T Brian ChatfieldComplete Guide to Wikis: How to Set Up, Use & Benefit from Wikis for Teachers, Business Professionals, Families & Friend

265 pages of very large type, all prose, no code. OK for a VERY rudimentary intro to wikis, useless if you want to do something VERY basic, like set permissions.Much better are:  Wikis For Dummies , Mediawiki (Wikipedia and Beyond) , and best and most current and useful of all:  Working with MediaWiki .IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN this book or another similar book (use Amazon's keyword: MediaWiki) on creating wikis, and you're at the point where you want to edit and code in earnest, the fastest, cheapest way to do so is to go to Wikipedia, then search the term Wiki markup (that is what Wikimedia and MediaWiki, the parent and free software company of Wikipedia, calls the Wiki editing language). That article is a "how to" of details on all the edit commands, which you'll need as soon as you've got your wiki up and running with the help of whichever book you decide on here.Not knocking the book, just trying to adjust your expectations! ;=) Wikis For DummiesMediawiki (Wikipedia and Beyond)Working with MediaWiki

I got the use and benefit, but my copy of the book didn't come with anything about how to set up a Wiki. And since that is what I really wanted, this book was a complete waste of money.