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-In this course, we will introduce the project documentation using a [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki|DokuWiki]]. The software is easy to install, DokuWiki pages are quickly generated, information can be easily entered, and your partners will see them as soon as you hit the <wrap round safety>Save</wrap> button.  +We do the project documentation using a [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki|DokuWiki]]. The software is easy to install, DokuWiki pages are quickly generated, information can be easily entered, and your partners will see them as soon as you hit the <wrap round safety>Save</wrap> button.  
  
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 We assume that you are already familiar with retrieving information stored in a WIKI. Thus, there is little need to introduce how to **use** WIKIs. However, **generating a WIKI** yourself is probably new. So, we will devote one day of our course on this matter. You will then have plenty of opportunities to practice this knowledge, since you will document the rest of your course work using your own WIKI pages. We assume that you are already familiar with retrieving information stored in a WIKI. Thus, there is little need to introduce how to **use** WIKIs. However, **generating a WIKI** yourself is probably new. So, we will devote one day of our course on this matter. You will then have plenty of opportunities to practice this knowledge, since you will document the rest of your course work using your own WIKI pages.
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 <wrap tip></wrap>The WIKI lives from the information you enter. We distinguish different kinds of information, e.g.  <wrap tip></wrap>The WIKI lives from the information you enter. We distinguish different kinds of information, e.g. 
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 +Follow the links at the end of the page to learn more about how to create WIKI pages.
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-===== Disadvantages ===== +===== What to consider ===== 
-Of course, there are also few drawbacks that come along with using a WIKI+Of course, there are a couple of things to keep in mind when using a WIKI
   * **You need a computer, and when you access a WIKI via the web, you need an active internet connection**   * **You need a computer, and when you access a WIKI via the web, you need an active internet connection**
   * **Unsaved changes** will be lost once you leave the page (or the computer crashes)     * **Unsaved changes** will be lost once you leave the page (or the computer crashes)  
   * **Web-based access** represents a security risk((although there is no report that we know of where a WIKI was used to hack a computer))   * **Web-based access** represents a security risk((although there is no report that we know of where a WIKI was used to hack a computer))
   * **WIKI-set up** is not straightforward for everybody   * **WIKI-set up** is not straightforward for everybody
-  * If you mix editing with the simple DW editor (you have to WRITE the wiki syntax on your own) and with the CKG editor (this is an editor that looks a bit like what you are used to when working with MSOffice), DokuWiki can do funny things. Essentially, it can start to mix the Wiki syntax, which is considerably easy to learn, with way more complex html code.+  * If you mix editing with the simple DW editor((you have to remember the wiki syntax for this)) and with the CKG editor((this is an editor that looks a bit like what you are used to when working with MSOffice)), DokuWiki can do funny things. Essentially, it can start to mix the Wiki syntax, which is considerably easy to learn, with way more complex html code. <wrap important>You don't want that!!</wrap>.<WRAP> 
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 +Use the DW editor only, and learn the WIKI syntax 
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-   * [[general:computerenvironment:wiki:structure|WIKI Structure]] 
    * [[general:dokuwiki:login|Login]]    * [[general:dokuwiki:login|Login]]
 +   * [[general:computerenvironment:wiki:structure|WIKI Structure]]
 +   * [[general:computerenvironment:wiki:page|WIKI Syntax]]
    * [[general:computerenvironment:wiki:videos|Video tutorials]]    * [[general:computerenvironment:wiki:videos|Video tutorials]]
 +   * [[general:computerenvironment:coursewiki|WIKI and protocols]]
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 +   * [[general:computerenvironment:tasksetwiki|back to Work package WIKI]]
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