Please note that this program is beta software. Although it is my best hope that you find this program functional and useful, I make no assurances regarding stability or fitness of purpose. For more details, see <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/License/Code.html"id="xolnki_2"title="Help/License/Code"class="xowa-visited">Help/License/Code</a>.
For more details about this release, please see the <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog.html"id="xolnki_3"title="Blog"class="xowa-visited">blog</a> and the <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html"id="xolnki_4"title="Change log"class="xowa-visited">change log</a>.
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For more details about the release schedule, please see <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Release_schedule.html"id="xolnki_5"title="Help/Release schedule"class="xowa-visited">the release schedule</a>.
Simple Wikipedia is a small wiki that fits in about 200 MB and sets up in about 3 minutes.
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When you are ready to start, click this link:
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Set up Simple Wikipedia ⊗
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Feel free to look around during the import process. You can start at <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Contents.html"id="xolnki_6"title="Help/Contents"class="xowa-visited">Help/Contents</a>. When the process completes, it will open Simple Wikipedia.
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After the setup completes, you can visit these pages:
After exploring Simple Wikipedia, you may want to import another wiki such as English Wikipedia, French Wiktionary, German Wikisource, Wikidata, Commons, etc.
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To import another wiki, please visit <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Import/Online.html"id="xolnki_11"title="Dashboard/Import/Online"class="xowa-visited">import online</a>.
<b>Import from a dump file</b>: See <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Import/Offline.html"id="xolnki_12"title="Dashboard/Import/Offline"class="xowa-visited">import offline</a>.
v3.3.4 has a new auto-complete address bar. It also has a faster Search system. See <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Search.html"id="xolnki_13"title="App/Search"class="xowa-visited">App/Search</a>
v2.7.3 introduces a new Bookmarks page. See <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaBookmarks.html"id="xolnki_14"title="Special:XowaBookmarks">Special:XowaBookmarks</a>
v2.6.5 uses SWT v4.5 and XULRunner v24. See <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/SWT.html"id="xolnki_15"title="Dev/SWT">Dev/SWT</a> and <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/UI/HTML_Browser.html"id="xolnki_16"title="App/UI/HTML Browser">HTML Browser</a>
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v2.6.3 uses WebKit for MacOSX. For more info, see <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog.html"id="xolnki_17"title="Blog"class="xowa-visited">Blog</a><br>
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v2.6.3 also fully supports multiple-word-highlight when using find. Press Ctrl+F and try it out.
v2.5.4 has changed online file downloads. Among other things, ImageMagick and Inkscape are no longer required. For more info, see <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Basics/Files.html"id="xolnki_18"title="App/Basics/Files">Files</a>
v2.4.2 has improved Search performance and v2.4.4 has added multi-wiki Search. For more info, see <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Search.html"id="xolnki_19"title="App/Search"class="xowa-visited">App/Search</a>
v2.4.1 has introduced major database layout changes. For more info, see <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/Design/Database.html"id="xolnki_20"title="Dev/Design/Database">Database</a>
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<spanclass="mw-headline"id="Tips">Tips</span>
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<b>Autocomplete address bar</b>: The address bar supports autocomplete. Type something like "search" and see the results.
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<b>Navigation buttons</b>: The arrow icons in the upper left-hand corner represent the back and forward button. Click on them just like you would in a web browser. You can also use Alt+Left and Alt+Right.
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<b>Font size</b>:
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If the font size is too small, right-click and choose Font Increase
If you need more control over the font, customize it on the <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options/Window.html"id="xolnki_21"title="Options/Window">Options/Window</a> and <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options/HTML.html"id="xolnki_22"title="Options/HTML"class="xowa-visited">Options/HTML</a>
<b>Find box</b>: Press Ctrl+F on your keyboard. This will show the Find box (in the lower left-hand corner). Type "tips". Notice that the word "Tips" is highlighted above. Note that Alt+P (Previous) and Alt+N (Next) will change search direction. See <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/UI/Find_box.html"id="xolnki_23"title="App/UI/Find box">Find Box</a> for more info.
<b>Address bar</b>: Press Alt+D or Ctrl+L on your keyboard. This will take you to the Address bar at the top of the screen. Type "s.w:Earth" (no quotes) and press Enter. This will open the Simple Wikipedia page for Earth. See <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/UI/Address_bar/Shortcuts.html#Default_shortcuts"id="xolnki_24"title="App/UI/Address bar/Shortcuts">Address bar/Shortcuts</a> for more shortcuts.
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<b>Middle-click in address bar</b>: Copy and paste urls directly into the address bar with the middle mouse button to open the page. For example:
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Right-click the following url: <code><ahref="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_history"rel="nofollow"class="external free">http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_history</a></code>
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Select "Copy"
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Click the middle mouse button in the address bar above. The "World history" page in "Simple Wikipedia" will open.
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Now you can copy and paste any Wikipedia url directly into XOWA and its page will open (and all its images will download.) See <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/UI/Address_bar/URLs.html"id="xolnki_25"title="App/UI/Address bar/URLs">Address_bar/URLs</a> for more info
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<b>Middle-click on link</b>: Open a tab in a new link by middle-clicking on it. Try middle-clicking the following: <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options.html"id="xolnki_26"title="Options"class="xowa-visited">Options</a>
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<b>Right-click</b>: Right click on an image and click save as file
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<spanclass="mw-headline"id="Notes">Notes</span>
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<b>Wikidata</b>: If you're seeing {{#property}} in your wikis you should also set up Wikidata. See <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Wiki_types/Wikidata.html"id="xolnki_27"title="App/Wiki types/Wikidata">App/Wiki_types/Wikidata</a>
<li><ahref="http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html"title="Get wiki datababase dumps directly from Wikimedia">Wikimedia dumps</a></li>
<li><ahref="https://archive.org/search.php?query=xowa"title="Search archive.org for XOWA files">XOWA @ archive.org</a></li>
<li><ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org"title="Visit Wikipedia (and compare to XOWA!)">English Wikipedia</a></li>
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