For a shared host install that looks like wikipedia you'd want media wiki.  YOu may encounter issues with your staff's adoption of the software as it requires knowledge of wiki markup, which is an html like syntax needed to perform operations like bold, underline, changing fonts to name a few. 

Deki Wiki can be installed on a desktop and as long as the employees are on the same network they will be able to access the wiki to collaborate on.  You'd need the desktop to run nonstop though and would need help from your IT staff if you'd want it visible outside of your company.  But from the sounds of it you just need collaboration behind the firewall.

Deki Wiki is free to download and use.  You can find it here: http://wiki.mindtouch.com/Deki_wiki

At the moment I use Comswiki, which is not listed on Wikimatrix.

http://wiki.squeak.org/swiki/

It lacks some bells and whistles, but comes with its own webserver which lives with it in one folder.  In short, I can easily move it from my desktop to another desktop on another OS and it'll run exactly the same.  I can take it with me to conferences if I like, or pass it around on CDs and people can get their own copies going with a double-click.  If you're a good dabbler you can make it go in ten minutes.  Otherwise, thirty maybe.  It's free and checking it out is easy.

However:  No WYSIWYG editing, which scares the scaredy-cats in the office and prevents it from becoming the kind of universal tool I'd like it to be.

So I'm in the market for another easy open-source wiki I can migrate to as well that includes WYSIWYG editing.  I'm currently attempting to install MoinMoin on a Windows machine but I'm just an interested dabbler and the MoinMoin docs at the site really suck or inform me that the crucial process I need to understand is "beyond the scope" of the documentation.  Grrr.

Hello,

If you are flexible w.r.t the open-source requirement, do look at SamePage: http://samepage.etouch.net

Setup is straightforward and the WYSIWYG is powerful. We have a conversion tool to help you port content that resides in other Wikis over to our spaces.

Cheers,

SamePage Team

cockbeard wrote:

I've had a rummage around but can't seem to find what I'm after.

I am wanting to set up a wiki so my staff can add various fixes and contact details that they come across. We are a small team in a big company so find it hard to get our IT departments to dedicate much time to us. Ideally I would like something that can just sit on a shared drive without needing installation, and to look like wikipedia as this will be more comfortable for the staff. I know very little about html so want something that has plenty of templates so I can set it up nice and easy. Am I asking the impossible? I would try a hosted wiki but some of the information in there will be priviledged so am not able to do that.

I know I'm asking a lot but can someone tell me whether this is possible and if not what compromises need to be made.

Thanks guys

DokuWiki is an easy install that uses a flat file database and has a template that looks just like Wikipedia (template is here: http://tatewake.com/wiki/projects:monobook_for_dokuwiki ).

How to install DokuWiki on Windows XP:

1) Download and install WAMP5 1.7.3 (or the latest version) for Windows XP:
   http://www.wampserver.com/en/ (easy no brainer installation)
2) Download and unzip DokuWiki:
   http://www.splitbrain.org/projects/dokuwiki
3) In Windows explorer browse to C:\wamp\www\ and create a folder called DokuWiki
4) Copy all of your unzipped DokuWiki files to: C:\wamp\www\DokuWiki
5) Start your wamp server if it's not already running (All Programs/Wamp Server/Start Wampserver)
6) In your browser go to: http://localhost/DokuWiki/install.php and fill in the blanks.