MediaWiki*
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Glavna namjena
MediaWiki omogućuje izradu web stranica koje mnogi korisnici mogu brzo i jednostavno kreirati, izmjenjivati i brisati. Značajno pojednostavljen proces izrade HTML stranica uz praćenje svih izmjena nad njima kroz vrijeme značajka je bilo koje wiki aplikacije, a MediaWiki nije iznimka po tom pitanju. Budući da wiki alati stavljaju naglasak jednako na komunikaciju između autora sadržaja wikia kao i na rezultat te komunikacije (npr. sadržaj sam po sebi), ovi alati su idealni za kolaborativni rad i razmjenu znanja.
Korisne informacije
Baš kao i mnogi drugi wiki alati, MediaWiki je besplatan softver, razvijen na besplatnoj LAMP platformi otvorenog koda. Za sve one koji su zainteresirani za instalaciju MediaWiki softvera važno je znati da je cjelokupan sustav u potpunosti testiran i najbolje se izvodi u LAMP okruženju (iako postoje načini za instalaciju i pokretanje MediaWiki-a na Windows serverima, cijeli postupak nije tako jednostavan u usporedbi s LAMP platformom).
Installation procedure can be slightly different, depending on whether we are going to install MediaWiki on our own server (only "manual install" is available, relatively simple and straightforward procedure described in official Installation guide) or servers that we do not own, i.e. hosted solutions (manual installation is always available, but some hosting providers also offer simple, automated "Next, Next, Finish" installation procedures.
When basic installation and configuration procedure is finished, MediaWiki-powered site is ready for public usage. Then it is only a matter of owners' preferences and needs whether any additional administrative steps will be performed, such as restrictions of editing capabilities (i.e. are users going to have to log-in before they will be able to contribute), etc.
Prednosti i nedostaci
Prednosti
- Free to use
- De facto standard wiki application (used in major wiki projects, such as Wikipedia or Wikimedia Foundation)
- Low technology requirements (web browser is sufficient to use all of the wiki functionalities)
- Collaboration mechanisms at article/page level (discussion sub-pages available on every page)
- Rich administrative options
- History tracking/page rollbacks
- Moving/merging of existing pages
- Support for page deletions
- Page redirections
- Various optional content protection mechanisms
- Site owners decide whether anonymous editing is allowed or not
- Additional protection for main page (it can be edited only by administrators, if necessary)
Nedostaci
- Quite rudimentary WYSIWYG editing features in current stable version, therefore page editors and creators have to be familiar with wiki markup and manual editing to get the most out of the system (but: upcoming beta versions of MediaWiki offer many improvements in that area - official english Wikipedia site is already using new version of MediaWiki with improved WYSIWYG editing features and many other usability enhancements.)
- Non-intuitivity of many advanced formatting features (wiki markup)
- Administrator's editing interface does not support WYSIWYG editing at all
- Lack of automated content structuring, i.e. site creators have to carefully and manually create and maintain rather complex networks of hyperlinks between pages
Reference
Test pristupačnosti alatu (28. srpanj 2010)
Testiranje vremena odaziva servera izvršeno je iz: Seattle, WA / Munich, Germany / Brisbane, Australia : 0.826 sec / 0.405 sec / 2.145 sec
Tumačenje rezultata: manje od 0,1 = optimalno; 0,1 - 1 = prihvatljivo; 1 - 4 = primjetno ali podnošljivo kašnjenje; 4 - 8 = jedva podnošljivo kašnjenje
Ovaj alat ima web stranice za pomoć korisnicima (engl. help pages) dostupne na: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
Ne postoji mogućnost promjene pisma i veličine slova za ovaj alat (jedino ukoliko je mogućnost ugrađena u Internet preglednik).
