Wiki is a powerful web 2.0 tool when used for communication and collaboration. There are many online Wiki pages where you can play around to get a hang of the tool. But having your own setup will help you chose the right kind of Wiki for you project and also add customization to suit your teams.
We now install simple and fast Wiki - WikkaWiki
Step 1: Install XAMPP software on your PC or Linux server. XAMPP is an implementation of LAMP (Linux, Apache Server, MySQL Database and PHP/Perl). This software will allow you to host it as a webservice.
Download XAMPP from: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
At the end of installation, XAMPP will ask you if you want to start Control Panel.
Start "Apache" web server and "MySQL" database.
By default the software gets
Step 2: Download WikkaWiki software
Download from: http://wikkawiki.org/HomePage
Step 3: Unzip the WikkaWiki to directory. Rename the folder to 'wikka'
C:\xampp\htdocs\ if it is Windows
After unzip, your directory will be C:\xampp\htdocs\wikka
If it is Linux, copy the unzipped files where your 'htdocs' directory is.
Step 4: Open browser and point to
http://localhost/phpmyadmin
Click on 'Databases' Tab
Create Database: wikka
Click 'Go'
Step 5: Go to http://localhost/wikka
Database: wikka
Username: root
Password: <empty>
Follow the instruction on screen. Wikka might ask you to copy a file to another directory.
WikkaWiki is up and running!
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