How To Make A Wiki | Make Your Own Wiki | Wiki Software, Wiki Hosts, Free Wikis

There are three ways I know of that you can make a Wiki with, one way is to download a Wiki script and then upload it onto your hosting space. The other way is to pay a Wiki hosting service to run and host your Wiki. The last way is to sign up and create your own free Wiki at a site.

3 Ways To Make A Wiki

1. Use a free Wiki service


2. Download Wiki software and upload and install it to your hosting space


3. Pay for a Wiki hosting service that will give you what you need to run your Wiki and host it for you

There are several sites out there that let people make their own Wikis on it.

The benefits of making a Wiki on a free Wiki site is that you don't have to worry about hosting. They host it for you. You get to worry about less technical stuff, and it's free!

The drawbacks of doing it this way is that some of the make a Wiki sites have restrictions. If you don't meet their guidelines than you can't use their site to make a Wiki.

Another problem is that your wiki will have the sites domain name in it. Your Wiki's URL will be something like yourwikiname.freewiki.com. However, this isn't a huge problem for most people. The only reason this would be a problem is if you wanted to brand your wiki.

Make A Wiki By Using A Free Method Pros

1. They make it easier for you. Less messing around with the technical stuff.


2. It's FREE

Make A Wiki By Using A Free Method Cons

1. May have some restrictions


2. Harder to brand

Here are some sites that let you make a Wiki for FREE...

Make a FREE Wiki

• Wetpaint


• Wikispaces


• Wikia

When making a Wiki, why not model yours off of what is probably the most successful Wiki of all time? What Wiki am I talking about? Wikipedia of course!

You can make your own Wiki using the MediaWiki software package. Wikipedia and Wikimedia's other Wikis use MediaWiki software to run them.

By using the MediaWiki software you can make a Wiki that you can brand, and one that you can use on your own website with your own domain name. You can install MediaWiki to a current site you have and expand it by now offering a fully operational Wiki for users of your website to have fun with.

Be prepared, however, to preform updates. MediaWiki is always being updated with security updates and such, so it is important that you keep up to date with the current update.

You will also need to know more about the technical stuff in order to upload and install the MediaWiki software to your hosting space.

Make A Wiki With Wiki Software Pros

• You have complete control


• Can monetize your Wiki how you wish


• Can brand it however you want

Make A Wiki With Wiki Software Cons

• Have to update


• Have to have your own hosting & domain name, more expensive.


• Need to know more technical stuff

Below is where you can download the MediaWiki software that you can use to make a Wiki.

Make a Wiki with Wiki Software

• MediaWiki

The last option is to pay a Wiki hosting service to host and provide you what you need to make a Wiki.

You'll pay a monthly fee and they'll provide what you need to make a Wiki and manage it.

Make A Wiki With A Wiki Hosting Service

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Check out this complete Wiki tutorial that will teach everything you need to know about Wikis including how to create and run your own Wiki!

Wiki Video Tutorial