Bwiki

To b or not 2 b

I have installed and configured MediaWiki (same software as is used for Wikipedia). After a couple of days with it ...

• I really like the appearance, although the unmistakable resemblance to Wikipedia has both good and bad connotations.

• Setting it up was a bit of a chore. Different back end, scripting language and database than I prefer, but it’s all running now.

• The real deal breaker may be the editor (that everyone who contributes or edits has to use)

• Readers get to enjoy the overall interface which is pretty good, but contributors have to learn a somewhat non-intuitive interface.

Here is the MediaWiki version of the wiki site.
http://toonz.ca/bwiki/

Let’s refer to it as the bwiki site for now.

Likes

• Looks good

• The interface is familiar to anyone who uses Wikipedia

Dislikes / Concerns

• Editor (used for creating and changing content) is not WYSIWYM (What you see is what you meant)

• I am less familiar with the underlying programming language (PHP) and Database (MySQL), than I am with the system you are looking at now (.NET and SQL Server).

Interesting

• Strong resemblance to Wikipedia may inspire (unknown) responses

• Challenging Editor interface may deter frivolous contributions

• Has a "talk" feature which is a discussion area for each article