Comments on: Need a Wiki? Top Alternatives to MediaWiki! http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2009/04/30/need-a-wiki-top-alternatives-to-mediawiki/ Miscellaneous tech tips and web development tweaks from a web hosting guru. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:20:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steven Vance http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2009/04/30/need-a-wiki-top-alternatives-to-mediawiki/#comment-8301 Steven Vance Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:30:19 +0000 http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2009/04/30/need-a-wiki-top-alternatives-to-mediawiki/#comment-8301 I used DokuWiki to create a manual for a custom web application I built at work. It is very easy to use and my supervisor is also contributing information to it. I think it was a successful choice. The most important objective of the project was to get it off the ground in less than a day. <br><br>That can't be done with MediaWiki. I didn't even consider MediaWikii for our documentation effort. There are many files to install and it uses a database - DokuWiki uses text files.<br><br>I do use MediaWiki for my <a href='http://www.stevevance.net/nishiki/Main_Page' rel="nofollow">Nishiki Bicycle History</a>. It took me a lot of effort to install the plugins and customize the them - basically, get to know MediaWiki.<br><br>I'll be using DokuWiki again to publish my master's project. Working in a linear format like Microsoft Word frustrated me and slowed down the project development. I think a webpage, and one structured as a wiki, will allow me to finish a richer project at a faster speed. I used DokuWiki to create a manual for a custom web application I built at work. It is very easy to use and my supervisor is also contributing information to it. I think it was a successful choice. The most important objective of the project was to get it off the ground in less than a day.

That can't be done with MediaWiki. I didn't even consider MediaWikii for our documentation effort. There are many files to install and it uses a database – DokuWiki uses text files.

I do use MediaWiki for my Nishiki Bicycle History. It took me a lot of effort to install the plugins and customize the them – basically, get to know MediaWiki.

I'll be using DokuWiki again to publish my master's project. Working in a linear format like Microsoft Word frustrated me and slowed down the project development. I think a webpage, and one structured as a wiki, will allow me to finish a richer project at a faster speed.

]]> By: AndrĂ© Felipe http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2009/04/30/need-a-wiki-top-alternatives-to-mediawiki/#comment-5784 AndrĂ© Felipe Mon, 04 May 2009 18:12:26 +0000 http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2009/04/30/need-a-wiki-top-alternatives-to-mediawiki/#comment-5784 I use Wikinote.com. It's pretty useful as an online notepad. :) I use Wikinote.com. It’s pretty useful as an online notepad. :)

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