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THE WIKI WAY, BO LEUF, WARD CUNNINGHAM (2001) Suitable for system administrators or managers seeking an affordable content-management solution, The Wiki Way
shows off how to take advantage of Wiki collaborative software, which
allows users to post and edit content remotely. This book is all you
need to get up and running with this exciting (and free) way to build
and manage content.
This text is first and foremost a guide to what
Wiki software is and how to install, customize, and administer it
within your organization. Early sections discuss the advantages of Wiki
Web sites, which allow all users to add and edit content. While it
might sound like a free-for-all, the authors suggest such Web sites
have been used successfully in research, business, and education to
document project designs, for brainstorming, and for otherwise creating
content in a collaborative fashion. Case studies for such organizations
as Georgia Tech, New York Times Digital, and Motorola give a glimpse of
Wiki used in real settings, so you will get a sense of what to expect.
This book is also a guide to the nuts and bolts of downloading and
installing Wiki and customizing it for your site. Sections on basic
tweaks to Wiki's Perl scripts will let you customize your site to match
your organization's needs. Standout material includes almost three
dozen customization tips. This volume is illustrated with actual screen
shots of Wiki, so you can get a sense of what it is like for users to
work together in such an unrestricted fashion.
Throughout the
text, the authors are suitably upbeat about Wiki's prospects for wider
adoption, but they are realistic enough to note compromises (such as
requiring passwords and restricting edit rights) required in business
settings. They also survey the field of Wiki open-source projects and
clones, as well as other similar content-management solutions (such as
Zope and the emerging WebDAV standard).
While it's hard to
predict whether Wiki-based Web sites are for everyone, this book
presents the pros and cons of a potentially exciting and useful tool
that promotes collaborative content creation. This title can help any
organization get going with a Wiki Web site, from the standpoint of
planning, deployment, and basic administration.
Topics covered:
- Collaboration tools explained
- Web-based collaboration
- WebDAV
- Introduction to Wiki
- User conventions with Wiki
- Survey of Wiki open-source projects and clones
- Installing Wiki (including Apache Web Server and security issues)
- Using Wiki (making notes, Wiki used as a PIM, content management and links, page editing)
- How to structure Wiki content (suggested default structure: pros and cons)
- Customizing Wiki
- Tour of Wiki Perl scripts and tips for customizing your Wiki site
- Wiki add-ons (including spellchecking and uploading files)
- Administration
in Wiki (viewing events, controlling access and authentication,
database administration, and debugging techniques)
- Guidelines for Wiki projects (dos and don'ts)
- Wiki case studies for education
- Business and research
Product Description
Offers readers all of
the information needed to understand, set up, run, and use a Wiki
server, beginning with a tutorial on setting up Wiki, with background
information. The CD-ROM contains the public license Wiki sources
discussed in the text, as well as several case studies. System
requirements not listed. Softcover. DLC: Wiki (Computer science).
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