WIKI FOR BEGINNERS
FINDING YOUR WAY TO WIKIS WHAT MAKES A WIKI A WIKI COMPARING WIKIS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION TOOLS THE (ALMOST) FORMAL DEFINITION OF A WIKI YOU, TOO, CAN WIKI STARTING YOUR WIKI ENGINES CREATING YOUR FIRST WIKI PAGE PUTTING WIKIS TO WORK WHO ARE WIKI PEOPLE? THE LIFECYCLE OF WIKI PEOPLE HERDING A SMALL GROUP WITH WIKIS WIDE-BODY WIKIS FOR YOUR COMPANY GOING PUBLIC WITH YOUR WIKI THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF WIKIS HYPERCARD AND OTHER WIKI PRECURSORS WARD’S CHALLENGE WARD’S SOLUTION THE NOT-SO-OVERNIGHT SUCCESS OF WIKIS HOSTED WIKIS OPEN THE DOOR TO EVERYONE WHERE WIKIS WILL GO BASIC WIKI SKILLS NAVIGATING WIKI WEBS EDITING AND CREATING WIKI PAGES LINKING WIKI PAGES ATTACHING DOCUMENTS TO WIKI PAGES PRINTING WIKI PAGES TRACKING VERSIONS AND CHANGES HOW VERSIONS KEEP WIKIS SAFE TRACKING CHANGES IN A WIKI THE MANY CATEGORIES OF WIKIS CONTENT-FOCUSED WIKIS: THE GOLDMINE OF SHARED CONTENT DOING RESEARCH WITH REFERENCE WIKIS SHARPENING SKILLS WITH HOBBYIST WIKIS GOING AROUND THE WORLD WITH TRAVEL WIKIS FINDING TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION WIKIS PROCESS-FOCUSED WIKIS: A SHARED SPACE FOR A SHARED MISSION MANAGING PROJECTS AND PRODUCTIVITY WITH WIKIS GETTING THE JOB DONE WITH TASK-ORIENTED WIKIS MAKING IT HAPPEN WITH ADVOCACY WIKIS FINDING EDUCATIONAL WIKIS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS COMMUNITY WIKIS: EXPLORING COMMON BONDS GOOFING OFF WITH ENTERTAINMENT WIKIS HANGING AROUND AT CLUBHOUSE WIKIS GETTING NERDY WITH TECHNOLOGY WIKIS EASE-OF-USE WIKIS: WEB SITE CREATION MADE EASY CREATING SMALL BUSINESS BROCHURE WIKIS MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH PERSONAL AND FAMILY WIKIS HUNTING FOR MORE WIKIS UNDERSTANDING HOW WIKIPEDIA WORKS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS EDITING WIKIPEDIA ENTRIES DRESSING UP YOUR WIKIPEDIA ENTRIES PREVIEWING AND SAVING YOUR CHANGES LINKING PAGES AND WEB SITES IN WIKIPEDIA WHAT WIKIPEDIA CAN DO FOR YOU USING WIKIPEDIA AS A RESEARCH TOOL IS WIKIPEDIA RELIABLE? SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON WIKIPEDIA PART II: MAKING YOUR OWN WIKI CHOOSING THE RIGHT HOSTED WIKI EXPLORING HOSTED WIKIS EASE-OF-USE WIKIS COMMUNITY WIKIS PROCESS-FOCUSED WIKIS CONTENT-FOCUSED WIKIS CREATING A HOSTED WIKI WITH WIKISPACES CREATING PAGES EDITING PAGES LINKING PAGES PROTECTING PAGES AND WIKIS INVITING OTHERS TO YOUR WIKI CHANGING THE LOOK, FEEL, AND DESIGN OF A WIKI ADDING IMAGES, VIDEO, AND OTHER WIDGETS TO A WIKI ADDING PREMIUM SERVICES AND ADVERTISING APPLYING MARKUP AS CONTENT MAKEUP EDITING PAGES WITH WIKI MARKUP CREATING HIERARCHY WITH HEADINGS INSERTING BULLETS BUILDING TABLES FORMATTING TEXT CONTROLLING LAYOUT AND FORMATTING WITH HTML CHOOSING WIKI PAGE MODES USING DOCUMENT MODE IMPLEMENTING THREAD MODE PAGES USING STRUCTURED MODE LINKING WIKI PAGES LINKING WIKIWORDS AUTOMATICALLY PREVENTING FALSE WIKIWORD LINKS FREE LINKING CREATING PAGES USING LINKS GIVING LIFE TO STUBS VIEWING ALL LINKS TO A PAGE RENAMING ALL LINKS IN A WEB LINKING OUTSIDE YOUR WIKI LINKING URLS LINKING BETWEEN WIKIS USING INTERWIKI NAMES LINKING TO OTHER WEBS AND NAMESPACES LINKING TO FILES, IMAGES, AND MULTIMEDIA UPLOADING ATTACHMENTS LINKING TO FILE ATTACHMENTS INSERTING IMAGES LINKING TO MULTIMEDIA CATEGORIZING AND TAGGING PAGES USING MEDIAWIKI CATEGORIES TAGGING CONTENT ARCHITECTING THE INFORMATION IN YOUR WIKI UNDERSTANDING WIKI TAXONOMY SURVEYING COMMON WIKI TAXONOMIES LINKING IN PATTERNS WHAT’S IN A PAGE NAME? PLOTTING NAVIGATIONAL PATHS THROUGH YOUR WIKI DESIGNING THE FRONT PAGE DESIGNING SECTION PAGES CATEGORIZING PAGES PLANNING HEADERS, FOOTERS, AND LEFT-HAND NAVIGATION ADDING SUPPORTING PAGES TO YOUR WIKI USING TEMPLATES TO DESIGN CONTENT PAGES ADDING VISUAL PANACHE TO YOUR WIKI USING THEMES AND SKINS CHOOSING COLOR PERSONALIZING WIKIS WITH LOGOS PART III: PROMOTING, MANAGING, AND IMPROVING YOUR WIKI WIKI DON’TS DON’T CONFUSE YOUR AUDIENCE DON’T FIRE AND FORGET DON’T SPAM DON’T GET THE FIELD OF DREAMS SYNDROME DON’T OVERDESIGN DON’T OVERMANAGE DON’T GO ON WIKI SUICIDE MISSIONS WIKI DO’S SEED YOUR WIKI REMOVE BARRIERS ENCOURAGE WIKI-USERS TO BE BOLD STARTING A COMMUNITY WIKI FOCUS THE WIKI ADVERTISE THE WIKI ASSIST THE WIKI PROMOTING WIKIS IN THE OFFICE LIVING WITH WIKI LIFE CYCLES DEPLOYING THE WIKI GROWING YOUR WIKI TAMING LARGE WIKIS ENDING A WIKI’S LIFE EVALUATING BASIC WIKI GROUPS ASSESSING YOUR WIKI REQUIREMENTS THE SKILL LEVEL OF THE USER POPULATION THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL ADD CONTENT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL VIEW THE CONTENT THE WIKI’S SECURITY LEVEL THE WIKI’S POTENTIAL SIZE WHETHER YOU NEED AUTOMATION YOUR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE LEVEL YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BECOME A WIKI CHAMPION COMPARING WIKI ENGINES MAKING THE SAFE CHOICE EXPLORING THE WIKIMATRIX GOING ON A WIKI WALKABOUT POINTS TO PONDER ON YOUR WIKI WALKABOUT XWIKI WALKABOUT MOINMOIN WALKABOUT TWIKI WALKABOUT MEDIAWIKI WALKABOUT DOKUWIKI WALKABOUT FINDING A HOME FOR YOUR WIKI HOSTING ON A SHARED OR DEDICATED SERVER HOSTING INSIDE YOUR ORGANIZATION CONTRACTING ALL-IN-ONE HOSTING AND CONSULTING FINDING AN INTERNET MECHANIC STARTING YOUR WIKI ENGINE MEETING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FINDING INSTALLATION HELP DOWNLOADING AND UNPACKING BINARIES CONNECTING TO THE WEB SERVER RUNNING THE CONFIGURE SCRIPT WIKI MAINTENANCE: PRUNING, TRAINING, AND MAKING CHANGES DECIDING WHAT TO CUT AND WHAT TO KEEP TRAINING YOUR TROOPS ROLLING BACK CHANGES AVOIDING WIKI SPAM REFACTORING YOUR WIKI GRINDING THROUGH ROUTINE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS DAILY TASKS WEEKLY TASKS MONTHLY TASKS YEARLY TASKS EVALUATING THREATS TO YOUR WIKI VANDALISM PASSION ENTHUSIASM MISTAKES SYSTEM FAILURE RUNNING YOUR OWN CHANGE PATROL TRACKING RECENT CHANGES CONTROLLING EDITING ACCESS PREPARING FOR DISASTER BACKING UP YOUR WIKI FINDING A NEW HOME FOR YOUR WIKI REVIEWING STRUCTURED WIKI BASICS TO STRUCTURE OR NOT: THAT IS THE QUESTION USING WIKI VARIABLES PERFORMING FUNCTIONS WITH VARIABLES SOME FAVORITES FROM THE WIKI VARIABLES VAULT SEARCHING YOUR WIKI TEMPLATING YOUR WIKI CREATING A BASE TOPIC CREATING A BASIC TEMPLATE MAKING NEW PAGES FROM TEMPLATES FINDING PAGES CREATED FROM A TEMPLATE SIMPLIFYING PAGE CREATION ADDING FORMS TO YOUR WIKI CREATING A DATABASE HOME PAGE DEFINING A FORM ENABLING A FORM CREATING A TEMPLATE TOPIC ADDING A FORM TO THE TEMPLATE TOPIC BUILDING AN HTML FORM FOR TOPIC CREATION BUILDING A FORMATTED TOPIC LIST IMPROVING THE TOPIC LIST ADDING WIKI PLUG-INS COMMENTPLUGIN SPREADSHEETPLUGIN EDITTABLEPLUGIN INTERWIKIPLUGIN TWIKIDRAWPLUGIN FINDING MORE PLUG-INS