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
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_hosting_services
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
Categories
- what problem would trigger the necessity of categories?
How to have a publication built within a wiki, that is not solely dedicates to the publication, like the Publication Station wiki or Media Design wiki
Categories: a way to structure information on the wiki.
How categories are used in Beyond Social
