[olug] Wiki for non techies...

[Lane Roberts]

I've been using Dokuwiki both at work and for my own notes. It works very
well. No database is required, which could be a pro or a con. Formatting
syntax is super easy (http://www.dokuwiki.org/syntax) and the fancy-text
editor gives you a toolbar with the most common formats so you don't even
have to remember it.

The only non-intuitive caveat is namespacing. You HAVE to prefix your links
to other sections with the namespace, or else you'll create all your pages
in the root.

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:12 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:

> We use Confluence at PayPal and I'm really not a fan.
>
> Sent from my iPhone 5
>
> 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....)
> >>
> >> --
>
>