SharePoint Wikis already offer a range of features to help you work effectively within a team. The BlueBridge Wiki Extensions for Microsoft SharePoint add extra functionality to give you even more productivity. The following documents will give you a good overview of the differences between the standard wikis and the BlueBridge Wiki Extensions:
Wikis are an excellent way of managing technical documentation like user manuals, specifications and guidelines. Use the BlueBridge Wiki Extensions to export content to PDF, allowing you to share them with customers, partners and colleagues.
By using XSL-Transformations, you can even adapt the look and feel of your exports so that your documentation appears in your company colours and design.
The Wiki Extensions enable you to add chapter numbers to your articles, allowing you to structure your information more formally.
Combining this with the PDF Export functionality gives you a powerful tool to create documentation within just a few clicks and share it just as quickly.
The navigation web part then gives you the opportunity to guide your users through the content, making sure that they take in the information in the right order.
Make it easier for your users to create wiki content with the enhanced editor, which unlocks new productivity tools for editing wiki articles, such as:
Please note that there are differences between the Wiki Extensions for SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010. Please see our downloads section for more detailed information.
In many cases, particularly with specifications, you will want to use the same structure again and again. The BlueBridge Wiki Extensions offer a template function to help you re-use predefined structures, creating a complete wiki library based on the original.
Additionally, you can use snippets to define chunks of text (including tables and images) that can be pasted into new and existing articles. This is especially helpful to define standard article layouts or to add special texts like severability clauses that have to be exactly right.