FAQ managers

Build a FAQ

• http://www.perlscriptsjavascripts.com/perl/ba_faq/index.html

QA Maker

• http://www.tesol.net/scripts/QAMaker/index.html

Led-FAQ

• http://www.ledscripts.com/

FAQ Plain

• http://artho.com/webtools/faq/

Mojo FAQ

• http://www.mojoscripts.com/shareware/mojofaq/index.html
• REQUIREMENTS: Perl 5 or higher [...] A link to us must be placed at the bottom of the script, otherwise I will consider it is illegal, and necessary action may be taken against you

Web site question manager

http://www.perlservices.net/en/programs/question_manager/index.shtml

Faqatron

• http://www.iprcom.com/faqatron

WhatDaFaq

• http://www.pinkgoblin.com/index.php?view=scripts

paFAQ

• http://www.phparena.net/pafaq/

WebKNotes

• http://webknotes.sourceforge.net/

FAQ Processor

• http://fox.twu.net/tech/code/faqprocessor/

FAQ-O-Matic

• http://faqomatic.sourceforge.net/

Kb.cgi

• http://jodrell.net/projects/kb

SmartFAQ

• http://smarterscripts.com/smartfaq/

FAQ Generator

• Perl-based, no need for DBMS, no search capability
• http://mtvwebdesign.hypermart.net/products/faqgen/

FAQ Manager

• Commercial
• http://www.cgi-world.com/faq_manager.html

FAQ Manager

• Same name, different tool
• http://www.aquonics.com/
• Very nice PHP and MySQL-based solution

Setup

1. Install MySQL, and change the root password
2. Create a database (default: faq)
3. Copy the whole FAQ Manager tree into htdocs into eg. the faq/ subdirectory
4. http://localhost/faq/installer.php, and follow instructions
5. For security reasons, remove installer.php
6. http://localhost/faq/admin/index.php, log on, and start creating sections and items
7. To view the output, http://localhost/faq/

FAQ Manager

• Same name, different tool
• Search capability
• The latest version is 2.2.6 (17th December 2001)
• Good enough for small FAQs, and the standard template is clean enough as is.
• Too slow if bigger FAQs due to lack of index files
• http://www.fourteenminutes.com/code/faqmanager/

Setup

1. Unzip the single script faqmanager.cgi in a sub-directory of the web server that is allowed to run CGI scripts (eg. /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/)
2. Edit the first line in faqmanager.cgi to tell your web server where Perl is installed, if need be
3. Create a file named faq.toc (hard-coded to look for a file named that way), and add a couple of links that will contain different sections and Q&As pertaining to that section. Here's an example of faq.toc:
   # This is a sample. This line is just a comment and is ignored by FAQManager
   # This is the first section. Order is relevant, ie. if you want to shuffle sections around, just change their order here
   section1.faq
   # This is section 2
   section2.faq
4. Create ad hoc files to contain Q&A's for each section. Here's the content of section1.faq:
   This is the title for Section 1
   :: First question
   This is the answer to <b>this</b> question.
   :: Second question
   This is the answer to another question
5. Edit the .ftf files to suit your needs. Note that the original files are saved in Unix format (ie. end-of-lines are CR, not CRLF like in DOS/Windows). Personally, I only kept faq-main.ftf, and don't know why there are three files ("# If no toc file is defined, then assume its called faq $toc = "faq" if (!$toc);")
6. Aim your browser at http://localhost/cgi-bin/faq/faqmanager.cgi

FAQ Manager

• Same name, different tool
• http://www.mycgiscripts.com/faq-manager.html
• Commercial

FAQ Manager

• Same name, different tool
• Current version: 2.04 - 08/19/99
• http://stason.org/works/faq_manager/

The KnowledgeBase

• PHP, MySQL
• Knowledgebase-0.20 2000-08-31 17:00
• http://knowledgebase.sourceforge.net/

FAQ-U

• Not currently under active development (though you could always hire me to do so)
• http://www.codegrunt.com/

FAQ Engine

• Partly-based on Java
• http://www.boesch-it.de/english/index_java.html

Resources

• http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/FAQ_and_Knowledgebase/
• http://www.hotscripts.com/Perl/Scripts_and_Programs/FAQ_and_Knowledgebase/
• Lotta infos on CGI