BlueSpice free The Free Open Source Enterprise Wiki

MediaWiki‘s layout doesn´t

look good!

Editing in the wiki is much

too complicated!

Pimp your MediaWiki with

Satisfy the user requirements Free basic version

No data migration Better quality- and process management

New look , improved usability Comfortable administration

Professional search

(Facets and Search-as-you-type) Easy editing with WYSIWYG

Extend Flexibly BlueSpice enhances the functionality of MediaWiki

Fields of Application BlueSpice is particularly suitable for company use

Handbooks and

Online Documentation Knowledge Management

Organization and

Process Documentation

Instruction manuals and

documentationen of

technical systems

User manuals and

references

IT documentation

Documentation of custom

engineered configurations

Documentation of technical

standards

Providing initial information

effectively and directly for

your colleagues

Linking company locations

and departments

Spread knowledge about

customers, products and

processes

Collect experiences (best

practices)

Central access to existing

documents

Professional search in

different stocks of knowledge

Organization handbooks

Central collection of

operating instructions

Central information about

people, working groups and

their expertise

Minutes of meetings

Fields of Application BlueSpice is particularly suitable for company use

Public Relations Special Interest Platform Support and Helpdesk

Assembly point for project

knowledge, expert know-

how, special sections for

new technology, products,

strategies and debates

Work and documentation

platform for supporting

conferences, open

workshops or BarCamps

Make knowledge available

for the press, bloggers and

others disseminating

information

Collaborative stores of

solutions for service desk

workers

Solution oriented docu-

mentation of malfunctions

and their solutions

Comprehensive knowledge

base for first, second and

third level technical support

Target group oriented

knowledge platform

(politics, culture,

knowledge, entertainment,

health, lifestyle...)

Cooperation platforms for

technology partners (joint

ventures)

Central knowledge base for

organizations, foundations

and NGOs

Professional Editing Create articles easily

BlueSpice provides you with

a visual editor (WYSIWG)

dialogues for easy uploading and inserting

images and files

functionalities for simple inserting links and categories

features for formatting tables

WYSIWYG Editor You never have to use the wiki code again

Insert images, links, files,

MagicWords and categories,

use text formatting functions

and create tables

Uploading and Inserting Simply use of images and documents in the wiki

Upload new images

without leaving the article

Insert images and

define size, adjust-

ment, linking and

caption

Searching for images

Use the package [paste image] to insert

images with drag & drop.

Did you know?

Creating Structures Links and categories are the basis of a wiki

Link internal and

external pages

Insert existing categories

or create new ones

MagicWords Get to know how to use special wiki tags

Wikicode, partially with

examples, that will be

added to the article

Brief description with an

explanation of the

functionality

Choose between tags, behaviour

switches and variables

Customize Your Wiki Define layout, design and usability according to your needs

BlueSpice enables you to

customize skins and layout according to your

corporate identity

fold in and out the main navigation

define your own user navigation (Focus)

arrange your own user dashboard

compose your special toolbox with different widgets

define your preferences

Three-part navigation

to fold in and out with

individually composable

user focus

Individually

arrangable toolbox

with useful links

and functions

User account with user specific

pages and preferences

Authors with avatars as

profile pictures

Shoutbox for comments and

messages concerning the article

Flexible Navigation

Possibility to fold in and out

Choose between main

navigation, individual user

focus or admin navigation

Everything at a Glance

Watch an article

Page specific actions

Widgets that can be put together individually with

functions, tools, important links and information

The User Area on the Spot User-specific actions and functionalities

Login and Logout

Notifications and

reviews at a glance

Provides personal tasks, user-specifiy

preferences and special pages

Individual Dashboard

News, statistics and more – put together relevant information

and arrange the with drag and drop

Get Information Find content and get meta information to keep an overview

Statistics and diagrams about wiki-internal actions

Professional search with autocomplete,

faceted search and search-as-you-type

Notification systems for information

on-demand

Information about the article at a glance

StateBar Everything I need to know about an article

Who has recently changed the article and when took

the last edit place

Recent changes Quality assurance: Information about responsible

editors and review processes

Link to similar

articles (system

provided)

Get Statistics

Display statistics in an

graphical output by choosing

the data base, period and

further settings

Quick Finding Search like in Google

Sort and filter

search results

Fulltext search

also in attached

files

You can connect the search with

Wordpress & SharePoint.

Did you know?

Your search query will be auto -

completed and first results will

be shown while you are typing

Create or propose articles

Central notifications

Notifications about

what is going on in

the wiki

Define preferences

for your notifications

RSS-Export Your news ticker for changes

With the package [bookmaker] you can

create books and export them as PDF.

Did you know?

Subscribe to reports

you want to be

informed about

Processes and Quality Ensure content quality and control workflows

Checkboxes and checklists for tasks

Workflows for collaborative quality assurance

Page templates for standardised structure

Responsible editors as an expert contact

Versioning of the changes (history)

Create Checklists Use the WYSIWYG editor to insert

checkboxes or checklists

Recently used lists

will be shown above

Starting Workflows On a special page you get an

overview of all existing

workflows

Extend your workflow functionalities

with the package [teamwork].

Did you know?

Create workflows for an

article with a date for start

and end

Responsible Editors Assign responsibilites for an article

The responsible editors

are viewed with their

profile pictures in the

state bar

Assign one or more

responsible editors

Versioning Keep track of all changes

Compare versions and display

all changes and modifications

See all changes at a glance and

coloured with [visual diff] .

Did you know? Versions with timestamp, author

and bytes

Page Templates Pre-structuring of content helps to implement standards

Create new templates and

administrate them on a special

page

Choose a template when

creating a new page

Pleasure for Administrators We improved all administration dialogues to help you with the

„gardening“

An admin dashboard informs about important changes

The permissions are structured clearly

Search for users in the user management

Adjust the skin easily with FlexiSkin

Overview in the Admin Dashboard Portlets provide meta information

about the wiki

Change the order

with drag & drop

Add new portlets

Define settings for

the portlets

Clear Permission Management

Wiki-wide permissions

Inheritance of rights

are marked with colour

Choose a group

and define rights

Comprehensive User Management

Use filters to sort users and find

them quickly

Preferences For every extension

You can find all the

preferences for every

extension in the drop-down

menues here

Flexible Design

Live-preview

displays all

changes

Change colours,

sizes and logo

Special Pages BlueSpice enhances the MediaWiki pages for the maintenance

of the wiki

Use the extension [superlist] to get

meta infrmation on your wiki.

Did you know?

BlueSpice special pages

for wiki gardeners,

e.g.Extended Statistics

Charged Packages Expand BlueSpice according to your needs

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