I want a wiki…

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I’m trying to do a Wiki for my Off-the-Grid campout. But, I don’t know where to put it. So, off to Google I go. The trouble is I’ve poked around for a while and haven’t found a wiki hosting service that’s appropriate for doing something small like this. In fact, it might be fun to have one linked off of my blog permanently. Any good wiki services out there? Low cost is better.

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  1. I’m in the same boat as you. Actually been trying to setup my Wiki for my office, but I’m concerned that the non-tech employees that have no idea what a Wiki is will not use it.

    If you can’t find what you are looking for, I may suggest getting your own host that does MYSQL and PHP. If you need help, just hit me up. Email is best.

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  3. I’m in the same boat as you. Actually been trying to setup my Wiki for my office, but I’m concerned that the non-tech employees that have no idea what a Wiki is will not use it.

    If you can’t find what you are looking for, I may suggest getting your own host that does MYSQL and PHP. If you need help, just hit me up. Email is best.

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  7. I like pbwiki.com. It’s as easy to set up as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They have a free version that I use which is pretty cool. Also have premium accounts for more storage and more features.

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  8. Take a wiki like tiddlywiki http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ and save it and then host the file on your site…it doesn’t use a database and can easily be customized to what you need it to do for a simple application like a campout.

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  10. I like pbwiki.com. It’s as easy to set up as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They have a free version that I use which is pretty cool. Also have premium accounts for more storage and more features.

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  13. We just started using StikiPad yesterday. We found it on BuzzShout, and once we’ve been using it for a while we will review it. So far so good.

    Have you checked the wiki tag on our site yet? A lot of choices out there.

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  14. We just started using StikiPad yesterday. We found it on BuzzShout, and once we’ve been using it for a while we will review it. So far so good.

    Have you checked the wiki tag on our site yet? A lot of choices out there.

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  23. I’ve been using jotspot.com. Pretty easy to get up and running and has a tier’d level of paid support.

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  24. I’ve been using jotspot.com. Pretty easy to get up and running and has a tier’d level of paid support.

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  27. We chose stikipad, because it’s easy, looks good, and is cheap. After trying to host several ourselves on the MS platform, switching to Stikipad was a breeze.

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  28. We chose stikipad, because it’s easy, looks good, and is cheap. After trying to host several ourselves on the MS platform, switching to Stikipad was a breeze.

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  29. I’m with jake above. Use Writeboard. Depending on what you want to do its perfect. If you want one big thing, then its perfect. If you are looking for something with a little more structure, Basecamp might also work.

    Public wikis can be a pain just because of the syntax needed and other technical issues. I use one for internal stuff but I just dont think they at the point where you can just dump someone in them and let them go to town.

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  30. I’m with jake above. Use Writeboard. Depending on what you want to do its perfect. If you want one big thing, then its perfect. If you are looking for something with a little more structure, Basecamp might also work.

    Public wikis can be a pain just because of the syntax needed and other technical issues. I use one for internal stuff but I just dont think they at the point where you can just dump someone in them and let them go to town.

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  47. Robert,

    now that you’re a fellow Coastsider, do we have a deal for you…

    Actually, the same deal we offer everyone else through our TeleInterActive Networks hosting service. 😉

    Five dollars a month should get you what you need. We can set up one “project” within the wiki for the “Off the Grid” camp-out, and other projects as needed to support other topics off your blog.

    We use the open source MediaWiki, the foundation of the Wikimedia family of sites.

    We’re using it for our own ,a href=”http://press.teleinteractive.net/open/wiki/Main_Page”>Open Source Business Intelligence wiki.

    Talk to you soon.

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  48. Robert,

    now that you’re a fellow Coastsider, do we have a deal for you…

    Actually, the same deal we offer everyone else through our TeleInterActive Networks hosting service. 😉

    Five dollars a month should get you what you need. We can set up one “project” within the wiki for the “Off the Grid” camp-out, and other projects as needed to support other topics off your blog.

    We use the open source MediaWiki, the foundation of the Wikimedia family of sites.

    We’re using it for our own ,a href=”http://press.teleinteractive.net/open/wiki/Main_Page”>Open Source Business Intelligence wiki.

    Talk to you soon.

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  51. I vote for PBWiki. Don’t use Writeboard. We tried to use it with just 4 users and it had no way of ensuring that our changes didn’t stomp all over each other.

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  52. I vote for PBWiki. Don’t use Writeboard. We tried to use it with just 4 users and it had no way of ensuring that our changes didn’t stomp all over each other.

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  55. http://digg.com/software/What_are_the_Best_Wikis_from_Your_Experiences

    This is great when Webmasters, Programmers and Sys Admins all chime in with their suggestions

    There are not enough options available for anyone needing information of this sort – not depending on marketing websites or self interest magazine reviews

    Had to give this a digg – hopefully others will contibute from their experiences so as to compile a REAL-LIFE list of best WIkI options

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  56. http://digg.com/software/What_are_the_Best_Wikis_from_Your_Experiences

    This is great when Webmasters, Programmers and Sys Admins all chime in with their suggestions

    There are not enough options available for anyone needing information of this sort – not depending on marketing websites or self interest magazine reviews

    Had to give this a digg – hopefully others will contibute from their experiences so as to compile a REAL-LIFE list of best WIkI options

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  57. Robert, what do you mean by “low cost”? Should be free:-) If it’s only for your personal use, any of those mentioned in the previous comments will do.

    If you expect interaction from people not necessarily familiar with wikis, Wetpaint is almost your only choice: the Wiki-less Wiki that combines wiki, blog and forum-like features. Nothing else is as simple to use as Wetpaint.

    I am about to do what you plan: launch my own wetpaint wiki as a sidekick to the blog and a social experiment.

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  58. Robert, what do you mean by “low cost”? Should be free:-) If it’s only for your personal use, any of those mentioned in the previous comments will do.

    If you expect interaction from people not necessarily familiar with wikis, Wetpaint is almost your only choice: the Wiki-less Wiki that combines wiki, blog and forum-like features. Nothing else is as simple to use as Wetpaint.

    I am about to do what you plan: launch my own wetpaint wiki as a sidekick to the blog and a social experiment.

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  73. I’ll add an (eighth?) vote for pbwiki. My robotics team used it for a few months and we didn’t have any problems. The starting disk space is a bit small, but they have had so many bonus space boosts over the past six months that I think we’re close to something like 100mb.

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  74. I’ll add an (eighth?) vote for pbwiki. My robotics team used it for a few months and we didn’t have any problems. The starting disk space is a bit small, but they have had so many bonus space boosts over the past six months that I think we’re close to something like 100mb.

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  79. http://www.near-time.com has a pretty decent Wiki integrated into their “Pages” tab. It has some really nice features for the power user as well. Going through their documentation really helped me realize the potential in it.

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  80. http://www.near-time.com has a pretty decent Wiki integrated into their “Pages” tab. It has some really nice features for the power user as well. Going through their documentation really helped me realize the potential in it.

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  87. I want a wiki…
    I’m trying to do a Wiki for my Off-the-Grid campout. But, I don’t know where to put it. So, off to Google I go. The trouble is I’ve poked around for a while and haven’t found a wiki hosting service that’s appropriate for doing something small like this. In fact, it might be fun to have one linked off of my blog permanently. Any good wiki services out there? Low cost is better.

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  88. I want a wiki…
    I’m trying to do a Wiki for my Off-the-Grid campout. But, I don’t know where to put it. So, off to Google I go. The trouble is I’ve poked around for a while and haven’t found a wiki hosting service that’s appropriate for doing something small like this. In fact, it might be fun to have one linked off of my blog permanently. Any good wiki services out there? Low cost is better.

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  92. I have loads of bandwidth free on my server, I would be happy to host a Wiki for you Robert. I’ve got scripts to setup MediaWiki easily, or I can install (almost) any other setup that will run on a LAMP system. I can give you SSH and FTP to the server, and host a subdomain or full domain depending on what you need. Drop me an email if you want it.

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  93. I have loads of bandwidth free on my server, I would be happy to host a Wiki for you Robert. I’ve got scripts to setup MediaWiki easily, or I can install (almost) any other setup that will run on a LAMP system. I can give you SSH and FTP to the server, and host a subdomain or full domain depending on what you need. Drop me an email if you want it.

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  103. Another vote for PB Wiki. I’ve been using it as a class web site (college) and by the end of the first lab session the students have pages up with links, pictures and video. As transparent as technology gets.

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  104. Another vote for PB Wiki. I’ve been using it as a class web site (college) and by the end of the first lab session the students have pages up with links, pictures and video. As transparent as technology gets.

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  105. I would like a wiki that I could install under my own domain but would be simiple for members of my site to add content.

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  106. I would like a wiki that I could install under my own domain but would be simiple for members of my site to add content.

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