Ebersbach / Glaser / Heigl Wiki

Web Collaboration
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-29267-8
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 383 Seiten

A book about wikis! That's what people need. Because with wiki technology, lots of people can freely work - gether - they can even generate very large works in the intellectual realm. See for yourself: Today, we still marvel at our massive church buildings, each c- structed over a period of centuries, requiring an immense amount of labor and often bearing the cultural stamp of all of the epochs during which it was created. Someone just has to begin by placing stone upon stone and motivate the people nearby to help out a bit. In places where such enthusiastic fellow men and women lend a hand and donate materials, great things can emerge. And where they are absent? Either scant ruins remain, or the iron will of a pharaoh is - quired, an army of drivers, the sweat of a people and a mountain of gold. Great things can also be created in that way - take the Py- mids: a clear concept, no blending of styles, pure will. Those are two very different paths. The one entails passionate people devotedly building something together for the common good; the other: a single will manages a variety of resources to achieve a set goal. Wikis are tools with which lots of people with a minimum of - ganization, planning, money and time can create something together and communicate with each other from several scattered computers or over the Internet.

Anja Ebersbach studied Information Science, History and English. She has filled various teaching positions at a variety of universities and technical colleges, and is active as a freelance IT trainer. She is currently working on her doctorate.Markus Glaser studied Information Science, English and Psychology. He is currently working as a scientific assistant at the library of the University of Regensburg and has just begun working on his doctorate on Web-Based Collaborative Processes.Richard Heigl studied History and German Philology. He completed his doctorate in Contemporary History. He is a freelance instructor for communication training and software applications, and works as a consultant on organizational development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ebersbach, Anja

Glaser, Markus

Heigl, Richard

Weitere Mitwirkende

Adelung, Andrea

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;5
2;The Authors;9
3;Content;10
4;Preface;17
5;Typography;21
6;I. The Wiki Concept;23
6.1;1 The Wiki Concept;24
6.1.1;1.1 What is a Wiki?;24
6.1.2;1.2 The Technology of Wikis;29
6.1.3;1.3 Wiki Clones;32
6.1.4;1.4 Characteristic Wiki Functions;34
6.1.5;1.5 The Wiki Phenomenon;35
7;II. Our First Wiki;46
7.1;2 The Installation;47
7.1.1;2.1 A Test Environment with XAMPP;48
7.1.2;2.2 Installing MediaWiki;52
7.2;3 First Steps;57
7.2.1;3.1 The Wiki at First Glance;57
7.2.2;3.2 Hello World;58
7.2.3;3.3 Initial Formatting;60
7.2.4;3.4 Vive la Difference: Versions;62
7.2.5;3.5 Register as a User;63
7.3;4 The Core Functions of MediaWiki;65
7.3.1;4.1 Editing;65
7.3.2;4.2 Discussions;69
7.3.3;4.3 Comparisons;69
7.3.4;4.4 Moving and Renaming;71
7.3.5;4.5 Watching;73
7.3.6;4.6 Protect;74
7.3.7;4.7 Deleting;75
7.4;5 Formatting;76
7.4.1;5.1 Formatting Characters;76
7.4.2;5.2 Special Characters & Co.;77
7.4.3;5.3 Headings and Paragraphs;79
7.4.4;5.4 Lists and Lines;80
7.4.5;5.5 Tables;82
7.4.6;5.6 Table of Contents;87
7.5;6 Multi-Page Structures;88
7.5.1;6.1 Linking Methods;88
7.5.2;6.2 Organizing Content;92
7.5.3;6.3 Multi-Page Design I - Images;97
7.5.4;6.4 Multi-Page Design II – Templates;105
7.5.5;6.5 Forwarding with Redirects;112
7.6;7 Components: the Function Pages;114
7.6.1;7.1 Navigation;115
7.6.2;7.2 Search Function;120
7.6.3;7.3 User Administration;121
7.6.4;7.4 Information about the Wiki;125
7.6.5;7.5 Maintenance;126
7.7;8 Administration;130
7.7.1;8.1 File structure and;130
7.7.2;8.2 Database Structure;135
7.7.3;8.3 Design Questions;138
7.7.4;8.4 Wiki Spam;141
7.7.5;8.5 Security;143
7.7.6;8.6 Update and Uninstall;144
7.8;9 Life in MediaWiki;146
7.8.1;9.1 More than Mere Text;146
7.8.2;9.2 Make Participation Easy;148
7.8.3;9.3 You Don’t Write Alone;149
7.8.4;9.4 Usage Examples;151
8;III. TWiki, the Jack of all Trades;157
8.1;10 Installing TWiki;158
8.1.1;10.1 Installation under Linux;159
8.1.2;10.2 TWiki without an Admin-Account;162
8.1.3;10.3 Installation under Windows;164
8.1.4;10.4 Completing TWiki Installation;171
8.1.5;10.5 Viewing TWiki Pages;175
8.2;11 Working with TWiki;177
8.2.1;11.1 What are Webs?;177
8.2.2;11.2 A Website;178
8.2.3;11.3 The Edit Window;188
8.3;12 Formatting in TWiki;191
8.3.1;12.1 Formatting Text;191
8.3.2;12.2 Tables;194
8.3.3;12.3 Links;196
8.3.4;12.4 Integrating Images;197
8.3.5;12.5 HTML in TWiki;198
8.3.6;12.6 TWiki and JavaScript;199
8.3.7;12.7 TWiki Variables;199
8.4;13 Searching in TWiki;203
8.4.1;13.1 The Search Function;203
8.4.2;13.2 Effective Searching;205
8.4.3;13.3 Searching with Regular Expressions;205
8.4.4;13.4 Embedded Searches;208
8.5;14 User Permissions in TWiki;214
8.5.1;14.1 Authentication vs. Access Control;214
8.5.2;14.2 Activating User Registration;215
8.5.3;14.3 Setting Up Password Protection;216
8.5.4;14.4 Access Control;217
8.5.5;14.5 Strategies for User Rights;221
8.5.6;14.6 A Mixed Strategy for Authentication;222
8.6;15 Administering TWiki;227
8.6.1;15.1 Administering Webs;227
8.6.2;15.2 Topic Templates;230
8.6.3;15.3 Interwiki Links;232
8.6.4;15.4 User Administration;233
8.6.5;15.5 Email;234
8.6.6;15.6 Spam in TWiki;236
8.6.7;15.7 Security Aspects;237
8.6.8;15.8 Backing Up Data;239
8.6.9;15.9 Upgrading and Uninstalling;239
8.7;16 Designing a TWiki;241
8.7.1;16.1 Designing the Look;241
8.7.2;16.2 TWiki in Other Languages;255
8.7.3;16.3 Plugins and Add-ons;257
9;IV. TWiki as a Project Kit;261
9.1;17 Preliminary Thoughts;262
9.2;18 Conceptual Phase: Collecting Ideas and Outlining the Project;272
9.3;19 Composing the Project Plan;285
9.4;20 Preparing for Your Event;312
9.5;21 Executing and Documenting an Event;323
10;V. Tools with a Future;345
10.1;22 Tools with a Future? Technical and Social Outlook with Wikis;346
10.1.1;22.1 Technical Outlook;346
10.1.2;22.2 Wikis as an Engine for Social Change?;351
11;Appendix;365
11.1;A Installations in TWiki;366
11.1.1;Cygwin;366
11.1.2;Perl;367
11.1.3;Shebang;368
11.1.4;Changing;369
11.1.5;Owners;369
12;Glossary;371
13;Bibliography;377
14;Index;381