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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 | ||
- | * **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 | ||
===== History ===== | ===== History ===== | ||
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* Easy writing | * Easy writing | ||
* Editing history | * Editing history | ||
+ | * Editing protection | ||
===== Easy writing ===== | ===== Easy writing ===== | ||
- | The central feature of a wiki is that it "// | + | |
- | + | * [[http:// | |
- | * **wiki markup language**: a simple text-based system for writing pages. | + | * Central features of a wiki writing system: (from Wiki: What Is Wiki) |
- | * **wiki engine**: the program that runs a wiki | + | * supports hyperlinks |
- | | + | * has simple text syntax |
- | * [[http:// | + | * for creating new pages |
+ | * for creating crosslinks between internal pages | ||
===== Easy writing ===== | ===== Easy writing ===== | ||
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* Every change you make to a page is kept track of so you can compare the current version to an older one. | * Every change you make to a page is kept track of so you can compare the current version to an older one. | ||
* Especially important in an open wiki in case someone makes some really bad changes--on purpose or by accident. | * Especially important in an open wiki in case someone makes some really bad changes--on purpose or by accident. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== 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 ===== | ||
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* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | [[computer_basics: | ||
===== References ===== | ===== References ===== | ||
Mitchell, Scott. "Easy Wiki Hosting, Scott Hanselman' | Mitchell, Scott. "Easy Wiki Hosting, Scott Hanselman' |
computer_basics/what_is_a_wiki_slides.txt · Last modified: 2013/03/11 22:25 by mithat