TroubleshootingWiki:About

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TroubleshootingWiki.org is a new Wiki designed to provide users with comprehensive, free guides on software troubleshooting. This site intends to help users eliminate the potential problems that might arise while working with various applications.

"Any resource that can effectively provide answers and valuable information is now, more than ever, a necessity for programmers. Community driven projects such as TroubleShootingWiki.org have shown themselves to be especially suited to providing technical information." said David Mercer, author of Packt book Building Powerful and Robust Websites with Drupal 6. Mercer, a computer programmer and author of several bestselling books, went on to say that, "the success of Wikis in this field stems from the fact that they are created by people who constantly meet and overcome the same problems that readers are seeking to solve."

TroubleshootingWiki.org is part of an ongoing initiative at Packt to develop unique methods of contributing to the Open Source community. Notable other initiatives include the Wiki on Web Themes and Templates, www.ThemesWiki.org, the Wiki on free installation tutorials, www.InstallationWiki.org, and the annual Open Source CMS Award that has a total prize package of $20,000 to be divided among the winning projects.

TroubleshootingWiki.org has been developed using the open source MediaWiki software package and is supported by UK Publisher Packt. This site has initially been populated using chapters from Packt books.

The Wiki is currently maintained and moderated by a small group of administrators who are working on keeping the Wiki up-to-date and relevant for its users.