Shiny new stuff: Wikis

A couple of hours ago, we rolled out an update to Meeting Room that includes our most requested feature so far — wikis. If you've already got a beta account, you should see a new "Wikis" tab when you enter your team page.

Use the "Wikis" tab to create and access wikis in your team

Editing pages

Meeting Room Wiki is powered by the awesome WikiPlex wiki engine. The markup syntax is pretty clean and easy to use, but to make things easier we've included an editor to help you with the tags. We plan to make the editor more powerful over time. For now, it should give you just enough formatting and linking options to get you started with your first wikis!

Creating new pages

When you create a wiki, a "Main page" is automatically created for you. You'll notice that there is no link to create new pages. The only way to create a new page is by adding a link on an existing page. This helps to reduce the likelihood of orphaned pages that aren't linked to from anywhere. Our thinking is that a wiki page that isn't linked to and, therefore, undiscoverable isn't very useful. That said, creating a new page is a two-step process.

First, create a link to the new page on any existing page. On a fresh wiki, you can do this on the Main Page like this:



Creating a new page by linking to it

Once you save this page, the link shows up in red to indicate that the page doesn't exist yet. Clicking on the link will take you directly to an editor where you can start adding content for the new page.

Other stuff
You can always see previous versions of a page by using the "Page history" link that appears in the sidebar on the right side of the screen when you're viewing any page.

Team owners will also be able to delete pages and change wiki settings.