Examples of Wikis

In this post, What is a Wiki? , I gave a definition of what a wiki is. And the video does a great job of showing that it’s an online site where you edit, revise & save. To be honest the planning for a camping trip reminded me of our preparations for scrapping retreats!

But feedback was that people didn’t understand the correlation between a wiki & a website. Ok, let’s try to make that clearer. Today I’m going to share some examples of wikis that you can visit to get the idea of a wiki being used as a website. Then we’ll tell you how to build your own wiki that can serve as a website!

Browse the wiki that I made using Wetpaint’s free wiki platform. I created that in 3 hours. It’s very fast & easy to do.

DigiScrapInfo.com’s first Wiki - check out the Navigation panel on the left

These are two of my favorite pages (and keep in mind I created them & my technical skills are average)

Examples of layouts done in ACDSee Photo Editor

Slideshows from photobucket

Wetpaint.com is a free solution for wiki’s, and I loved how easy it was for me to use, but my sister didn’t like the Google ads & thought it was too limiting. She had a larger vision, so she went & found new wiki platforms that were more flexible. And I think what she has done with our wiki to create DigiScrapInfo.com is amazing! She added our forums & blog to the wiki & it makes a great website. There is no comparison if you look at both of them.

If you’re considering using a wiki as a website, then you should definitely look at other digiscrapping wikis. There are a few out there. DigitalScrapWiki.com is growing fast! And I really like the great job that Tracy is doing. Building your own website/wiki is one thing because you have control over structure. But Tracy is brave in inviting everyone to help her! Over 35 people have contributed. It’s an up & coming resource! Go add your blog or your information as a designer. Even if you don’t have either a blog or store, I’m sure that there’s some information that you can add. That’s what our digiscrapping community is about - sharing & learning from each other! And if you sign up for a wetpaint account (it’s easy & free) & contribute to Tracy’s Wiki, you’ll find that she’s doing an awesome job of building a community spirit there! (last week she was asking where my avatar was?).

So if a Wetpaint wiki looks interesting to you & you don’t want to be bothered by technical issues, give it a whirl! Even if you move to a more advanced wiki later, it’s easy to copy & paste the content over (that’s what we did).

What do you think of the format for the Wetpaint wiki? Do the Google ads bother you?

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