I am looking for a wiki for school

[alfa147x]

I was wondering if any one knows any good one, i have seen many and want to know if any one knows if any are better than another.

I need something fairly simple to put up. I have used wordpress and was wondering if any one knows of something of that simplicity.
Also this will be used by students so it needs to be fairly simple to use.

Sorry if this is the wrong section i could not figure which one is the best to post in.

Oh yeah, Thanks by the way....

 

[George P Burdell]

You can test a few wikis at:
http://www.opensourcecms.com/

They let you log in as admin and play around with the system.

 

[fredhe12]

Off all the places to find a list of wiki software: Wikipedia

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: fredhe12
Off all the places to find a list of wiki software: Wikipedia

yeah I know but there such a large list I wanted to know if any one has used one before before spend time on all of them

 

[Crono]

Why not use MediaWiki? It runs Wikipedia and it isn't too complicated to install and use.

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: Crono
Why not use MediaWiki? It runs Wikipedia and it isn't too complicated to install and use.

Wow Great, thanks a lot
this is what i was looking for!

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Crono
Why not use MediaWiki? It runs Wikipedia and it isn't too complicated to install and use.

I was just about to install MediaWiki when I saw

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading

Check requirements

MediaWiki 1.11 requires:

PHP
PHP 5.0.x or later
We recommend using PHP 5.1.x or 5.2.x.
Note that PHP 5.0.x under certain 64-bit platforms contains bugs which cause fundamental problems with MediaWiki. If running on an x86_64 (AMD64, EMT64) or other affected 64-bit platform, PHP 5.1.x or 5.2.x is required.

I'm still using PHP 4.4.6

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Crono
Why not use MediaWiki? It runs Wikipedia and it isn't too complicated to install and use.

I was just about to install MediaWiki when I saw

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading

Check requirements

MediaWiki 1.11 requires:

PHP
PHP 5.0.x or later
We recommend using PHP 5.1.x or 5.2.x.
Note that PHP 5.0.x under certain 64-bit platforms contains bugs which cause fundamental problems with MediaWiki. If running on an x86_64 (AMD64, EMT64) or other affected 64-bit platform, PHP 5.1.x or 5.2.x is required.

I'm still using PHP 4.4.6

MediaWiki 1.6.8 is apparently content with PHP 4.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Aluvus

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Crono
Why not use MediaWiki? It runs Wikipedia and it isn't too complicated to install and use.

I was just about to install MediaWiki when I saw

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading

Check requirements

MediaWiki 1.11 requires:

PHP
PHP 5.0.x or later
We recommend using PHP 5.1.x or 5.2.x.
Note that PHP 5.0.x under certain 64-bit platforms contains bugs which cause fundamental problems with MediaWiki. If running on an x86_64 (AMD64, EMT64) or other affected 64-bit platform, PHP 5.1.x or 5.2.x is required.

I'm still using PHP 4.4.6

MediaWiki 1.6.8 is apparently content with PHP 4.

Thanks I'll have to check it out. But I'm not sure what I would use MediaWiki for?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Aluvus

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Crono
Why not use MediaWiki? It runs Wikipedia and it isn't too complicated to install and use.

I was just about to install MediaWiki when I saw

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading

Check requirements

MediaWiki 1.11 requires:

PHP
PHP 5.0.x or later
We recommend using PHP 5.1.x or 5.2.x.
Note that PHP 5.0.x under certain 64-bit platforms contains bugs which cause fundamental problems with MediaWiki. If running on an x86_64 (AMD64, EMT64) or other affected 64-bit platform, PHP 5.1.x or 5.2.x is required.

I'm still using PHP 4.4.6

MediaWiki 1.6.8 is apparently content with PHP 4.

It is. It is also content with old versions of MySQL (3.23?).

MediaWiki is great, because many people are already familiar with its syntax.

On the other hand, it is lacking in the area of admin tools.