General Features | ikiwiki | Confluence |
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Version |
2.67
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5.2
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Last Release Date |
2008-10-16 (15 years ago)
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2013-08-12 (10 years ago)
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Last Update here |
2008-10-28 (15 years ago)
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2013-08-22 (10 years ago)
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Author |
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
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Atlassian
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URL | ||
Free and Open Source |
Yes
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No
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License |
GPL
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Commercial + Free personal/open source project/community use
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Programming Language |
Perl
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Java
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Data Storage |
Files, RCS
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Database
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License Cost/ Fee |
0
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starting at US $10 installed (unlimited wikis)
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Development status |
Mature
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Mature
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Intended Audience |
Anyone
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Enterprise + Technical Teams
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Hosting Features | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Storage Quota |
N/A
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Unlimited
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Bandwidth Quota |
N/A
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Other Limits |
N/A
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No
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Topic Restrictions |
N/A
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No
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Corporate Branding |
N/A
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Yes
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Own Domain |
N/A
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Optional
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Ads allowed |
N/A
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No
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System Requirements | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Operating System |
Any
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Windows, Linux and Unix variants
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Root Access |
No
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No
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Webserver |
Any, or none
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Apache Tomcat
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Other Requirements |
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_4+
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Datastorage | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Text Files |
Yes
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No
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MySQL |
No
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Yes
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PostgreSQL |
No
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Yes
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Oracle |
No
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Yes
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SQLite |
No
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No
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BerkeleyDB |
No
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No
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RCS |
Yes
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No
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Other | ||
Security/Anti-Spam | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Page Permissions |
Yes
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Yes
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ACL |
Yes
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Yes
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Authentication Backends |
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
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LDAP, NTLM, Siteminder, CAS and more
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Host Blocking |
Yes
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No
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Mail Encryption |
Yes
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Optional
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nofollow |
No
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Optional
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Blacklist |
Yes
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No
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CAPTCHA |
No
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Yes
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Delayed Indexing |
No
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No
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Development/Support | ikiwiki | Confluence |
# of Consultants | ||
Preconfigured Hosting |
No
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Yes
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Code Repository | ||
Issue Tracker | ||
Mailing List | ||
Support Forum | ||
Chat Channel | ||
Stars on GitHub |
N/A
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N/A
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Common Features | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Preview |
Yes
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Yes
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Minor Changes |
No
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Yes
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Change Summary |
Yes
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Yes
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Page History |
Yes
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Yes
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Page Revisions |
Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Revision Diffs |
Between all
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Between all
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Sitemap |
Plugin
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Yes
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Plugin System |
Yes
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Yes
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Special Features | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Unicode Support |
Yes
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Yes
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Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
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No
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Interface Languages |
1
English |
15
Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
Email notification |
Yes
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Yes
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Comments |
Discussion Pages
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Threaded
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Categories |
Plugin
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Yes
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Namespaces |
Yes
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Yes
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Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
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Conflict Resolution
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Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
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Unknown
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Search |
Full Text
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Full Text
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Wiki Farming |
Yes
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Yes
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Structured Data |
Unknown
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Plugin
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Links | ikiwiki | Confluence |
CamelCase |
Plugin
|
Yes
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Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
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Backlinks |
Yes
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Yes
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InterWiki |
Plugin
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Optional
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SisterWiki |
Plugin
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No
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Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
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Windows Shares |
Yes
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Yes
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Page Redirects |
Unknown
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Plugin
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Syntax Features | ikiwiki | Confluence |
HTML Tags |
Optional
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Optional
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Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
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Tables |
simple + complex
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simple + complex
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CREOLE support |
No
|
No
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Markdown Support |
Yes
|
No
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Textile Support |
Plugin
|
Yes
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BBCode Support |
No
|
No
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Emoticon Images |
Plugin
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Yes
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Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Yes
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Footnotes |
No
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Plugin
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Quoting |
Yes
|
Yes
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Internal Comments |
Yes
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Plugin
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Custom styles |
Yes
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Yes
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FAQ Tags |
Yes
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Yes
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Scripting |
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
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Macros, plugins, widgets, JavaScript and more
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Content Includes |
Plugin
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Yes
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Feed Aggregation |
Plugin
|
Yes
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Usability | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Section Editing |
No
|
No
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Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
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Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
Yes
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Access Keys |
No
|
Yes
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Auto Signature |
No
|
No
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Statistics | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Yes
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Wanted Pages |
Plugin
|
Yes
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Orphaned Pages |
Plugin
|
Yes
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Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Yes
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Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
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Analysis |
No
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Yes
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Output | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Printer Friendly |
Print CSS
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Print CSS
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Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Plugin
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Themes & Skins |
Yes
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Yes
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RSS Feeds |
Plugin
|
Yes
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ATOM Feeds |
Plugin
|
Yes
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Abbreviations |
No
|
No
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Auto-TOC |
Plugin
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Yes
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Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
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HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
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XML export |
No
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Yes
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PDF Export |
No
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Yes
|
Office Export |
Unknown
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Unknown
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Media and Files | ikiwiki | Confluence |
File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
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Media Revisions |
Yes
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Yes
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Embedded Flash |
Optional
|
Yes
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Embedded Video |
Optional
|
Yes
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Image Editing |
No
|
Plugin
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SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
MindMap Editing |
No
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Plugin
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Media Search |
Filenames only
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Contents
|
Extras | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Calendar |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Image Galleries |
Plugin
|
Yes
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Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
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Forums |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Blogs |
Yes
|
Yes
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Ticket System |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Chat |
Unknown
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Unknown
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Syntax Examples | ikiwiki | Confluence |
Internal Link |
[[internal]] |
[Page Title] [Link Title|Page Title#anchor] [~username] [^attachment.doc] |
External Link |
[link text](http://example.org) |
[http://www.example.com] [Link Title|http://www.example.com] [Shortcut Link|PageName@otherwiki] |
Headlines |
Two syntaxes: # heading 1 ## heading 2 ### heading 3 heading 1 ========= heading 2 --------- |
h1. Top Level Heading h2. Smaller Heading h6. Smallest Heading |
Bold Format |
**bold** __bold__ |
*bold* |
Italics Format |
*emphasized* _emphasized_ |
_italics_ |
Underline Format |
via HTML: <u>underlined</u> |
+underline+ |
Monospace Format |
`inline monospace` indented block of monospaced text tab-indented block |
{{monospace}} |
Strikethrough Format |
via HTML: <del>deleted</del> |
-strikethrough- |
Superscript Format |
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup> |
^superscript^ |
Subscript Format |
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub> |
~subscript~ |
Images |
![alt text](internal/image) ![alt text](http://example.org/external/image) |
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Aligning Text |
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Text Indentation |
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Bulleted Lists |
* item 1 * item 2 * item 2.1 * item 2.2 |
* one ** one-two * two * three |
Numbered Lists |
1. item 1 2. item 2 1. item 1.1 42. the value doesn't matter 1. any value works |
# one ## one-two # two # three |
Definition Lists |
via HTML: <dl> <dt>term</dt> <dd>definition</dd> </dl> |
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Horizontal Rule |
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