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A while back I remeber someone, somewhere, mentioning using wiki somftware to keep track of information regarding their world. Well I'm working on a project for which wiki software may just come in handy, however I would rather keep it as a private database on my computer, does anyone know where I may be able to download wiki software? I can find the Request form for Wikia to host your wiki publicly, but as I said, that's not what I'm looking for.
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My understanding of wiki software is that the entire function is intended to make what's published public... that is, it goes up on the internet. You can password protect it, and if you are the one that sets it up you will automatically be the administrator, and if you don't invite anyone else to join, and don't give them a password, then no one else will see it.
Be aware that all things internet can be hacked or ferreted out by spiders and robots indexing the net, unless you put a code on the page to shut the spiders out. To assure privacy, keep it on your own hard drive.
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That was me, I believe. I use Dokuwiki. It adapts well to intranet and even just a PC. Do a search on "Dokuwikistick". You might also look up "Tiddlywiki". It is easier to set up and use than Dokuwiki and the entire wiki is contained in one .html file.
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So.... as far as appearance and editing text stuff goes do these use the same mechanics as the "real" wiki? for example would they all respond to " == subject == " the same way?
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quote:for example would they all respond to " == subject == " the same way?
If you mean if MediaWiki... the software package ran by Wikipedia... then I'll answer possibly. Every piece of software has its own convention. However, from the ones I've seen, most will interpret multiple '=' characters as a subject or subheader, yes. Check the manual or FAQ of the specific package for details on how they handle formatting.
If you absolutely prefer how MediaWiki handles article creation, then you can download that specific package and use it. That's about the only way to gaurentee your wiki will behave "just like" Wikipedia.
quote:Is there a way to get doku to automaticly make a table of contents based on the article headings?
Yup. On the page, Doku will generate a #tag link list based upon the order of your headers (IE: H2's will be indented beneath H1's, etc). In addition, if you utilize namespaces properly, the main index page on doku will organize your articles based upon the namespace.
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Anyone familiar with hosted wikis? I just need to do one to plan a trip with a friend and don't want to go through the rigamarole with my home server, which is a mysterious black box to me - literally. It's a black machine that used to be our home desktop but my brother-in-law AKA tech-support-in-law has converted to a linux box and it acts as our webserver which I run a small home website from. I access it 100% remotely - the server doesn't have a monitor or keyboard on it, we're such cheapskates we decided to not get a spare for the server. LOL
Anyway - my father has used wikispaces.com, I think. are there any other/better ones out there?
And so on. Doku will generate a table of contents automatically after you create articles. This will be viewable on your wiki's index.
quote:I think. are there any other/better ones out there?
It's easier to describe your needs, then see which packages out there would fit those needs. Most people do not need the full-blown mediawiki that they are used to seeing on Wikipedia. That's a user-heavy, high-traffic package (though, I admit, a fairly elegant one).
Not surprisingly, Wikipedia has a comparison list of several different packages:
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I think doku will probly do it. SO where should I post these namespaces so I don't clutter up my pages?
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When you create a page with a namespace, you automatically create that namespace. The namespace is created as a directory under the /data/pages/ directory. For that reason it does not take space up on your pages.
Suppose I want to have a namespace called "research" and in it I want a page called "Historical". To create the namespace AND the page, I edit an existing page to add a link, using the following syntax:
quote: [[:research:Historical]]
Once I click on that link, I am asked if I want to create the page. When I create the page, it is created within the directory "research". Thus the absolute reference for this page would be: "http://mywiki.com/data/pages/research/historical.txt"
So, in reality, namespaces are directories (aka folders).
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