Using Qwikis

Accessing a Qwiki

Qwikis can be viewed using any modern web browser, such as Opera, Brave, or Chrome. To access a Qwiki, you need its unique URL, which is determined from information provided in the Qwiki's configuration file (qwiki.ini.php). This file is copied to the root directory of the host server when a new Qwiki is installed, and used by the installer (install.php) to extract the Qwiki's specifications from templates stored in the workspace where the Qwiki is defined. The installer then composes a JSON reference map, which the Qwiki application uses to render the Qwiki's content and navigation controls.

The most basic way to access a Qwiki is by entering the domain name or server name, followed by the directory or path where it is installed. For example, if a Qwiki is installed in the qwiki1 folder of the bizverse.biz server, you would enter “https://bizverse.biz/qwiki1” in your browser’s URL address bar to access it.

A Qwiki’s URL is composed of 4 parts. The first being the protocol specification, “https://”, followed by the domain (server) name that identifies the hosting location of the Qwiki (for example, bizverse.biz). The third part is the path or directory that specifies the specific location or directory where the resource or content is located. For example, for this Qwiki you are currently viewing, "/qwiki/" indicates that this resource is related to the "qwiki" root directory of the specified domain (a further sub-directory may be specified; the directory structure is determined by the particular Qwiki template specification (see Creating a Qwiki). The fourth part after the questionmark, “?view=/using-qwiki/access” is the parameter section (or query string), that contains parameters that are used for passing information to the Qwiki web application in the form of key-value pairs, separated by "&" symbols.

Links to Qwiki books and pages can also be embedded in web pages and Bizcloud apps/portals. For example, the portal/app tiles presented in the workspace landing page provides a documentation link (these links are often labeled “About”) - this link is setup in the Monako No-code Composer (in the portal object definition), but can also be specified in the Aliases utility of the Workspace Control portal (which is a standard portal of the Bizcloud ). Qwiki topics can be embedded on websites that are composed with the noCMS Site Builder by using the site builder’s Qwiki component.