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====== What is a Wiki? ====== | ====== What is a Wiki? ====== | ||
- | "A wiki is a Web application whose content is collaboratively added, updated, and organized by its users." | + | Mithat Konar |
- | The emphasis in a wiki is on: | + | 2013-03-11 |
- | * Letting all users create pages quickly. | + | |
- | * Making it easy to link pages to each other. | + | |
- | ===== Open vs. closed | + | ===== Definitions |
+ | * **wiki**: //"a Web application whose content is collaboratively added, updated, and organized by its users."// | ||
+ | * Emphasis in a wiki is on: | ||
+ | * Letting all users create pages quickly. | ||
+ | * Making it easy to link pages to each other. | ||
+ | * **wiki engine**: the program that runs a wiki | ||
+ | * **wiki markup language**: simple text-based system for writing pages. | ||
- | Wikis can be completely **open**--meaning //anyone// can edit pages. But since there are a lot of people who abuse this kind of thing, most wikis are **closed** (meaning you must have an account to //edit// the wiki) or **private** (meaning you must have an account to //view// the wiki). | ||
===== History ===== | ===== History ===== | ||
- | "Wikis can be dated to 1995, when American computer programmer Ward Cunningham created a new collaborative technology for organizing information on Web sites. Using a Hawaiian term meaning ' | + | //"Wikis can be dated to 1995, when American computer programmer Ward Cunningham created a new collaborative technology for organizing information on Web sites. Using a Hawaiian term meaning ' |
===== Typical wiki features ===== | ===== Typical wiki features ===== | ||
+ | * Easy writing | ||
+ | * Editing history | ||
+ | * Editing protection | ||
- | ==== Easy writing ==== | + | ===== Easy writing |
- | The central feature of a wiki is that it " | + | * Each wiki engine tends to have its own markup language. |
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * Central features of a wiki markup language: | ||
+ | * simple text syntax for creating new pages | ||
+ | * simple text syntax for creating crosslinks between internal pages | ||
+ | * support for hyperlinks | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Easy writing ===== | ||
- | Sometimes, a toolbar will be provided on the editing screen with icons to insert the most commonly used markup. Sometimes a wiki will supply a WYSIWYG interface for writing pages, similar to what you would find in a word processor. | + | * Sometimes, a **toolbar** will be provided on the editing screen with icons to insert the most commonly used markup. |
+ | * Sometimes a wiki will supply a **WYSIWYG** interface for writing pages, similar to what you would find in a word processor. | ||
- | ==== Page history ==== | + | ===== Editing |
- | Many wikis also maintain a history of your page editing. Every change you make to a page is kept track of so you can compare the current version to an older one. This feature is especially | + | |
+ | * Every change you make to a page is kept track of so you can compare the current version to an older one. | ||
+ | * Especially | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Editing protection ===== | ||
+ | * Wikis can be | ||
+ | * **open**--meaning //anyone// can edit pages | ||
+ | * **closed**--meaning you must have an account to //edit// the wiki | ||
+ | * **private**--meaning you must have an account to //view// the wiki | ||
===== Ways to get a wiki of your own ===== | ===== Ways to get a wiki of your own ===== | ||
+ | * It is easy to create your own wiki. | ||
+ | * You generally have two choices: | ||
+ | * use a hosted service | ||
+ | * install a service yourself | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Hosted service ===== | ||
+ | * There are a number of service providers that let you create a wiki on their servers (often at no cost). | ||
+ | * //Pro//: | ||
+ | * They' | ||
+ | * //Cons//: | ||
+ | * Typically will insert advertising into your pages to make money | ||
+ | * Many limit the number and/or size of pages in their free offerings. | ||
+ | * May go out of business--and take your wiki with them! | ||
- | It is easy to create your own wiki. You generally have two choices: use a hosted service or install a service yourself. | + | ===== Hosted service ===== |
+ | * Popular hosted | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
- | ==== Hosted | + | ===== Self-installed |
- | There are a number of services that let you create a wiki on their servers--many for no cost. The advantage of a hosted | + | * To install your own wiki service, you will need to have an account with a [[wp>Web hosting service]].Then you can usually install a wiki engine by uploading |
+ | * //Pro// | ||
+ | * Your wiki will be free from advertising and won't have space and other limitations. | ||
+ | * //Con// | ||
+ | * You may have to fix any problems that come up and make backups yourself. | ||
- | Some popular hosted | + | ===== Self-installed service ===== |
+ | * Popular and/or easy to install | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
- | * [[http://www.wikia.com|Wikia]] | + | ===== References/sources ===== |
- | * [[http:// | + | Mitchell, Scott. "Easy Wiki Hosting, Scott Hanselman' |
- | * [[http://www.wikispot.org/|wiki spot]] | + | |
- | * [[http://www.wikispaces.com/ | + | |
- | ==== Self-installed service ==== | + | "Wiki: What Is Wiki." Wiki: Welcome Visitors. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. < |
- | To install your own wiki service, you will need to have an account with a [[wp>Web hosting service]]. After that, Then you can usually install a wiki engine by uploading the needed files or sometimes just enabling an engine in the Web host's control panel. The benefits of self-hosting are that your wiki will be free from advertising and won't have space and other limitations. A possible disadvantage is that you may have to fix any problems that come up and make backups yourself. | + | |
- | Some popular and/or easy to install | + | "wiki (Web site) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia." |
- | * [[http:// | + | |
- | * [[http://lionwiki.0o.cz/|LionWiki]] | + | |
- | * [[http://www.pmwiki.org/ | + | |
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