Forum:Local or private wiki

Hi,

For a movie/game project I'm working on, I want to use Wiki software to store all information locally on my computer (localhost). Much like how the various game/movie wiki's, such as Star Wars, look like but for development. I don't want anyone to find this wiki (yet) and to occupy space on the webserver for something that isn't really a Wiki. I also don't always have an internet connection.

Now, I've been using MediaWiki with WAMP to do this and it works. But I'm actually used to Wikia's skin and editors (probably one of the few) and MediaWiki is not as advanced and as fast, even with extensions. So what I'm asking, is it possible to use Wikia's software on my local wiki so that I can make a Wiki that looks just like Wikia.

I've found svn.wikia-code.com, would this be of any help? I can see it contains files similar to MediaWiki, like skins and extensions, but I don't know where to start.

Best regards,

Nivaoo 13:29, August 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * I would like to know this as well! An offline version would be extremely helpful. To be honest, I think there people that would even pay for that. 13:41, August 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * Special:Contact is your best bet. As for performance, adding Wikia extensions to a MediaWiki install will not make it faster. If your MediaWiki install is slow, it's because your computer is slower than Wikia's servers (probably alot slower). -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 4 Aug 2011 8:39 AM Pacific
 * Ok, I'll do that. And yes, MediaWiki is slower because my computer is slower, I know that, it's just that Wikia's editor is easier and 'faster' to use, making editing much faster. Loading a page is slower. -- Nivaoo 16:19, August 4, 2011 (UTC)

You'd need too much to make it worthwhile. Off the top of my head:
 * 1) All the extensions that wikia has installed. Plus all the patches to the extensions
 * 2) All the skin files. I don't know if wikia even makes those available.

A poor man's thing would be to install the most needed extensions and then dump all the CSS and JS that wikia supplies, those are files listed in the html of every page that anyone can easily get.

I have no idea of what you mean by wikia's editor being better. If you really want a better editor than you should install and configure your wiki to use an external editor.

There are also other wiki farms out there that allow for private wikis. You can work on the wiki and no one else will ever be able to see it until you give permission.


 * Have you tried just downloading and installing on your computer the software from MediaWiki.org? That seems to be what others I know have done. It may not be exactly like Wikia’s, but for those Wikia extensions not publically available, it will come awfully close. — Spike Toronto  07:21, August 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * I suggest you read my first post thoroughly. I already said that I'm using MediaWiki with WAMP, but the default setup, specifically the skin and editor, isn't enough. It is mostly the WYSIWYG editor that I want. But the Wikia skin is also preferred because I simply like the narrow skin more then the standard skins. -- Nivaoo 13:37, August 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * You don't want Wikia's RTE, it's honestly quite glitchy. If you use source more and watch people who use the RTE make edits, you'll notice that occasionally it'll destroy whole pages with one edit, constantly applies poor syntax, and handles most elements poorly. If you don't care about that, you'll have to weed through SVN to find the editor code, and transfer it to your hard drive manually.

Ah! That changes things. You see, the editor is a pile of crap, full of bugs and limitations, and there are no real choices out there for such editors for mediawiki (or wikis in general).

More information here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WYSIWYG_editor