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    • A
      Alex Sage
      last edited by

      http://www.wikimatrix.org/compare/dokuwiki+mediawiki

      duku seems like the clear winner here...

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      • coliverC
        coliver @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said:

        I'll stand one up tonight or tomorrow..
        try again.

        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

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        • wirestyle22W
          wirestyle22 @coliver
          last edited by

          @coliver said:

          @Dashrender said:

          I'll stand one up tonight or tomorrow..
          try again.

          https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

          Can you limit access to this?

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          • coliverC
            coliver @wirestyle22
            last edited by

            @wirestyle22 said:

            @coliver said:

            @Dashrender said:

            I'll stand one up tonight or tomorrow..
            try again.

            https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

            Can you limit access to this?

            I'm not sure what you mean?

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            • wirestyle22W
              wirestyle22 @coliver
              last edited by wirestyle22

              @coliver said:

              @wirestyle22 said:

              @coliver said:

              @Dashrender said:

              I'll stand one up tonight or tomorrow..
              try again.

              https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

              Can you limit access to this?

              I'm not sure what you mean?

              It's a website correct? What if your documentation are instructions and have sensitive information like IP addresses for remote access etc? I would need to limit access.

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              • coliverC
                coliver @wirestyle22
                last edited by

                @wirestyle22 said:

                @coliver said:

                @wirestyle22 said:

                @coliver said:

                @Dashrender said:

                I'll stand one up tonight or tomorrow..
                try again.

                https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

                Can you limit access to this?

                I'm not sure what you mean?

                It's a website correct? What if your documentation are instructions and have sensitive information like IP addresses for remote access etc?

                Both MediaWiki and DokuWiki can require authentication for some pages and other pages be completely public.

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                • wirestyle22W
                  wirestyle22 @coliver
                  last edited by

                  @coliver said:

                  @wirestyle22 said:

                  @coliver said:

                  @wirestyle22 said:

                  @coliver said:

                  @Dashrender said:

                  I'll stand one up tonight or tomorrow..
                  try again.

                  https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

                  Can you limit access to this?

                  I'm not sure what you mean?

                  It's a website correct? What if your documentation are instructions and have sensitive information like IP addresses for remote access etc?

                  Both MediaWiki and DokuWiki can require authentication for some pages and other pages be completely public.

                  That is fantastic. Thank you very much for the recommendation. Very helpful.

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                  • coliverC
                    coliver
                    last edited by

                    The nice thing about dokuwiki is that it uses just text files. No backend database or anything like that.

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                    • wirestyle22W
                      wirestyle22 @coliver
                      last edited by

                      @coliver said:

                      The nice thing about dokuwiki is that it uses just text files. No backend database or anything like that.

                      Yes that is also great. I will definitely be using this in the near future.

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                      • A
                        Alex Sage
                        last edited by

                        Anyone know of a good CentOS 7 install guide for dokuwiki?

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                        • A
                          Alex Sage
                          last edited by

                          The biggest problem I am seeing with the Wiki is no categorization.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @Alex Sage
                            last edited by

                            @aaronstuder said:

                            The biggest problem I am seeing with the Wiki is no categorization.

                            Give me an example please.

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                            • A
                              Alex Sage @Dashrender
                              last edited by Alex Sage

                              @Dashrender I want to categorize my articles by topic: (printing, blackberry, etc.)

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender
                                last edited by

                                Interesting - there might be tags like there are here in ML. Otherwise the search function is your friend.

                                In my case I'll end up making Table of Contents pages that will link to other pages talking about the topic linked.

                                Think about an employee handbook. There will be a TOC, and it will have links to each section of the handbook.

                                You could do the same, create pages of links for Printing, Blackberry, etc - as you create a new article/page you'll create a link to those on the (we'll call them) main pages.

                                Then on the homepage to the wiki, you can have links to this main pages.

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                                • RamblingBipedR
                                  RamblingBiped
                                  last edited by

                                  I'm the only person that ever references the documents, so I use an encrypted and password protected instance of TiddlyWiki. Super easy to update, maintain, and implement and no server required. It isn't ideal for all situations, but it works really well for me.

                                  http://tiddlywiki.com/

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                                  • RamblingBipedR
                                    RamblingBiped
                                    last edited by

                                    Also, it allows for association of articles using tags, and all entries are queriable.

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                                    • travisdh1T
                                      travisdh1 @Alex Sage
                                      last edited by

                                      @aaronstuder said:

                                      Anyone know of a good CentOS 7 install guide for dokuwiki?

                                      http://lmgtfy.com/?q=centos+7+install+dokuwiki

                                      Sorry for just link dropping, I normally at least check one out, but I'm already in vacation mode.

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                                      • stacksofplatesS
                                        stacksofplates
                                        last edited by

                                        Last place I was I used LaTeX. There wasn't much to document but it made formatting easy and nice.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                          last edited by

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          @aaronstuder said:

                                          A wiki does seem much simpler 🙂

                                          But formatting sucks!

                                          Wikis don't lack formatting. Different ones have different amounts. They all have some. Some have a lot.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @coliver
                                            last edited by

                                            @coliver said:

                                            @aaronstuder said:

                                            @coliver said:

                                            It is so easy to install doku or mediawiki that I don't think I would go turnkey.

                                            Which one would you use? or What would you be leaning towards?

                                            This is for public docs, and private docs so I need some control over who can see what.

                                            I've only ever stood up a MediaWIki server. Dokuwiki looks to be easier to implement. Both can do authentication and authorization. So you wouldn't have any issues locking down certain areas.

                                            We used to use DokuWiki, it is very easy to implement.

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