As promised in the Hot War book, we finally have the Hot War Wiki in a state that we can present it to the public.
Feel free to go in, add some content from your own games, add films or books that you think are relevant, post up PCs and NPCs, monsters or whatever you feel like.
I'm really looking forward to seeing how it develops as a resource.
Cheers
Malcolm
Ease
Submitted by Gregor Hutton on Thu, 02/10/2008 - 11:30.
Oh, how easy was it to get a Wiki set up on the site? Are there any pointers or advice you could offer to me?
I have a fan wiki that someone started, but I wondered if I should have an officeila one?
Anyway, what did you need to get done to set it up?
It's pretty easy if you have
Submitted by Per Fischer on Fri, 03/10/2008 - 14:38.
It's pretty easy if you have the rights to install stuff on your web server, and the server runs the required software. It's very similar to installing any other CMS package - the work lies afterwards in getting it ready and set up to your liking.
CGS use Mediawiki, which is free - same software as Wikipedia. I think that's the one to choose if you want to install and host it yourself.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Installation
Alternatively, use the excellent wikidot, which will host the site as well - it's super easy to set up a wiki and get it going, but of course, since it's not your own private installation you don't have control of every aspect of its design. But wikidot's got the lot - forum, user accounts with different levels of permissions, the works. The software was developed in Poland which oddly enough scares some people.
http://www.wikidot.com/
I've used it for at least six different sites, from huge user generated sites to simple purpose-built like the one for Nerdinburgh. The big one is this (in Danish, but you get the idea)
http://spilnu.wikidot.com
http://darkplaces.wordpress.com
Thanks Per
Submitted by Gregor Hutton on Fri, 03/10/2008 - 08:31.
The fan wiki is on wikidot and I thought it was quite good.
I'll look into the mediawiki thing, since I have the requirements on my webspace. (I even have a CMS - unused - on there, sigh.)
Oh
Submitted by Gregor Hutton on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 13:57.
Thanks for the advice, Per.
I'm super-interested in how the Hot War gets used and is developed by the community over time. I think that's the key for these things.
In the meantime, I've got my own wiki set up and I'm now populating it quietly in the background before posting a link.
I hope people will then drop in and add stuff.
I happen to think that wikis
Submitted by Per Fischer on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 18:40.
I happen to think that wikis are the hot cinnamon buns of teh internets - in a way a wiki was Web 2.0 long before anyone had heard of the concept.
I mean, look what enthusiastic fans have done with Burning Wheel/Empires, that wiki is simply - and I do use that word, yes, in this very special circumstance - awesome.
Regarding games wikis, two other spring to mind, the Spione wiki, which is a good example of a narrow, dedicated high quality wiki, and the "Randomwiki", which is...mind blowing. Check out the Sorcerer sub-wiki on that one, holy shit!
http://random-average.com/Main/HomePage
Looking forward to link, Gregor :)
http://darkplaces.wordpress.com