Re: [jug-discussion] Java based Wiki

2004-11-22 Thread Robert Zeigler 
Randolph Kahle wrote:
I am considering hosting a Wiki environment for our family web site.
When I did a search of Java based Wiki tools, three have come to the 
surface:

XWiki
SnipSnap
Confluence
Does anyone have experience with these? Any thoughts about which one 
would be best suited for a community space (I would also like individual 
blogs).

Are there others I should look at?
Thanks -- Randy
I don't know about XWiki, but, for what it's worth, Confluence and 
SnipSnap are both based on the same rendering engine, radeox. 
Atlassian, et al have done a lot or work on the engine and on creating a 
fairly clean, attractive wiki. Not sure about their pricing for a 
situation like you're looking at. As for snipsnap, I've used it on 
occasion; it's ok.  I find the structure and organization a bit 
confusing (lacking? ;) at times.
If you have the time, radeox is really quite trivial to embed in a 
custom application (I had the basics embedded into an existing 
application in a night), the engine, itself, is quite nice to work with; 
very easy to extend, etc.
HTH,

Robert
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RE: [jug-discussion] Java based Wiki

2004-11-22 Thread Tim Colson 
  XWiki
  SnipSnap
  Confluence

As Robert noted, Confluence uses the same Radeox rendering component, which
is essentially: INPUT TEXT + BAG OF YOUR REGEX TAGS HERE = HTML. ;-)

I admin a perl-based Twiki (still transitioning) -- it has been a night and
day improvement IMHO with Confluence. Usage by new users has been explosive
compared to Twiki. I thought about SnipSnap, but I recall that there was
something about the req'ts for install that wouldn't work in my environment.


Also -- if your organization can afford Confluence, I feel the
administration tools, remote API, support, navigation improvements, and tons
of new stuff on the way make it a clear leader in the wiki space. (Atlassian
gives free licenses for non-profits and open-source projects.)

BTW -- TimTam http://timtam.codehaus.org/ is seriously shaping up to be a
great tool for managing/editing Confluence spaces. 

Cheers,
Timo


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