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Looking for recommendation for a really simple wiki server

Al Dykes

2006-08-02, 10:56 pm

Can someone recommend a Wiki server that is easy to get running under
apache on a windows box? I've set up Apache lots of times but never
played with a Wiki. I want to get one up really quickly.

Thanks.

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Andy Dingley

2006-08-03, 11:10 pm

Al Dykes wrote:

> Can someone recommend a Wiki server that is easy to get running under
> Apache on a windows box?

I'd recommend not rushing too much. "Simple" wikis like Usemod can be
very ugly to use. I'd go with MediaWiki (it runs Wikipedia) because it
seems like the best and "extra" effort for deploying it is still
trivial.

If you're into the SemWeb side of things, you could look at Platypus as
well.

Karl Groves

2006-08-03, 11:10 pm

adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote in news:earmos$4lq$1@panix5.panix.com:

>
> Can someone recommend a Wiki server that is easy to get running under
> Apache on a windows box? I've set up Apache lots of times but never
> played with a Wiki. I want to get one up really quickly.
>

I'll second Andy's recommendation of MediaWiki.
I looked at about a dozen wikis and decided that was the best choice.
Setting it up was really fast. Learning how to use a wiki, for those who
have never published with one, is the hard part.

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Al Dykes

2006-08-03, 11:10 pm

In article <Xns98144C4DE7F87karlkarlcorecom@216.196.97.136>,
Karl Groves <karl@NOSPAMkarlcore.com> wrote:
>adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote in news:earmos$4lq$1@panix5.panix.com:
>
>
>I'll second Andy's recommendation of MediaWiki.
>I looked at about a dozen wikis and decided that was the best choice.
>Setting it up was really fast. Learning how to use a wiki, for those who
>have never published with one, is the hard part.
>

Thanks. I'll look at mediawiki. I'm really looking for something
slightly better than an internet-shared whiteboard to be edited by
only a single-digit number of people and for a new page a day, or
something like that.

getting it up quickly while I have other things to do is important. I
could do do more with a Linux box but I'm short of boxes, even for my
windows work. It's not that i don't know what the Right Thing is, but
I'm on a drop-drad schedule where I'm trying to step up from email and
FAX machines.

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