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WordPress as a Wiki

I have always wished that Wikis looked better (snob that I am) and have been wondering if WordPress could be convinced to work as a Wiki or a close enough approximation of one to be viable. The main challenges are navigation and internal linking, but I think we have addressed these well enough to invite an audience to critique the site.

Wiki style links

The admin environment supports text encoding using TinyMCE but you can also add wiki style links in the html view for internal links using double square brackets e.g. {{page name}} or {{page name|link text}} but with [ and ] – I cannot put them in the code as they are instantly interpreted as links – if the page already exists the link will auto complete, if it does not it will appear in red in the published text so other authors know this is a desired starting point for additional content. Links to external page are handled using the TinyMCE link tool.

Recently Changed Pages

I have been looking for a way to track recently changed pages as one would on a wiki and could not find a widget that did it. I just completed writing said widget and have installed it here to track Recently Modified Pages. Please let me know if you experience any issues with the plug in as it is brand new! Working now to update it to show recent changes regardless of whether the change is a page or a post.

Bugs

There are some technical issues I am addressing – if you find anything else either functional or aesthetic please leave a comment below:

unresolved

  • I am looking at ways to provide email notifications of new comments, and possible even page changes; the former has some plug-in possibilities from the community, the latter looks like a coding project unless anyone knows of anything that already exists?

resolved

  • comments are showing up in pages and posts now, I reduced the h3 text size to make the comments blend in a bit better
  • email notifications for comments have been activated: please ping me if you experience any issues with the emails
  • breadcrumb code is now live
  • a more elegant log in is now live and includes quick links for adding a page (Wiki content), adding a post (blog content), accessing the dashbaord and profile

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