Forum:How to organize my wiki?

Hi,

I am newbie with wiki. I am a student and I want to create a wiki to publish all exams that students have passed in my university. So there is a lot of course in each grade.

I think I 'll create a page per course and in this page I'll publish all content.

So I have a problem with the main page. have I to link manually each page or is there a system which can display all links per grade?

I mean, there are 5 grades and in each grades there are a lot of courses. In the main page I want 5 blocks and in this 5 blocks, all links from the grade. Simply, I can use category, but I have a problem because for the second grade (or the first, third...) for example, there is two sections, section 1 and section 2.

grade 1 --> section 1 --> course 1

grade 1 --> section 1 --> course 2 ....

grade 1 --> section 2 --> course 1

grade 1 --> section 2 --> course 1

I don't know which extension I have to use to have what I want.

Thanks for your help!


 * This sounds a lot like Help:DynamicPageList. It can create "dynamic listings of pages based on various parameters, such as page titles, namespaces, membership in a category, template inclusion, and more." I should warn you though that the application you want to use it for may make page load time on your wiki very slow.
 * If you would prefer to avoid that, I think linking to categories is a better idea. Put all your courses in a category "section 1", and put that category into a category "grade 1", and link the categories from the main page. Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 10:09, February 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * For me, Semantic Mediawiki is way better than DPL. — TulipVorlax 01:53, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your answers. I try with dpl, but if I link the category "grade1" with into the category section1 there will be a problem because section 1 is also in grade 2, 3, 4 ... I would like to use semantic mediawiki but I don't understand how it works for my request :/ If you have an example, that will be great!.

Dee-pack 14:34, February 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * DPL isn't just limited to showing pages on one category - you can include based on other information. However, I wouldn't recommend DPL anyway because extensive use can slow the wiki.
 * Semantic is way better for this, but you have to be prepared to learn it. I would heavily recommend using conventional categories and linking to each other if you would prefer to save time. After all, pages should belong in a category anyway. Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 06:10, February 9, 2010 (UTC)