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Have to find a solution for taking pre-existing online documentation in wiki form that covers several versions of a software system. Essentially, there's a landing page that links you to versions 1.2, 1.3, etc. Currently, it is kept in a trac wiki but we want to move it to another domain that is primarily running wordpress (does not have to necessarily integrate with wordpress!) Initially, we'll only have editors "in-house" but we may need permission per page later.

So here are the requirements for this tool:

  • Automated copying of "Version Tree"

(eg I already have documentation for product version 1.1 and want to essentially do a recursive copy or database scrape, depending on system used, and then update the documentation for version 1.2).

  • Easy to use, light weight; deploys rapidly
  • Cheap or free

Nice to haves:

  • Import from pre-existing wiki pages (in a trac system)
  • WYSIWIG (for managers)
  • I can install on our server preferred over hosted if possible
  • Export to html and/or wiki pages, pdf, etc.

Some tools I've seen: Confluence (probably too heavy for us), DocBook (not familiar with), wikis like MediaWiki, DocuWiki, etc.

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I believe that in Confluence, you can export space and re-import it back under different name. This way, you can use one space per version and use that function for establishing starting point.

Also, it is possible to cross-reference pages from different spaces.

Miro A.
Ok, so Confluence sounds promising and I'll take another look. Still looking to see if there's a simpler solution too. Thanks Miro
Rob