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MediaWiki

MediaWiki is a web-based wiki software application used by all projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, all wikis hosted by Wikia, and many other wikis, including some of the largest and most popular one... More

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AUDIENCE : system administrator
LICENSE : gnu general public license (gpl)
OPERATING SYSTEM : os independent
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE : PHP
USER INTERFACE : web-based
LATEST VERSION : 1.13

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Simply Hot!

by Abhinav Bakshi on April 23rd 2008 at 08:02 PM

The Best php based App. i have ever seen/tested.

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Can't Get Enough

by Kurt Blane on March 25th 2008 at 06:48 AM

This is probably the single most influential project for the internet (outside of the internet itself!). Wikipedia and all kinds of other "pedias" are powered by this, and Wikipedia's unparalleled impact on ALL internet users just shows the power of the internet and citizen media. Very cool!

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Powerful But...

by an anonymous user on March 10th 2008 at 12:15 PM

...wiki-markup takes a little getting used to..

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Still #1

by Don Chase on February 27th 2008 at 07:28 PM

MediaWiki is the leading wiki engine in the world, and many other wiki engines are written under the influence of standards initiatted by MediaWiki.

WYSWYG editing is a little sketchy and there is little support for FCKedit and TinyMCE.

Still, it towers above all other wikis out there. It is also the only wiki out there that is scale tested to allow for traffic second only to the Googles and Facebooks of the world...

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The Standard

by Jerry Conley on February 27th 2008 at 07:22 PM

MediaWiki has essentially defined the concept of wikis and is the defacto standard for wikis across the web. It is the single most recognizable wiki application out there.

The downside is that it is more prone to WikiSPAM than other wiki apps out there. There is AntiSpam extensions, although they could be easier to install...

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BitNami Offers Easy Open Source

by Guest Editor on Jan 11, 2008

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Original Post authored by Mike Gunderloy on 1/11/2008 on WebWorkerDaily

There are many benefits to using open source software for web applications: rapid development cycles, leading functionality in many market segments, and of course the price. But actually deploying those applications can be a huge, daunting nuisance. The WordPress installation instructions, for example, may brag of taking only five minutes - but that presumes you are already running MySQL and PHP and a web server and are comfortable configuring them.