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Wikis

A wiki is a collaborate Webspace where anyone can add and edit content on the Web without knowing HTML. The word wiki is a short form of the Hawaiian wiki-wiki, which means "quick." The wiki provides you with an easy way to publish, organize, and collaboratively edit content on the web. The most infamous wiki is the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, which houses over a million entries. Wikis are used by organizations to organize information, and schools use wikis to teach collaborative writing skills. There are a number of wikis available for free or cost. The free wiki hosting service described here is the "Peanut Butter Wiki."

Creating your wiki:

1. Go to http://www.pbwiki.com, name your wiki, and provide your email address.
2. Link to your wiki from the email you receive and choose a password.
3. Your PB Wiki is set by default to be seen by the public; to make it private, choose this option under the "Settings" tab.
4. Read through all the introductory links that appear on your FrontPage, especially the Wiki Style Page. The appearance of content in your Wiki is controlled by a style code, which consists of standard symbols and spaces that you add as you type your content [e.g., One * (asterisk) plus a space at the beginning of a line makes a bullet point].
5. A good starting point is to select and copy one of the Pre-made templates into your wiki and customize it.
6. To make a new page in PB Wiki, edit the Front Page and add a word that has two capital letters with small letters in between, e.g., "ImagePage"
7. To add images in your Wiki, go to "File" and upload an image to the wiki. The link to the image can then be pasted into the page you are editing.
8. To add links to files or Webpages, edit the page and type in the link with the following syntax: [http://www.emory.edu/|Emory]. The word after the vertical bar will appear on your page as a hyperlink to the URL before the vertical bar.