Wiki

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-6

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2. The Wiki Concept

   1. The Wiki Concept

      Pages 9-30

3. Our First Wiki

   1. The Installation

      Pages 33-42

   2. First Steps

      Pages 43-50

   3. The Core Functions of MediaWiki

      Pages 51-61

   4. Formatting

      Pages 63-74

   5. Multi-Page Structures

      Pages 75-100

   6. Components: the Function Pages

      Pages 101-116

   7. Administration

      Pages 117-132

   8. Life in MediaWiki

      Pages 133-143

4. TWiki, the Jack of all Trades

   1. Installing TWiki

      Pages 147-165

   2. Working with TWiki

      Pages 167-180

   3. Formatting in TWiki

      Pages 181-192

   4. Searching in TWiki

      Pages 193-203

   5. User Permissions in TWiki

      Pages 205-217

   6. Administering TWiki

      Pages 219-232

   7. Designing a TWiki

      Pages 233-252

5. TWiki as a Project Kit

   1. Preliminary Thoughts

      Pages 255-264

   2. Conceptual Phase: Collecting Ideas and Outlining the Project

      Pages 265-277

   3. Composing the Project Plan

      Pages 279-305

A book about wikis! That's what people need. Because with wiki technology, lots of people can freely work - gether – they can even generate very large works in the intellectual realm. See for yourself: Today, we still marvel at our massive church buildings, each c- structed over a period of centuries, requiring an immense amount of labor and often bearing the cultural stamp of all of the epochs during which it was created. Someone just has to begin by placing stone upon stone and motivate the people nearby to help out a bit. In places where such enthusiastic fellow men and women lend a hand and donate materials, great things can emerge. And where they are absent? Either scant ruins remain, or the iron will of a pharaoh is - quired, an army of drivers, the sweat of a people and a mountain of gold. Great things can also be created in that way – take the Py- mids: a clear concept, no blending of styles, pure will. Those are two very different paths. The one entails passionate people devotedly building something together for the common good; the other: a single will manages a variety of resources to achieve a set goal. Wikis are tools with which lots of people with a minimum of - ganization, planning, money and time can create something together and communicate with each other from several scattered computers or over the Internet.

• collaboration
• content management
• content management system
• information system
• internet
• project work
• webbased collaboration

From the reviews:

"This current book moves on from introductory issues into more technical matters – thereby focusing on the creation of wikis using two of the most popular production engines – namely, MediaWiki and TWiki. … This is an interesting book which I would recommend to anyone who is interested in getting involved in the technical aspects of wiki creation. … the book is very well written – which makes reading it a pleasure rather than a chore." (Philip Barker, The Electronic Library, Vol. 25 (2), 2007)

"Wiki: Web Collaboration is one of the remarkably few books on the subject of wikis available … . It is written by three multidisciplinary authors from Germany, two with an information science background. … For someone contemplating installing and maintaining a MediaWiki-based wiki website, this is worthwhile material. … A short appendix gives additional information on installing TWiki, followed by a glossary, bibliography and brief index." (Jonathan Bowen, The Times Higher, July, 2006)

"Wikis are open-source, free software that facilities Web collaboration. … There are highlighted tips, notes, and cautions throughout the text that provide useful information on working with the software. I found them both helpful and conveniently located in the text … . The book is an excellent translation from the German edition." (Linda Kenny Sloan, Technical Communication, Vol. 54 (2), 2007)

• Regensburg, Germany

  Anja Ebersbach, Markus Glaser, Richard Heigl

Anja Ebersbach studied Information Science, History and English. She has filled various teaching positions at a variety of universities and technical colleges, and is active as a freelance IT trainer. She is currently working on her doctorate.

Markus Glaser studied Information Science, English and Psychology. He is currently working as a scientific assistant at the library of the University of Regensburg and has just begun working on his doctorate on Web-Based Collaborative Processes.

Richard Heigl studied History and German Philology. He completed his doctorate in Contemporary History. He is a freelance instructor for communication training and software applications, and works as a consultant on organizational development.

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