{"id":12,"date":"2007-04-29T21:29:55","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T02:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.monnet-usa.com\/?p=12"},"modified":"2008-06-20T13:15:54","modified_gmt":"2008-06-20T18:15:54","slug":"wiki-what-dokuwiki-good-balance-of-features-and-usability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.monnet-usa.com\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"Wiki-What?! DokuWiki: Good balance of features and usability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In simple term, a wiki is a web site (private or public), which can be edited (modified) by many people.<br \/>\nThe king of wikis is of course <a title=\"Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/\">Wikipedia<\/a>, a giant wiki-based encyclopedia being assembled and refined constantly by a lot of editors. Not sure if you have noticed recently but the page rank of Wikipedia in Google seems to be increasing.<\/p>\n<p>These days even Business Week writes about wikis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Web 2.0 Has America Spinning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/technology\/content\/jun2006\/tc20060605_424102.htm\">Web 2.0 Has America Spinning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"No Rest For the Wikis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/technology\/content\/mar2007\/tc20070312_740461.htm?chan=technology_ceo+guide+to+technology_ceo+guide+to+tech+--+wikis\">No Rest For the Wikis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wild About Wikis\" href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/07\/03\/0312_wikiguide\/index_01.htm\">Wild About Wikis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over a year ago, at my job, I started to look into how what features and types of wikis might be suited for us. I reviewed several comparisons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Wikipedia's\" href=\"Wikipedihttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comparison_of_wiki_software\">Wikipedia<\/a>&#8216;s (of course!)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"WikiMatrix\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wikimatrix.org\/\">WikiMatrix<\/a>&#8216;s &#8211; a great resource which even allows you to follow a wizard-based filter to identify the wikis matching your criteria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My criteria were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must run on Windows (XP and Server)<\/li>\n<li>Good usability<\/li>\n<li>Should require little to no administration<\/li>\n<li>Should be easy to backup\/restore and repair. This led me away from database, towards file system-based storage (the &#8220;xcopy&#8221; paradigm)<\/li>\n<li>Easy to extend without complex programming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This led me to <a title=\"DokuWiki\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.splitbrain.org\/wiki:dokuwiki\">DokuWiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image13\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.monnet-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/dokuwiki.gif\" alt=\"DokuWiki\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is based on PHP (I would have preferred Ruby, but the Ruby wikis were not as strong feature-wise). It is a breeze to setup. Works great with Windows Authentication at the IIS-level (even on XP).<\/p>\n<p>I tested a wiki on my development workstation for a while. I am now preparing to create an internal, architecture-oriented wiki. My thinking goes like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I can create an outline with key notions, standards, patterns, framework \/ approaches<\/li>\n<li>I could then have developers contribute content, samples, and help cross-link both to other internal sites or to the Internet.<\/li>\n<li>Contributions would be tracked using Windows authentication<\/li>\n<li>It would be easy to search the wiki and keep track of recent changes through features like RSS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In simple term, a wiki is a web site (private or public), which can be edited (modified) by many people. The king of wikis is of course Wikipedia, a giant wiki-based encyclopedia being assembled and refined constantly by a lot of editors. 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