madcrow 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2005 I noticed that Fantastico gives me a large choice of various CMS systems to chose from. I was just wondering what the advantahes and disadvantages of a Wiki versus a more mainstream CMS are. On the one hand, for a community-based site like the one I'm planning on putting up, Wiki could make it easier for collaborative content, on the other hand, a normal CMS is harder to deface. ATM, I'm just going to put up an SHTML under construction page, though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saxsux 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2005 The downside to wiki is that your site could be vandalised. And since there's no proper forum system, people could modify each other's posts etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MajesticTreeFrog 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2005 This is why wikis usually have a CVS system with them to allow eraseing of unwanted changes, as well as maintainers who keep stuff like that under control. This is why wikipedia is so good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rapco 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 Well.. if you are having trouble deciding... i have great news for ya!!!!Since i have tried out several cms's, i know for a fact that there are wiki modules for most of the large-comunity cms like mambo, xoops, phpnuke, etc...So, you could have the robust system of a cms, and the comunity integration os the wiki!!!!!!!So, what's the first step...1. Check out cms's to choose one from all the option (http://www.opensourcecms.com/ recommende for this porpouse)2. Once you have taken some out, check there officla websites for addons, modules, block (depending on the cms) for a wiki choice.....3. Go to the demo sites to see if it ios the kind of wiki taht you're looking for...4. Get you cms going!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madcrow 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 Thanks for the advice. I'd like to get something going fairly soon so that I can actually build a real site... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JMC1405241503 0 Report post Posted July 6, 2005 In my case, I decided not to use a Wiki system for the following reason:1) wiki sequences are stored in the DB so that this information may be used only by a Wiki system. That is a real problem when you plan to access your DB with other tools than your Wiki system.2) Difficulty to get a static export of parts of the system.Otherwise, the features offered by TikiWiki (on MySQL) or TikiPro (on PostgreSQL) are really impressive.A really good system with a lot of advantages.I am currently using Drupal as internal information system and Apache Forrest for static HTML publications. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
