Wicked Wikis? March 7, 2007

I have now experienced the world of wikis and survived!!! No, they are not that bad, actually I really like them.  I find wikis a lot like blogs in character with similar features - add images, links, change font, layouts and so forth. 

Now on to the discussion about the two wiki site we were asked to ‘test’.  Lets start with  which after a vigorous test on the majority of the features in my opinion has come out on top.  The feature that I really enjoyed was the ability to change the editor format to the new easy point and click editor.  When I first made my pbwiki I didn’t have this feature (or I didn’t realize that you could change the mode) and I found it tricky to remember the codes to change font size, format etc.  Prior to this change, I did like the preview button while in editing mode, but I notice that the new point and click editor doesn’t have this handy feature!  To my disappointment!  I also like the fact that you can change the templates to personalize your wiki, however, because this is one account, I found that the template chosen acts as the template for all pages made instead of just individual pages, which is a bit of a pain.  I did notice in the comments left on pbwiki was that people were having problems adding their page to the sidebar.  I did not find this, just add the text as long as you remember the exact title of your page.  Another handy feature was the highlighting of broken links allowing you to see if your linking worked.  Adding links and images was also easy and I had no problems.

The wetpaint wiki was very similar to pbwiki, but I didn’t like the ‘feel’ of it.  This could be due to the fact that as I can’t change the presentation of the page as I’m not the creator or admin of the test account?  Which could be a feature that pbwiki could adopt, if it allows the presentation of each page to be individual.  The editing box was a pain.  It was always in my way when writing and viewing my text.  Linking was very easy, but I did have a bit of a problem with inserting images into text in regards to the spacing changes that are made automatically and would like to see more options for image editing other then the few text wrap features available. 

All in all my dive into the wiki world was enjoyable!