From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat May 5 19:30:25 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DECCFB7AD9 for ; Sat, 5 May 2018 19:30:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8266E70890 for ; Sat, 5 May 2018 19:30:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 41934FB7AD8; Sat, 5 May 2018 19:30:24 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4049FB7AD7 for ; Sat, 5 May 2018 19:30:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from dnvrco-cmomta01.email.rr.com (dnvrco-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.73.232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Client", Issuer "CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A9417087B for ; Sat, 5 May 2018 19:30:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.0.12] ([70.121.63.82]) by cmsmtp with ESMTPA id F2smfpBs0DatMF2sqfxgn3; Sat, 05 May 2018 19:30:17 +0000 Date: Sat, 05 May 2018 14:30:12 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl Reply-To: Paul Schmehl To: Chris Hill , FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Looking for wiki software Message-ID: <576B9BAE27C0E4EC5E3A1309@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfP0PAxZpGRnT641fUyn0Tojo0WLwuEwp2dhrSWfukkdHVVYwA1+azQOKzt6Ae7C/vkIdQK+RA0rnGc/Z6oPTP13zdk08D2n69B9WhF42hE2DtMQtPIAa oHOrE9g5ypfDumXKtWunEZMMSqPIiAAPDWpQxe9XUHfMWrdoDhJXpS+V9aGrj3zOf8HlM7qSw+2++eMTrN6gSZ3rt+/u0EvBxD0= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 May 2018 19:30:25 -0000 --On May 5, 2018 at 6:53:00 AM -0400 Chris Hill wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm looking for advice and opinions on wiki software. This would be for > use by a small business group, probably not more than 25 or so users in > total. The idea is that each user would contribute material on subjects > in which he is "expert." Eventually we end up with solid documentation of > our processes and our homegrown software, and then things don't go to > hell as much the next time someone is nearly killed in an accident. > > I have a reasonably decent machine on which to run this, but still it > would be nice if the solution were, for example, not too heavy on the > build- and run-dependencies. > > Other nice-to-haves: > > . Easy user management, ideally with self-signup > . Use with http server of my choice, i.e. server-agnostic > . TLS supported > > I'd be grateful for any suggestions, or for stories of good or bad > experiences. Unless you have someone to manage it who is very technically astute, I would NOT recommend mediawiki. It is written by programmers for programmers, and requires a great deal of commandline work to get it working right. If your admin can't read code, stay away from mediawiki. I haven't used it, but looked at it in some detail, and I would recommend docuwiki. For the size project you're considering, it's probably ideal. Paul Schmehl, Retired As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell