wiki software

[robot180]

Sorry if this was already posted, I searched but didn't find much.

My team would like to set up a wiki on our website for us to use to colaborate and share software for our software team. We have a message board, however a wiki would make it easier to share software and allow us all to work on the software and keep an updated copy there.

We would like some free wiki software, if some exists, but I am not sure which wiki software is best and where to get it.

Does anyone have any suggestions for which features to look out for, suggestions of which software to use, or ideas of alternatives for doing this same thing? Thanks.

[Ryan M.]

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki is the software used by Wikipedia.org.

http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/ is another one. There are a bunch, just do a Google search for wiki software.

[sanddrag]

Maybe a CMS is more along the lines of what you are looking for. I think Mambo and e107 are good. http://www.opensourcecms.com/

[Goobergunch]

I agree with sanddrag - wikis are useful for documentation and text-based information. However, trying to translate computer code to wiki format is a recipe for problems. If you still want a wiki, I recommend MediaWiki or UseModWiki.

--Martin "NSwiki admin" Pyne

[robot180]

I went ahead with Mediawiki. If we have problems, I'll think about a CMS.

Now I am wondering if anyone knows how to protect a section of the wiki so that only certain logged in members can access it, is this even possible? If not then can I .htaccess the entire directory and require a password?

[Goobergunch]

It is possible to set a MediaWiki installation to allow registered users to see pages that non-registered users cannot. I've never done this myself, but there's some information on how to do this at the following places:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Setti...s_to_your_wiki
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Page_...with_MediaWiki
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hidden_pages