Wikihost hosts GeboGebo wikis.
Wikihost is a free hosting service for GeboGebo wikis. GeboGebo is a traditional free open source wiki engine. It is edited by markup language and has a simple editor to make this easier. The layout is pretty simple, but kinda cool. The features on offer are limited but, if your needs are not complex and you like to stay away from the mainstream, this could be for you.
Wikihost provider statement
“Wikis play a constantly growing role of web content creation. They provide easy to learn and use interfaces for content creation and maintenance. The clue is, anybody from anywhere normally can contribute to a wiki of his interest. Build your own community wiki, start your collaborative web presence or write about whatever you want to, with the help of others. There exist over 3500 wikis here at wikihost.org and a few thousands more in the whole internet.”
Wikihost hosting options
Only one option: free with 100 MB of storage.
Domain name
You choose a sub-domain name: www.YourUserName.Wikihost.org
Access to Wikihost wikis
Wikis on Wikihost are either public or private. There are three different levels of users.
- Organiser - who run the wiki
- Registered users - who may be given editing privileges
- Public - who may be allowed editing privileges
Wikihost Security
Keeps out spambots - No, only by limiting editing to registered users
Blocks vandals - No
Lockable pages - Yes
Can review changes to pages Yes
Can revert to a previous edition of a page Yes
Can restore your site from a local back up You can get a zip backup of all your pages.
Censored word list Plug-in
Privacy policy - No
Secure information transfer - No
Wikihost does not guarantee the security of your data in any way but backups can be made to your own computer.
Wikihost language options
Many wikihost wikis are in European languages.
Translations - No
International characters - Not supported
Right to left writing - Not supported
Help language - English and German
Editing a wikihost wiki
Wikihost wikis are edited with a simple markup language. However this is easy to do although your layout options are limited.
WYSIWYG - No
Markup - Yes with simple editor
HTML - No
CSS - No
Spellcheck - No
Content supported
Wikihost has some plug-ins, which allow you to make some simple additions to your page.
Images - Yes
Flash - Not supported
Audio - Not supported
Video - Not supported
Chat - Not supported
Instant messaging - Not supported
Mathematical notations - Not supported
RSS feeds -
Diagrams - Not supported
Attachments - Yes
Task lists - Not supported
Calendars - Not supported
Maps - Not supported
Shopping basket - Not supported
Content restrictions - No
Wikihost has limited options for visitors
Very traditional wiki layout and style
Search engine friendly - Tags can be added to pages
Access by mobile - No
Looks match topic - No
Easy to read - Yes
Provider placed Ads - Google Ads placed by wikihost
Clear navigation - Simple menu
Effective wiki search - Yes
Recent activity list - Yes
Wanted pages list - Yes
Custom template for new pages - No
email pages to friends - No
RSS feeds - Yes
Easy to make and read comments - Yes
Page history available - Yes
Wiki Management
Wikihost does not guarantee the safety of your data and you need to be sure you make your own back-ups of pages you do not want to lose.
Automatic save - No
Site statistics - Page hits by plug-in
email notifications - Yes
Income from Ads - Not supported
Technical support - Yes
Server support 24/7 - Not sure
Stable provider company - Yes
Help and Support
Your pretty much on your own at wikihost, but hey that’s life and it is free.
Loyal wiki community - Not apparent
Community forum - No
FAQs - No
Help - No
Wikihost is worth a visit if only to try out markup language.
Visit wikihost.org.
Update Oct 07
I have dropped wikihost from my wiki software comparison table. There are now many better free wikis available.
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