Wiki Based Design Documents

[SpreeTree]

I know this is a long shot but...

A while ago (I can't even remeber how long ago) some one discussed and provided a pointer to a wiki style design document process (or web page - god I'm usless at remebering). I'm in the process of starting a new design, and wanted something that was much easier to share and edit than the standard word doc.

Does anyone remeber this thread, or the link/process that was mentioned?

Or, if you are using a design wiki yourself, what are you using?

I need something v. simple, and something that will work on sourceforge hosted websites (I know not all boards and wiki's work on them).

So any ideas or pointers would be useful.

Thanks
Spree

[monjardin]

I know we have talked about trac (http://www.edgewall.com/trac/) recently.
"Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects."
I still haven't used it though, so I don't know how suitable it is for your needs. It's on my list of software to play with.
eddie is currently using it and he'll probably chime in shortly. ;)

[monjardin]

Also, I posted about this website the other day: https://opensvn.csie.org/
They will host your trac/subversion project for free. I'm going to get some space so I can play with trac on someone elses host. ;)

[eddie]

I personally use a mixture of trac (http://trac.edgewall.com) and DokuWiki (http://dokuwiki.splitbrain.org).

I find DokuWiki's syntax nicer, and Trac a lot better for the support side of things.

As a plus, look for DokuWiki's GraphViz plugin (http://wiki.ioslo.net/dokuwiki/graphviz). Tres cool.

[Pon]

What about good ol' MediaWiki?

[eddie]

I liked DokuWIki because all you require is PHP.

MediaWiki's setup was a bit more complicated.

[Reedbeta]

MediaWiki just requires MySQL. If DokuWiki doesn't require this, what does it use to store the data?

[SpreeTree]

DocuWiki was i think the one I was looking for. I'm in the process of setting it up which should hopefully not be too painful.

Trac definatly looks nice though, I might look into that, but I think DocuWiki is the way to go.

Thanks for the links
Spree

[eddie]

DokuWiki versions on the file system.

It makes for easy backup, and lower dependencies, especially when using ISP's that charge you for database access.

Good luck SpreeTree. I highly recommend DokuWiki + the Graphviz plugin. Diagrams are very handy in TDD-ish documentation.