[thelist] Setting Up a New Wiki

Dan Romanchik dan at danromanchik.com
Tue Jul 14 09:21:37 CDT 2009


On Jul 14, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Sarah Adams wrote:
> Dan Romanchik wrote:
>> I'm going to be setting  up a wiki for an amateur radio project that
>> I'm working on. The end product is going to be an online study guide
>> for the Amateur Extra Class license examination.
>>
>> I've used pmwiki in the past, and I like it, but am just wondering if
>> there's something else out there that I should be considering.  Here
>> are a few considerations:
>>
>>    * I'm  PHP guy, so would prefer that it be programmed in PHP
>>    * Would like to be able to restrict who can author/edit, but want
>> everyone to be able to read it.
>>    * WYSIWYG editing preferred, but could probably do with the wiki
>> markup language. (I don't want potential authors to have to jump
>> through learning curve hoops.)
>>    * Image upload would be a nice feature to have.
>
> My first question is, what is is about a wiki that you like for this
> project?
>
> --  
> sarah adams
> web developer & programmer
> http://sarah.designshift.com

It's going to be a collaborative project. I expect to have a dozen or  
more "author/editors" who will take responsibility for various sections.

Dan Romanchik
www.webpublishinggroup.com



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