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Started 4 years ago by neela
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neela

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So I did some googling on the subject but I'm feeling a little lazy and a little overwhelmed by all the options...
I wanted to get advice from y'all about a wiki farm to use to build a little wiki. It needs to be free, with WYSIWYG editing, and preferably enough space to hold several Word docs and maybe even an Excel sheet or two. Video may not be necessary.
I'm not sure about the registration needs. I can't decide between a free-for-all (no registration at all) or something very loose (register an email and then you can edit). I'm leaning towards wikispaces right now. Thanks in advance for any advice.

Posted 4 years ago #
twistofreality
Northwest
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What's the project? Are you looking for a content management system? Also, are you planning on hosting this yourself, or are you looking for a free hosting provider for whatever it is you're doing?

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neela

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good questions - I'm looking for a free host provider definitely. The group of us will be posting information, not really editing one big document and making changes, so I don't think I'll need a content mgmt sys. The project is just providing information about motorcycle and scooter parking in various cities. (Yea I sometimes sound like a one-track record.)
Thanks.

Posted 4 years ago #
twistofreality
Northwest
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What should content delivery be like? I mean, are you planning on making this a public resource, like a web site, or are you just trying to share this information with a select group of people?

Posted 4 years ago #
shroud
Polaris
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I'm not familiar with Wikispaces, but PBwiki I've used, and it sounds like that would probably meet your needs.
PBWiki doesn't seem to scale all that great for larger sites, however, so depending on how many documents/pages you're looking at, other options may be better.
Still, for free, you're going to run into limitations most places.

Posted 4 years ago #
neela

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twistofreality wrote I mean, are you planning on making this a public resource, like a web site, or are you just trying to share this information with a select group of people?
Yes, a public website is what I was shooting for. The info definitely is not private or secret, so there's no need for privacy controls or anything.
shroud, thanks for the PBWiki suggestion. I agree, for free always has its limitations. I'm guessing there shouldn't be hundreds of pages though... maybe 80 or so max. (And that's being pretty optimistic.)

Posted 4 years ago #
twistofreality
Northwest
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You might consider using a combination of various Google services. They've been really busy developing web content services that are sort of under the radar for people who don't actively keep up with what they're doing. For instance:
Google Groups: Primarily discussion based, allows you to maintain discussions via the web interface or Email. Also supports document sharing and individualized pages for static content.
Google Documents: Might pair well with groups, allows for collaboration and shared storage of a myriad of document types, currently supporting Word-like documents, Excel-like spreadsheets, and PowerPoint-like presentations.
Google Pages: For static content delivery. A very intuitive interface for creating, editing, and publishing web content.
... not to mention the variety of other services they offer, like Calendar, Photos, and Base (databases). This suite of products and services isn't all tightly integrated yet, but I can only imagine that they're heading in that direction. If nothing else, you could tie them all together yourself by creating a page with Pages or Groups that has links to your group's Documents, Calendar, and Photos.
My own personal and casual interest in this junk aside, I've done a lot of research on content management and delivery with my company, so I'd be happy to help more if you'd like. Just PM me, and we can work something out as far as a more convenient medium for conversation is concerned.

Posted 4 years ago #
jwing
Clintonville / Beechwold
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twist - are you the new Google spokesperson? :lol:
Seriously, I didn't know about the Google Pages option. I'll have to check that out.

Posted 4 years ago #
th0m
Beechwold
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google pages is cool, and quick, and nice... however, they recently bought out another company that does ready-made pages too, so not sure where pages may go... but that's what i used for the http://columbuslightrail.googlepages.com
[edit]: pbwiki is cool

Posted 4 years ago #
myliftkk
Columbus, OH
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Hmmm... Google is now inviting everyone to store all their db information on their servers. Only if they pay me a finders fee when they used it to sell ad space on their search engine. :D

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