December 2006
Intermediate to advanced
1312 pages
35h 17m
English
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13.4 Collaborating Online with FlexWiki
On a recent trip to Hawaii, I (James) made sure to ride the WikiWiki bus at the Honolulu Airport, just because I knew it was the namesake of the Wiki application. Ward Cunningham, the inventor of the Wiki, used the term because in Hawaiian, Wiki means “quick,” and a Wiki is a quick and easy way to collaboratively build a web site by giving everyone who visits the site the ability to edit its content. The ability of multiple people to edit and add pages on the server makes Wikis ideal for:
Building application documentation
Collecting developer best practices
Keeping track of outstanding tasks or “virtual whiteboarding”
Creating knowledge bases or FAQs
FlexWiki is a Wiki application using ASP.NET written by David Orstein. It is simple to download, it doesn’t require a database, and it’s easy to get up and running.
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Tool | FlexWiki |
Version covered | 1.8.0.1716 |
Home page | |
Power Tools page | |
Summary | Easy to set up and use Wiki software to bring your team together |
License type | Shared Source License |
Online resources | FAQ, mailing lists, bug tracker, and (surprise!) a Wiki |
Related tools in this book | Community Server, Subtext, skmFAQs, FitNesse |
Getting Started
Since FlexWiki is an ASP.NET application, you will need to install it on a central server that all your users can access. Download the binaries ...