Apple Mac OS X Server v10.6 - Manual (Page 72)

Page Type Tags Description
Related Information projectname If there are related pages on the
wiki or on other wikis, you could
create a page of links to them
or include a list of links on your
overview page.
Meeting Minutes minutes, projectname In the blog, post summaries
of meetings.
By tagging all pages related to the project with “projectname,” when you search across
all wikis, you can use the projectname tag to find pages related the project. By tagging
key pages with “hot,” links to those pages appear on the wiki’s main page.
Creating Navigable Wikis
There are two primary ways to navigate a wiki: browsing and searching. The
effectiveness of these methods depends on how well users link related pages together
and apply relevant tags. Wiki tools make it easy for users to link pages and add and
remove tags.
The wiki server stores all of a group’s wiki pages in the same location. There’s no
physical difference between a page that’s located 10 clicks deep in a wiki and one
that’s linked to from the wiki’s homepage. Because of this, you can create as deep or
as wide a navigation hierarchy as you’d like.
Changing hierarchies is as simple as cutting and pasting links from one wiki page to
another. You don’t need to move files between folders.
There are two ways to search: with plain-text and with tags. Plain-text search searches
across page title, content, last author, and tags. Tag-based search is more customizable
and could be more useful if you apply tags to pages that highlight a specific topic.
For example, for a project’s schedule you’d tag that page with “schedule,” but you
wouldn’t tag pages that mention schedules. This way if you do a tag-based search you
can find pages that apply directly to the specific topic instead of just mentioning it.
You can use multiple tags to find just the page you’re looking for. Tag all pages
related to various projects with their project name (ProjectX, ProjectY, and ProjectZ in
our example) and tag all information deliverables with their type (schedule, team,
plan, requirements).
72 Chapter 9 Streamlining Projects