5-Minute Tour of ScrewTurn Wiki

Modified on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:13 by Dario Solera Categorized as Uncategorized
Quick overview of the major features of ''ScrewTurn Wiki 3.0''.

==Page Editing==
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|A page of the wiki|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/1/Tour-MainPage-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/1/Tour-MainPage.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|The editor|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/1/Tour-Editor-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/1/Tour-Editor.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Page History and Rollback function|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/1/Tour-HistoryAndRollback-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/1/Tour-HistoryAndRollback.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Draft Approval/Reject|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/1/Tour-DraftApproval-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/1/Tour-DraftApproval.png]</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Wiki pages are focused on '''content'''. A ''sidebar'' contains links to the most common functions of the wiki.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">The editor allows to easily '''edit text''' either using [++Help.WikiMarkup|WikiMarkup] or a visual mode and you can switch between them at any moment. Pages can be categorized and it is also possible to upload '''attachments'''.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Every time a page is edited, the previous content is backed up so you can easily '''rollback''' to a previous version and compare any two revisions of a page. Knowing who did what is extremely easy.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">You can enable a '''moderation mode''', allowing users who cannot normally edit pages to submit drafts for approval or reject.</td>
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==Discussion==
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Page discussion|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/2/Tour-Discussion-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/2/Tour-Discussion.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Admin: Message deletion|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/2/Tour-DeleteMessage-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/2/Tour-DeleteMessage.png]</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Talking about and commenting a page is possible using the dedicated discussion. Messages are '''threaded''' for improved clarity.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Administrators can delete unwanted or inappropriate comments.</td>
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==File Management==
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Files Management|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/3/Tour-FilesManagement-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/3/Tour-FilesManagement.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Integrated Image Editor|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/3/Tour-ImageEditor-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/3/Tour-ImageEditor.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Permissions Management|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/3/Tour-Permissions-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/3/Tour-FilesManagement.png]</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Uploading files and managing directories is extremely easy. Administrators can configure the file types that are allowed for upload.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">You can resize and rotate images using the integrated '''image editor''', so that it's easier to insert pictures in your pages.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Permissions can be set for every directory in the file manager.</td>
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==Search Engine==
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Search results page|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/4/Tour-Search-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/4/Tour-Search.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Search terms highlighting|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/4/Tour-SearchHighlight-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/4/Tour-SearchHighlight.png]</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Searching is easy and '''fast'''. Results are returned from page content, discussions, files and attachments. You can filter the result by category and namespace.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Opening a search result '''highlights''' the search terms making it easy to spot the information you're looking for.</td>
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==Personalized Email Notifications and RSS Feeds==
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Page changes email notification|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/5/Tour-PageNotification-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/5/Tour-PageNotification.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Discussion changes email notification|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/5/Tour-DiscussionNotification-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/5/Tour-DiscussionNotification.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Global email notifications|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/5/Tour-GlobalNotifications-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/5/Tour-GlobalNotifications.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|RSS feeds|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/5/Tour-RSS-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/5/Tour-RSS.png]</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Receiving an '''email notification''' every time a page is modified is as easy as a single mouse click.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Page discussions offer the same feature and each user has her own configuration.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">You can configure the wiki to notify you every time a page in a namespace is edited or every time a new message is posted.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">You can also subscribe to global or page-specific '''RSS feeds''' for page or discussion changes, or both.</td>
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==Namespaces and Themes==
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Managing multiple namespaces|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/6/Tour-Namespaces-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/6/Tour-Namespaces.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Different themes for each namespace|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/6/Tour-Themes-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/6/Tour-Themes.png]</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">You can create multiple, independent '''namespaces''' to better organize and separate content. Each namespace has its own permissions.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Each namespace can have its own visual '''theme'''. ''ScrewTurn Wiki'' [++Customize.MainPage|theming] is entirely done in <acronym title="Cascading Style Sheet">CSS</acronym> (this same website is powered by ''ScrewTurn Wiki'' with a custom theme).</td>
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==Plugins and Administration Panel==
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Plugins management|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/7/Tour-Plugins-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/7/Tour-Plugins.png]</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 240px;">[imageauto|Administration panel|{UP}/v3Site/Tour/8/Tour-Admin-Small.png|^{UP}/v3Site/Tour/8/Tour-Admin.png]</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">''ScrewTurn Wiki'' supports '''plugins''' that extend the features of the application. It is also possible to install providers for different data storage systems (e.g. databases). Some plugins even support '''automatic updates'''.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">The '''administration panel''' allows to configure every single detail of your wiki. The interface is split in different panels for a better usability and ease of use.</td>
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