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Professional Wikis
Collaboration on the Web

Synopsis:

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.

Author Biography:

Mark S. Choate (Washington, D.C.) is co-founder and CEO of The Choate Group, LLC, a research and communications consulting firm serving organizations in the areas of knowledge management, research methodology, funding strategies, and grant writing. He was the lead developer of The Choate Group's Metawrite authoring tool, a cross-platform desktop wiki, and he consults with organizations seeking to implement weblog and wiki solutions. He is the former vice president of interactive media for The News & Observer. He lectures at Georgetown University's Communication, Culture and Technology (CCT) graduate program where he teaches The Technology of News, which evaluates the impact of Internet technology on news dissemination.

Table of Contents:

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.

Additional Information:

Illustrations: illustrations Related subjects: Wikis (Computer science) Internet