Hi Yost, welcome to the world of Mediawiki! Honestly, I haven't found a wiki
software better than Mediawiki. I experimented with various wiki and CMS
softwares using my two websites. I tried Tikiwiki, I tried Joomla and I
tried Drupal and only my Mediawiki website is up, while the one finally
using Drupal was collecting dust for over a year.
And when you use Mediawiki, I doubt you would want to use anything else.
Linking is a breeze. Just imagine the linking in Drupal and Joomla which is
the same as in WordPress. If your website has a lot of contents, you will
appreciate the productivity in Mediawiki. I think I can write 2 to 3
articles with the time I spent with other softwares. The only thing I don't
like about Mediawiki is the side panel and the horizontal tab. It looks ugly
but Wikia has proven that this can be customized.
Hope you enjoy the experience! You don't need to be an expert in php... but
I am trying to pick up the language so that I can do some customization.
Incidentally, I started with no knowledge and the first website was
installed by my webhost. Now, I install it myself when I replace my Drupal
with Mediawiki as my webhost only instal the first software free for me.
It's very easy. But I haven't figure out how to upgrade, LOL.
PM Poon
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Yost, Greg <Greg.Yost(a)emaif.com> wrote:
Hi,
What suggestions do you have for someone who has to set up a Wiki using
Mediawiki. It has been installed by a tech guy but now I, as a
programmer, have to set it up, get it functioning and get data into it.
That is my assignment at work.
(Suggestions to find another job will not work!!!)
I have gotten permissions set up so I can edit LocalSettings.php (and I
don't know php either).
I know nothing about Wiki except looking stuff up in Wikipedia!!!
Thanks
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