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Have you ever wanted to create your own wiki site?
Maybe something likeWikipediabut on a smaller scale?
Wikis are often used to createcollaborativewebsitesand to power community websites.
The collaborative encyclopediaWikipediais one of the best-known wikis.
“Wiki” (/wiEkiE/) is originally aHawaiianword for “fast”.
It has been suggested that “wiki” means “What I Know Is”.
[4]However, this is abackronym.
“Wiki Wiki” is areduplicationof the same word.
Now why would you want to create your own wiki?
How about a central repository to update information on a specific subject.
Let’s take a real world example.
A while ago MakeUseOf had a story onHow to Install a Wiki on your Website.
The article recommends MediaWiki which is a popular open source Wiki software.
It’s an excellent alternative who want to install a wiki website on their own domain name.
The only thing, you gotta have some experience with alike tools and be comfortable with modifying config.
Start by hitting this big green ‘go!’
button on their home page.
Check out the three easy steps.
Next we should choose a style for your wiki.
There are a bunch more than the few below.
There are actually 3 pages of 9 styles.
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After choosing the style, you get to brand your top banner.
you could upload a custom graphic or point to one on the web.
Once all that is out of the way it is time to get your WIKI on!
Are you excited??
Post links to your wetpaint wiki’s for us to check out as well.
