfolds at the same time, allowing the one to shape the other.

Following the idea of "boilerplate code" which is written to be reused, we like to think of wiki-to-print as a boilerplate as well, instead of thinking of it as a product, platform or tool. The code that is running in the background is a version of previous wiki-printing instances, including:

  • the work on the Diversions[4] publications by Constant[5] and OSP[6]
  • the book Volumetric Regimes[7] by Possible Bodies[8] and Manetta Berends[9]
  • TITiPI's[10] wiki-to-pdf environments[11] by Martino Morandi
  • Hackers and Designers'[12] version wiki2print[13] that was produced for the book Making Matters[14]

So, wiki-to-print/wiki-to-pdf/wiki2print is not standalone, but part of a continuum of projects that see software as something to learn from, adapt, transform and change. The code that is used for making this journal is released as yet another version of this network of connected practices[15].

This wiki-to-print is hosted at CC[16] (creative crowds). While moving from cloud to crowds, CC is a thinking device for us how to hand over ways of working and share a space for publishing experiments with others.


  1. ↑ https://www.mediawiki.org
  2. ↑ https://www.w3.org/TR/css-page-3/
  3. ↑ https://pagedjs.org
  4. ↑ https://diversions.constantvzw.org
  5. ↑ https://constantvzw.org
  6. ↑ https://osp.kitchen
  7. ↑ http://data-browser.net/db08.html + https://volumetricregimes.xyz
  8. ↑ https://possiblebodies.constantvzw.org
  9. ↑ https://manettaberends.nl
  10. ↑ http://titipi.org
  11. ↑ https://titipi.org/wiki/index.php/Wiki-to-pdf
  12. ↑ https://hackersanddesigners.nl
  13. ↑ https://github.com/hackersanddesigners/wiki2print
  14. ↑ https://hackersanddesigners.nl/s/Publishing/p/Making_Matters._A_Vocabulary_of_Collective_Arts
  15. ↑ https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/wiki-to-print
  16. ↑ https://cc.vvvvvvaria.org

Create a wiki-to-print environment


 


How does it work?

When you create a page in the Pdf namespace, it will load the wiki2print buttons in the navigation bar:

  • CSS!
  • View HTML
  • View PDF
  • Update text
  • Update Media

wiki-to-print environments

wiki-to-print log

See the issue tracker of the git repository: https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/varia/wiki-to-print/issues

Sysadmin

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