The last couple of weeks have kept me pretty busy with the openSUSE wikis, but the results have been well worth the effort.  Here’s a quick rundown of the improvements made since the 11.3 release:

• Set up Google Custom Search as an alternative to the default MediaWiki search
• Submitted a site map to Google
• Set up a cron to regenerate the site map daily, so new articles can get indexed more quickly
• Fixed the issue with the new login form
• Set up protection against spambots
• Set up a 301 (Permanent) redirect from wiki.opensuse.org to en.opensuse.org
• Created languages.opensuse.org

Here are a couple of items on the to-do list:

• Set up Lucene as a drop in replacement for the default search engine
• Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.16
• Get the other languages off the old wiki farm and onto the new

A big thanks to the wiki team for their requests, suggestions, and development efforts!  Their work has made the openSUSE wiki system one of the best out there.