Comments on: Wiki review: DokuWiki

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:13:51 +0000

Thanks for the review. I’ve been looking at different wikis for a small development team and your review has been helpful in my decision.

By: Matthias

Matthias — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:13:48 +0000

Thanks for pointing out. Finding a good Mediawiki alternative is a bit stabbing in the dark. You never quite know what you’re going to get. :)

By: Skud

Skud — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:34:42 +0000

Philip: One thing to note, which might or might not bother you. Since starting with it, I’ve found some features that are specific to technical documentation. For instance, the wiki markup parser wraps some acronyms/terms in “abbr” tabs so that there’s a popup definition. If you look at http://infotrope.net/wiki/somedaymaybe/userbase you’ll see it on “CMS”, “API”, “PHP”, and “Perl”. A lovely feature for *my* sort of content, and probably won’t interfere with your family’s wishlists, but might confuse them if it happens unexpectedly.

By: Philip Newton

Philip Newton — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:37:08 +0000

Ooh, thanks for the recommendation.

I’ve been vaguely looking for Wiki software for a tiny Wiki of my own — just tracking wishlists for my family. (Static HTML pages so far; a Wiki that everyone in the family can edit would be nice, I thought, then they wouldn’t have to keep emailing me to update their page.)

I shall have to look into DokuWiki.