Kwiki - The Kwiki Wiki Building Framework

    > kwiki -new cgi-bin/my-kwiki

    Kwiki software installed! Point your browser at this location.

If you are impatient (don't worry, that's a good thing!) read Kwiki::Command to get the details on how to install and configure a new Kwiki wiki in record time.

A Wiki is a website that allows its users to add pages, and edit any existing pages. It is one of the most popular forms of web collaboration. If you are new to wiki, visit http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors which is possibly the oldest wiki, and has lots of information about how wikis work.

Kwiki is a Perl wiki implementation based on the Spoon application architecture and using the Spiffy object orientation model. The major goals of Kwiki are that it be easy to install, maintain and extend.

All the features of a Kwiki wiki come from plugin modules. The base installation comes with the bare minimum plugins to make a working Kwiki. To make a really nice Kwiki installation you need to install additional plugins. Which plugins you pick is entirely up to you. Another goal of Kwiki is that every installation will be unique. When there are hundreds of plugins available, this will hopefully be the case.

Kwiki is the successor of the popular CGI::Kwiki software. It is a complete refactoring of that code. The new code has a lovely plugin API and is much cleaner and extendable on all fronts.

There is currently no automated way to upgrade a CGI::Kwiki installation to Kwiki. It's actually quite easy to do by hand. Instructions on how to do it are here: http://www.kwiki.org/?KwikiMigrationByHand

All of the future Kwiki module documentation is being written at the http://doc.kwiki.org/ wiki. Check there for the latest doc, and help improve it. Each successive release of Kwiki will include the latest doc from that site.

I am currently employed by Socialtext, Inc. They make high quality social software for enterprise deployment. Socialtext has a bold new vision of building their products over Open Source software and returning the generic source code to the community. This results in a win/win effect for both entities. You get this shiny new wiki framework, and Socialtext can take advantage of your plugins and bug fixes.

The Kwiki project would not be where it is now without their support. I thank them.

Of particular note, Dave Rolsky and Chris Dent are two current Socialtext employees that have made significant contributions to Kwiki.

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Iain Truskett was probably the most active Kwiki community hacker before his untimely death in December 2003. The underlying foundation of Kwiki has been named Spoon in his honor. Rest in peace Spoon.

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Ian (what's with all these Iai?ns??) Langworth has become a new Kwiki warrior. He helped a lot with the maiden release. Expect a lot of plugins to come from him! Thanks Ian.

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Finally, big props to all the folks on http://www.kwiki.org and irc://irc.freenode.net/#kwiki. Thanks for all the support!

Kwiki::Command

Brian Ingerson <INGY@cpan.org>

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