sortof OT: wiki software

[Jason Hayes]

I foresee that being a big block to the wiki's use. As I said, most of the 
people using the wiki will be non-tech types. They're also doing this project 
as an add on to their normal work duties, so if there is a steep learning 
curve for the markup, they may grow weary of the project quickly.

If I can find a WYSIWYG module and people could just cut and paste from Word or 
OO Writer, that would help make the wiki more useful.
-- 
Jason Hayes

On Monday 15 June 2009 10:06:45 am Joe wrote:
> 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.
>
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