UseModWiki

UseModWiki is an implementation of the original Wiki concept created by WardCunningham. A "wiki" is a website that is collaboratively edited by its users, including the ability to change text written by other users (see WhatIsaWiki). This site exists to test UseModWiki and to attract suggestions for future improvements. See SiteList for a large list of other sites using UseModWiki--a good example site is the [Meatball wiki] which discusses online communities.

The current release of UseModWiki is available from the /Download page.

In september 2023 the domain usemod.com expired and the wiki was moved to www.usemod.org.

Some useful starting points include:

• RecentChanges (New pages and changes on this site)
• RecentVisitors (Sign your name here)
• SiteList (Other sites using UseModWiki)
• OtherWikis (UseModWiki is not the only wiki server available)
• /MailingList (For major announcements like new releases)
• /Talk (Discussions regarding this home page)

What you can do with UseModWiki:

• WhatIsaWiki (Introduction)
• SandBox (Feel free to test editing here)
• /WhyAnotherWiki (Goals of this project)
• /Features (Unique and common features of this wiki)
• /NewFeatures (New features in the 1.0 release)
• System (The url commands UseModWiki understands)
• TextFormattingRules (The special formatting rules of this wiki)

How to set up your own wiki:

• /Download (How to get UseModWiki)
• /Install (Setup and configuration details)
• /InstallWindows (Installation under Microsoft Windows)
• /Translations (Setting up a non-English version)
• Browser SideBars
• /Settings (Documentation for some settings)

Help:

• /UseModFAQ (Common UseMod queries)
• /DeveloperQuestions
• UserHelp (User to user help)

Development:

• UseModWikiDocumentation
  • Functions (Subroutines which make up wiki.cgi (incomplete))
  • Actions (All the actions that can appear after the ? in the url)
    • AdminFeatures
  • DataBase (Low-level file formats)
• /DeveloperQuestions
• WikiSuggestions (From other users)
• WikiBugs (Reported bugs)
• WikiPatches (Patches and improvements)

About this software:

• /WhyUseMod (Explains the name of the site).
• /History (Events in the development of UseModWiki)
• /Credits (Atis-Wiki and current credits)
• /License (GPL)

Any comments and suggestions are welcome! --CliffordAdams

In July 2007 I took over the project from Cliff. The contact address is mailto:usemod@usemod.org --MarkusLude