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KBPublisher - open-source Knowledge Base software
by Jason Clarke Dec 7th 2006
At one time or another, every company I've ever worked for has said "we should really build a knowledge base on that topic", or something to that effect. And inevitably they did, with good and not-so-good results. It's too bad that I didn't know about KBPublisher back then, that's for sure. Some of the home-grown "solutions" were so bad that you'd be lucky to find any of the useful information that was surely in them. KBPublisher is an open-source project to build a knowledge base, or FAQ content management system that can be used on any website. Here's a quick list of features it offers:
- Unlimited Categories
- Glossary Terms
- Powerful WYSIWYG
- Instant Response
- Searching
- Add attachments
- Five different admin roles
- Protect categories
- Commenting / Rating / Send to friend
- Users can ask questions
- Related Articles
- RSS
A long time
ago (in a blog far, far away) I lamented the lack of documentation on Apple's knowledge base. It's gotten better, but
still is nowhere near the comprehensive nature of Microsoft's KB. Granted, MS has a lot more to say since it makes more
tools, but to call their KB labyrinthine is putting it nicely. Worse, just jumping to a particular KB article, even if
you know the specific number (and some messages will give you this). Annoyances Central has a 
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