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# Setting Up a Wiki in a Few Minutes — Installing Dokuwiki

[![Dokuwiki](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/wiki_dokuwiki-1281.png)](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/dokuwiki.html)

The other day I [interviewed Katriel Reichman](https://idratherbewriting.com/2007/05/06/wikis-documentation-technical-writing-wikis/) about wikis and he recommended [Dokuwiki](http://www.splitbrain.org/projects/dokuwiki) and [Mediawiki](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki). Mediawiki runs Wikipedia, so you're probably familiar with how it looks. After the podcast I installed Dokuwiki to create the [Tech Writer Blog Directory](http://techwriterblogs.com/) that I mentioned in an [earlier post](https://idratherbewriting.com/2007/05/05/blogdirectory/).

Dokuwiki turns out to be incredibly easy to install. The ease of setup and use is something a Doc Train speaker said about most every Web 2.0 technology — the technology part of Web 2.0 is easy; shifting the mindsets of people and organizations, on the other hand, is hard.

To illustrate how easy the set up is for Dokuwiki, I made a [two-minute installation video](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/dokuwiki.html). I'm a new Dokuwiki user, but in just playing around with it a short time I was able to figure out what I needed to do. [Enjoy the video](https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/podcasts/dokuwiki.html).

One of my readers, Dan, has a lot more experience with Dokuwiki. Maybe Dan can provide some tips on the pros and cons of using Dokuwiki.

### Other Helpful Dokuwiki Resources

- [Written instructions](http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki%3AInstall)
- [General Dokuwiki info](http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki)
- [Dokuwiki manual](http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki%3Amanual)