Wiki?

Hi everyone,

I’m currently pitching for a site and the client would like a CMS and a wiki on the site. The CMS part is covered (MODx is everything I’ve ever wanted from a CMS), but what about a wiki? I know there’s a snippet / plugin for Etomite called EtoWiki, but can this be integrated into MODx? If not, are there any other wiki’s that can be integrated that you recommend?

Many thanks,

Dan

I’d not come across EtoWiki before; there’s an intriguing comment by the author that suggests that there is a MODx version somewhere. I see EtoWiki was based on roWiki, but it looks like that is discontinued.

I recommend you use Wikimedia’s MediaWiki, as used on Wikipedia. (And say that sentence three times, fast). You may as well benefit from familiarity.

I’m not aware of any integration with MODx as yet, but it’s likely to happen soon. What sort of integration do you have in mind?

There are works on an wiki module for MODx. They just have started but you can have information here

Thanks for your answers guys - I’ll look into MediaWiki and see if that’s suitable for their needs.

Cheers,

Dan

I am the author of EtoWiki, and I use it on a production MODx site, but... it is a simple, file-based Wiki implementation with limited wiki syntax (taken directly from roWiki). I chose it because it was a super-light implementation and I didn’t need anything fancy. But you can see it in action at http://thevirtualhandshake.com/directory.html -- editing is limited to registered users (you need a copy of the book to register for a free Reader’s Guide account, as it asks for a word from a particular page number in the book), so I can’t provide an example of that part of it publically.

In any case, I do plan on continuing work on EtoWiki as a light-weight but fully integrated component, and eventually turning it into a database-powered wiki solution in conjunction with the addition of revisioning and rollback features that are coming down the pipe in the MODx core...