Wiki Site?

[radiantfracture]

Any recommendations for a Wiki site on which to build a creative project (like, a set of linked worldbuilding pages and story fragments)? Anyone still do that?

Cheers!

Comments

[redbird]

A friend of mine just posted about using Wikia for that, but she's hosting it on her own web space. Are you looking for a host, or just a software recommendation?

[sabotabby]

I just signed up for World Anvil, but I haven't done anything with it yet.

[mdlbear]

The first thing to do is to figure out who you expect the users to be, and what you expect them to be doing. If it's just you taking notes, that looks different from a site that you want your readers to be interacting with.

The second is to figure out how you want to create pages -- a web app? Your favorite text editor on your own laptop? Some of each? How comfortable are you with a command line, or do you do everything in your browser?

The third is to decide whether you want your own domain name. Unless this is purely for yourself, and sometimes even if it is, the answer will almost certainly be "yes". Many hosting services will give you one or more for free. Having your own domain name means that if you outgrow the service you start with, or they go belly-up, or you just want to try a new wiki engine, you can, and none of your users/readers will notice. However, if it's just you, you can start without one and set it up later.

A few other considerations: Using an open-source platform on a generic hosting service will cost you somewhere between $2 and $12/month, but it's worth it if you want your own domain. Try to avoid getting trapped on a service that doesn't make it easy to download your entire collection of pages and take them someplace else.

If possible, get free or trial accounts on several different platforms, and see which one you like best. If you want version control (and you should) take a look at the wikis on GitHub and GitLab.