WikiMatrix / Generating PDFs from a Wiki Application

vikassi · 2006-09-21 10:41:09

Hi All,
For one of our client, we have used TikiWiki (a wiki application) to develop documentation. Now, the requirement is to generate PDF from wiki source. TikiWiki provides a feature to generate PDFs, but the quality of PDF documents that are generated from TikWiki is not good. The PDF generation feature is still in beta phase, and the TikiWiki development community is working to enhance it.

I am looking out for various options (although I am not sure if these are feasible ones), such as:
- Converting wiki source to DocBook format, which can be converted to PDFs
- Exporting wiki source to OpenOffice and then using OpenOffice to create PDFs
- Using a third-party open source plug-in to directly convert wiki source to PDFs

There may be some more ideas that are not coming to my mind as of now.

Please let me know if there is anyway we can develop PDFs from TikiWiki. Our client is open for any plug-in, if it has GPL. Also, if it is not possible with TikiWiki, please suggest me any other wiki application that can convert the wiki source into PDFs with professional look and feel.

Thanks,
Vikas

raphaelbossek · 2006-09-21 11:39:47

For MoinMoin there is a action plugin which uses HTMLDOC (http://www.htmldoc.org). Take a look at http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ActionMarket/PdfAction You are also able to test the result before installation.

It's in Python of course

marclaporte · 2007-12-21 15:02:59

Can't you use your browser to produce PDF?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

M ;-))

MuseOfLife · 2009-06-05 13:30:33

My friend recommend me to use this Free PDF Creator. I’m totally satisfied with it.

SamePageTeam · 2009-06-10 18:28:49

Hello Vikas,

In SamePage, any page can be easily exported to a PDF file by the simply click of a button - no need to tinker around with multiple imports/exports etc.

Do create a trial account and check it out: http://samepage.spwiki.com

Cheers,

SamePage Team

telepark · 2009-06-19 15:20:19

Hi,

aren't you looking for something more sophisticated?

I mean, to generate a PDF not only from one page but from all subpages as well, with automatic generation of page numbers, Table of Contents, and Chapters / Subchapters by hierarchy, with formatting?

Patrick Thomas
http://www.telepark.com
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telepark · 2009-06-19 15:22:46

PS: telepark.wiki does *not* (yet) do that, not to confuse anybody.

I-Man · 2009-09-23 07:57:59

That is defiantly what I am after.

I am looking at implementing a wiki of some form (Tiki seems the best at this stage) that will allow us to manage documentation for our web based application for managing a mobile trade service business [shameless plug]www.i-man.com.au[/shameless plug].
I want to integrate our current documentation, knowledge base and FAQ into a wiki & forum as the documentation is constantly evolving. We will however still need to provide some way of providing a PDF containing the entire documentation with ToC and page numbering. This doesn't have to be done on the fly but maybe updated once a week.

Single page PDF is easy, we offer it in our own product, multi-page with ToC is another matter and I've not seen anything yet that does what we need.

telepark · 2009-09-23 08:23:55

Multipage PDF generation with TOC: does it have to be a standard wiki feature or would you consider having it developed for you as an extension to an existing wiki engine?

I-Man · 2009-09-23 08:44:41

Well since I'm not locked in to any wiki yet I really don't care either way.

Thinking on it now, it'd probably be more of a "be nice if we could" feature rather than a "must have" feature.

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