snipsnap-Quicktour

What is SnipSnap?

There are lots of ways to use jargon to define snipsnap.

• Wiki (Collaborative Website) where readers are also the editors of the website.
• Weblog where a person can keep a journal of things they find interesting.
• Content Management System where users focus on creating content and the software manages all the formatting and linking.
• Dynamic Content because pages are rendered from the content and templates. This separation of formatting and content allows users to completely redesign a website's without changing any of the information on it.
• Knowledgebase where the ease of connecting and organizing information allows for people to look up information quickly.
• Standards Compliant meaning that snipsnap can plug in to other web software. Relying on standards helps to future-proof your information. You won't be stuck with a proprietary format.
• Cross-Platform because it is written in Java that can be used on a variety of host computers.
• Open Source has GPL license so you can fix bugs or change how it works. GPL also means that you don't have to worry about the software being abandoned. You could always make changes yourself.
• User Friendly easier to install than other software that serves a similar purpose.

Basic Formatting

Rather than learning tricky codes to do formatting (like in HTML), snipsnap uses simpler rules similar to the way people format a plain-text e-mail. When you save it, snipsnap turns it into code for you. (You can get more complete information on what snipsnap can do on snipsnap-help.

1. Numbered lists get automagically numbered for you by typing a one with a period.

1. Numbered lists get automagically...

• The bullet on this list was made by typing a hyphen and space at the beginning of a line.

- The bullet on this list...

Bold text is made by putting two underlines on each side of the text.

__bold__

Italics are made with double tildes on each side

~~italic~~

Links to pages are made by putting the name inside square brackets. If the page hasn't been created, snipsnap will let you know. So typing a link to the start page would be

[start]

Some Cool Features

• Installation can take less than 5 minutes.
• Can be used out of the box without much training.
• Combination of weblog and wiki is more useful than either one separately. (Hmm, reminds me of a Reece's Peanut butter cup commercial.)