I think I need to learn more about wikis — partially for work because now that my department is using wordpress for a reference desk log, I think it might make sense to turn our reference desk manual (currently a giant binder) into a wiki.
So I was thinking that I should come up with a personal project using a wiki first. I’m thinking of creating a comic books recommended for libraries wiki, with the lists of eleven as a starting point. I have a few questions about this:
1) Do any of you out there have experience maintaining a wiki — could you recommend some software?
2) Would you be willing to contribute in any way, by entering in reviews of comics or graphic novels that you think libraries should order? Or do you have any art/graphic design skills that could be used to make the site look cool?
3) Or is the whole idea lame? I know there are plenty of places already to get comics commentary already on the web.
Let me know what you think, either by e-mailing me or commenting below. Thanks!!!!
6:57 pm on January 28th, 2005 1
Chcek out Instiki. It’s a really nice simple Wiki solution that just works.
You’ll need Ruby 1.8.1 or above in order to run it, though.
8:41 pm on January 28th, 2005 2
The idea is far from lame. I know my previous webhost provided some wiki apps within Cpanel that were a breeze to install, trying checking yours. I wouldn’t mind helping out…
1:32 am on January 29th, 2005 3
It doesn’t look like my host has any easy install wiki apps — I think that I might be able to manage setting something up that uses php/mysql.
That’s great that you wouldn’t mind helping out — I’ll be in touch once I manage to get something set up
9:36 am on January 29th, 2005 4
Your idea is definitely not lame! I don’t have any good advice or experience, but I’d love to hear what you end up using and how it works out. Soon setting up wikis will be as easy and routine as setting up a blog, I’m sure. Good luck! It’s a fabulous idea and one I was thinking about as well.
4:29 pm on January 29th, 2005 5
After reading your post I decided to try to install a Wiki. I managed to install Media Wiki in a matter of minutes. It’s the same software that runs Wikipedia. Since you’re running WordPress, you already have the main ingredients for MediaWiki : PHP and MySQL. The documentation for the install is pretty straight forward, but the docs for running the thing are a little more complicated. I’ve got it running, but I have no idea what to to next.
5:03 pm on January 29th, 2005 6
Hi Chad! I actually installed Wikka Wiki this morning and am trying to figure out what to do with it.
4:41 am on February 3rd, 2005 7
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