[GRASS-dev] wiki item of the day

[Hamish]

> > Helmut wrote:
> >> at http://grass.osgeo.org/ there is the "Module of the day:"
> >>
> >> IMHO there are some very useful hints, ideas etc in wiki
> >> (http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page),
> >> but this valuable information is sometimes
> >> not obvious for people who are asking on the mailing list.

In general I agree that we can promote the wiki better. Hopefully
the "help site" and "FAQ" links on the homepage get them to the
search tool within the wiki. Also I suspect we could promote the
module help pages more, although the "module of the day" does
help with that and we have the GUI help + g.manual never too far
away.

> >> I think it would be nice and helpful to have something like
> >> a "wiki item of the day" at the starting page
> >> grass.osgeo.org.
> >>
> >> any opinion on this? any ideas how this could be
> >> implemented?
Hamish:
> > sure, just point to the URL for "go to a random wiki page":
> >   http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:Random
Markus:
> I think that Helmut suggests to show a preview in a box,
> not just adding a one-liner into the main page.
> 
> Otherwise, Hamish, please explain where to change what.

The Special:Random URL automatically redirects to a page URL.

Very similar to the "module of the day" (module of the visit? :)
we could have in the same box a "Tip of the day" or "Hint of the
day", just below it. The js magic which picks the module of the
day could also call the Special:Random URL, and collect the final
URL and the final URL's page <title> to use as the link and the
link text, respectively.

what do you think?

Hamish