[olug] Wiki for non techies...

[T. J. Brumfield]

We use Confluence at PayPal and I'm really not a fan.

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On Feb 12, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:

> At a previous job, I used Confluence. It also came with namespaces, where my
> group would have one set of pages and permissions, and we might be able to
> see other groups' pages, depending on permissions. It did have a WYSIWYG
> editor, but I don't remember how well it worked.
>
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:41, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm going to setup a Wiki at work to document some of our groups common
>> tasks and solutions.  Initially, it will be just myself and
>> another technically savvy sysadmin who will be keeping it updated, but my
>> long term plans are to have others contribute to the Wiki and some of them
>> may not be comfortable writing in the common Wiki formatting language.
>>
>> I've used WikiMatrix (http://www.wikimatrix.org/) but even when I narrow
>> down my requirements I'm still getting nearly 40 Wikis:
>> bitweaver <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/bitweaver>,
>> BusinessWiki<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/BusinessWiki>
>> , ButorWiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/ButorWiki>, Corendal
>> Wiki<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Corendal%20Wiki>
>> , Daisy <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Daisy>,
>> DokuWiki<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/DokuWiki>
>> ,Foswiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Foswiki>,
>> Giki<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Giki>
>> , IkeWiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/IkeWiki>, iKnow - a tiny
>> wiki<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/iKnow%20-%20a%20tiny%20wiki>
>> , JSPWiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/JSPWiki>,
>> KeheiWiki<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/KeheiWiki>
>> , Luminotes <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Luminotes>,MediaWiki<
>> http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/MediaWiki>
>> , Midgard Wiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Midgard%20Wiki>,
>> MindTouch<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/MindTouch>
>> , MoinMoin <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/MoinMoin>,
>> MojoMojo<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/MojoMojo>
>> , MoniWiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/MoniWiki>,Oddmuse<
>> http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Oddmuse>
>> , PhpWiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/PhpWiki>,
>> PmWiki<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/PmWiki>
>> , PukiWiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/PukiWiki>, ScrewTurn
>> Wiki<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/ScrewTurn%20Wiki>
>> , TiddlyWiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/TiddlyWiki>, Tiki Wiki CMS
>> Groupware <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Tiki%20Wiki%20CMS%20Groupware>,
>> Triki-Wiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Triki-Wiki>,
>> TWiki<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/TWiki>
>> , WackoWiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/WackoWiki>,
>> Wagn<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Wagn>
>> , WikkaWiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/WikkaWiki>,XoWiki<
>> http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/XoWiki>
>> , XWiki <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/XWiki> and
>> Zwiki<http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Zwiki>
>>
>> <http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/Zwiki>Most of these documents that I want
>> to
>> put on the Wiki have a lot of screen shots and other images in-line with
>> the
>> text.  Does anyone know of a Wiki that supports a WYSIWYG interface that
>> allows for easier uploading of in-line images?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> DanL
>>
>> (I'd love to download and test each one of them....)
>>
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