wiki publisher
Wiki's are useful tools for collaborative publishing on the web. As one of the optional Townsquare™ tools, the wiki publisher can be part of a Townsquare powered website or provided as a stand alone tool for you and your team to use as a subscription service.
Common uses for wikis include project communication, intranets, and documentation, usually for more technical users. Here's how the wiki encyclopedia, Wikipedia, defines the characteristics of a wiki:
A wiki enables documents to be written very collaboratively, in a simple markup language using a web browser. A single page in a wiki is referred to as a "wiki page", while the entire body of pages, which are usually highly interconnected via hyperlinks, is "the wiki". A wiki is actually a very simple, easy-to-use user-maintained database for creating, browsing and searching information.
A defining characteristic of wiki technology is the ease with which pages can be created and updated. Generally, there is no review before modifications are accepted. Many wikis are open to the general public without the need to register any user account. Sometimes session log-in is requested to acquire a "wiki-signature" cookie for autosigning edits. Many edits, however, can be made in real-time, and appear almost instantaneously online. This can lead to abuse of the system. Private wiki servers require user authentication to edit, sometimes even to read pages.
As you just read, wiki's are useful tools that require professional setup and administration and a clear strategy for implementation and management. We can help you figure out whether a wiki solution is appropriate for your needs and make sure it's configured correctly to meet your project collaboration protocals.