Professional Wikis (Programmer to Programmer)

This book shows you how to install, use, manage, and extend a wiki using MediaWiki--the wiki engine used to power Wikipedia. You'll learn wiki terminology, how to create user accounts and new pages, and find your way around the wiki. Special focus is placed on how wikis are used in software and web development projects and how their capabilities ideally suit a specific environment and audience. You'll quickly come to discover why wikis are a valuable addition for any organization that wants to increase productivity using web-based collaboration tools. Introduction. Chapter 1: Wikis atWork. Chapter 2: InstallingMediaWiki. Chapter 3: Getting Started withMediaWiki. Chapter 4: Writing and Editing Content. Chapter 5: Images and Files. Chapter 6: Page Actions and Version Control. Chapter 7: Information Architecture: Organizing Your Wiki. Chapter 8: MagicWords, Templates, and Skins. Chapter 9: Extensions. Chapter 10: The MediaWiki API. Chapter 11: Wiki Performance. Index. The success of Wikipedia has proven just how effective wikis can be for collaborative editing on a large scale-larger than anyone originally thought possible. This book shows you how to install, use, manage, and extend a wiki using MediaWiki-the wiki engi Provides information on installing, using, managing, and extending a wiki using the MediaWiki.