ENT wiki a Short Introduction

Balasubramanian Thiagarajan

What is ENT WIKI?

This is a software based on Wikipedia engine

This can serve as a personalized notebook for a student

This is an offline resource base created exclusively for the use of students of otolaryngology

This resource contains materials published in all my websites

Advantages of ENT WIKI

This can be installed and run from the hard disk

Portable version that runs out of pen drive is also available

This software is suitable for collaborative editing

Resources can easily be searched because of its inbuilt robust search engine

This can easily be updated

Resources can easily be added / Existing resources can also be edited

Components of this software

Apache server

Coding is done using PHP

SQL server is used for database

Inbuilt Mozilla browser

System requirements

Processor with good processing power

Windows operating system both 32 and 64 bits

Minimum of 2 GB ram is a must for smooth running of this software

30 GB free space in the hard disk for installable version

Flavors of ENT WIKI

Installable version

Portable version

Advantages of installable version

Can be installed to the hard drive

It runs faster if installed to the hard drive

It is reliable

Cheaper to disseminate

Installation sequence

Pop in the entwiki dvd into the drive

Double click on the ent wiki icon

Installation begins

Need to be patient because installation is a time consuming process

Give inputs the installer seeks

First screen

License agreement screen

Customizing install folder

Installation conditions being checked

Installation progress screen

Installation of short cuts

Creation of uninstaller

Successful installation confirmation

Starting ENT WIKI

Firefox warning

Stopping ENT WIKI

Close Mozilla browser

Right click on drtbalu server icon in the system tray

Select stop drtbalu server

Wait till the server stops

Pen drive version

This need not be installed

Plug in the pen drive to usb port

Explore the files inside the pen drive

Double click on drtbalu.exe icon

Wait for the server to initialize

Closing the server should be performed from the system tray

Thank you