Create a Wiki

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To create your own wiki simple fill out our Create Wiki Form.

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Plan Your Wiki

Plan out the title and URL of your Wiki.
Find others that are interested in Contributing to your Wiki.
Make a few test pages on the WikiLot TestPad.

Request the Creation of Your Wiki

To request the creation of a wiki just fill out our create wiki form. Or you can just email the following information to create@wikilot.com:

Wiki Title: This will be the title of your wiki and will appear at the top of all your pages.
Wiki URL: This is the URL that you will access your wiki with. It will look like the following: http://______.wikilot.com
Wiki Language: This is the language of your wiki. To view a list of languages we provide click here.
Description: This is a short description of your wiki.
Category: Choose of category that describes your wiki. (ex. entertainment)
Admin Username: This is the username you want to access your wiki with.
Admin Password: This will be your password to login to your wiki.
Your Name
Your Email

Edit/Create Your Wiki's Homepage

Once your wiki is created you will want to create and edit your homepage. The default homepage will be Main Page, if you wish to change this go to Mediawiki:mainpage in your wiki to change your homepage location. You must have sysops rights to be able to change the homepage location.

Add Features to your Wiki

Once you create your wiki you can enhance it with the following features:

  • Add/Change Wiki Logo(this is the logo of your wiki that will appear on every page.)
  • Add/Change Favicon (this is the icon that will appear in your browser)
  • Enable embedded video (youtube, google video, etc.) - This is automatically setup on all of our Wikis. Click here for more information.

To add either the logo or favicon to your wiki simply fill out this form.



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