Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

I’ve always liked wikis, and I have used MediaWiki a lot in the past, and I do like it. Dokuwiki is different in a number of ways, most primarily in that it is one of the wiki systems that stores things in files, not databases. Dokuwiki was designed for small scale installations, primarily documentation and such.

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APRIL 2, 2009

You have a small number of templates to choose from (which, frankly, aren’t so great looking - I think they dedicated more graphic design time to their branding and pages than they did to the templates.) And, it’s designed to make migration to eTapestry easy - therein, I suspect, is the key. There are no APIs.

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AUGUST 30, 2007

And further, there is an amazing integration of Elgg with Mediawiki. Oh, and my consulting practice has a new logo, done by the fabulous ALR Design ! { Elgg is a very cool community-building and e-learning tool – it’s got the social networking combined with features like forums, etc.

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