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Learn about the tools provided by Wiki Server.
Wiki Server provides several web-based wiki tools that allows users to express
themselves or to easily form, coordinate, and organize teams.
About Wikis
A wiki is a web-based collaborative editing environment for groups. Depending on
how the wiki administrator sets permissions, anyone who can view wiki content can
also add or edit content.
Wikis have several advantages over other tools:
Advantage Description
Fast and easy To edit wiki pages, click the Edit (pencil) button
on a page you want to edit. Add content and use
a simple toolbar to apply styles, add links to other
sites, attach les, or insert media. You don’t need
to learn additional tools.
Streamlined If you see a page you’d like to correct or add
content to, you can change it yourself. With other
tools, you must nd the owner, describe the issue
to the owner, and then the owner would have to
change the content.
Customizable It’s easy to change how users navigate to
information, whether through a broad or deep
navigational hierarchy, or through tags.
Dynamic Because wiki content can be updated by a large
group of people, it is much more dynamic than
a static medium like PDF.
Parallel content creation Multiple people can edit wiki content on dierent
pages simultaneously.
Cross-reference information It’s easy to link together information within and
outside of the wiki.
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About Wikis, Blogs, Web Calendars,
and Mailing Lists