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Free and open source tool #3: Dokuwiki

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve always liked wikis, and I have used MediaWiki a lot in the past, and I do like it. One drawback is that the syntax of Dokuwiki is different than MediaWiki, and so the more I use it, the more I forget when I use MediaWiki. But I’m converting my tech wiki to from MediaWiki to DokuWiki.

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New Wikipedia design improves access to the world's knowledge

TechSpot

Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization which hosts Wikipedia servers and other related projects like the MediaWiki platform, has announced the redesign just in time for Wikipedia's 22nd birthday (January 15). Wikipedia is getting a design refresh, the first major update to the site's desktop interface in over ten years.

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Wikipedia is getting its first desktop redesign in 10 years

The Verge

You can browse all the proposed new features in this MediaWiki post , and there are some animated GIFs to show you what they might look like. Now, the overall look of Wikipedia on desktop is getting a makeover for the first time in a decade to make the site more approachable for new users.

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New kid on the block: BlackbaudNow

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The online help for BlackbaudNow is powered by the open source software MediaWiki. It is well hidden, but a somewhat savvy MediaWiki user will notice the telltale signs (the URLs are one giveaway.) Did they contribute anything back to the MediaWiki community? Not even a small mention on the About page.

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Varied and sundry before a brief break

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And further, there is an amazing integration of Elgg with Mediawiki. Elgg is a very cool community-building and e-learning tool – it’s got the social networking combined with features like forums, etc. I wish I had an excuse to install and test it – but it really requires a purpose for bringing community together.

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The Muppet Wiki! One of the Ten Best Wiki Communities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's why I so happy to discover that my colleague, Daniela Faris, at Icommons has written a blog post profiling ten fascinating wiki communities hosted by Mediawiki software. That's a start.

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See3 Communications Teams with Kaltura to Bring Open Source Video Platform to Nonprofits

See3

Kaltura integrates seamlessly with open-source platforms, such as Drupal, WordPress and MediaWiki, which have become popular in the corporate and nonprofit community, because they produce better results at lower cost.