IT Documentation Engine for Non-Geeks?

[Ben Scott]

On 2/9/06, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> I'm leaning towards a Wiki but would welcome other suggestions.

  Check out the Plone server SLUG has running their site
(http://slug.gnhlug.org).  It's very GUI for a web app, and it's
ownership-orientated approach well likely work well in a business
environment.  Try the nifty AJAX search box and WYSIWYG HTML editor. 
:)

> As much as I like the GNHLUG Twiki, that's not it, it scares people
> from _this_ group away.

  As I've said before, I really feel that the GNHLUG website's
problems stem not from TWiki, but from bad design on the part of the
people running the site (and I include myself foremost in that group).

  That being said, I do find the default TWiki skin "too busy", but
it's easy to create a more minimalist skin.

  As a user, I've grown found of MediaWiki (Wikipedia) .  I like a
number of things about the web UI and the wiki syntax dialect. 
However, I believe it is limited in terms of access control and
"plug-in" type extensions, which make it less suitable for a business.

-- Ben