Hey all<br /><br />Was not sure whether this should go in this forum or the script suggestions one, but as this is not a script suggestion itself I thought I would put it in here.<br /><br />I am looking to introduce a WIKI to my music related forum to allow members to post up tutorials on software/hardware as well as music production etc things like that. I thought a WIKI solution would work quite well for this sort of idea, but really don't know which WIKI software to use.<br /><br />I have been to opensourcecms.com and tried a few out but logging into the admin panel and seeing the front screen don't really tell me about usability/ease of use though. <br /><br />Which do you suggest? Why?<br /><br />I tried MediaWiki as it looked aesthetically pleasing but it needed PHP5 i think, so I could not install it.<br /><br />Any help would be highly appreciated... if you do help me, we can be bestest friends like these dudes<br /> <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/group.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":group:" border="0" alt="group.gif" /><!--content-->
Asking lots of people about what to use is like asking what car do you like. You will get many suggestions I think. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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haha thats true about the cars<br /><br />i suppose i just wanted to know what peoples experiences were with certain scripts... because iv never used wiki before and so thought if some people recommended <i>wiki-script-x</i> for being good for beginners then BOOOM id be there in seconds with bells on!<br /><br /><br />I tried the 2 in fantastico, wasnt overly impressed with tikiwiki to be fair.. it seemed like overkill with blog, forum, chat, etc etc, i know you can disable them all but i opened up the admin page and was faced with a huge list of tickboxes... kinda threw me a little<br /><br />phpwiki i didnt like the feel of really... i know i know, im a fussy guy... <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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i discovered the previous stable release of MediaWIKI works on MySQL 4, so have installed this and am testing it now, it looks nice though<!--content-->
sorry to flood this forum, but I feel what I have to add to this might help out people in a similar situation to me<br /><br />basically, having installed mediaWiki and going "ooooh, this is the software behind wikipedia so it must be good" for about 10 minutes trying to convince myself I could use it, I really couldnt. It is very difficult to change the layout and administration itself I found very poor too. This is all coming from a very inexperienced WIKI and website design person, so those out there who are good at this sort of thing MediaWiki looks like a powerful tool.<br /><br />I then went back to opensourcecms.com and tried the ones there out again, turns out I had missed one before. DokuWIKI. Dokuwiki was so easy to install, so easy to configure and I was "wiki'ing" before I knew it. Its a nice sleek, simple design.<br /><br />I would DEFINATELY recommend DokuWiki to anyone out there who like me just wants a simple wiki system, which is easy to install and doesnt require any intricate knowledge<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=459" target="_blank">http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?opt...view&id=459</a><!--content-->
So DokuWiki was your final choice and you have it up and running now? <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->
yep ! <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />alls going well, getting to grips with it all now, i like the way the plugins work with it, you dont have to edit any code, just upload a zip and hey presto!<!--content-->
Great. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->
yea i am pleased now... I like how you can allow or deny edit access in certain areas.. so for example the main page I dont want any one else touching so only I can modify it... but in the actual tutorial sections members can add new stuff or edit existing topics.<br /><br />for those who are interested here is what I have been working on today:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ukhhf.co.uk/tutorials/doku.php" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO SEE</a><!--content-->
Asking lots of people about what to use is like asking what car do you like. You will get many suggestions I think. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><br /><br />However, there is a couple in the fantastico part of cpanel which you can install very simple and see what you think fo them. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->haha thats true about the cars<br /><br />i suppose i just wanted to know what peoples experiences were with certain scripts... because iv never used wiki before and so thought if some people recommended <i>wiki-script-x</i> for being good for beginners then BOOOM id be there in seconds with bells on!<br /><br /><br />I tried the 2 in fantastico, wasnt overly impressed with tikiwiki to be fair.. it seemed like overkill with blog, forum, chat, etc etc, i know you can disable them all but i opened up the admin page and was faced with a huge list of tickboxes... kinda threw me a little<br /><br />phpwiki i didnt like the feel of really... i know i know, im a fussy guy... <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /><!--content-->i discovered the previous stable release of MediaWIKI works on MySQL 4, so have installed this and am testing it now, it looks nice though<!--content-->
sorry to flood this forum, but I feel what I have to add to this might help out people in a similar situation to me<br /><br />basically, having installed mediaWiki and going "ooooh, this is the software behind wikipedia so it must be good" for about 10 minutes trying to convince myself I could use it, I really couldnt. It is very difficult to change the layout and administration itself I found very poor too. This is all coming from a very inexperienced WIKI and website design person, so those out there who are good at this sort of thing MediaWiki looks like a powerful tool.<br /><br />I then went back to opensourcecms.com and tried the ones there out again, turns out I had missed one before. DokuWIKI. Dokuwiki was so easy to install, so easy to configure and I was "wiki'ing" before I knew it. Its a nice sleek, simple design.<br /><br />I would DEFINATELY recommend DokuWiki to anyone out there who like me just wants a simple wiki system, which is easy to install and doesnt require any intricate knowledge<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=459" target="_blank">http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?opt...view&id=459</a><!--content-->
So DokuWiki was your final choice and you have it up and running now? <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->yep ! <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />alls going well, getting to grips with it all now, i like the way the plugins work with it, you dont have to edit any code, just upload a zip and hey presto!<!--content-->Great. <img src="http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><!--content-->yea i am pleased now... I like how you can allow or deny edit access in certain areas.. so for example the main page I dont want any one else touching so only I can modify it... but in the actual tutorial sections members can add new stuff or edit existing topics.<br /><br />for those who are interested here is what I have been working on today:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ukhhf.co.uk/tutorials/doku.php" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO SEE</a><!--content-->