- WikkaWiki
Infobox Software
name =
caption = Nativemind map support in WikkaWiki
developer = [http://wikkawiki.org/CreditsPage Wikka Development Team]
latest release version = 1.1.6.5
latest release date = release date|2008|06|24
latest preview version = 1.1.7 (unstable)
latest preview date = nightly
operating system =Cross-platform
genre = Wiki
license =GNU General Public License
website = http://wikkawiki.org:"For the neopagan religion and religious movement, see
Wicca ."WikkaWiki (often shortened as Wikka) is a free, lightweight, and
standards-compliant wiki engine. Written inPHP , it usesMySQL to store pages. WikkaWiki is a fork of Wakka Wiki to which a number of new features have been added. It is designed for speed, fine-grainedaccess control ,extensibility , and security. Released under theGNU General Public License .History
In 2003, the development of Wakka Wiki came abruptly to an end although a large community of users and contributors was still posting bugfixes, extensions, and new functions. First released in May 2004 by Jason Tourtelotte, WikkaWiki rapidly grew into a project aiming to remain faithful to Wakka's heritage of a lightweight engine with readable and accessible code. WikkaWiki has recently seen a substantial increase in development activitycite web
last = Ohloh
authorlink = Ohloh
title = WikkaWiki: Increasing year-over-year development activity
date =2008-01-30
url = http://www.ohloh.net/projects/45/factoids/319042
accessdate = 2008-01-30 ] thanks to its team of developers and community of contributors.Wikka vision
Compared to heavier wiki engines, which integrate several built-in functions, WikkaWiki's goal is to keep its core "as small as possible" while developing an architecture that supports easy
extensibility throughplugin modules. The latest version 1.1.6.5 was released onJune 24 ,2008 . [Wikka Developer Blog, "Announcing the release of Wikka 1.1.6.5", http://blog.wikkawiki.org/2008/06/25/announcing-the-release-of-wikka-1165/] This release is a maintenance release that introduces no new functionality, but addresses several minor issues includingPHP5 compatibility.Wikka features
Among the distinctive features of this wiki engine:
* Support for different types of embedded elements: :* images :* Flash:* tabular data:* safe HTML code:* RSS feeds:* i-frames:*
mindmap s, through built-in support forFreeMind data* Advanced
access control with user registration, password management, and provision for user profiles, as well asaccess control lists on a per-page basis.* "Administration modules" to manage pages and users, including tools for bulk operations like user removal or page reversion.
* Advanced
syntax highlighting usingGeSHi :
** support for 68 markup/programming languages
** easily customizable output
**line number ing
** clickable markup pointers to official documentation
** "on-the-fly" downloading of embedded code blocks* Several "page-related features", including full
revision control , comments, categories, text searching, page cloning, advancedreferrer management, file uploading/downloading interface, and aGUI page editor.* W3C compliant XHTML 1.0 transitional and CSS.
* CSS-defined printable view.
* Advanced tools for publishing page revisions, including: :* RSS feeds for recent modifications and page revisions (with autodiscovery):*WikiPing client functionality, allowing page changes to be broadcast and tracked on a remote WikiPing server
* "SmartTitle" function, generating human- and search-engine-friendly page titles.
* A web-based wizard to install the package and to upgrade fromWakkaWiki .
* A large repository of user-contributedplugin s.Development
Forthcoming releases may include:
* Enhanced configurability (e.g., user selectable/editable skins and menus).
* Dynamically-generatedAPI documentation.
*API for syndicating content from remote wikis.
*Google Maps support.Documentation
A dedicated server [Wikka Documentation, http://docs.wikkawiki.org] provides extensive documentation and tutorials, targeted at different categories of users, from the end user to the developer.
See also
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List of wiki software
*Comparison of wiki software
*Mind map -FreeMind
*WikiPing References
External links
* [http://wikkawiki.org WikkaWiki official website]
* [http://blog.wikkawiki.org Wikka Developer Blog]
* [http://tracker.wikkawiki.org Wikka tracker and SVN repository]
* [http://docs.wikkawiki.org/WhatsNew What's new in Wikka latest release]
* [http://docs.wikkawiki.org/ Wikka Documentation]
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* [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/ FreeMind]
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