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Put MediaWiki to Work for You

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the howtos-and-other-meme dept.

NewsForge (Also owned by VA) is running a short writeup on how to put MediaWiki to work for your organization. The writeup includes several addition tools that could be helpful in rounding out the overall package. From the article: " Imagine how useful it would be to have an online knowledge base that can easily be updated created by key people within your organization. That's the promise of a wiki -- a Web application that 'allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit all content, very quickly and easily,' as Wikipedia, perhaps the best-known wiki, puts it. Why not bring the benefits of a wiki to your organization?"

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  1. Extensibility of MediaWiki by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative
    MediaWiki may be fine, until you decide you want to extend it or maintain it. Take a look at the code! Spaghetti PHP mixed with spaghetti HTML mixed with spaghetti SQL, spread in an even layer everywhere throughout the system.

    Don't expect to be able to extend or modify it easily. I've come to the conclusion that it would be easier to reimplement it than to modify it.

  2. How to compare Wikis by wehe · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are many different Wikis available. All with different pros and cons. To compare them all is the aim of the WikiMatrix project. If you are not sure which Wiki is best for you, WikiMatrix offers a Wiki choice wizard.