What are the differences between a wiki and a CMS

comparison, content-management-system, wiki

Solution

CMS:

- A CMS focuses on content which is then published through standardized templates -- think of an online newspaper as driven by a huge CMS system.

- It's about standardized publishing information.

- CMS'es usually have a limited group of editors.

- Useful for relatively static content, maintained by non-tech people.

- Much emphasis on style/presentation: very slick templates so it looks professional.

Wiki:

- On the other hand, a wiki focuses on pages where each page represents a topic.

- It's much more about collaboratively improving each topic (adding hyperlinks to other topics and websites counts as improving the topic).

- Wikis are generally much more open to "the public" (or everybody in the company, vs. just the "internal communication" department).

- Wikis are meant to be living, dynamic things, maintained by everybody.

- Much emphasis on content: less slick templates but easier to find and update information.

Problem

Original source