Wiki's

[Jasoneagle]

Does anyone know how to Build a Wiki? I would like to create one for a Group of Sites That I belong to but can't find a Guide as to how to create one.

 

[Majestic]

Firstly you need a MySQL database and FTP access to the said site. Next you need to download a wiki package like MegaWiki and meet the requirements (something MSFC doesn't do). Then it's a simply a matter of FTPing all the files to the correct structure, create a database and database password and run the install script just like installing a forum package like vBulletin or SMF.

 

[SquireJames]

ah, good question and a good answer. I've been wondering it myself, as I wanted a sort of, Wiki-fied online manual for KA2.

Wonder if my server can do it? Any idea of the specifications Majestic?

 

[Majestic]

Wonder if my server can do it? Any idea of the specifications Majestic?

Just google 'mediawiki' or 'wiki software' and you should find a few sites with downloadable wiki's. Mediawiki is by far the best in my opinion but couldn't run on MSFC, some of the others can but I didn't like them too much.

 

[Elrond]

MediaWiki is by far the best choice. It's easier to set up than others and is a bit easier to manage; however, Wiki code is a learning curve. It's like bbcode except it doesn't just parse items with [ and ] in them like bbcode uses. If you put in quotes (more than two) it can be bold, italic, or both. Learning how to do links takes some practice along with other things like headers. The stylesheets are easy to design to your own liking, if you know CSS and how to use it (along with knowing PHP and knowing where everything gets spit out into the source code - or just viewing the source code can help).

Making templates - that's a bit more difficult.

I would like it more if MediaWiki had some kind of database-stored stylesheet system to use for Wiki articles - that way you don't have to use attributes like style, width, height, and so on for elements if you decide to do HTML. The database-stored stylesheet system is something I developed on my site and you can even use bbcode to store a stylesheet in a thread, which is quite convenient if you're wanting to make a page out of a forum thread.

I'll say one thing about MediaWiki - its developers sure knew how to do their string functions in PHP. Wow!{/end nerd sequence}

 

[Atlantis]

I've been using pmwiki for years for my Darkness and Light project, and have found that to be a very good and easy-to-use program... Doesn't need an SQL database either; all information is stored in files (making it easy to transport too).

That said, I'll take a look at MediaWiki now and see how it compares...

 

[Lord_Trekie]

I use MediaWiki for my simming group, customized the skin, and got everything set up more or less the way I like it. If you check their site you can find multiple versions of the 'software', for instance, if I were to try and use the latest and greatest version they have I couldn't because the server I use is out of date with it's PHP structuring...

 

[Elrond]

pmwiki is pretty good, I've done some things with it before. Amazing how some of the forum software out there today includes Wiki themes for them, while the features of forum software such as vBulletin have sort of a Facebook approach they've been doing, in trying to combine the best of Wikis with the best of forums with the best of social networking.

With every version of MediaWiki that comes out, they're all basically tested on the newest platforms for PHP and MySQL/Postresql and so, they end up shooting the specs up each time.

@Atlantis - just had to say it, hilarious, signature, made me lulz.