Book description
Corporations have finally realized the value of collaboration tools for knowledge sharing and Wiki is the open source technology for creating collaborative Web sites, as either a public site on the Internet or on a private intranet site
Shows readers how to set up Wikis in a corporate setting or on a personal site so that users can retrieve information, post information, and edit the content
Covers everything from choosing a Wiki engine to administration and maintenance
Discusses the advantages of using Wiki in a corporate environment, which companies such as Microsoft, Boeing, Disney, and Motorola have already discovered
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Authors’ Acknowledgments
- Publisher’s Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
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I. Introducing Wikis
- 1. Understanding Wikis: From Ward’s Brain to Your Browser
- 2. Contributing Content to a Wiki
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3. The Thousand Problem-Solving Faces of Wikis
- The Many Categories of Wikis
- Content-Focused Wikis: The Goldmine of Shared Content
- Process-Focused Wikis: A Shared Space for a Shared Mission
- Community Wikis: Exploring Common Bonds
- Ease-of-Use Wikis: Web Site Creation Made Easy
- Hunting for More Wikis
- 4. Using and Improving the 800-pound Gorilla of Wikis: Wikipedia
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II. Making Your Own Wiki
- 5. Finding a Hosted Home for Your Wiki
- 6. Creating Content for Your Wiki
- 7. Linking, Categorizing, and Tagging Wiki Pages
- 8. The Four Dimensions of Wiki Design
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III. Promoting, Managing, and Improving Your Wiki
- 9. Attracting Users to Your Wiki
- 10. Choosing an Installed Wiki Engine
- 11. Getting Your Wiki Engine Up and Running
- 12. Managing Wikis
- 13. Protecting Your Wiki
- 14. Creating Applications Using Structured Wikis
- IV. The Part of Tens
- Wikis For Dummies®
Product information
- Title: Wikis For Dummies®
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2007
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780470043998
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