Wikis are editable, text-based websites. A wiki doesn't require you to know HTML or any other technicalities. Although wikis are a bit more complicated than word-processors, they can also be much more powerful because it doesn't have to contain one page. Instead, it can include many pages that are linked together.
While I will show you how simple it is to use Wikis later, I want to first tell you why Wikis are so useful.
Wikis can be useful because you can set up any data you need, and in any format you like. Instead of limiting you to a certain way of structuring things you should, Wikis Bio allow you to create your own.
You can link them together in any way you like. You can also set them up in any way you like.
You can make it as simple or complex as you want.
Wikis are flexible enough to be used in countless ways. Here are some uses
Include:
Keep a daily journal
Brainstorming
Managing investment properties
Implementing a GTD program (As described in David Allen)
Research
Owning a business.
Multiple users can also edit the same data on some wikis. This is an interesting fact
example of this online is the Wiki Encyclopedia where a group of people are collaborating to
Make a free online encyclopedia.
An example is perhaps the best way to demonstrate how a Wiki works.
Let's suppose you have a page called "HomePage", that says "Hello. This is my first Wiki."
Page
It is time to make it bold.
Click the Edit button to begin. The following will appear:
Hello! This is my first Wiki page.
Use the keyboard to change the text so it looks like this
Hello! This is my first wiki page.
Save the changes and you'll see that the word "first" has been bolded.
Because any text enclosed by "*" is bolded.
Now we want to add a link to a new page. This can be very complicated in HTML.
It's easy to do in a Wiki.
Click Edit to change the text
This is my first wiki page.
This is a link that will take you to my [second] page.
Save and you'll see the words "second Page" are now a link.
This is because any text enclosed in square brackets becomes an link.
Click on the link to change the "second page". If the "second page" is already in existence, you can click on the link.
You would then see the contents of this page. It doesn't yet exist, so the Wiki makes it.
We are shown a blank page, called the "second page", and it is then displayed to us. We can
You can edit the page as before by clicking Edit.
Let's say that we want to change the "second page"
A link to a page on [oranges]
You will see a link to the "oranges” page when you save. Click on the oranges button.
Click Edit to Say:
My favorite fruits.
Now we have three pages.
The "Homepage" page is the first page.
The second page is also known as "second page".
The third page is called "oranges".
Let's link the HomePage to our oranges page.
Click edit to return to the HomePage. You'll see:
__S.76__
This is my first wiki page.
This is a link that will take you to my [second] page.
__S.80__
Let's add a third line to make the page:
__S.84__
This is my first wiki page.
This is a link that will take you to my [second] page.
Don't forget to visit the [oranges] page.
__S.90__
We now have a link from the HomePage to the oranges page when we save. If you
Click on the oranges link. It won't take you to a blank webpage. That's it!
Because there is an existing page called "oranges". It will take us to the existing
The page "oranges", which says "My favorite fruits."
It's so simple! We have now created 3 pages in no time. It's that easy.
To create links, use square brackets!
The link creation is a fundamental concept.