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Wikis For Dummies (For Dummies Series) Paperback – 24 July 2007
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- Corporations have finally realized the value of collaboration tools for knowledge sharing and Wiki is the open source technology for creating collaborative Web sites, as either a public site on the Internet or on a private intranet site
- Shows readers how to set up Wikis in a corporate setting or on a personal site so that users can retrieve information, post information, and edit the content
- Covers everything from choosing a Wiki engine to administration and maintenance
- Discusses the advantages of using Wiki in a corporate environment, which companies such as Microsoft, Boeing, Disney, and Motorola have already discovered
- ISBN-100470043997
- ISBN-13978-0470043998
- PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons
- Publication date24 July 2007
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions19.05 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
- Print length336 pages
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From the Back Cover
Create content, link pages and webs, and grow your wiki
Set up your own wiki for personal or business use
So you want to wiki? This friendly guide gets you up and running in the wiki world in no time, from creating and editing wiki pages and going public to handling maintenance, promotion, and project management. You'll see how to handle the hurdles of shared authorship, use structured wiki applications, and prepare for the wikis of the future.
- Create your first hosted wiki
Invite others to your wiki
Add images, video, and other widgets
Use a wiki in your business
Choose your wiki engine
Secure your wiki
About the Author
Dan Woods, an early adopter of wikis, has built technology for companies ranging from Time, Inc. to TheStreet.com and has written many books about technology. Peter Thoeny, the founder of TWiki, invented the concept of structured wikis and is a recognized thought–leader in social software and wikis at the workplace.
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- Publisher : John Wiley & Sons (24 July 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 336 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0470043997
- ISBN-13 : 978-0470043998
- Dimensions : 19.05 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 1,791,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the authors

Dan Woods is an analyst, writer, and explainer, who aspires to live the examined life in technology.
Dan's primary mission is to understand and explain how technology makes people more effective in achieving their goals. His strong belief is that we are at the threshold of a golden age of IT, in which the promise of gaining value from technology will be fulfilled, breaking free of many past frustrations. Dan pursues this mission in two ways.
Research, Consulting, Speaking: Dan is constantly seeking out how technology is working and how it is not. Dan performs research in collaboration with CIOs, CTOs, IT practitioners at all levels, and vendors. Dan publishes his findings in Forbes.com and on his own site CITOResearch.com, which is dedicated to advancing the craft of technology leadership. He speaks about his research in venues large and small.
Content Marketing: Based on his background as a a CTO and journalist, Dan brings principles of software development to the practice of content creation. The result is Evolved Media, a purpose-built newsroom for content marketing for B2B technology companies. For startups, growing companies, and large organizations, Evolved Media creates streams of content used for blogs and contributed articles, as well as white papers, infographics, comic books, webinars, videos, and books. Evolved Media has created more than 25 books.
Dan is excitable, fun to talk to, loves food, music, stories, and almost any nerdy pursuit. Give him a call.

Peter Thoeny is the founder of the TWiki Enterprise Collaboration platform and is leading the open-source project since 1998. He is the CTO of Twiki Inc, a company providing enterprise agility platform solutions. He invented the concept of structured wikis - where free form wiki content can be structured with tailored wiki applications. Peter interest is in increasing the productivity and accountability at work using wikis and social software. He is featured in numerous articles and technology conferences including LinuxWorld, Business Week, Wall Street Journal and more. He graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, lived in Japan for 8 years, and deployed several large scale wikis around the globe.
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