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Why use a Wiki
I am using a WikiWikiWeb to manage this site for several reasons:
- I don't have time to use a complex web content management system.
- A wiki is easily and quickly editable. After all, content is what is important.
- Since anyone can contribute, people won't have to wait on the webmaster to update the site.
- Hopefully, with the help of the community, this site will become robust and something useful to people other than myself.
- I can ask my friends to help edit the content. I'm not the greatest writer in the world, by far.
This site runs on a slightly modified installation of ErfurtWiki. I chose ErfurtWiki for several reasons:
- Written in PHP - I like PHP.
- Does not require mySQL backend - I have nothing against mySQL, but for this situation, I prefer a flat file system.
- Fully contained in one script file.
- Easily embedded into a web page - I don't have to deal with dozens of themes, templates, & configs.
- Innovative plug-in capability - For the few bells & whistles I want without having to wade through dozens of files to eliminate the ones I don't.
- All hardcoded text is in one place - Changing it didn't require sifting through pages and pages of code.
- Modifications I made:
- Removed the German text.
- Removed the binary and image uploading functions.
- Added my own admin interface.
- Added packed files, all versions of a page are in one compressed file.
- Moved hit counters to a single separate file.
- Added the page history trail (bread crumbs) seen above, just below the heading.
- Added page break (multi-column) and calendar tags.
About the Company
What company?
About the Person
My name is Kitzel, I can kick, thus KitzKikz.
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