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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<title>Main Page - XOWA</title>
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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading"><span>Main Page</span></h1>
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<div id="siteSub">From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application</div>
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<span class="mbox-text-span">The XOWA Android app is now on Google Play Store.</span>
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<span class="mbox-text-span">Please try it out! See: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xowa" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xowa</a></span>
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Contents
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<ul>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">
<a href="#Disclaimer"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Disclaimer</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2">
<a href="#Release_notes"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Release notes</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3">
<a href="#New_users"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">New users</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4">
<a href="#Online_setup"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Online setup</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5">
<a href="#Offline_setup"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Offline setup</span></a>
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</ul>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6">
<a href="#Upgrade_users"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Upgrade users</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7">
<a href="#Tips"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Tips</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8">
<a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a>
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<a href="#Links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Links</span></a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Disclaimer">Disclaimer</span>
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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 <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/License/Code.html" id="xolnki_2" title="Help/License/Code">Help/License/Code</a>.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release_notes">Release notes</span>
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v3.5.1.1 features the following:
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(Desktop) Minor parser fixes for English Wiktionary
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For more details about this release, please see the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog.html" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog">blog</a> and the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Change log">change log</a>.
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For more details about the release schedule, please see <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Release_schedule.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Help/Release schedule">the release schedule</a>.
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="New_users">New users</span>
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<p>
If this is the first time you've run XOWA, then please choose either the <b>online</b> or <b>offline</b> setup:
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<h5>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Online_setup">Online setup</span>
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<hr>
<ul>
<li>
<b>Import Simple Wikipedia</b>
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<dd>
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&nbsp;⊗
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Feel free to look around during the import process. You can start at <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Contents.html" id="xolnki_6" title="Help/Contents">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:
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<dd>
<a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture.html" id="xolnki_7" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic architecture</a>
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<a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(planet).html" id="xolnki_8" title="Saturn (planet)">Saturn (planet)</a>
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<a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.html" id="xolnki_9" title="Chess">Chess</a>
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<a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_History.html" id="xolnki_10" title="World History">World History</a>
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</dd>
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<ul>
<li>
<b>Import other wikis</b>
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</ul>
<dl>
<dd>
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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<dd>
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To import another wiki, please visit <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Import/Online.html" id="xolnki_11" title="Dashboard/Import/Online">import online</a>.
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</dl>
<h5>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Offline_setup">Offline setup</span>
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<hr>
<ul>
<li>
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<b>Import from a dump file</b>: See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Import/Offline.html" id="xolnki_12" title="Dashboard/Import/Offline">import offline</a>.
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</ul>
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Upgrade_users">Upgrade users</span>
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<p>
If you are upgrading from any version before v3.4.1, you should download a xowa_app_v3.4.1+ file.
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<li>
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v3.3.4 has a new auto-complete address bar. It also has a faster Search system. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Search.html" id="xolnki_13" title="App/Search">App/Search</a>
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<dl>
<dd>
v3.3.4 also uses sqlite 3.8.2
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<ul>
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v3.1.3 has a new XOWA Android application
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v2.8.1 has a language converter dropdown for the Chinese wikis.
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v2.7.3 introduces a new Bookmarks page. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaBookmarks.html" id="xolnki_14" title="Special:XowaBookmarks">Special:XowaBookmarks</a>
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v2.6.5 uses SWT v4.5 and XULRunner v24. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/SWT.html" id="xolnki_15" title="Dev/SWT">Dev/SWT</a> and <a href="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 <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog.html" id="xolnki_17" title="Blog">Blog</a><br>
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</ul>
<dl>
<dd>
v2.6.3 also fully supports multiple-word-highlight when using find. Press Ctrl+F and try it out.
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</dl>
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<li>
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v2.5.4 has changed online file downloads. Among other things, ImageMagick and Inkscape are no longer required. For more info, see <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Basics/Files.html" id="xolnki_18" title="App/Basics/Files">Files</a>
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v2.4.2 has improved Search performance and v2.4.4 has added multi-wiki Search. For more info, see <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Search.html" id="xolnki_19" title="App/Search">App/Search</a>
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v2.4.1 has introduced major database layout changes. For more info, see <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/Design/Database.html" id="xolnki_20" title="Dev/Design/Database">Database</a>
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</ul>
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Tips">Tips</span>
</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<b>Autocomplete address bar</b>: The address bar supports autocomplete. Type something like "search" and see the results.
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<li>
<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
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<li>
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If you need more control over the font, customize it on the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options/Window.html" id="xolnki_21" title="Options/Window">Options/Window</a> and <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options/HTML.html" id="xolnki_22" title="Options/HTML">Options/HTML</a>
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<li>
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<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 <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/UI/Find_box.html" id="xolnki_23" title="App/UI/Find box">Find Box</a> for more info.
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<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 <a href="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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<li>
<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><a href="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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</ul>
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</ul>
<dl>
<dd>
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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 <a href="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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</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
<ul>
<li>
<b>Middle-click on link</b>: Open a tab in a new link by middle-clicking on it. Try middle-clicking the following: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options.html" id="xolnki_26" title="Options" class="xowa-visited">Options</a>
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<li>
<b>Right-click</b>: Right click on an image and click save as file
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</ul>
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span>
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<ul>
<li>
<b>Wikidata</b>: If you're seeing {{#property}} in your wikis you should also set up Wikidata. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Wiki_types/Wikidata.html" id="xolnki_27" title="App/Wiki types/Wikidata">App/Wiki_types/Wikidata</a>
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</ul>
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Links">Links</span>
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<table class="wikitable">
<tr>
<td>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Import/Online.html" id="xolnki_28" title="Dashboard/Import/Online">Import Online</a>
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<td>
Import a wiki from a list of 827 known Wikimedia Foundation wikis
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<td>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Import/Offline.html" id="xolnki_29" title="Dashboard/Import/Offline">Import Offline</a>
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Import a wiki through a dump; import also through script; also upgrade category to version 2
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<td>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" id="xolnki_30" title="Dashboard/Image databases">Image databases</a>
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<td>
Download image databases for your wiki
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<td>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance.html" id="xolnki_31" title="Dashboard/Wiki maintenance">Wiki Maintenance</a>
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<td>
Update your wikis if they are outdated
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<td>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/FAQs.html" id="xolnki_32" title="Help/FAQs">FAQs</a>
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<td>
View questions asked by other users
</td>
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<td>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Contents.html" id="xolnki_33" title="Help/Contents">Contents</a>
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<td>
View all help topics
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options.html" id="xolnki_34" title="Options" class="xowa-visited">Options</a>
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<td>
Configure XOWA options
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_35" title="Change log">Change log</a>
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<td>
View changes for each XOWA release
</td>
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<td>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Diagnostics.html" id="xolnki_36" title="Diagnostics">Diagnostics</a>
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</td>
<td>
Run test pages to make sure that XOWA works on your system.
</td>
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<td>
<a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues" rel="nofollow" class="external text">Report issues</a>
</td>
<td>
Report bugs / issues on Github
</td>
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</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="mw-head" class="noprint">
<div id="left-navigation">
<div id="p-namespaces" class="vectorTabs">
<h3>Namespaces</h3>
<ul>
<li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected"><span><a id="ca-nstab-main-href" href="index.html">Page</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id='mw-panel' class='noprint'>
<div id='p-logo'>
<a style="background-image: url(https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa/xowa_logo.png);" href="http://xowa.org/" title="Visit the main page"></a>
</div>
<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-home'>
<h3>XOWA</h3>
<div class="body">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/index.html" title='Visit the main page'>Main page</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/screenshots.html" title='See screenshots of XOWA'>Screenshots</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Download_XOWA.html" title='Download the XOWA application'>Download XOWA</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" title='Download offline wikis and image databases'>Download wikis</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-started'>
<h3>Getting started</h3>
<div class="body">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/System_requirements.html" title='Get XOWA&apos;s system requirements'>Requirements</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/Installation.html" title='Get instructions for installing XOWA'>Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/Simple_Wikipedia.html" title='Learn how to set up Simple Wikipedia'>Simple Wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/English_Wikipedia.html" title='Learn how to set up English Wikipedia'>English Wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/Other_wikis.html" title='Learn how to set up other Wikipedias'>Other Wikipedias</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-android'>
<h3>Android</h3>
<div class="body">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html" title='Setup XOWA on your Android device'>Setup</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-help'>
<h3>Help</h3>
<div class="body">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/About.html" title='Get more information about XOWA'>About</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Contents.html" title='View a list of help topics'>Contents</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Media.html" title='Read what others have written about XOWA'>Media</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Feedback.html" title='Questions? Comments? Leave feedback for XOWA'>Feedback</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-blog'>
<h3>Blog</h3>
<div class="body">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog.html" title='Follow XOWA''s development process'>Current</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-links'>
<h3>Links</h3>
<div class="body">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html" title="Get wiki datababase dumps directly from Wikimedia">Wikimedia dumps</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=xowa" title="Search archive.org for XOWA files">XOWA @ archive.org</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" title="Visit Wikipedia (and compare to XOWA!)">English Wikipedia</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-donate'>
<h3>Donate</h3>
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