2007-05-06-installing-dokuwiki.html

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title: Setting Up a Wiki in a Few Minutes — Installing Dokuwiki
date: 2007-05-06 01:30:28.000000000 -07:00
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<p><a target="_blank" href="https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/dokuwiki.html" title="Installing Dokuwiki"><img vspace="5" align="right" src="https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/wiki_dokuwiki-1281.png" hspace="5" alt="Dokuwiki" title="Dokuwiki" /></a></p>
<p>The other day I <a target="_blank" href="https://idratherbewriting.com/2007/05/06/wikis-documentation-technical-writing-wikis/" title="Tech Writer Voices -- Podcast with Katriel about wikis">interviewed Katriel Reichman</a> about wikis and he recommended <a target="_blank" href="http://www.splitbrain.org/projects/dokuwiki" title="Dokuwiki">Dokuwiki</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki" title="Mediawiki">Mediawiki</a>. Mediawiki runs Wikipedia, so you're probably familiar with how it looks. After the podcast I installed Dokuwiki to create the <a target="_blank" href="http://techwriterblogs.com" title="Tech Writer Blogs">Tech Writer Blog Directory</a> that I mentioned in an <a href="https://idratherbewriting.com/2007/05/05/blogdirectory/" title="earlier post on the Tech Writer Blog Directory">earlier post</a>.</p>
<p>Dokuwiki turns out to be incredibly easy to install. The ease of setup and use is something a Doc Train speaker said about most every Web 2.0 technology — the technology part of Web 2.0 is easy; shifting the mindsets of people and organizations, on the other hand, is hard.</p>
<p>To illustrate how easy the set up is for Dokuwiki, I made a <a target="_blank" href="https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/dokuwiki.html" title="How to Install Dokuwiki">two-minute installation video</a>. I'm a new Dokuwiki user, but in just playing around with it a short time I was able to figure out what I needed to do. <a target="_blank" href="https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/dokuwiki.html" title="Two minute Dokuwiki Installation Video">Enjoy the video</a>.</p>
<p>One of my readers, Dan, has a lot more experience with Dokuwiki. Maybe Dan can provide some tips on the pros and cons of using Dokuwiki.</p>
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<h3>Other Helpful Dokuwiki Resources</h3>
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<li><a target="_blank" href="http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki%3AInstall" title="Dokuwiki installation instructions">Written instructions</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki" title="General Dokuwiki Info">General Dokuwiki info</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki%3Amanual" title="Dokuwiki Manual">Dokuwiki manual</a></li>
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