Re: wiki's

["Simon North" <sintac -at- home -dot- nl>]

I use dokuwiki. There were some essential criteria that drove the choice: 

1. it has a very easy interface for users
2. it's easy to customize
3. it uses flat files instead of a database, which means I can 
simply copy files to the right directory instead of checking them all 
in via the interface (I have 1300 class documentation files and wanted 
to update them regularly). 

I had to write some programs to get material in and out (Wordbasic and 
XSLT to convert inwards, C to convert outwards), but I can easily put them 
in the public domain. I also had to modify some of the PHP code to make it 
do some extra things I wanted (like statistics).

After a year, we are starting to grow out of it - which is a good thing because 
the wiki has actually been a wonderful catalyst in getting us so far that we 
CAN consider moving on, and now we're thinking in terms of CMS and 
portals.  

Simon. 


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