Comments on: I want a new wiki, one that does what it should.

Question: I want a new wiki, one that does what it should.

jbickers — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:39:56 -0800

I hate MediaWiki, and am looking for an alternative. Problem: My MediaWiki site has tons of data.

So I've got a fansite (twinpeakswiki.com, if interested) that has a reasonable amount of data in it. I've come to grips with the fact that I HATE MediaWiki. It's so unintuitive, there is virtually no web-based administration for anything, the learning curve is just too great and I've got better things to do.

So, I'm looking for an alternative, something that is snazzy, modern-looking, graphically pleasing right out of the box, and preferably with skin support. Oh yeah, it has to be able to deal with my MediaWiki database data somehow (export-then-import? conversion utility? I dunno, have no idea what's out there.)

Any ideas are most appreciated!

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:15:12 -0800

You could export to XML (Help:Export) and then write a script to import into another format from that.

By: ukdanae

ukdanae — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:36:43 -0800

Check out DekiWiki as an intuitive alternative. I searched high and low for a wiki that made sense to non-wiki people and this one had the best UI i could find. They have a migration page about moving over from MediaWiki as well, and also offer a service where they'll do it for you.

By: chairface

chairface — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:46:44 -0800

WikiMatrix is your one stop shop for all things wiki, relative and related. Conversion from one format to another is often difficult or impossible, but a lot depends on the guys who made the wikis and the skill of the operator. I converted a MoinMoin site to DokuWiki and ended up writing my own parser in Plex (a python library) to do all the work.

By: crios

crios — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:25:14 -0800

I like MediaWiki but I agree, it is unintuitive not to mention that I always have to search the documentation for the configurations in LocalSettings to make it do what I want. You figure they would build a web interface for that...
(sigh) but besides all that I do like Mediawiki or at least I've gotten used to it.

By: zollypop

zollypop — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:20:53 -0800

what's with all the "wiki" stuff? I'm just wondering what the origin of it is...

By: SirStan

SirStan — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:29:31 -0800

zollypop: Wikipedia's entry on Wiki's might help you.

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:12:19 -0800

zollypop: The original wiki has some historical correspondence.