Comments on: SharePoint Wikis: Both Liberating and Frustrating

By: Jon Tobey

Jon Tobey — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:11:39 +0000

I think the problem is that wikis just suck. (Why wikitalk anyway, why aren’t wikis just in HTML?) Our wiki is an “unmitigated disaster,” but I decided that moving it to SharePoint wasn’t going to fix it. It’s just the same mess on SP, so why bother?
This brought up the real issue: while SP is great at displaying existing documents, it’s not so great as an input medium for new content. I looked at several solutions, including using the blog feature with columns to tag the data, and the RTF content Web Part. I think that SP2010 with it’s metadata navigation might solve some of these issues, and make the move to 2010 worth it just for that. Once I figure it out, I’ll post some articles on it and put a link here.

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By: Gaurav Agarwal

Gaurav Agarwal — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:49:41 +0000

You said it’s possible to export a sharepoint wiki. But how? is there a property to turn on export option. Is there a document that explains how to have more features other than the out-of-the box given?

Please help

By: nichole

nichole — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:11:00 +0000

Oh but there is a way to export a sharepoint wiki! Create a printer friendly view!

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:21:45 +0000

Even though it’s not the best editor, if SharePoint wiki editing interface allowed me to paste a picture into my page instead of having to previously uploaded it to my document library to obtain’s it’s URL, I would be pretty satisfied.

By: geldexpert

geldexpert — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:19:07 +0000

@Heather: it is true that some applications offer more tools to create an article. A wiki on the other hand, gives a lot of people the opportuniy to easily contribute to a discussion about a certain topic.
So, while using a wiki, you win some features, and you loose some other (features).

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:50:30 +0000

My current frustration with Sharepoint Wiki is it's interface. Through One Note and Word I have an excellent way to create beautiful articles with images, that I can easily post to a SharePoint Blog, yet I can't use the same tools to create a SharePoint Wiki Article. I'm tempted just to metadata the blogs and forget the wiki. Heathers last blog post..GroupBoard Workspace: Bad

By: Effective Collaboration

Effective Collaboration — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:51:20 +0000

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