Courses/Wikis-Publishing Platforms

Wikis as Publishing Platforms

Day 1

Getting to know wikis: what are wiki. wiki syntax, pages, categories, Extensions.

Day 2

Converting wiki pages into other formats, using Pandoc: website(HTML pages), EPUB, ICML(inDesign project)

Day 3

Mediawiki API - access content through Mediawiki API, and in conjunction with Pandoc develop scripts which automate publishing tasks; Experiment with retrieving and applying normally hidden information, such as a page's history

What are wikis

• Wiki Wiki Web
  • Ward Cunnigham
  • a web platform that where writing was a easy as reading.
  • expanding the territory - a link is a page

• Several wiki installations
  • Mediawiki (used by wikipedia, many extensions, extensive API), Docuwiki, MoinMoin, Zim(local wiki, using file system)
  • Mediawiki requirements: webserver(Apache), PHP, MYSQL

• Create a (Mediawiki) Wiki:
  • Install it yourself: following instructions in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide
  • Use a wiki hosting service or wiki farm: wikia

Wiki syntax

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet

File:Cheatsheet-en.pdf File:Cheatsheet-nl.pdf

The importance of a visible markup: understand text hierarchy/structure

Visual editor. Mardown syntax plugin