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2004-03-28

02:57:15, Categories: Web development, Palm

Wikis => Comparing Wiki features

I want to find a good wiki engine to use.
If you have suggestions, feel free to comment.

I have tried MoinMoin so far. It is nice, lots of Semantic Web hackers use it, but I lack the comments feature of WakkaWiki. And I am not sure can I use special characters (i.e. Latvian) for WikiNames.

WackoWiki seems to be very effective.
TikiWiki is a complete framework that might prove to be very effective (I want a place for photo gallery and like other its features, too).

Things to try are the FacetedNavigation of Diamond Wiki and a PalmOS wiki named MegaWiki - maybe I will blow the dust of my good old Palm Vx and try a wiki on it.

Wiki Comparison pages

Quickiwiki, Swiki, Twiki, Zwiki and the Plone Wars Wiki as a PIM and Collaborative Content Tool

Looking at Wiki [ Life with Alacrity ]

Individual Wikis

Diamond Wiki is an experimental WikiClone with an emphasis on FacetedNavigation powered by MetaData.

TikiWiki - a powerful open-source CMS and Groupware tool.
Features include: articles, forums, newsletters, blogs, a file/image gallery, a Wiki, drawing applet, Mobile Tiki (PDA and WAP access), a directory, … Too many to name them all.

- TikiWiki rel. 1.9 - what’s in the development?

MegaWiki - a Wiki application for the Palm OS by Jerry D Hedden.
The MegaWiki hack provides the ultimate in Palm application linking. Jumping to and between desired records in the Memo Pad, Date Book, To Do List, Address Book and others applications from just about anywhere is now as easy as just touching your stylus to the screen.

MoinMoin - an excellent Wiki written in Python. I have tried it and like how it works. Stores pages as text files. Shows user the visited pages trail. …

WackoWiki - a robust Wiki engine in PHP, fork of WakkaWiki. Page comments, i18n, skins, etc.

- see CaptSolo :: WakkaWiki & forks

PmWiki - version 0.6 has been released and now includes Author Tracking and Internationalizations. Might be interesting.

- Pm Wiki Cookbook - recipes and examples for customizing PmWiki.

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Comment from: captsolo [Visitor]

An interesting link re. TikiWiki:
TikiWiki :: UserPageDamian

Permalink 2004-03-28 @ 02:59

Comment from: Danny [Visitor] · http://dannyayers.com

Any preferred language?

If Java is a possibility, JSPWiki seems very hackable (it's mostly regular classes, the name is misleading).

Interesting too is PurpleWiki, derived from UseModWiki, which provides per-paragraph linking (Purple Numbers).

I recently set up a PHPWiki install, that seemed pretty nice (though I don't know PHP so can't really judge ;-)

btw, I'm getting like a scratched record with this, but I really recommend using a Wiki as a personal notepad. I have one running on a local server (it started as a CharlesMillerWiki but I've hacked it out of all recognition).

The 'blikis' might be worth checking out too...

Permalink 2004-03-28 @ 12:00

Comment from: Aigarius [Visitor] · http://www.laka.lv

Chau,
Es tikko sastapu linku uz tavu blogu ieksh TikiWiki chata, izlasiiju - tiiri impresive. Negribi nopietnaak nodarboties ar Atveertaa Koda softu? ja jaa, ta pievienojies mums uz LAKA.lv via raksti man uz emailu.
Mums ir vajadziigi praatiigi cilveeki kaa tu.
Tnx.

Permalink 2004-03-28 @ 19:13