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Afterfostercare.ca

just_tonya — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:39:06 CDT

Title: The Foster Care Council of Canada

Context:

The Foster Care Council of Canada is a non-profit organization of peole who have lived in foster care working together to improve the quality and accountability of child-welfare services and was established in 2001.

Need:

We conduct monthly Board meetings using Skype (like an MSN but allows multiple voice at a time) and needed a place to share the Agendas and Minutes while also making them available to the public.

We needed a central location to draft and store our documents so that we can get group feedback on each version from each other either as we go or after each version has been completed until finalized and moved into a (.doc) format for printing and distribution.

Also each Board member has their own hobbies or work/volunteer experience we would like to share with each other and with the community we serve.

Challenges:

We have experienced a learning curve challenge which, although minour, requires we spend a little time introducing our particular Wetpaint Wiki to the Board Members. We intend to create a custom video for that.

Solution Details:

The Wetpaint Wiki Solution : http://www.afterfostercare.wetpaint.com (will type a longer description later)

Outcome:

Describe the benefits experienced (will fill this in over time... we are still new at wetpaint since 2008)

What We Learned:

What lessons were learned through the process?

(Still learning)

Wild About Wikis Home

just_tonya — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:21:03 CST

This site was created as a place for you to learn about wikis and to share information, tips, and techniques about creating and managing a wiki. It was created to be a source of helpful information to you and perhaps some entertainment as well.

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I've got great news! The Wetpaint Crew really liked this site and asked me to partner with them in the development and management of the Everything Wiki site. So, we're collaborating -- in the wiki way! We have a much better URL there and will have the support of the Wetpaint Crew, along with more community members who are also interested in building THE BEST reference site on the Web about using wikis. Don't worry -- all the great content from this site has already been moved to the new site. Please join me at the new Everything Wiki site today!

Thanks for your support! I'm looking forward to seeing you there along with our new community members!
just_tonya

For a short time, links from this home page will be directed to the new Everything Wiki site. Visit us there!

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PBwiki

dweekly — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:55:30 CST

Type of service	Wiki hosting
URL	http://pbwiki.com
Contact information	PBwiki, Inc. 1825 South Grant Avenue, Suite 850 San Mateo, CA 94402-7041 1-866-WIKI-4ME sales@pbwiki.com
Intended audience	All users, but with focus on business and educational solutions.
Summary description	World's largest host of business and educational wikis. A simple, secure, ad-free hosted wiki solution.
Price	All wikis are free to set up and use initially; business customers must subscribe to the premium service after an evaluation period. Business pricing is ~$15/user/month, with steep discounts available for non-profits and educational institutions.
Highlights	Both Wikitext and WYSIWYG support available. 10 MB - 10 GB storage quota, varying by plan; no bandwidth limit; ads allowed; Supports: page permissions (but not ACL), preview, unlimited page revisions, revision differences, full text search, recent changes view, themes and skins, file attachments, embedded Flash, and embedded video. Premium features: advanced access controls (ACL), encryption, no ads, hide specific pages, page lock, customized domain, customized CSS, page level RSS feeds
	Plug-ins available: shared calendar, YouTube videos, chat rooms, voice chat, Google maps, skins, automatic revision tracking, automatic backups
Reviews	AllTheWikis review, Wikimatrix review
Number of users	2,000,000+ per month
Number of wikis	Over 350,000, and more pages than Wikipedia, including over 30,000 business wikis and teams at more than a third of the Fortune 500.
Example wikis hosted	BarCamp, Digg API, FreewareWiki, ELoTH:TES, WikiFOIA, TwitterPacks

Central Desktop

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:15:46 CST

Type of service	Wiki intranet
URL	www.centraldesktop.com
Contact information	Central Desktop, Inc. 2828 E Foothill Blvd, #204 Pasadena, CA 91107 United States info@centraldesktop-inc.com
Intended audience	Small-medium sized businesses
Summary description	Designed for business teams, this wiki solution supports embedded applications such as discussions, blogs, file managers, task lists, milestone management, calendaring, and permission management. Supports gated (private - invitation only) and public (ungated) access.
Price	Free version available, but pay version starts at $25 / month
Highlights	WYSIWYG editing, from 25 MB and up in storage quota, unlimited bandwidth quota, ads allowed, page permissions supported, preview supported, page history available, unlimited page revisions, page index, themes and skins optional, RSS and ATOM feeds, file attachments, and embedded flash and video

Reviews	AllTheWikis review, Wikimatrix review
Number of users	Over 100,000
Number of wikis
Example wikis hosted

EditMe

editme — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:33:58 CST

Type of service	Wiki hosting
URL	www.editme.com
Contact information	EditMe, LLC P.O. Box 116 Maynard, MA 01754 Sales: 617.848.2601 Online: http://support.editme.com
Intended audience	Private users, teams, groups, companies, developers
Summary description	EditMe is a hosted wiki and content management platform. Some unique features include a particularly flexibly access rights model, complete layout and design customization capabilities, and a rich development API. EditMe also offers profossional services to create custom wiki and content management solutions for customers.
Price	From $4.95 / month for Starter service up to $49.95 / month for the Corporate service Disk space and maximum traffic limitations are set for the various service levels; Pricing includes one site with unlimited number of users
Highlights	WYSIWYG editing, 25MB to 4GB in storage, 1 GB to 25 GB in bandwidth, ads allowed, page permissions, ACL supported, preview, page history, unlimited page revisions, email notification, embedded Flash, embedded video, multiple skins provide ready-to-user templates for your site, stylesheet editing supported, page templates (to populate new pages with reusable template), Menu section for site navigation, site search, and page index

Reviews	AllTheWikis review, Wikimatrix review
Number of users	Not tracked
Number of wikis	Thousands
Example wikis hosted	EditMe does not publicly list customer sites for privacy reasons. Customers can choose to add a link to their site here: http://wiki.editme.com/editmesites

The Fine Print

just_tonya — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:59:39 CST

Important information for you to understand

This site is not an official site associated with any wiki hosting service or wiki software. It is neither sponsored nor endorsed by any wiki hosting service or wiki software vendor. It was created as an unofficial social networking site on the Web for individuals to share information, ideas, best practices, and case studies about using wikis and to ensure collaboration among users and organizers of wikis.
Please note that this information about wiki hosting services and wiki engines (or software) is provided for your general use and it is recommended that you contact the respective companies to validate specific details about the price and functionality. The posting of this product or service on this wiki should not be considered a product or service recommendation. We encourage all users to validate information posted. However, it is likely that some mistakes will occur. If you see an error or missing information, post a comment on a page's discussion thread for our action or correct it yourself since it's a wiki. : )
Remember the copyright law. If you use post something that you did not create (e.g., images, pictures), please give credit where credit is due. If you add any information to this site or reference any information from this site on another site, please include an appropriate attribution of its source.
This site was created for information and entertainment purposes. Something you see on this site may at times amuse you, entertain you, inform you, inspire you, make you think, frustrate you, anger you, etc. Remember to be kind when visiting and contributing on this site.
This site is being created by the people...for the people. Don't assume that the creator agrees to the views expressed on this site (e.g., within the text, comments, attachments, multimedia).
Reference the Wetpaint Code of Conduct
Although joining the community is highly advised for the full wiki experience, on this site you may anonymously post information and comments. You are not presently required to create a "username" and become a member of the Wild About Wikis community in order to contribute. However, the creator of this site reserves the right (and you are now notified) to change the access control on the site at its discretion without advance notification. For example, if the spam bots attack or we get unwelcome visitors who only come to post messages about the ringtones they wish to sell, links to their sites where 'naughty' pics can be displayed, how to get rich taking online surveys, etc. actions will be taken to block these individuals. If those actions fail, then access control changes may be considered. However, if member login becomes a requirement for posting data, visitor identity will still be protected and be private. Although when registering you must provide a valid id, you can prohibit the display of that e-mail id if you wish. No one in the community will know your e-mail address associated with your username, if you wish. Only the Wetpaint team would have access to that data and they have a privacy policy in place to protect your personal information. Therefore, visitors will only see the 'nickname' that you register. Review your account settings to use all options to protect your e-mail id from displaying if you choose. By registering, you can send messages to other registered members of the community, without sharing your personal e-mail id. Joining the community is easy and adds so much to the wiki experience. So, give it a chance!
When posting information, please thoughtfully consider the site structure and add related information on the most appropriate page. Remember, it's a wiki -- don't be surprised if information you add is tweeked by another visitor or moved to a location where other similar information is posted.
BTW, in this entrepreneural world, it's possible that you may have something you'd like to promote or pitch on this site. Please make sure it's specifically related to the content and purpose of this site and it is promoted within the context of the content on the selected page. Updates to the site content are being monitored. Content that the site organizer and administrators do not feel is within the scope of this site will be deleted.
Have fun...share your feedback, ideas, hints, tips, advice, case studies, etc!
Tell others about this site and encourage their participation. Tag or bookmark it. Blog about it! : )
Don't be a stranger....come back soon...and come back often.
If you post any information on this site, you are posting it into the public domain. The information you post may be referenced elsewhere. By posting your information on this site, you agree that your information (e.g., case study) may be a featured item on the site's associated blog or used by the wiki organizer. If you don't wish for this to happen, then contact the site creator or select another social networking site to share it, with our regrets.
Use the WikiSandbox to test out Wetpaint features without creating your own site or ruining, um...editing someone else's! So, for those who want to have fun and just delete content for the heck of it , place crazy comments like "testing the toolbar" on a page, or creating blank pages with crazy titles, please go the sandbox and play to your heart's content.
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Wiki Wisdom

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:29:36 CST

Here are some spots for sharing your advice and lessons learned. Help a newbie wiki-<wo>man and post your suggestions, advice, and guidance.

When thinking about using wikis, I suggest...

When revising or adding content, I suggest....

When picking a home for your wiki, I suggest....

When creating a wiki, I suggest.....

When engaging a community, I suggest....

When managing the wiki content, I suggest....

When deciding the install wiki software for your enterprise, I suggest...

SamePage

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:02:27 CST

Type of service
URL
Contact information
Intended audience	Businesses needing enterprise solutions
Summary description	An enterprise-strength wiki solution that combines the best of wikis and blogs to effectively support, streamline, and manage collaborative team efforts. The solution provides a wiki environment for teams to work together more effectively, making collaboration, communication, and sharing knowledge across project and geographies easy. It enables the best minds in your organization to work together more efficiently, share information, capture and preserve knowledge, communicate, and manage collaborative processes and projects.
Price	Free version (with maximum of 3 projects, 15 pages, 3 blogs, and 100 MB of space) with professional solutions offered: 1-20 users, $100 / month 21-50 users, $200 / month 51-100 users, $400 / month >100 users, contact eTouch
Highlights

Reviews
Number of users
Number of wikis
Example wikis hosted

Wiki Hosting

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:58:40 CST

There are many wiki farms or wiki hosting services where wikis can be created. Many offer free hosting, but often display ads on each page. Others have various levels of service and monthly fees. Many wikis provide a WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor and do not require that you enter any tags or wiki syntax (often called wikitext). Some wikis also offer business solutions for the hosting of corporate sites or private sites with restricted access.

Some examples of wiki hosting services (i.e., wiki farms) are listed below, along with links to more detailed information.

Wiki hosting service	Free offering available?	Monthly pricing	WYSIWYG editor available?	Business solution available?
Atwiki	Yes	na	Yes
Brainkeeper	No	Starting at $35	Yes	Yes
Central Desktop	Yes	Pay versions: $25 $49 $99 $249	Yes	Yes
ClearWiki	Yes	Up to 10 user free, but must pay for additional	Yes	Yes
Cospire	Yes	Up to 1 GB free	Yes
CourseForum	Yes	Pay versions: $15 $45 $60	Yes	Yes
EditMe	No	$4.95 9.95 19.95 29.95 49.95	Yes	Yes
eTouch SamePage	Yes	Free version available (with limits) and paid versions starting at $100 per month		Yes
Luminotes	Yes		Yes
Metadot Wiki	Yes	Basic is open source, but business and enterprise solutions are fee-based	Yes	Yes
Netcipia	Yes	Donations accepted and suggested values for levels of service given	Yes	Yes
PBwiki	Yes	$5 - $35 pbWiki for business: 1-5 users: $500/yr 6-15 users: $1200/yr 16-75 users: $3500/yr	Yes	Yes
ProjectForum		$20 $60 $80		Yes
SeedWiki	Yes	$5 $10 $20 $50	Yes	Yes
Socialtext		$95-1995	Yes	Yes
Stikipad	Yes	$4.95 9.95 14.95	Yes
WetPaint	Yes	Free	Yes	YES!
Wikia	Yes	na
Wikispaces	Yes	$5 $100	Yes	Yes

Wikispaces

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:47:49 CST

Type of service	Wiki hosting
URL	www.wikispaces.com
Contact information	Tangient LLC
Intended audience	General
Summary description	Wikis for everyone - a place to create simple web pages that groups, friends, & families can edit together
Price	Public wikis are free; private and ad-free wikis options range from $5 to $20 per month. View pricing options
Highlights	WYSIWYG editing; free version supported by Google ads; no limits on numbers of pages or members; RSS support; easy space backups in zip, tgz, complete linked HTML; integration with Blogger and Typepad; free spaces may choose from a variety of themes; paid spaces may edit their own HTML templates and CSS; discussion and comments support; other features: page permissions, ACL, CAPTCHA, preview content, page history, page index, revision differences, discussion pages, full text search, file attachments, embedded Flash and video, can add information about your wiki to their directoy, messaging with wiki community members supported, can email invitations

Reviews	Top 100 Tools by Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, AllTheWikis review, Wikimatrix review
Number of users
Number of wikis
Example wikis hosted	Free wikis for up to 100,000 K-12 teachers

Wetpaint

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:29:41 CST

Type of service	Wiki hosting
URL	http://www.wetpaint.com
Contact information	wetpaint.com, inc. Wetpaint 307 3rd Avenue South, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98104
Intended audience	General plus a business solution
Summary description	Start your own wiki website in 3 easy steps!
Price	Free
Highlights	Unlimited wikis, unlimited pages, no bandwidth limit, ads displayed Supports: WYSIWYG editor (no tags required!!), page locking, page watching, page revision history and restore, tags, searching, themes and skins, up to 40 file attachments, RSS feeds, discussion forum, backup, easy to customize the navigator for the site, task or to-do items for the site, on-site orientation and demos while creating your wiki Widgets: calendar, videos, chat, polls Community: Regular communication with site organizers (weekly digest), page watch capability, option to invite others, option to email a page to a friend or contact, displays top contributors for each site, messaging with community members supported, can post compliments for members, promotes wikis by category from its home page Extra! Several neat videos are on YouTube describing why and how how to use Wetpaint

Reviews	AllTheWikis review, Wikimatrix review
Number of users
Number of wikis	Over 600,000 sites!
Example wikis hosted	Check out the 25 best wikis on Wetpaint for 2007
	Check out Wetpaint Central, its wiki for help, support, and meeting other members of the Wetpaint community
	Check out the professional services offered at Wetpaint for business solutions
	Ad-free education wikis are available

Wikia

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:27:36 CST

Type of service	Wiki hosting
URL	www.wikia.com
Contact information	Wikia, Inc.
Intended audience	General
Summary description	A community destination supporting the creation and development of wiki communities on any topic people are passionate about
Price	Free
Highlights	unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth, No WYSIWYG editor (you must learn some tags), themes and skins, RSS and ATOM feeds, ads allowed, page permissions, ACL, blacklist, CAPTCHA, preview, minor changes display, page history, page index, revision differences, discussion pages, full text search, file attachments, embedded video
	Wikia was founded by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley in 2004
Reviews	Wikimatrix review
Number of users
Number of wikis	Over 4700 communities in more than 70 languages
Example wikis hosted

Stikipad

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:02:01 CST

Type of service	Wiki hosting
URL	www.stikipad.com
Contact information	support@stikipad.com
Intended audience	General
Summary description	Officially, it's a hosted wiki provider that lets you collaborate online - unofficially, it's a blank piece of paper where you decide its use.
Price	Free plus paid service levels at 4.95, 9.95, and 14.95 per month Personal - $4.95 - unlimited wikis, 150 MB space and 1GB bandwidth Power user - $9.95 - unlimited wikis; 500 MB space and 2 GB bandwidth Team user - $14.95 - unlimited wikis; 1GB space and 5 GB bandwidth
Highlights	Supports personal, group, and public wikis; unlimited pages; unlimited authors; discussion and comment pages supported; autosaves content as draft; supports file attachments; automatic tracking of revisions; tags and tag search; recent activity view; WYSIWYG editing; Stiki Mobile Access; page locking; no-follow link support to combat spam; CAPTCH spam protection, custom navigation or sidebar can be created; censored words list; export/backup to HTML; ad-free for paid plans; Google AdSense enabled for the Power user and Team user plans

Reviews
Number of users
Number of wikis
Example wikis hosted

CourseForum

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:14:00 CST

Type of service	Wiki hosting customized for educators
URL	http://www.courseforum.com
Contact information	CourseForum Technologies 67 King Street Guelph, Ontario Canada N1E 4P5 info@courseforum.com sales@courseforum.com
Intended audience	Educators and trainers
Summary description	Workgroup collaboration software for business, education, and more
Price	$15 / month to host a single course, with up to 50 MB disk space and a charge of $5 / month for up to 100 MB of additional space; shared hosting $45 / month to host up to 10 courses, with up to 250 MB disk space and a charge of $5 / month for up to 500 MB of additional space; own site with branding $60 / month to host unlimited number of courses, with up to 1,000 MB disk space and a charge of $3 / month for up to 1000 MB of additional space; own site with branding; premium site name The software is available for licensing if you want to install and manage your own site.
Highlights	Web-based e-learning solution to ease interaction for courses; It is unclear on initial review of the website which features are available for the online hosting service vs. the downloaded softwar. However, some features unique to this offering: customizable templates for lecture notes and student information pages. WYSIWYG editing is supported. You may password-protect courses. Some features are unavailable in the free software version (many of which are available in other free wiki hosting services): e-mail notification, file attachments, images, page locking, version history, student project areas, themes, slideshows

Reviews
Number of users
Number of wikis
Example wikis hosted

Socialtext

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:55:45 CST

Type of service	Wiki hosting service
URL	http://www.socialtext.com
Contact information	Socialtext 655 High Street Palo Alto, California 94301 Contact: Socialtext Sales Phone: +1 650-323-0800 877.GET.WIKI Fax: +1 650-323-0801
Intended audience	Business, individuals, and developers
Summary description	Socialtext captures the best features of web-native tools called "wikis" and "weblogs" and brings them inside your enterprise to create a collaboration and knowledge tool that works the way people do.
Price
Highlights	Starts at 1 GB and scales to unlimited storage; unlimited bandwidth; unlimited wiki spaces and pages; no ads allowed; page permissions, ACL, preview, change summary, page history, unlimited page revisions, revision history, full text search, WYSIWYG editing, themes and skins, file attachments, embedded video, and embedded Flash supported;
	Integrated with e-mail and IM and more; Wiki dashboard can be access via mobile devices
Reviews	AllTheWikis review, Wikimatrix review
Number of users	Used by >3,000 organizations
Number of wikis
Example wikis hosted

Netcipia

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:54:30 CST

Type of service	Wiki hosting
URL	www.netcipia.com
Contact information	Netcipia Inc.
Intended audience	Consumers, small and medium companies, non-profit organizations, education
Summary description
Price	Free
Highlights	WYSIWYG editing; unlimited number of wikis, users and pages; 2 GB per wiki limit; unlimited bandwidth; ads allowed; page permissions, ACL supported, preview, page history, unlimited page revisions, page index, email notification, full text search, embedded Flash, embedded video, blog space, widget and gadget enabled, tags and tag clouds, space organization, search engine optimization (SEO), and RSS feeds

Reviews	AllTheWikis review, Wikimatrix review
Number of users
Number of wikis
Example wikis hosted

ClearWiki

just_tonya — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:44:37 CST

Type of service		Wiki hosting
URL		clearwiki.com
Contact information		info@clearwiki.com
Intended audience		Project teams, organizations, SMEs, groups
Summary description
Price		10 users free, extra cost for additional users
Highlights		WYSIWYG editing, unlimited storage for wiki pages, free 256MB for file storage (and may purchase additional file space), unlimited bandwidth, ads allowed, page permissions, ACL supported, preview, page history, unlimited page revisions, threaded comments, full text search, HTTPS encryption, a backup option lets you download an archive of your wiki, version history of all content and files, blogs, structured content, recent changes and RSS feed, multiple layout styles for pages, user directory

Reviews		AllTheWikis Review, Wikimatrix review
Number of users
Number of wikis
Example wikis hosted

Wiki Engine List

working_wikis — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:15:31 CST

What wiki engines are available?

Many wiki software programs or wiki engines have been developed during the last decade. Just a sample of the wiki engines available is listed below:

Canvas Wiki
Confluence
Corendel Wiki
Didi Wiki
Erfurt Wiki
Flex Wiki
Friki
Giki
Ike Wiki
Instiki
Ja Wiki
JSPWiki
Kehei Wiki
KWiki Kwiki
Luna Wiki
Media Wiki
Mic KI
Midgard Wiki
minWiki
Moin Moin
Oddmuse
Open Wiki NG
Perspective
Php Wiki
Pm Wiki
Project Forum
Pronto Wiki
Pro Wiki
Puki Wiki
Riki
Snip Snap
Sub Wiki
Tiddly Wiki
Tiki Wiki
Trac Wiki
Uni Wakka
Usemod
VQWiki
Wacko Wiki
Wiclear
Wikepage
Wiki-Toolkit
Wiki ASP
Wiki SH
Wikka Wiki
Wiky Blog
wxWiki Server
XWiki
Yawiki
Zwiki

To use a wiki engine, you will need to install and to support the software. A number of programming languages have been used to create wiki engines. A few are listed below:

ASP
ASP, XML, XSL, CSS
C
C#
C#/XSLT
C++
Cold Fusion
Java
Java Script
Perl
PHP
PHP, JQL, Java Script
PHP, OCaml
Python
Rails
REBOL
Ruby
Shell
Xo Tcl and Tcl

There are several locations on the Internet to identify wiki engines. Some locations are listed below:

Ward Cunningham’s Wiki Engines page
Wiki Matrix has information about wiki engines available, compares features, and provides an online wizard to help select a wiki engine

Suggestions about installing wiki software for your enterprise

working_wikis — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:23:53 CST

Add your advice or lessons learned below. It would be nice if you'd also include a contact and "I wiki at .." with your comment.

Suggestion	Contact (optional)

Reference

working_wikis — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:15:38 CST

Additional pages for your reference:

The Fine Print - a page everyone should read

Wiki News

Wiki Directories

Wiki Weblio