LifeClever ;-) » Wiki http://www.lifeclever.com How to live and work as a designer Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:10:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Want your own wiki? Find the right one with these four sites http://www.lifeclever.com/want-your-own-wiki/ http://www.lifeclever.com/want-your-own-wiki/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:00:14 +0000 Philip Foeckler http://www.lifeclever.com/2006/10/18/four-sites-to-help-you-choose-the-right-wiki-system/ Wiki MatrixIt’s true, setting up your own wiki can be torturous to configure and customize. But don’t let their apparent complexity get the better of you. Several sites can help you choose a wiki solution to match your (un)willingness to get your hands dirty with code. To sort through the mess, here are my favorite wiki comparison sites:

  • How to Start a Wiki
    A must-read for anyone starting their own wiki. Besides being straightforward, it has an extensive list of links to other wiki resources.

  • Wikimatrix
    A wiki selection tool on steroids. It has wizards, feature-filters, and detailed side-by-side-comparisons to help identify the right wiki engine for the job. The matrix overviews are quite comprehensive though somewhat overwhelming. Thankfully, you can hide items. Wikimatrix also has short descriptions for most wiki engines as well as screenshots, discussions, statistics, and related wikis. The main downside of Wikimatrix is its speed when comparing a lot of wiki engines. I also wish it had tutorials, editorial reviews, and ratings.

  • [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparisonofwiki_software/ “Wikipedia)
    Provides a basic comparison chart of the most common wiki engines, technologies, features, licensing, and intended users. Being a wiki itself, it can be extended by you and other users. However, I found the current presentation overwhelming and wished for the ability to sort and filter. The Wikipedia Entry is more suitable as a reference guide than a wiki shopping tool.

  • [Top Ten Wiki Engines](http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?TopTenWikiEngines”Top Ten Wiki Engines)
    As the name suggests, this site gives an overview of the most popular wiki engines. While popular doesn’t always equal good or easy-to-use, this list gives an indication of which wiki engines will have a large support framework.

With these tools in hand, finding and setting up your wiki should be wikiwiki (quick) and easy.

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