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Create a Documentation Repository
DokuWiki is a simple Wiki that can be used by organizations to set up their own online documentation system
Rakesh Sharma
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Wiki, a Hawaiian word for 'fast,' is one of the best online documentation
software, which lets you create, delete, or modify text. A well-known deployment
of Wiki is Wikipedia. Now, what if you want to deploy such a solution for your
organization? DokuWiki, a wiki software, is aimed at an organization's
documentation needs and can prove to be very promising. This owes to its ease of
deployment (approx 3-4 clicks) and use. Also it doesn't require any database at
the backend to manage the data. It runs on any Web server that supports PHP
4.3.3 or higher. With Docuwiki you can keep unlimited versions of a single page.
It also allows you to upload images on the page with customized height and
width. And it automatically generates the table of content for easy navigation
across all the docs.
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Direct Hit! |
Applies To: IT Manager
Price: Free
USP: Set up an online documentation
system
Primary Link: wiki.splitbrain.org
Google Keyword: Dokuwiki |
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| While installing
Dokuwiki make sure you give proper rights on files and folders as it
requires to save data and changes to files. |
Provide a suitable
name for your online document repository and fill up the necessary info,
i.e. superuser, password, policy and then click on save. |
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| After you have
installed Dokuwiki remove the file 'install.php'. This file is required only
during the installation process. |
Initially there are
no pages in Dokuwiki, so to create one click on 'Create this page' button.
This will be the first page to be displayed to the user visiting Dokuwiki. |
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| Dokuwiki provides
text area where you can put your content. It also gives you an easy to use
formatting tool to make your content attractive. |
For adding new page
create an internal link on any page and then click on the link which takes
you to a new page where it asks to create the page. |
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| For creating
namespaces which reside under another namespace, create a page with a colon
before the page name. |
For installing
plugins like poll, simply download the same and page it in the plugin
folder. To use the plugin on your page refer to the plugin online manual. |
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| Apart from the ACL
(Access Control List) you can also authenticate users using LDAP, MySQL user
database, and postgreSQL. |
For using the
anti-spam feature of Dokuwiki, go to the admin > configuration page and
enable all options in the 'Anti-Spam Setting' section. |
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