1. The “How” of Wikis Starr Hoffman Librarian for Digital Collections University of North Texas Libraries Five Weeks to a Social Library: 03.01.2007

2. Introduction choosing wiki software local vs. remote hosting starting a wiki formatting composing and editing navigation restoring previous versions multiple users specific wikis

3. Wiki Software So many out there… how to choose? Wiki Matrix – http://www.wikimatrix.org/ http://www.wikimatrix.org/ – compare features – Wiki Choice Wizard

4. Wiki Matrix

5. Wiki Matrix (Wiki Choice Wizard)

7. Wiki Matrix (feature comparison)

8. Local vs. Remote Hosting How do you choose?

9. Hosting Locally + more control/customization of wiki - may have system requirements - (Apache, MySQL) - will likely require some software installation experience - may require some programming experience - (PHP, Java) some popular choices: MediaWikiMediaWiki

10. Hosting Remotely + no software experience needed + very quick set-up - less control over wiki - usually charged a fee for this service some popular choices: PBwiki

11. Starting a Wiki hands-on demonstration PBwiki: – http://pbwiki.com/

12. Starting a Wiki http://pbwiki.com/

13. Starting a Wiki http://pbwiki.com/

14. Starting a Wiki http://pbwiki.com/

15. Starting a Wiki http://pbwiki.com/

16. Editing a Wiki

18. Editing a Wiki (formatting) **bold** ‘‘italics’’ [http://www.website.com|Page Title] * bullet points ! Heading

19. Editing a Wiki (formatting)

22. Editing a Wiki

23. Creating a New Page two methods – “create” button – “start a new page” at far right templates comments

24. Creating a New Page

31. Navigation create content, then navigation automatic methods of navigation – “all pages” organized by name (alphabetically) organized by date – search box (keywords) – add links

32. Navigation (search box)

34. Navigation (all pages)

35. Navigation (all pages: name)

36. Navigation (all pages: date)

37. Navigation (add links)

39. Different Wikis Look Different similar concepts formatting may differ primary concepts are: – fast editing – collaborative – retains previous edits

40. Different Wikis Look Different UNT internal wiki (Wiki Tikki Tavi)test wiki (PBwiki)

41. Different Wikis Look Different UNT internal wiki (Wiki Tikki Tavi)test wiki (PBwiki)

42. Be Brave, Be Bold! start your own wiki don’t be afraid to try anything – remember, it saves past versions!

43. Questions? Starr Hoffman, Librarian for Digital Collections – SHoffman@library.unt.edu SHoffman@library.unt.edu – Blog: http://geekyartistlibrarian.blogspot.comhttp://geekyartistlibrarian.blogspot.com – Wiki: http://geekyartistlibrarian.pbwiki.comhttp://geekyartistlibrarian.pbwiki.com