Another thing that I suggested at SqueakEnd to help people reach the Swiki would be to allocate a unique IP address for the Squeak Swiki at gatech.edu, setup IP aliasing on minnow.cc.gatech.edu to also listen on this new IP, and add an entry for this IP in the squeak.org DNS as swiki.squeak.org. We might also need to teach Comance how to handle virtual hosts.

-Mark Schwenk
 WellThot Inc.

Doug Way wrote:
> 
> I've noticed that a lot of newbies posting to this list are unaware of the
> existence of the wealth of Squeak information and documentation on the
> Squeak Swiki (at GATech).
> 
> In my opinion, the Squeak Swiki should be the #2 stop for any newcomer
> investigating Squeak, www.squeak.org being the #1 stop.  Some of the more
> obvious frequently asked questions on this list would be avoided if
> newbies were aware of the Swiki and what it contains.
> 
> (Is "Squeak Swiki" the official name for the GATech swiki?  Good enough?)
> 
> Anyway, I think the lack of awareness is due to insufficient links from
> the www.squeak.org page.  There is one link, but the Swiki is described as
> a "discussion area", which I don't think is really accurate.  Probably
> less than 5% of the content of the Swiki is what I would call
> back-and-forth discussion... the place to go for active discussions is
> this email list, not the Swiki.  I think of the Swiki as a unique "living"
> information resource, with some discussions, too.  Most importantly, it
> should be emphasized that the vast majority of online Squeak information
> and documentation is available on the Swiki.
> 
> So, I'm attaching a proposed revision to the Swiki section of the
> www.squeak.org site.  (Hope this is okay.)  Mostly, I just added stuff at
> the beginning of the section... I included additional specific links to
> the Squeak FAQ, and also the Screenshots page, which I think are two
> things that someone browsing a site for the first time will want to know
> about.  (I also added a comment about the squeakDoc site being out of
> date... perhaps that paragraph should just be removed altogether?)
> 
> If someone wants to edit or change my text before putting it up on
> www.squeak.org, that's perfectly fine.  I just want to see the important
> points and links included.
> 
> - Doug Way
>   EAI/Transom Technologies, Ann Arbor, MI
>   http://www.transom.com
>   dway at mat.net, @eai.com