How to build your own Wiki site is very easy. Follow these simple instructions:

First you need a place to host your Wiki site. You need to decide if you want to host your Wiki site locally or on the internet.

There is some reliable hosting companies that will host sites for free or ofcourse some better ones at a cost. (Your choice)

This make your life easier, since most of the hosting companies offer tools that will install everything for you, WordPress, DokuWiki, MediaWiki, Forums ect.

The Hosted way. (Easy)

• First signup with your hosting company of choice.
• Login to the portal (supplied with your account details)
• Locate the Installer. (Contact hosting company if help is needed)
• Select Wiki product you wish to install
• After installation, the installer will provide you with the details to maintain your personal Wiki page.

Local Hosting (More difficult)

• If you are not fammiliar with Linux, and wish to use Windows, see below how.
• Download the required Wiki site. Here is a download link for MediaWiki
• If you are running Ubuntu Linux, simply run the following: sudo aptitude install apache2 mysql-server php5-cli php5 php5-mysql
• Other Linux distro’s must install the above mentioned packages.
• Configure Mysql root password: mysqladmin -u root password “newrootpassword”
• run: sudo apt-get install mediawiki
• Your wiki will be installed in /var/www/wiki
• Please see mediawiki for System Specific instructions, this is just to get you started.
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide

I hope this puts you in the right direction into hosting your own Wiki page.