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'Wikihost' is a MediaWiki service the IT department provides to the faculties, institutes, departments and research groups at UIB.
'Wikihost' is a MediaWiki service the IT department provides to the faculties, institutes, departments and research groups at UIB, and other institutions at the UHR sector.


== What is Wiki? ==
== What is Wiki? ==
 
Wiki is a publishing tool where many can participate and contribute with their knowledge and experiences.
  Wiki is a publishing tool where many can participate and contribute with their knowledge and experiences.


* With the Wiki you can produce text information with other people in a simple manner.
* With the Wiki you can produce text information with other people in a simple manner.
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''Wikepedia is a good example, and Wikihost-service uses the same technology: [http://mediawiki.org/'' 'Mediawiki''']''
''Wikepedia is a good example, and Wikihost-service uses the same technology: [http://mediawiki.org/'' 'Mediawiki''']''


* You decide whether the information should be available to all the world, only UiB or only for your own ‘wiki’ group (institute, research-group or faculty).
* You decide whether the information should be available to all the world or only for your own ‘wiki’ group.
 
* One or more people can work with the same information at the same time in the Wiki.


* All changes will be preserved in revisions
* All changes will be preserved in revisions
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==Test a wiki now?==
==Test a wiki now?==
There is a test wiki that everyone at University of Bergen can log in and try whatever.
There is a test wiki that everyone can log in and test.


Go to: https://wikihost.uib.no/testwiki, log in, and start editing.
Go to: https://wikihost.uib.no/testwiki, log in, and start editing.
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* Your own MediaWiki installation, installed by us, also called a wiki instance
* Your own MediaWiki installation, installed by us, also called a wiki instance


* Manage access controll to other users from UiB (if necessary, normally we will provide this)
* Manage access controll to other users (if necessary, normally we will provide this)
''it is also possible to create accounts for people from other institutions that need to have access''
''it is also possible to create accounts for people from other institutions that need to have access''
* It is possible to activate Feide so that users from other institutions i UHR can log in and contribute


* The IT department will provide backup of the data in the database
* The IT department will provide backup of the data in the database
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<nowiki>http://wikihost.uib.no/XXXwiki</nowiki>  
 
<nowiki>http://wikihost.uib.no/XXXwiki</nowiki>  


Where XXXwiki is the name of the wiki.
Where XXXwiki is the name of the wiki.
== Alternative to wiki ==
If your wiki is intended for a small group of people to work together, then [[prosjekt.uib.no]] can be a simpler and easier alternative.
Information about prosjekt.uib.no in Norwegian: [https://it.uib.no/Prosjekt.uib.no prosjekt.uib.no]


=== Order a wiki ===
=== Order a wiki ===

Revision as of 10:07, 14 April 2016

'Wikihost' is a MediaWiki service the IT department provides to the faculties, institutes, departments and research groups at UIB, and other institutions at the UHR sector.

What is Wiki?

Wiki is a publishing tool where many can participate and contribute with their knowledge and experiences.
  • With the Wiki you can produce text information with other people in a simple manner.

Wikepedia is a good example, and Wikihost-service uses the same technology: 'Mediawiki'

  • You decide whether the information should be available to all the world or only for your own ‘wiki’ group.
  • All changes will be preserved in revisions

that means you get a history of the changes, and you see the content of the wiki-article at any certain time in it's history of changes.

  • No information is lost, every change is preserved.
  • You can register a “watch” on the wiki-document and you will receive an email each time someone makes a change to the wiki page.
  • You can "protect" pages so that only administrators and bureacrats can change the information

Test a wiki now?

There is a test wiki that everyone can log in and test.

Go to: https://wikihost.uib.no/testwiki, log in, and start editing.

You can't do anything wrong, so please feel free to test.

Do you want a MediaWiki instance for your faculty, institutes, department or research group?

You will get:

  • Your own MediaWiki installation, installed by us, also called a wiki instance
  • Manage access controll to other users (if necessary, normally we will provide this)

it is also possible to create accounts for people from other institutions that need to have access

  • It is possible to activate Feide so that users from other institutions i UHR can log in and contribute
  • The IT department will provide backup of the data in the database
  • The IT department will make sure to upgrade when it’s time for new versions

The wiki will be available at:



http://wikihost.uib.no/XXXwiki

Where XXXwiki is the name of the wiki.

Order a wiki

Please use the following ordering form:

Extensions

Some have special requests for extensions beyond what is offered.

These wishes can be entered via http://bs.uib.no (stamp the issue with: "extension, wikihost")

We want to offer most of the functionality, but we have to reserve the right to decide whether the extension is installed or not.

Available extensions

<rss>https://wikihost.uib.no/info/wikihost_extensions.rss</rss>

Support

We’re unable to provide support in how to make wiki-pages and how to work in the wiki.

It is recommended that one read through the documentation:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Help

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents

Read more about Mediawiki here:

http://www.mediawiki.org/

Some of our MediaWiki instances

<rss>https://wikihost.uib.no/info/all_wikis.rss</rss>