FAQ creation

[debraj]

Hi All

I want to create a simple FAQ (most simple )for my homepage . Its to
be run on Unix and fully perl/Cgi. Now I have done perl a bit and also
cgi but dont think that a functional faq can be built by me. Can
anybody give me any pointers about how to start where to start and any
documentation if there is to read ?


Thanx
Deb

[Tintin]

"debraj" <debhatta@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All
>
> I want to create a simple FAQ (most simple )for my homepage . Its to
> be run on Unix and fully perl/Cgi. Now I have done perl a bit and also
> cgi but dont think that a functional faq can be built by me. Can
> anybody give me any pointers about how to start where to start and any
> documentation if there is to read ?

[url]http://faqomatic.sourceforge.net/[/url]

[Iain Truskett]

* debraj <debhatta@hotmail.com>:

> I want to create a simple FAQ (most simple )for my homepage . Its to
> be run on Unix and fully perl/Cgi. Now I have done perl a bit and also
> cgi but dont think that a functional faq can be built by me. Can
> anybody give me any pointers about how to start where to start and any
> documentation if there is to read ?

Perhaps try using a wiki, such as [url]http://www.kwiki.org/[/url]


cheers,
--
Iain.

[Mina Naguib]

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debraj wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I want to create a simple FAQ (most simple )for my homepage . Its to
> be run on Unix and fully perl/Cgi. Now I have done perl a bit and also
> cgi but dont think that a functional faq can be built by me. Can
> anybody give me any pointers about how to start where to start and any
> documentation if there is to read ?
>
>
> Thanx
> Deb

Someone already suggested faqomatic.

Another alternative is to forget about making it dynamic in the CGI sense, and take an hour or two
to learn DocBook, a fairly easy and powerful documentation language using SGML or XML syntax.

You can then write and maintain your FAQ in DocBook format and keep that file on your local disk,
and whenever you want, you can convert it to html, pdf, text, man page, etc... for distribution.

Just my $0.02

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[James Willmore]

[email]debhatta@hotmail.com[/email] (debraj) wrote in message news:<f9f243e.0308270219.393b4b78@posting.google.c om>...

> Hi All
>
> I want to create a simple FAQ (most simple )for my homepage . Its to
> be run on Unix and fully perl/Cgi. Now I have done perl a bit and also
> cgi but dont think that a functional faq can be built by me. Can
> anybody give me any pointers about how to start where to start and any
> documentation if there is to read ?

Yes, yes you can write your own FAQ system.
Yes, yes I will give you some documentation to read :)

You can start with reading the various documents on CSV and/or DBM
and/or DBI and/or XML. This should give you plenty to start the brain
juices flowing. A simple search at CPAN can aid you in this journey.

<non-Perl>
You could also do the 'old-fashion' thing to help get you started -
write down your requirements. Then, you can start flow charting,
writing pesudo-code .... eventually, you'll be writing some real code.
Requirements are the key to this whole thing.

However, if you wanted a pre-made version, I suggest you visit:
[url]http://freshmeat.net[/url]

It's an open source site with lots of good, not so good, and excellent
applications to use - some of which are written in Perl. I'd still
write down what you're looking for - as any good shopper should do ;)
</non-Perl>

HTH

Jim

[debraj]

Hi All
Thanx for all those follow ups . Now I have a tidy FAQ ( FAQ-O-Matic)
downloaded from sourceforge site . I also tried one from freshmeat.com
called (FAQ Plain) but that didnt have all the features which I was
looking for .

Thanx again,
Debhatta