Wiki Introduction)

What is wiki )?

First, we need to clarify that the inventor of the Wiki concept is Ward cunnhan. What does the word wiki mean? According to the FAQ, the word wikiwiki comes from wee Kee in Hawaii, which originally meant "quick. In fact, wiki is simple and fast. You can see that wiki is growing every day.

The definition of a new concept is a bit confusing, and wiki is no exception. Let's take a look at the simple explanation: Wiki-a collaborative writing tool. The wiki site can be maintained by multiple people (or even any visitor). Each person can express his or her own opinions, or expand or discuss a common topic.

If you still don't understand it, let's look at the more complex and dizzy explanation: Wiki refers to a hypertext system. This Hyper Text system supports collaborative community-oriented writing, and also includes a set of auxiliary tools that support this writing. We can browse, create, and modify wiki text on the basis of the web, and the cost of creating, changing, and releasing wiki text is far smaller than that of HTML text; at the same time, the wiki system also supports community-oriented collaborative writing and provides necessary help for collaborative writing. Finally, the author of Wiki naturally forms a community, and the wiki system provides simple communication tools for this community. Compared with other hypertext systems, wiki is easy to use and open. Therefore, the wiki system can help us share knowledge in a certain field in a community.

Wiki Technology and specifications

Wiki is a webpage that anyone can edit. There is an edit button under each normally displayed page. Click this button to edit the page. Some may ask: Can anyone edit it? Isn't that a mess? As a matter of fact, W Iki embodies a philosophical thought: "at the beginning of people, nature is good ". Wiki believes that no one will intentionally destroy the Wiki website. The purpose of editing the webpage is to participate together. Despite this, it is inevitable that many developers have accidentally changed the content of the Wiki website. In order to maintain the correctness of the website, Wiki has made some technical and operational rules, to minimize the risks brought by many participants, we must adhere to the principle of large-scale open participation. These technologies and specifications include:

Retain the updated version of the webpage. Even if the participant deletes the entire page, the administrator can easily restore the correct page version from the record.
The page is locked. Some major pages can be locked by locking the content, and outsiders cannot edit the content. (Although Wiki has this function, I have seen very little use of it, which may be contrary to the spirit advocated by W IKI ).
For version comparison, each page of the wiki site has an update record, and any two versions can be compared. The wiki will automatically identify their differences.
Update Description: When you update a page, you can write a few words in the description column, such as the basis for your updates or conversations with the administrator. In this way, the Administrator will know how the page is updated.
IP address Banning. Although wiki advocates "beginning with human beings, the nature is good" and everyone can participate in it, but the spoolers and scammers always exist. Wiki has the function of recording and storing IP addresses, record the I P of the destroyer.
Sand Box (sandbox) test. Generally, a sand box page is created on the Wiki. This page allows the first participant to perform a test on the sand box page, sand Box is the same as a normal page. You can graffiti and test it at will.
Editing rules. Any open Wiki has an editing rule, which specifies the rules for building and maintaining the wiki site. The principle that no rule is not square is applicable everywhere.
Differences between blog and Wiki

Without a doubt, you can use a wiki (Tool) to set up your blog site. However, in a strict sense, blog and Wiki are completely different and serve different purposes.

To put it simply, a blog is a theme-free variation. Generally, it is the spread of attention from a few people (in most cases a person. Generally, a blog site has a topic. This topic is often loose and generally does not deliberately control the relevance of the content. Blog focuses on personal thoughts (no matter how immature or incredible). personalization is the most important feature of blog. A blog focuses on communication. Generally, it refers to small-scale communication.Article. Blogs also mean collaboration, but collaboration generally refers to maintenance by multiple people, and defenders may focus on completely different content. Such collaboration is loose in terms of content. Anyone, any website of the subject, can be displayed in the form of a blog, with its vigor and vitality.

Wiki is different. Generally, wiki sites share a strict concern. The main body of Wiki is usually clear and firm. The content of the wiki site must be highly correlated. The most specific theme should be followed seriously by any writer or participant. Wiki collaboration is an extension and connotation extension for the same topic. The same issue is discussed in depth. Wiki is very suitable for all about something websites. Personalization is not the most important here. The integrity, adequacy, and authority of information are the real goals. Because of its technical implementation and meaning, wiki is intertwined and complex. If you give full play to it without themes, the co-creators will soon lose their way. The most appropriate way to use wiki is to write documents or articles/books together. Especially related to technologies (especiallyProgramFAQ related to development. It is more suitable to be presented on the Wiki.