Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: How do you set up a wiki?

[Moz (list]

Marty Maskall said:
> But maybe a wiki would be better.  What do you think?  How do we set up a
> wiki?

The slightly technical approach: If you have a server (or an office
computer that's always on) on site you can install it on that. I like
MediaWiki, partly because you can download a pre-installed virtual
machine with it already on. The advantage is that you control it, the
disadvantage is that you have to control it.

The easy way: search for a web hosting company that supports mediawiki
and pay #3-$5/mo for them to do it. Then you just email everyone the
URL and away you go. The downside is that you will probably want to
approve the users, otherwise anyone can sign up and edit your wiki.,
But a little administrative work by you and you can control who edits
it and who can even see it (you can make it so that outsiders can only
see the front page).

I have no idea who these people are but this is where I'd start:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=mediawiki+hosting
http://www.siteground.com/mediawiki-hosting.htm $4/mo
http://www.maiahost.com/cms/MediaWiki_Hosting.html $2.50/mo
http://www.dreamhostapps.com/free-mediawiki-hosting.html free!

Moz