Desktop Wikis

[Nmenth 291]

Has anyone here ever used a desktop/personal wiki?

 

I wanted to get one, but after searching through what the internet has to offer, I am a bit disappointed. As far as I'm concerned, most of them are little more than WordPad with links.

 

DokuWiki looks more like what I want, but unfortunately, it is not a desktop wiki.

[Guest Stevie_K]

I have a hard time seeing much use for this.

I get the idea that you could write articles in your own words without anyone interfering, and map certain information, but other than that I don't see any advantages by using it.

[Nmenth 291]

Not that my intentions for wanting it are relevant, but I have written a series of novels, currently seven books long. The plotlines cover dozens of characters, locations, organizations, etc., all of which I need to keep track of. I use a paper notebook and 21-page Word document now, but it is difficult to update and slow to reference. What better way to increase efficiency than through my own wiki?

 

Additionally, if it works well, I also have a game series that involves towns, people, monsters, weapons, and a storyline in-depth enough that I am writing a novel for that too. It could also possibly benefit from its own wiki.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Install Linux on VM, install Apache, PHP and mySQL, install Wiki onto that, use localhost, done.

[Nmenth 291]

Now if only I knew how to do all of that...

[Doctor Destiny 41]

It's actually pretty simple. There's instructions for doing all of those things everywhere.