Week 7 - #16 - Wikis

This week comes at just the right time. I'm currently evaluating wiki software to decide which is the best one to use for our online information links.

First up I went to WikiMatrix. This site has a Wiki choice wizard which guides you through the evaluation.

Questions asked include:

1. Do you want a page history?
2. Do you want a WYSIWYG editor (What you see is what you get)?
3. Do you want to load software on your server or have it hosted?

Some of the issues I need to consider are if the page editing process is easy and if there is access control. You want to have several levels of access for administrators and editors. I don't want everyone around the world editing. I want to set up a system where people register to be editors.

I had a quick look at the two main players in the hosted wiki arena; Wetpaint and PBWiki. If you want to have a look at the results check them out:

http://erlonlineinformation.wetpaint.com/
http://erlonline.pbwiki.com/

I haven't given up on hosting our own wiki either. We'll see what happens.

Cheers, webgurl