sortof OT: wiki software

[Joe]

I've found that the hardest part of using a wiki for most people is the
wiki markup. I tried to implement a wiki at work but nobody understood
how to use it so nobody used it. I looked into changing over to a wiki
with WYSIWYG input (specifically Wikka Wiki), but the idea was
eventually (and sadly) dropped for lack of interest. We continue to use
Word and Excell documents scattered all over peoples' machines and in
random places on a central file server. Sigh.

My suggestion would be to find a wiki that is both powerful and offers
some kind of WYSIWYG interface, either out of the box or as a plugin.
That way, users will be able to quickly create articles and use the
thing, you just need to explain to them how to make new articles.

-Joe

Jason Hayes wrote:
> I know that this  may be a Chevy vs. Ford, or which distro is the best distro 
> kind of question, but I need to find a solid, easy to use wiki setup for people 
> who may or may not be terribly tech-savvy.
> 
> I will set it up (so that doesn't need to be part of the weighting), but I 
> need to figure out which software will suit a group who is trying to set up a 
> site with information that will help vest and educate new hires in our 
> industry.
> 
> Our budget is $0 (so I have to use OSS) and I am most comfortable working in a 
> PHP/mySQL environment, so I have tentatively settled on two, MediaWiki and 
> Moin Moin wiki
> 
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
> 
> http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinWiki
> 
> Anyone out there have any experience with one or both of these. Anyone have 
> another suggestion?
> 
> Thanks in advance.