What is needed to do a Wiki?

[Thag13]

I am thinking of working on a Wiki for my New Cairo game.

Its a weird science, pulp fiction, alternate history game I have been working on the last two years.

The setting is mainly set in New Cairo, egypt. I stole a lot of details from Arron Allstons Doc Shide books.

I would like to have a set up where myself and a couple of my friends could edit the infomation and have it out to share. My ultimate goal would be to have some folks on this here board to have a look and make suggestions.


So,

Do I need my own web space??

Where do I get web space?/ Does not some one here work for G0 Daddy??

What kinda software do I need to use and how much (free would be really nice)

Thanks

[Lord Mhoram]

I use PBwiki.
No software, they provide the webspace, unlimited pages. Limited file storage unless you pay 15 a month (you get 15 meg I think) - but our group has a photobucket and just like to the photobucket pics on our wiki.

Easy to use, and easy to get started.

And free.

[Kabluey]

I've been using pmwiki for my campaign. Free and open-source, which is cool. It requires PHP, and would require of course that you have your own web space. I'm neither a PHP programmer nor a web administrator, but I am a techie-programmer type, so bear that in mind as I say that the installation was pretty simple as well.

PMWiki wasn't the only thing I looked at, but I settled on it because it uses text files for storage (i.e., no database), had a host of plugins, decent documentation, and what appeared to be a fairly active community surrounding it. One of my favorite features is customizable security, so I can have a section specifically for myself, and the rest of the site is open to the players.

[Curufea]

No free webspace providers will be suitable for a wiki. You need some form of code processing for a wiki and that level of control could be abused - therefore subscriptions and money are always involved.

You can of course, use my Hero Wiki which is specifically designed for anyone who wants to put Hero-related games on a wiki (see my sig).

But if you want a wiki separate from other Hero projects, have a look at this thread I posted-
http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49310

[Lord Mhoram]

No free webspace providers will be suitable for a wiki. You need some form of code processing for a wiki and that level of control could be abused - therefore subscriptions and money are always involved.


Lots of free Wikis though. :)

[Curufea]

Yep - mainly because it's open source.
The programs are free - but having a server capable of processing those programs is not.

[Lord Mhoram]

Yep - mainly because it's open source.
The programs are free - but having a server capable of processing those programs is not.

I'm talking about free server and software - sort of like Blogs give you acess to the blogging software and the space to store it in.

PB Wiki charges nothing, hosts unlimited pages/wikis and is free. :)

[Curufea]

Ah well - that's like the site on the other thread linked. Sorry.

[Lord Mhoram]

I do have to say that in general Wikis for a game are really cool.

We've got all our campaigns on our wiki (5 of them) and it works very well. :) Each player uploads their characters, and the GMs the notes for thier games. One campaign has a tradition of "things on the post board" that everyone makes little additions to.


Sorry about not pushing your Curufea (a HERO wiki is a cool concept) - but I have been using PBwiki for almost a year, and it is a breeze to use. :)

[Curufea]

No prob :)