General Wikini functions

• Editing pages

  • Everyone can write, without exception, due to the "Edit this page" link at the bottom of each page. This is the core functionality of the product (as for all Wikis).
  • For browsers supporting JavaScript, you can edit a page simply by double clicking on it. (Configurable per user)
  • Simplified editing using an uncomplicated syntax : see Formatting rules ; no need to learn HTML to publish on the Web!
  • Immediate publication : saved pages are immediately available on the site
  • Management of editing conflicts (when two people publish at the same time)
  • Ability to add comments
  • A macro to convert Word documents into WikiNi format

• Page management

  • Delete function, available to the owner of an orphan page
  • Page version management
  • Show differences between two versions of a page (additions and deletions)
  • Inbuilt search engine
  • List of pages referencing a given page (see BackLinks)
  • List of Orphan pages (pages not referenced by any other page)
  • List of Pages to create (pages referenced in other pages, but not yet created)

• Permissions management

  • Management of user accounts
  • Access control to each page - read, write, comment. (See Access control)

• Site management

  • Syndication between WikiNis
  • Customisable list of site pages : Site map and Page index
  • Customisable list of users : User accounts and Most recent users
  • List of most recent changes for each page of the site (creation and modification of pages)
  • List of most recent comments for each page
  • Feed of most recent changes readable by other sites or reader tools (see WikiNi and RSS feeds)
  • Notification of search engine robots
  • Generation of meaningful URLs (subject to support by the web server)
  • Available in French, and soon in English
  • Manages the inclusion of one or more pages within another page, allowing the consolidation of information and custom layouts (see ActionInclude)
  • Wikini can redirect from one page to another, allowing multiple names for a given page (see ActionRedirect)
  • Wikini allows you to set up a Slideshow

Administrator functionality

• Installation via a browser
• Support for multiple sites from a single installation
• Customisable functionality, add-ons, via the "actions" system
• Look and feel management by CSS style sheet

Advantages of Wikini

• Very light but complete Wiki engine - Designed for speed and shared servers
• Fast and easy installation (less than 10 minutes!)
• Simplest possible editing (see for example l'IndentationVisuelle visual indenting)
• Easily customised look and feel (requires basic knowledge of CSS)
• Easy to add or customise functionality (requires basic knowledge of PHP) : a plug-in can be developed in a few minutes (see write an action and write a handler)
• Compatible with all Internet standards : XHTML 1.0 + CSS
• Run anywhere : WikiNi works with standard Php/MySQL platforms (no optional modules required) (see prerequesites and list of hosting services supporting WikiNi)
• Complete French 'port': software and development are entirely in French.
• Open and transparent project under free licence (see WikiNi project philosophy)