[Web4lib] Wikis, access control, calendars

[Francis Kayiwa]

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On Aug 7, 2006, at 2:03 PM, Keith D. Engwall wrote:

> Dear Web4lib,
>
> After the wonderful Technology Summit in Charlotte last Thursday, I've
> gotten the go ahead to create an internal Wiki at our library.
> Questions:
>
> 1) Can anyone recommend an in-house wiki that is particularly user
> friendly (and pretty)?  I've looked at a few, but would appreciate
> hearing from anyone who's actually implemented one.

If it weren't for the *ahem* licensing *cough cough*... Confluence  
seems to have lots of snazzy looking "clicky" buttons :-). I have  
currently set up numerous wiki's for various units here. My goal is  
to move them ALL from MediaWiki to Twiki (decision based on local  
expertise)... Currently Mediawiki meets our requirements.

>
> 2) For access control (internal Wiki), how are people handling this?
> I'm thinking limiting access in the apache config to a particular
> subnet, but that may require some wrangling with IT to get our staff
> machines on their own subnet.

In my case this would probably involve mod_bluestem on Apache. I know  
Twiki plays "nice" with anything Apache supports. Last check Apache  
works with AD, NIS, Kerberos. YMMV.

See a comparison below.

http://www.wikimatrix.org/compare/TWiki+Confluence+XWiki

regards,
./fxk

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