Question

When I first created our TWiki, I thought it would be a good idea to create a separate web for my organization's documentation, etc. But what I really need is a way to make the wiki as clean and simple as possible. I do not want users to become lost in other webs. I do not want to have to edit the default home page for the Main web to be containing a link to our web. I would instead like users to simply type in the hostname, like wiki.company.local and have it come up with our home page. Forgive me if this sounds naive...

If I simply wipe out the home page and make that our top level, I run into problems because people try to search from that page and it does not find any content in our web. Also, I worry that if I delete the top level pages, I will not be able to find the configure page again. What I would probably like to do is set up the server so my internal company's web is actually the document root for http://wiki.mycompany.local and yet have Main remain accessible through some administrative url.

Sorry, I am rambling...but I think it would be helpful if someone could describe how they set up their wiki to be useful for the typical user--where "typical user" means a person who has never used a wiki before. I think I need to hide all the complex features because there are just too many things to click on for most users to process. But I don't want to lose those links for myself.

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-- DaveAtkins - 04 Jun 2007

Answer

If you answer a question - or have a question you asked answered by someone - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status is in a drop-down list below the edit box.

I see this question has been asked many times in many ways without any satisfactory answers. I will muddle through and perhaps someday post a real answer.

-- DaveAtkins - 17 Jun 2007