# WIKI web hosting **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 31, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-web-hosting/124617 "2007-12-31T04:12:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-web-hosting/124617/1 "2007-12-31T04:12:52Z")
Hello everyone. First of all I am a total newby to ROR. I was asked to come up and host a wiki website on my biz-data class. Heard that ROR is one of the easiest approaches to the given problem. I would really appreciate if anyone could help me out here, or at least direct me to a feasible direction. Is it possible to use an already existing code, or do I have come up with my own codes? If the answer is yes, then where do I get those codes? and how do I implement them as my own? Regards. Shakur145 ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 7:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-web-hosting/124617/2 "2007-12-31T07:00:24Z")
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > Hello everyone. > First of all I am a total newby to ROR. I was asked to come up and > host a wiki website on my biz-data class. Heard that ROR is one of the > easiest approaches to the given problem. I would really appreciate if > anyone could help me out here, or at least direct me to a feasible > direction. > Is it possible to use an already existing code, or do I have come up > with my own codes? If the answer is yes, then where do I get those > codes? and how do I implement them as my own? > > Regards. > Shakur145 Hi there, It depends on what you are trying to do. If you just need to host a wiki, you could just google around for a cheap web host that bundles a wiki solution with their websites. In some places, the host will provide instructions for how to install pre-built wiki software. If you’re trying to create your own from scratch…that’s a fair bit of work, and it doesn’t seem like the best way to go if it’s for a business class. HTH, kodama ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-web-hosting/124617/3 "2007-12-31T16:39:57Z")
Hi, I needed a wiki in my server and installed mediawiki: almost easy t install fron scratch in a local server. |If you need a wiki writte in ROR, I do no know bye giammy ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-web-hosting/124617/4 "2007-12-31T07:49:39Z")
Dear Kodama Thanx for your reply. The thing is, I did ask my instructor if it was possible to use commercial wiki sites like [twiki.com](http://twiki.com), [wikidot.com](http://wikidot.com) etc… The answer was we couldn’t use others’ server space, and we have to come up with an independent wiki site and put it on our school’s server (pretty much from scratch). What I was wondering was that whether there were any sites that offer free wiki softwares that can be downloaded and remodeled on ROR, and can be used like free htm codes that are remodelable and re-usable, on windows. Regards. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-web-hosting/124617/5 "2008-01-03T14:12:50Z")
Giangiammy I have settled on MediaWiki, though I have still encountered some problems upon installing it. First of all, I am installing it on my own computer with help of Apache as my server. I have also installed PHP 5, and MySQL for the database. I have been told that Apache 2 and PHP 5 should be configured accurately, so that MediaWiki 1.11 (the current ver) folder with all those subfolders inside can be put on the Apache. Could you tell me your steps of MediaWiki installation? Thanx. Shakur ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wiki-web-hosting/124617/6 "2008-01-03T15:17:52Z")
On Jan 3, 2008 8:12 AM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > accurately, > so that MediaWiki 1.11 (the current ver) folder with all those > subfolders inside > can be put on the Apache. > Could you tell me your steps of MediaWiki installation? > > Thanx. > Shakur Might I humbly suggest that this is a question far more suited, and likely to get an answer on a mediawiki discussion group. For example: [Info | mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org - lists.wikimedia.org](http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l) Although it would be best to do a little homework before entering there. Perhaps by googling for “mediawiki install” – Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/)