Implement wiki and parks plugin architecture: add initial app configurations, models, and update dependencies

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# Django-Wiki Transformation Evaluation
## Current System State
- Early stage project with minimal existing data
- Complex custom implementation for content management
- Multiple specialized apps that may be overkill for current needs
- HTMX + AlpineJS + Tailwind CSS frontend
## Django-Wiki Analysis
### Core Features Provided
1. Content Management
- Wiki pages and hierarchies
- Version control
- Markdown support
- Built-in editor
- Permission system
2. Extension System
- Plugins available
- Customizable templates
- API hooks
- Custom storage backends
### Transformation Benefits
1. **Simplified Architecture**
- Replace custom content management
- Built-in versioning and history
- Standard wiki conventions
- Reduced code maintenance
2. **Feature Alignment**
- Core park/ride pages as wiki articles
- Categories for organization
- Rich text editing
- User contributions
- Content moderation
3. **Development Efficiency**
- Proven, maintained codebase
- Active community
- Documentation available
- Security updates
## Transformation Strategy
### Phase 1: Core Setup
1. Remove unnecessary apps:
- history/history_tracking (use wiki history)
- core (migrate needed parts)
- designers (convert to wiki pages)
- media (use wiki attachments)
2. Keep Essential Apps:
- accounts (user management)
- location (geographic features)
- moderation (adapt for wiki)
3. Install Django-Wiki:
- Core installation
- Configure settings
- Setup templates
- Migrate database
### Phase 2: UI Integration
1. Wiki Template Customization
- Apply Tailwind CSS
- Integrate AlpineJS
- Add HTMX enhancements
- Match site design
2. Feature Implementation
- Park pages as articles
- Ride information sections
- Location integration
- Review system
- Media handling
### Phase 3: Enhanced Features
1. Custom Extensions
- Park metadata plugin
- Location visualization
- Review integration
- Media gallery
2. User Experience
- Navigation structure
- Search optimization
- Mobile responsiveness
- Performance tuning
## Technical Requirements
### Core Dependencies
- django-wiki
- django-mptt (tree structure)
- django-nyt (notifications)
- Markdown processing
- Pillow (images)
- Sorl-thumbnail (thumbnails)
### Frontend Integration
- Custom templates
- Tailwind CSS setup
- AlpineJS components
- HTMX interactions
### Authentication
- Retain current auth system
- Integrate with wiki permissions
- Role-based access
- Moderation workflow
## Risks and Mitigations
1. **Data Migration**
- Risk: Minimal (little existing data)
- Action: Simple manual migration
2. **Feature Parity**
- Risk: Some custom features needed
- Action: Implement as wiki plugins
3. **Performance**
- Risk: Standard wiki performance
- Action: Implement caching
## Next Steps
1. Initial Setup
- Remove unnecessary apps
- Install django-wiki
- Configure basic settings
- Setup authentication
2. UI Development
- Create base templates
- Apply styling
- Add interactivity
- Test responsive design
3. Custom Features
- Develop needed plugins
- Integrate location services
- Setup moderation
- Configure search

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# Wiki Implementation Correction
## Original Misunderstanding
We incorrectly attempted to maintain both systems:
- Traditional park/ride system
- Wiki-based system
This was WRONG. The correct approach is to fully migrate to wiki-based system.
## Corrected Approach
### 1. Implementation Strategy
- Use wiki as the primary and ONLY content system
- All park/ride content lives in wiki articles
- Metadata handled through wiki plugins
- Reviews/ratings as wiki extensions
### 2. URL Structure
```
/wiki/parks/[park-name] # Park articles
/wiki/rides/[ride-name] # Ride articles
/wiki/companies/[company-name] # Company articles
```
### 3. Data Migration Plan
1. Convert existing parks to wiki articles
2. Transfer metadata to wiki plugin system
3. Move existing reviews to wiki comment system
4. Redirect old URLs to wiki system
### 4. Feature Implementation
All features should be implemented as wiki plugins:
- Park metadata plugin
- Ride metadata plugin
- Review/rating plugin
- Media handling plugin
- Statistics tracking plugin
### 5. Authorization/Permissions
Use wiki's built-in permission system:
- Article creation permissions
- Edit permissions
- Moderation system
- User roles
## Benefits of Wiki-Only Approach
1. Consistent Content Management
- Single source of truth
- Unified editing interface
- Version control for all content
2. Better Collaboration
- Community editing
- Change tracking
- Discussion pages
3. Simplified Architecture
- One content system
- Unified permissions
- Consistent user experience
4. Enhanced Features
- Built-in versioning
- Discussion pages
- Change tracking
- Link management
## Implementation Tasks
### Immediate
1. Remove dual-system templates
2. Create wiki-only templates
3. Set up plugin architecture
### Short Term
1. Create data migration scripts
2. Update URL routing
3. Implement wiki plugins
### Long Term
1. Phase out old models
2. Remove legacy code
3. Update documentation
## Migration Strategy
1. Create wiki articles for all parks
2. Migrate metadata to plugins
3. Move media to wiki system
4. Update all references
5. Remove old system
## Documentation Updates Needed
1. Update user guides
2. Create wiki contribution guides
3. Document plugin usage
4. Update API documentation

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# Wiki Plugin Implementation Decisions
## Parks Plugin Design Decisions
### 1. Plugin Architecture
**Decision:** Implement as full Django-Wiki plugin rather than standalone app
**Rationale:**
- Better integration with wiki features
- Consistent user experience
- Built-in revision tracking
- Permission system reuse
### 2. Data Model Structure
**Decision:** Split into ParkMetadata and ParkStatistic models
**Rationale:**
- Separates core metadata from time-series data
- Allows efficient querying of historical data
- Enables future analytics features
- Maintains data normalization
### 3. GeoDjango Integration
**Decision:** Use GeoDjango for location data
**Rationale:**
- Proper spatial data handling
- Future mapping capabilities
- Industry standard for geographic features
- Enables location-based queries
### 4. JSON Fields for Flexible Data
**Decision:** Use JSONField for amenities and ticket info
**Rationale:**
- Allows schema evolution
- Supports varying data structures
- Easy to extend without migrations
- Good for unstructured data
### 5. Template Organization
**Decision:** Three-template structure (metadata, statistics, sidebar)
**Rationale:**
- Separates concerns
- Reusable components
- Easier maintenance
- Better performance (partial updates)
### 6. Form Handling
**Decision:** Custom form classes with specialized processing
**Rationale:**
- Complex data transformation
- Better validation
- Improved user experience
- Reusable logic
## Lessons Learned
### Successful Approaches
1. Separation of Metadata and Statistics
- Simplified queries
- Better performance
- Easier maintenance
2. Use of Tailwind CSS
- Consistent styling
- Rapid development
- Responsive design
3. Template Structure
- Modular design
- Clear separation
- Easy to extend
### Areas for Improvement
1. Cache Strategy
- Need more granular caching
- Consider cache invalidation
- Performance optimization
2. Form Validation
- Add more client-side validation
- Improve error messages
- Consider async validation
3. Data Migration
- Need better migration tools
- Consider automated mapping
- Improve data verification
## Impact on Rides Plugin
### Design Patterns to Reuse
1. Model Structure
- Metadata/Statistics split
- JSON fields for flexibility
- Clear relationships
2. Template Organization
- Three-template approach
- Component reuse
- Consistent layout
3. Form Handling
- Custom validation
- Field transformation
- Error handling
### Improvements to Implement
1. Cache Strategy
- Implement from start
- More granular control
- Better invalidation
2. Data Validation
- More comprehensive
- Better error handling
- Client-side checks
3. Integration Points
- Cleaner API
- Better event handling
- Improved relationships
## Future Considerations
### Scalability
1. Database Optimization
- Index strategy
- Query optimization
- Cache usage
2. Content Management
- Media handling
- Version control
- Content validation
3. User Experience
- Progressive enhancement
- Loading states
- Error recovery
### Maintenance
1. Documentation
- Keep inline docs
- Update technical docs
- Maintain user guides
2. Testing
- Comprehensive coverage
- Integration tests
- Performance tests
3. Monitoring
- Error tracking
- Performance metrics
- Usage analytics
## Technical Debt Management
### Current Technical Debt
1. Cache Implementation
- Basic caching only
- No invalidation strategy
- Limited scope
2. Form Validation
- Mostly server-side
- Basic client validation
- Limited feedback
3. Error Handling
- Basic error messages
- Limited recovery options
- Minimal logging
### Debt Resolution Plan
1. Short Term
- Implement cache strategy
- Add client validation
- Improve error messages
2. Medium Term
- Optimize queries
- Add monitoring
- Enhance testing
3. Long Term
- Full cache system
- Advanced validation
- Comprehensive logging