Responsive Wiki Theme?

looking for a wiki theme need some recomendations

[cnvi]

I have a client who is an expert on a specific city in the country with a lot of historical significance. He wants to create a wiki that has functionality like traditional wiki but also with editor based controls to keep out spam. He wants to allow the community in this city to be able to contribute like you would at the original wiki.

He wants it on Wordpress. It needs to have very good support for imagery (not text based more like a traditional encyclopedia).

I have looked at the 20 or so themes that exist out there currently and most appear to be either outdated, no longer supported, etc. I have not found the "mac daddy" and thought I would check in with you all to see if you have created wikis for clients and or what you would suggest. TIA.

[TorontoBoy]

I dev and support Wordpress but I would not recommend it for your wiki application. WP is too easily hacked and spammed to have it so open for input. It takes a lot of effort to defend WP. There are too many hacking tools and vulnerabilities that specifically target WP.

That said I have not researched a wiki-style theme. You will need a theme with a track record of a couple of years to ensure it will have continued support.

[not2easy]

The best way to find themes of any kind is to visit the WordPress Theme [wordpress.org] directory. Themes you find there have been tested and are compliant with the WordPress Core files. There are wiki type themes available with features to support wiki sites. Find them using the Themes search there.

You should be able to customize the appearance via creation of a child theme and its css. As mentioned above, allowing UGC that includes uploads can invite unwanted uploads. Make sure to visit the section on "Hardening WordPress" in the Codex area at that same site.

[tangor]

The original wiki is fighting tooth and nail to stay relevant as the trolls and others are hammering daily ... takes a bunch of HUMANS behind the scenes to keep some sense of order. Is your client prepared to do the same? There is no "automated" anything out there will can replicate human moderation ... and the time (and DOLLARS) required.

Would be much easier to set up a submission bureau kind of access which the client's in-house editor can deal with on a daily basis BEFORE any content is delivered to the web. Articles 11 & 13 are in rework ... not specifically apply NOW, but in future might become very important for your client.

Strongly suggest more thought is invested before pulling the trigger on something like this.

[TorontoBoy]

If you could register all users that would be a big step in reducing your risk and spam. Still I would not use WP. Though Drupal has its faults it is less hackable, possibly through obscurity. It also has a book feature that might be very useful as a wiki. Drupal is much more complex than WP, but has multiple security levels, access control groups, and all modules are tested.