Question Setting up an Open Source Wiki (Java) (Read 101 times)

kentona

#1 January 04, 2008, 03:52:54 pm
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So I am tasked with setting up a wiki for a group I belong to, but this is not something I have ever done before.  I have a Windows server machine available, and a web server (tomcat) ready to be installed.

I found this page using Google:
http://java-source.net/open-source/wiki-engines
...but, having no experience, I really can't tell which is best.

Have anyone set up a wiki before (*cough* gwwiki *cough*) or know more about how to go about setting one up?  Any help, advice and input is appreciated.

Thanks!

EDIT:

Considering  XWiki at the moment.
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JohnnyCasil

#2 January 04, 2008, 05:25:55 pm
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If you have to use a Java wiki, XWiki seems like you just run an exe to install it.  Seems simple enough for me.

If you don't have to use Java, may I suggest an alternate path?  I would just install WAMP as the server software.  This will give you an Apache webserver with PHP and mySQL.  Then I would use MediaWiki.  If it is good enough for Wikipedia, it should be good enough for me!
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#3 January 04, 2008, 06:31:55 pm
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Seconding Mediawiki because a lot of people might already be familiar with using it.
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dada

#4 January 05, 2008, 11:05:12 am
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MediaWiki is a very good wiki system by design, but is quite inefficient and unhelpful at times. For example, if people decide they want to have all articles in German alongside English at some point, you're going to have to install another one.

This makes me want to continue that wiki I had started working on.
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