OJB Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Hey all Was not sure whether this should go in this forum or the script suggestions one, but as this is not a script suggestion itself I thought I would put it in here. I am looking to introduce a WIKI to my music related forum to allow members to post up tutorials on software/hardware as well as music production etc things like that. I thought a WIKI solution would work quite well for this sort of idea, but really don't know which WIKI software to use. I have been to opensourcecms.com and tried a few out but logging into the admin panel and seeing the front screen don't really tell me about usability/ease of use though. Which do you suggest? Why? I tried MediaWiki as it looked aesthetically pleasing but it needed PHP5 i think, so I could not install it. Any help would be highly appreciated... if you do help me, we can be bestest friends like these dudes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Asking lots of people about what to use is like asking what car do you like. You will get many suggestions I think. However, there is a couple in the fantastico part of cpanel which you can install very simple and see what you think fo them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJB Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 (edited) haha thats true about the cars i suppose i just wanted to know what peoples experiences were with certain scripts... because iv never used wiki before and so thought if some people recommended wiki-script-x for being good for beginners then BOOOM id be there in seconds with bells on! I tried the 2 in fantastico, wasnt overly impressed with tikiwiki to be fair.. it seemed like overkill with blog, forum, chat, etc etc, i know you can disable them all but i opened up the admin page and was faced with a huge list of tickboxes... kinda threw me a little phpwiki i didnt like the feel of really... i know i know, im a fussy guy... Edited October 10, 2006 by OJB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJB Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 i discovered the previous stable release of MediaWIKI works on MySQL 4, so have installed this and am testing it now, it looks nice though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJB Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 sorry to flood this forum, but I feel what I have to add to this might help out people in a similar situation to me basically, having installed mediaWiki and going "ooooh, this is the software behind wikipedia so it must be good" for about 10 minutes trying to convince myself I could use it, I really couldnt. It is very difficult to change the layout and administration itself I found very poor too. This is all coming from a very inexperienced WIKI and website design person, so those out there who are good at this sort of thing MediaWiki looks like a powerful tool. I then went back to opensourcecms.com and tried the ones there out again, turns out I had missed one before. DokuWIKI. Dokuwiki was so easy to install, so easy to configure and I was "wiki'ing" before I knew it. Its a nice sleek, simple design. I would DEFINATELY recommend DokuWiki to anyone out there who like me just wants a simple wiki system, which is easy to install and doesnt require any intricate knowledge http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?opt...view&id=459 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 So DokuWiki was your final choice and you have it up and running now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJB Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 yep ! alls going well, getting to grips with it all now, i like the way the plugins work with it, you dont have to edit any code, just upload a zip and hey presto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJB Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 yea i am pleased now... I like how you can allow or deny edit access in certain areas.. so for example the main page I dont want any one else touching so only I can modify it... but in the actual tutorial sections members can add new stuff or edit existing topics. for those who are interested here is what I have been working on today: CLICK HERE TO SEE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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