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potential size of , 196 • Symbols • security level, 195 * (asterisk) in wiki markup, 41, 118 skill level of users, 194 %ATTACHURL% TWiki variable, 145 system requirements, 215–217 %ATTACHURLPATH% TWiki variable, 50 technical expertise, 197 - (dashes) in wiki markup, 40–41, 120–121 for walkabout examples, 203 $ (dollar sign) for variable parameters, 256 yourself as wiki champion, 197 %DRAWING% TWiki variable, 278 asterisk (*) in wiki markup, 41, 118 ! (exclamation mark) preventing links, 134 Atkinson, Bill (HyperCard creator), 24–25 % (percent signs) enclosing variables, 255 ’s Confluence wiki, 29, 139, 198 + (plus sign) for wiki markup heading attaching files to pages levels, 40–41, 120–121 linking to attachments, 144–145 ? (question mark) uploading attachments, 142–144 creating page by clicking, 45–46, 136 as wiki engine feature, 16 for links to pages not yet existing, 45, 136 wiki engine variations for, 141 %SEARCH% variable (TWiki), 259–260 %ATTACHURL% TWiki variable, 145 [ ] (square brackets) %ATTACHURLPATH% TWiki variable, 50 for categories in MediaWiki, 148 attitudes, wiki, 283–286 double, for free linking, 134–135, 140–141 attracting users double, for internal links, 88–89 advertising, 186 single, for Wikipedia named links, 90 assisting the wiki, 186–187 for WikiSpaces links, 110 challenges for, 179 | (vertical bar or pipe) in wiki markup, collaboration, promoting, 184–185 122–123, 135 to community , 185–187 confusing your audience, avoiding, 180 controversy, avoiding, 182 • A • educating users, 181, 184 elevator pitch for, 179 access control, 27, 249–250 encouraging boldness, 185 ActionTrackerPlugin, 279 Field of Dreams syndrome, avoiding, 181 administrator role, 23, 225, 228, 289 focusing the wiki, 186 advertising on wikis, 115–116 COPYRIGHTEDinstigating MATERIAL use, 184 advocacy wikis, 70–72 neglecting your wiki, avoiding, 180–181 alphabetical taxonomy, 155 to office wikis, 187–188 Apache server, 217 overdesigning, avoiding, 182 application wikis, 29, 30. See also form- overmanaging, avoiding, 182 based wiki applications removing barriers, 184–185 ArborWiki, 74–75 seeding your wiki, 183–184, 229 assessing wiki requirements spamming, avoiding, 181 automation, 196 suicide missions, avoiding, 182–183 number of contributors, 194–195 wiki life cycle, 188–190 number of viewers, 195 automation, 172, 196. See also templates 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 304

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Center for Media and Democracy, 71 • B • Central Desktop wiki, 100, 103, 298–299 backing up your wiki, 239, 251–252 champion. See wiki champion backlinks, 16, 168 change markups, 227 barriers to wiki use, removing, 184–185 change notifications, 16, 248–249 Baseball Reference Bullpen wiki, 58–59, Change Patrol 156, 170, 171 quality control patrol, 288 Bellizzi, Dominick (WikiSpaces creator), 104 rolling back changes, 243–247 BibleWiki, 58, 136–137, 155 running your own, 243–249 BlackListPlugin, 279 tracking recent changes, 247–249 , wikis versus, 14 at Wikipedia, 234, 240 BluWiki hosted wikis, 17, 29 Changes link, 35, 52. See also recently bold formatting, wiki markup for, 118, 123 changed pages list boldness, 185, 284 ChartPlugin, 279 brackets. See square brackets ([ ]) child pages, creating, 48 BrainKeeper wiki, 100, 103 citations for Wikipedia, 91 bread crumbs, 36–37, 47–48, 167 Claroline Development wiki, 65 Bricklin, Dan (wikiCalc creator), 299 Client Access to Integrated Services brochureware wikis, 78, 161, 162 Information (CAISI) wiki, 72 bulletin boards or forums, wikis versus, 14 clubhouse wikis, 76–77 bullets collaboration, promoting, 184–185 in HTML versus wiki markup, 15 Colombo, Sean (CosmeticsWiki creator), 59 wiki markup for, 15, 41, 120, 121–122 colors in wiki design, 152, 172, 174 businesses. See office wikis; organizations CommentPlugin, 276 Byers, James (WikiSpaces creator), 104 commercial wikis, 27, 28–29. See also hosted wikis; wiki engines communities of wiki people • • attitudes for, 283–286 culture created by, 13 CAISI (Client Access to Integrated Services help for wiki engine installation from, 218 Information) wiki, 72 life cycle, 22–23 CalendarPlugin, 279 overview, 21–22 camel case. See also WikiWords roles, 22–23, 287–290 in brand names, 133 unfinished content created by, 20, 56 defined, 19, 44 variety of, 9 examples, 44, 132 Wikipedia Community Portal, 93 question mark after word, 45, 136 community wikis rules for, 133 advertising, 186 canceling edits, 41, 88 assisting the wiki, 186–187 CAS 100B Course at Penn State wiki, 73 clubhouse, 76–77 case sensitivity defined, 21, 56, 185 of camel case, 44, 132–133 entertainment, 75–76 of Wikipedia links, 89 focusing, 186 Case Western Reserve University Wiki, 155 front page design for, 161 categories geographical, 74–75 defined, 148 hosted, 102–103 further information, 149 overview, 73–74, 102–103 tags versus, 149 starting, 185–187 using in MediaWiki, 148 , 77 in wiki design, 163–165 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 305

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companies. See office wikis; organizations databases. See also form-based wiki Comprehensive Archive Network applications; structured wikis (CPAN), 216 defined, 254 configure script (TWiki), 221–224 home page creation, 266 Confluence wiki (Atlassian), 29, 139, 198 office wikis for, 293 connecting to the Web server, 220–221 with structured wikis, 254 consultant ( mechanic), wikis versus, 13 211, 212–214 dedicated server, 211 content management systems, 14, 198 deleting or removing content-focused wikis canceling edits, 41, 88 defined, 21, 56 change markups for, 227 front page design for, 159, 160 orphan pages, 138 hobbyist, 60–62 pruning wikis, 104, 189, 226, 227–228, 231 hosted, 103–104 rolling back changes, 231–234, 239, 240, hybrids, 56, 65 243–247 overview, 57, 103–104 deploying wikis, 188 reference, 57–60 designing wikis section page design for, 162–163 categories for pages, 163–165 technical documentation, 64–65 copying effective designs, 153 travel, 62–64 Edward Tufte on, 153 wiki engines for, 198 fonts, colors, and images, 152, 172–175 contributing. See editing wiki pages forms and variables for, 172 contributor role, 23, 228, 288, 289–290 four dimensions of design, 151–152 controversy, 182, 240–242 front page, 159–161 CookbookWiki, 61 headers and footers, 166, 167–168 CosmeticsWiki, 59–60 left-hand navigation, 165, 166–167 cospire wiki, 100, 104 linking in patterns, 157–158 CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive navigational paths, 159–169 Network), 216 overdesigning, avoiding, 182 critic role, 290 page naming patterns for, 158–159 Cunningham, Ward (wiki creator) section pages, 162–163 camel case linking created by, 131 supporting pages, 169 characteristics derived from wiki of, 15 taxonomy considerations, 152–157 generosity of, 11 templates for, 151, 169–172 invention of wikis by, 9, 11, 25–26 themes for, 173–174 Portland Pattern Repository of, 11, 26 desktop wikis, 30, 192–193 vision of, 9 development wiki engines, 193 wiki markup invented by, 26 dictionary wiki, 57 wikis named by, 26 disaster planning, 250–252 WikiWikiWeb of, 69–70 document mode Curriki, 72, 73 combining with thread mode, 127 described, 117, 126 inverted triangle structure of, 128 • D • other modes compared to, 127–128 dashes (-) in wiki markup, 40–41, 120–121 refactoring comments, 128 DatabasePlugin, 279 using, 128–129 documentation, wikis for, 295 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 306

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DokuWiki, 28, 37, 198, 207–208 tracking versions and changes, 51–53, dollar sign ($) for variable parameters, 256 247–249 downloading TWiki engine, 34–35, TWiki Sandbox pages for practice, 38 219–220, 254 wiki engine requirements, 194–195 %DRAWING% TWiki variable, 278 Wikipedia entries, 85–88, 92–93 WYSIWYG, 42–43, 108, 109, 124 EditMe.com hosted wiki, 78, 100, 102 • E • editor role, 22, 228 early adopters of wikis, 16–17, 27–28 EditTablePlugin, 277–278 ease-of-use wikis educating users, 181, 184, 226, 228, 230–231 defined, 21, 56 educational wikis, 72–73 hosted, 102 elevator pitch, 179 overview, 77–78, 102 e-mail personal and family, 78–79 address conventions in this book, 2 small business brochure, 78 “To All,” office wikis for reducing, 292–293 easier is better attitude, 284 TWiki mailing lists, 218 eBay Wiki, 66–67 wikis versus, 13–14 Eco, Umberto (The Mysterious Flame of Britannica Online, 82–84, 91 Queen Loana), 229 Encyclopedia Gamia, 62, 170 editing wiki pages. See also links; wiki ending your wiki, 190 markup engineers as early adopters, 16–17, 27–28 attaching files, 49–51 engines. See wiki engines canceling edits, 41 enterprise wikis, 29, 100 CommentPlugin for, 276 entertainment wikis, 75–76 controlling editing access, 249–250 enthusiasm, as security threat, 242 creating a page at hosted wikis, 107 erasing. See deleting or removing creating a page at PBwiki, 19–20 E398 Essentials wiki, 77 creating a page at TWiki, 45–47 evangelist role, 288 creating a Wikipedia entry, 85 EvoWiki, 71 creating child pages, 48 example setting, 285 ease of, 15 exclamation mark (!) preventing links, 134 finding or orphan pages, 48–49, 138 Extreme Programming, 25 formatting Wikipedia entries, 86–87 at hosted wikis, 108–109 HTML formatting and layout, 125–126 • F • identifying parent pages, 47–48 family wikis, 78–79 links to tools for, 38–39 favicons, 175 modes or patterns for pages, 117, 126–130 Field of Dreams syndrome, 181 previewing pages, 41 FlexWiki (Microsoft), 28, 302 printing pages, 51 focusing the wiki, 186 pruning, 104, 189, 226, 227–228, 231 fonts renaming pages, 49 in this book, 2 rolling back changes, 231–233, 234 in wikis, 123, 152 sandbox pages for practice, 17–19 footers, 166, 168 saving pages, 41, 118–119 formatting content. See editing wiki pages; text mode for, 39–42, 108–109 wiki markup 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 307

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form-based wiki applications adding forms to template topics, 270 • H • building a formatted topic list, 272–273 headers, 166, 167–168 creating a database home page, 266 headings, wiki markup for, 40–41, 120–121 creating a template topic, 268–269 HeadlinesPlugin, 279 defining a form, 266–268 help described, 265 for editing Wikipedia pages, 88 enabling a form, 268 pages on wiki, 230 HTML form for topic creation, 270–272 for wiki engine installation, 218 improving the topic list, 273–275 for wiki markup, 120 steps for creating, 265 hierarchy of wiki pages, 37 forms. See also form-based wiki history links in footers, 168 applications history of wikis described, 265 commercial products, 28–29 HTML, for creating pages, 264–265, 270–272 early adopters, 27–28 for populating pages automatically, 172 features added by developers, 26–27 standardization benefits of, 272 growth within companies, 28 for structured wikis, 264–275 hosted wikis, 1, 17, 29–30, 97 forums or bulletin boards, wikis versus, 14 precursors, 24–25 founder role, 290 Ward Cunningham’s invention, 9, 11, 25–26 free linking hobbyist wikis, 60–62 flexibility of, 131 horizontal rules, wiki markup for, 41, 121 to other webs and namespaces, 141 hosted wikis. See also specific wikis URLs for external links, 139–140 accounts for, 17, 20 using, 134–135 adding images, video, and widgets, 115 in Wikipedia, 88–90 community wikis, 102–103 between wikis using Interwiki names, content-focused wikis, 103–104 141, 278 costs, 99, 100–101 Frey, Adam (WikiSpaces creator), 104 creating pages, 107 front page design, 159–161 criteria for choosing, 98–99 functions, variables as, 256–257 customizing, 99, 113–114 future of wikis, 30 defined, 97 development of, 1, 17, 29–30, 97 • G • directories of wikis on, 79 ease-of-use wikis, 102 gamers’ wiki, 62, 170 editing pages, 108–109 Ganfyd wiki, 67–68 inviting others to, 98, 112–113 genealogy wiki, 300 linking pages, 109–110 geographical community wikis, 74–75 monitoring and reporting site for, 100 geographical taxonomy, 155 overview, 17, 209 glossary for large wikis, 189 page protection with, 99, 106, 110–112 Google premium services and advertising, 115–116 JotSpot purchased by, 2, 17, 254 private label option, 99 wiki use by, 1, 29 process-focused wikis, 103 graphics. See designing wikis; images recommended, overview of, 100–101 The Greater IBM Connection wiki, 77 sandbox pages, 17–19 Guru.com site, 213 setting up with WikiSpaces, 104–107 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 308

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hosted wikis (continued) Ingerson, Brian (Kwiki creator), 302 situations not suitable for, 99, 210 installing TWiki engine style sheets, 114 configure script for, 221–224 templates, 114, 170 connecting to the Web server, 220–221 themes offered by, 173–174 downloading and unpacking binaries, variety of, 97 219–220 Web information for, 98 help for, 218 wiki engines handled by, 191, 193 system requirements, 215–217 Wikis For Dummies pages on, 17–18 Intellipedia, 67 hosting your own wiki Internet mechanic, 211, 212–214 all-in-one providers for, 211–212 Internet Relay Chat (IRC), 218 dedicated server for, 211 Internet resources hosting providers for, 210 ArborWiki, 74 inside your organization, 211 Atlassian, 29 Internet mechanic for, 211, 212–214 Baseball Reference Bullpen, 58 shared server for, 211 BibleWiki, 58, 155 HTML (HyperText Markup Language) BrainKeeper wiki, 100, 103 change markups, 227 CAISI wiki, 72 conventions in this book, 2 CAS 100B Course at Penn State wiki, 73 defined, 15 Case Western Reserve University Wiki, 155 formatting and layout using, 125–126 categories in MediaWiki, 149 forms for creating pages, 264–265, Central Desktop wiki, 100, 103, 298 270–272 Claroline Development wiki, 65 for linking to attachments, 144–145 community hosted wikis, 103 for linking to images, 145 Confluence wiki, 198 standards, 15 content-focused hosted wikis, 104 wiki markup versus, 15 CookbookWiki, 61 HyperCard, 24–25 CosmeticsWiki, 59 cospire wiki, 100, 104 Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc., 70 • I • Curriki, 72 icons DokuWiki, 198, 207 favicons, 175 ease-of-use hosted wikis, 102 for formatting Wikipedia entries, 86–87 eBay Wiki, 66 in margins of this book, 4 EditMe.com hosted wiki, 100, 102 ImagePlugin, 279 Encyclopedia Gamia, 62, 170 images E398 Essentials wiki, 77 adding to hosted wiki, 115 EvoWiki, 71 favicons, 175 family wikis, 79 inserting (linking to), 141, 145–147 finding wikis, 79 logos, 175 FlexWiki, 302 TWikiDrawPlugin for, 278–279 Ganfyd, 67 uploading, 143, 145 The Greater IBM Connection wiki, 77 in wiki design, 152, 172, 175 hosted wiki information, 98 index cards metaphor, 11–13, 25, 34 hosted wiki lists, 79 index link on wikis, 35 hosted wiki providers, 100–101 industrial-strength wiki engines, 193 hosted wiki reporting site, 100 information architecture. See taxonomies hosting providers, 210 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 309

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Intellipedia, 67 wikiCalc, 299 Internet mechanics, 213, 214 Wikidot.com, 101, 102 Interwiki prefixes, 140 WikiMatrix, 98, 199 JhuWiki, 74 , 70 JotSpot wiki, 29, 100, 103 Wikipedia home page, 82, 172 Kwiki, 302 Wikipedia markup cheat sheet, 120 linking tips and tricks, 135 , 58 , 76 Wikis For Dummies pages, 17 LyricWiki, 76 WikiSpaces, 101, 102, 103, 104 Marvel Database Project, 75 WikiTimeScale, 155, 300 MediaWiki engine, 198, 207 Wikitravel, 63, 155 MoinMoin wiki, 205 WikiTree, 300 Mr. Lindsay’s Room 15 Wiki, 73 WikiWikiWeb, 69 Nexdo wiki, 101, 103 Wikocracy, 72 PBwiki, 101, 102, 103, 104 , 57 personal wikis, 78 Wookiepedia, 76 PokerWiki, 60 XWiki, 204, 212 Portland Pattern Repository, 11, 26 Interwiki prefixes, 140 process-focused hosted wikis, 103 InterwikiPlugin, 278 Project Backpack, 70 intranet, replacing with office wiki, 294 SAP Enterprise Services wiki, 64 Intuit, TaxAlmanac developed by, 69 seedwiki, 101, 103 IRC (Internet Relay Chat), 218 wiki, 29, 101, 103, 198 italic format SourceWatch, 71 in this book, 2 spam prevention, 233 wiki markup for, 123 Star Trek wiki, 76 StikiPad wiki, 101, 102, 299 SugarCRM Support and Development • J • wikis, 65 JhuWiki, 74 SuperHappyDevHouse wiki, 77 Johns Hopkins University wiki, 74 Swiki, 301 JotSpot wiki TaxAlmanac, 69 as community wiki, 103 taxonomy examples, 155 described, 29 template information, 172 Google’s purchase of, 1, 17, 254 TiddlyWiki, 198, 297 hosted wikis offered by, 17, 100 training information, 230 as process-focused wiki, 103 TWiki consultants list, 214 as structured wiki, 254 TWiki engine download, 254 WYSIWYG editor, 124 TWiki engine installation help, 218 jumping in wikis, 36, 48, 167 TWiki home page, 32, 198, 206 TWiki Internet mechanic skills list, 214 TWiki plug-ins page, 279 • K • TWiki variables list, 258 knowledge management, wikis for, 293 , 76 Kraus, Joe (JotSpot founder), 29 Westwood Schools wiki, 72 Kupu WYSIWYG editor, 124 wetpaint wiki, 101, 102, 103, 298 Kwiki, 302 Wikia wiki, 101, 104 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 310

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in Wikipedia, 88–90 • L • between wikis using Interwiki names, large wikis, managing, 189 140, 278 left-hand navigation WikiWords for, 15, 44, 132–134 defined, 165 , for TWiki, 216 designing, 166–167 local navigation, 36 using, 34–36 logging in to TWiki as guest, 39 Level 1 to 3 headings, 40–41, 120 logos on wikis, 175 librarian for large wikis, 189 lost pages, finding, 48–49, 138 life cycle Lostpedia wiki, 76 of wiki people, 22–23 LyricWiki, 76 of wikis, 188–190 links. See also navigating wiki webs; • M • uploading camel case for, 19, 44, 45, 131 mailing lists (TWiki), 218 changing for renamed pages, 49 manager role, 23, 225, 228, 289 creating free links, 134–135 managing wikis creating in text mode, 110 daily tasks, 236 creating in Wikipedia, 88–90 kinds of tasks, 226 creating in WYSIWYG editor, 109–110 large wikis, 189 creating pages using, 135–136 monthly tasks, 236–237 creating WikiWord links, 44–45, 132–133 need for, 225 designing, 151, 157–158 overmanaging, avoiding, 182 to editing tools, 38–39 pruning, 104, 189, 226, 227–228, 231 external, URLs for, 139–140 refactoring, 128, 233–235 to file attachments, 144–145 rolling back changes, 231–233, 234 finding lost or orphan pages, 48–49, 138 spam prevention, 233 in footers, 168 templates for, 234 free linking, 131, 134–135 training users, 181, 184, 226, 228, 230–231 in headers, 167 weekly tasks, 236 in HTML versus wiki markup, 15 yearly tasks, 237–238 to images, 141, 145–147 markup. See HTML (HyperText Markup index cards metaphor for, 13 Language); wiki markup to multimedia, 141, 147 Marvel Database Project, 75 named, 90 Mayfield, Ross (Socialtext creator), 29 namespaces for, 132 MediaWiki engine to other webs and namespaces, 141 categories, 148–149 preventing false WikiWord links, 133–134 for content-focused wikis, 198 for printable pages, 51 document and thread modes in, 127 question mark for pages not yet existing, heading markup in, 120 45, 136 linking methods, 135 renaming all in web, 138–139 renaming all links in web, 139 tips and tricks site, 135 walkabout, 207 to unfinished content, 20 Wikipedia use of, 32 viewing all to a page, 137–138 medical reference wiki, 67–68 wiki markup for, 88–90, 110 Microsoft’s Flex Wiki, 28, 302 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 311

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mistakes, as security threats, 242–243 MoinMoin wiki, 193, 205 • O • moving your wiki, 252 office wikis. See also organizations Mr. Lindsay’s Room 15 Wiki, 73 for databases, 293 multimedia. See also images as intranet replacements, 294 adding to hosted wiki, 115 for knowledge management, 293 linking to, 141, 147 for project management, 295 The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana promoting, 187–188 (Eco), 229 as shared repositories, 292 for shared spreadsheets, 295 “To All” e-mail reduced by, 292–293 • N • for training, 294 named links in Wikipedia, 90 for user documentation, 295 namespaces for Web publishing, 294 defined, 34 open source software, 11, 17, 27, 192 linking to others, 141 for TWiki, 216, 223 for links, 132 operations and hosting engineer, 289 for uploaded files in Wikipedia, 145 organizational chart taxonomy, 155 naming pages, 158–159 organizations. See also office wikis navigating wiki webs becoming wiki-wise, 23–24 exploring the structure, 33–34 growth of wikis in, 10, 28 finding lost or orphan pages, 48–49, 138 hierarchy and wikis in, 188 introduction page, 33 wiki engine choices for, 198 jumping from web to web, 36 wiki use by, 1, 23–24, 27–28 jumping to a page, 36 Ornstein, David (FlexWiki creator), 302 local navigation, 36 orphan pages, finding, 48–49, 138 overview of webs, 34 overdesigning, avoiding, 182 searching, 37–38 overmanaging, avoiding, 182 using bread crumbs, 36–37 using links on the left, 34–36 • P • wiki for practice with, 32 navigation scheme. See also links; page design. See designing wikis navigating wiki webs pages, defined, 153 categorizing pages for, 163–165 parent pages, identifying, 47–48 clear, designing for, 151 passion, as security threat, 240–242 defined, 159 PBwiki front page design for, 159–161 as community wiki, 103 headers and footers for, 166, 167–168 as content-focused wiki, 104 left-hand, designing, 165, 166–167 creating a page at, 19–20 section page design for, 162–163 directory for uploaded files, 145 supporting page design for, 169 as ease-of-use wiki, 102 Negroponte, John (intelligence czar), 67 hosted wikis offered by, 17, 29, 101 Nexdo wiki, 101, 103 inserting images, 145–147 notification of changes, 16, 248–249 linking to attachments, 144–145 numbered lists, wiki markup for, 121–122 uploading attachments, 142–144 Nupedia, 81 uploading images, 143 uploading plug-ins, 143 Wikis For Dummies page, 17, 18, 141 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 312

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percent signs (%) enclosing variables, 255 project management, wikis for, 23, 56, Perl language, 216 66, 295 personal wikis, 78 promoting your wiki. See attracting users pictures. See images protected pages, 110–111, 249 pipe or vertical bar (|) in wiki markup, protected wikis 122–123, 135 at hosted wikis, 99, 110–112 plug-ins for security, 239 CommentPlugin, 276 at WikiSpaces, 106, 110–111 defined, 27 pruning wikis EditTablePlugin, 277–278 continuous need for, 104 finding, 279 encouraging, 231 InterwikiPlugin, 278 garden metaphor, 104, 226 noteworthy, list of, 279 large wikis, 189 SpreadSheetPlugin, 276–277 overview, 227–228 TagMePlugin, 149–150, 279 public pages, 111, 249 TWiki configuration for, 224 public wikis, 106 TWikiDrawPlugin, 278–279 uploading in PBwiki, 143 uses for, 275 • Q • WYSIWYG editors, 124 quality control patrol. See Change Patrol plus sign (+) for wiki markup heading question mark (?) levels, 40–41, 120–121 creating page by clicking, 45–46, 136 PokerWiki, 60–61 for links to pages not yet existing, 45, 136 policy and process contributor role, 289–290 quotation database wiki, 58 Portland Pattern Repository, 11, 26 premium services, 115–116 previewing • • pages when editing, 41 Raw View tool, 168 Wikipedia edits, 87–88 RCS version control system, 216 printable wiki pages, 16, 51 reader role, 22, 287 private pages, 111, 249 really simple syndication (RSS), 14, 294 private wikis, 106, 187 recently changed pages list process-focused wikis as Change Patrol to-do list, 247 advocacy, 70–72 Changes link for, 35, 52 assisting the wiki, 187 on TWiki, 35 defined, 21, 56 using, 52–53 educational, 72–73 as wiki characteristic, 15 front page design for, 159, 160 refactoring, 128, 233–235 hosted, 103 reference wikis. See also Wikipedia hybrids, 56, 65 Baseball Reference Bullpen, 58–59, 170 overview, 65, 103 BibleWiki, 58 for project management and CosmeticsWiki, 59–60 productivity, 66 overview, 57 promoting in the office, 187–188 for, 58 section page design for, 163 Wikiquote, 58 task-oriented, 66–70 Wiktionary, 57, 58 productivity wikis, 56, 66 Remember icon, 4 ProductWiki section of Amazon.com, 30 removing. See deleting or removing Project Backpack, 70 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 313

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renaming Wikipedia:Sandbox, 85 all links in a web, 138–139 on Wikis For Dummies pages, 17–18 wiki pages, 49 SAP Enterprise Services wiki, 64 RentACoder site, 213 saving repository pages when editing, 41, 118–119 office wiki as, 292 Wikipedia edits, 88 for project management, 23 scalability of wiki engines, 195 as wiki characteristic, 15 %SEARCH% variable (TWiki), 259–260 requirements for wikis. See assessing wiki searching in wiki pages requirements box in header for, 167 researcher role, 287 finding lost pages, 48–49 reversion capability, 239 limitations of, 38 roles overview, 37–38 contributor, 23, 228, 288 structured wiki capabilities for, 259–260 critic, 290 as wiki engine feature, 16 editor, 22, 228 Wikipedia, 82 evangelist, 288 section page design, 162–163 founder, 290 SectionalEditPlugin, 279 manager/administrator, 23, 225, 228, 289 security operations and hosting engineer, 289 assessing requirements for, 195 policy and process contributor, 289–290 backing up for, 239, 251–252 quality control patrol, 288 Change Patrol for, 240, 243–249, 288 reader/researcher, 22, 287 controlling editing access, 249–250 wiki champion, 22, 23, 197, 228, 290 enthusiasm as threat to, 242 wiki coach, 22, 23 evaluating threats, 240–243 wiki engine developer, 290 mistakes as threat to, 242–243 wiki page describing, 228 moving your wiki, 252 rolling back changes need for, 239 overview, 231–233 passion as threat to, 240–242 as security capability, 239 preparing for disaster, 250–252 steps for, 243–247 protected wikis for, 239 in Wikipedia, 234, 240 reversion capability for, 239 RSS (really simple syndication), 14, 294 spam prevention, 233 rules against system failure, 243 for camel case, 133 three-fold defense, 239 policy and process contributor role, TWiki configuration for, 223 289–290 against vandalism, 240 wiki attitude, 286 seeding your wiki, 183–184, 229 for Wikipedia contributors, 92–93 seedwiki, 101, 103 Ruston, Jeremy (TiddlyWiki creator), 298 servers Apache, 217 connecting to the Web server, 220–221 • S • for hosting your own wiki, 211 sandboxes shared authorship, 283 creating a page at PBwiki, 19–20 shared repositories, 292 defined, 17, 32 shared server, 211 TWiki.org Sandbox web, 34–35, 38–39, 118 short pages, 136–137 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 314

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shutting down your wiki, 190 style sheets, 114 size of wiki sub-wikis, 34 managing large wikis, 189 SugarCRM Support and Development number of contributors, 194–195 wikis, 65 number of pages, 196 SuperHappyDevHouse wiki, 77 number of viewers, 195 supporting page design, 169 skill level of users, 194 Swiki, 17, 301–302 skins, 173–174, 298 system failure, protecting against, 243 small business brochure wikis, 78, 161, 162 system requirements for wiki engines, Socialtext wiki, 29, 101, 103, 198 215–217 source code, 192 SourceWatch wiki, 71 spam, 181, 233 • T • special-purpose wiki engines, 193 tables Spencer, Graham (JotSpot founder), 29 EditTablePlugin for, 277–278 spreadsheets HTML for, 125–126 office wikis for sharing, 295 markup variations for, 120 SpreadSheetPlugin for, 276–277 SpreadSheetPlugin for, 276–277 wikiCalc for, 299–300 TWiki markup for, 122 square brackets ([ ]) variations in markup for, 122 for categories in MediaWiki, 148 tag clouds. See categories double, for free linking, 134–135, 140–141 TagMePlugin, 149–150, 279 double, for Wikipedia internal links, 88–89 tags, 149–150. See also categories single, for Wikipedia named links, 90 task-oriented wikis for WikiSpaces links, 110 eBay Wiki, 66–67 standard pages Ganfyd, 67–68 forms and templates for, 272 Intellipedia, 67 for large wikis, 189 overview, 66 standards, 15–16 TaxAlmanac, 69 Star Trek wiki, 76 Wikinews, 70 StikiPad wiki, 101, 102, 299 WikiWikiWeb, 69–70 structured mode. See also structured wikis TaxAlmanac wiki, 69 described, 117, 127 taxonomies at hosted wikis, 115 categorizing pages, 163–165 other modes compared to, 127–128 common types of, 154–157 using, 130 defined, 27, 151 structured wikis. See also structured mode hierarchy of wikis, webs, and pages, 153 attitude for, 285 for large wikis, 189 described, 115, 254 overview, 152–154 determining amount of structure, 254–255 for pages, 154 forms for, 264–275 Wikipedia example, 154 origins of, 253 technical documentation wikis, 64–65, 198 plug-ins for, 275–279 technical expertise searching, 259–260 all-in-one providers for, 212 simple example, 254–255 assessing requirements for, 197 templates for, 130, 260–265, 268–270 Internet mechanic for, 211, 212–214 TWiki for, 198, 254 Technical Stuff icon, 3, 4 variables for, 255–258 technology wikis, 77 stubs, 136–137 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 315

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templates. See also form-based wiki training applications office wikis for, 294 base topic creation for, 261 wiki users, 181, 184, 226, 228, 230–231 components of applications, 261 travel wikis, 62–64 for consistent design, 151 TreePlugin, 279 for content page design, 169–172 Tufte, Edward (Yale University professor), creating new pages from, 262–263 153 finding pages created from, 263 TWiki engine. See also installing TWiki forms as extensions of, 265 engine; structured wikis for headers and footers, 166 for company wikis, 198 at hosted wikis, 114, 170 downloading, 34–35, 219–220, 254 HTML forms for, 264–265 Peter Thoeny as creator of, 29, 125 for managing wikis, 234 system requirements, 215–217 for office wikis, 187 walkabout, 206–207 for parts of pages, 171–172 TWikiDrawPlugin, 278–279 placeholder content with, 170–171 TWiki.org standardization benefits of, 272 attaching files to pages, 49–51, 145 for structured wikis, 130, 260–265, 268–270 bread crumbs, 36–37, 47–48 topic, adding forms to, 270 bullet markup, 41, 121–122 topic, creating, 261–262, 268–269 consultants list at, 214 Wikipedia article on, 172 creating a page, 45–47 text mode. See also wiki markup creating links, 44–45 defined, 40 editing pages in text mode, 39–42 editing pages in, 39–42, 108–109 editing pages in WYSIWYG mode, 42–43 entering by clicking question mark, 45 guest login, 39 WYSIWYG versus, 43, 124 heading markup, 40–41, 120, 121 TGZ files, 221 identifying parent pages, 47–48 themes, 173–174 Internet mechanic information at, 214 Thoeny, Peter (co-author) links on the left, 34–35 HTML use by, 125 mailing lists, 218 structured wikis created by, 253 namespaces, 132 survey of wiki-related spam resources, 233 navigating, 33–38 TWiki created by, 29, 125 plug-ins page, 279 Wind River wiki created by, 29 as practice wiki, 32, 118 thread mode renaming all links in web, 138–139 combining with document mode, 127 Sandbox web, 34–35, 38–39, 118 described, 117, 126–127 searching, 37–38 other modes compared to, 127–128 stopping WikiWord linking in, 133–134 replacing with document mode, 130 structure of, 33 types of information on pages, 129 for structured wikis, 198, 254 using, 129–130 Support Web, 218 as wiki style, 14 table markup in, 122–123 TiddlyWiki, 28, 198, 297–298 tagging in, 149–150 timeline taxonomy, 155 topics, 35 Tip icon, 4 WYSIWYG editor, 124 TwistyPlugin, 279 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 316

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MoinMoin wiki, 205 • U • overview, 202–203 Uncyclopedia wiki, 76 points to ponder, 204 unfinished content TWiki, 206–207 encouraged in wikis, 20, 284 XWiki, 204–205, 206 finding in wikis, 56 Warning! icon, 4 stubs or short pages for, 136–137 Washtenaw County, Michigan wiki, 74–75 unpacking TWiki binaries, 219–220 Web addresses. See Internet resources; uploading URLs or Web addresses file attachments, 142–144 Web publishing, 14, 294 images, 143, 145 webs URLs or Web addresses. See also Internet defined, 33, 34, 153 resources linking to others, 141 conventions in this book, 2 namespaces, 34, 132 for external links, 139–140 overview, 34 Interwiki prefixes instead of, 140 renaming all links in, 138–139 for TWiki configuration, 222 sub-wikis in, 34 user documentation, wikis for, 295 in taxonomy hierarchy, 153 Westwood Schools wiki, 72 wetpaint wiki • V • as community wiki, 103 as ease-of-use wiki, 102 vandalism, 240 hosted wikis offered by, 29, 101 variables overview, 298 defined, 255 Wikis For Dummies page, 17 functions, 256–257 What You See Is What You Get. See listing online, 258 WYSIWYG parameters for, 256–257 widgets, adding to hosted wiki, 115 for populating pages automatically, 172 wiki champion syntax for, 255 attitudes for, 285, 286 table listing, 257–258 becoming, 23, 197 TWiki, 40, 145, 255–258 defined, 22, 290 wiki markup example, 255–256 wiki page describing, 228 versioning or version control. See also Wiki Choice Wizard (WikiMatrix), 200–201 rolling back changes wiki coaches, 22, 23 defined, 16, 27, 51 wiki engines. See also hosted wikis; hosting for TWiki, 216 your own wiki; installing TWiki engine uses for, 51–52 access control, 249–250 as wiki engine feature, 16 assessing wiki requirements for, 194–197 vertical bar or pipe (|) in wiki markup, basic categories of, 192–193 122–123, 135 comparing, 197–202 video, adding to hosted wiki, 115 defined, 11, 32, 191 developers, 289 • W • development of, 16–17, 28 help for installing, 218 wabi-sabi, 20, 284 at hosted wikis, 191, 193 walkabout namespaces with, 132 DokuWiki, 207–208 open source roots of, 11, 27, 192 MediaWiki, 207 safe choices (table), 198 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 317

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scalability of, 195 editing entries, 85–88 steps for choosing, 192 Encyclopedia Britannica Online versus, variety of, 11, 32, 192–193 82–84, 91 wiki walkabout for choosing, 202–208 formatting entries, 86–87 wiki farms. See hosted wikis growth of, 84–85 wiki markup heading markup in, 120 applying to a page, 118–119 help for editing pages, 88 for bullets, 15, 41, 120, 121–122 home page, 82, 83, 172 conventions in this book, 2 linking to a specific section of an entry, 89 defined, 118 linking to another entry, 88–89 for formatting text, 123 linking to outside sources, 90 for headings, 40–41, 120–121 lists of wikis on, 79 help for, 120 MediaWiki engine used by, 32 for horizontal rules, 41, 121 named links, 90 HTML versus, 15 namespace for uploaded files, 145 for links, 88–90, 110 previewing edits, 87–88 saving pages after applying, 118–119 reasons for success of, 81–82 for tables, 122–123 as research tool, 90–91 in text-mode editing, 40–41, 108–109 rolling back changes in, 234 variables in, 255–256 rules for contributors, 92–93 variations in, 120 run by Wikimedia Foundation, 58 as Ward Cunningham’s invention, 26 sandbox, 85 wiki people. See communities of wiki saving edits, 88 people Search field, 82 Wikia wiki, 17, 29, 101, 104 sister projects, 93 wikiCalc, 299–300 subject areas, 82 Wikidot.com, 101, 102 taxonomy of, 154 WikiIndex catalog of wikis, 79 templates article, 172 WikiMatrix Web site, 98, 199–202, 203 vandalism of, 240 Wikimedia Foundation, 58, 79. See also volunteers, 84 MediaWiki engine; Wikipedia Web site, 82 Wikinews, 70 wiki markup cheat sheet, 120 Wikipedia. See also MediaWiki engine Wikiquote, 58, 93 abortion page, 241–242 wikis accuracy and reliability issues, 82, 91–92 categories of, 21, 56 Arbitration Committee, 92 challenges for defining, 11 canceling edits, 88 characteristics of, 15 case sensitivity of links, 89 defined, 2, 11, 13, 15, 153 categories, 148–149 future of, 30 Categories link, 82 history of, 24–30 Change Patrol, 234, 240 index cards metaphor for, 11–13, 34 citations for, 91 innovations, 16, 27 colors in design of, 172 life cycle, 188–190 Community Portal, 93 origin of name, 26, 70 as content-focused wiki, 21 other communication tools versus, document and thread modes in, 127 13–14, 25 Edit Summary box, 87 in taxonomy hierarchy, 153 edit wars, 92 27_043998 bindex.qxp 6/19/07 8:31 PM Page 318

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WikiSpaces for page names, 46 backup options, 251–252 preventing false links, 133–134 color selection in, 174 question mark after, 45, 136 as community wiki, 103 used for links, 15 as content-focused wiki, 104 Wikocracy, 72 creation of, 104 Wiktionary, 57, 58, 93 customizing your wiki, 114 Woods, Dan (co-author) as ease-of-use wiki, 102 hosted wiki reporting site, 100 heading markup in, 120 wikis as desktop for, 30 hosted wikis offered by, 17, 29, 101 Wookiepedia, 76 inviting others to your wiki, 112–113 World Wide Web, 25. See also Internet premium services, 116 resources; URLs or Web addresses private pages, 111, 249 WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) private wikis, 106 defined, 38 protected pages, 110–111, 249 editing pages in, 42–43, 108, 109 protected wikis, 106 limitations of, 43, 124 public pages, 111, 249 overview, 124 public wikis, 106 plug-in editors, 124 renaming all links in web, 139 text mode versus, 43, 124 setting up a wiki, 104–107 themes, 173–174 Wikis For Dummies page, 17, 112 • X • , 93 XWiki WikiTimeScale, 155, 300–301 as all-in-one provider, 212 Wikitorial, 182, 240 hosted wikis offered by, 17, 29 Wikitravel, 63, 155 walkabout, 204–205, 206 WikiTree, 300 Wikis For Dummies page, 17 WikiWikiWeb, 69–70 WikiWords camel case for, 19, 44 • Z • creating links using, 44–45, 132–133 Zevola, Nicki (CosmeticsWiki creator), 59 defined, 133 ZIP files, 221 enabling on wiki engine, 133 examples, 44, 132