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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2019-01" id="xolnki_2" title="Blog/2019-01">2019-03</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2019-07" id="xolnki_2" title="Blog/2019-07" class="xowa-visited">2019-07</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2019-03" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog/2019-03" class="xowa-visited">2019-03</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2018-01" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog/2018-01" class="xowa-visited">2018-01</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2018-01" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2018-01" class="xowa-visited">2018-01</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-09" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2017-09">2017-09</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-09" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2017-09">2017-09</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-06" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2017-06">2017-06</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-06" id="xolnki_6" title="Blog/2017-06">2017-06</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/Archives" id="xolnki_6" title="Blog/Archives">Archives</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/Archives" id="xolnki_7" title="Blog/Archives">Archives</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">
<a href="#Release:_v4.3.0.1702_.282017-02-21_18:00_Tue.29"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v4.3.0.1702 (2017-02-21 18:00 Tue)</span></a>
<a href="#Release:_v4.3.0.1702_(2017-02-21_18:00_Tue)"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v4.3.0.1702 (2017-02-21 18:00 Tue)</span></a>
<ul>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2">
<a href="#.28Wiki.29_Publish_2017-02_English_Wikipedia_and_2017-02_Gujarati_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Wiki) Publish 2017-02 English Wikipedia and 2017-02 Gujarati wikis</span></a>
<a href="#(Wiki)_Publish_2017-02_English_Wikipedia_and_2017-02_Gujarati_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">(Wiki) Publish 2017-02 English Wikipedia and 2017-02 Gujarati wikis</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3">
<a href="#.28PC.29_Add_.22Delete_page.22_button"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add "Delete page" button</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Add_"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add "Delete page" button</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4">
<a href="#.28PC.29_Support_editable_Categories"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Support editable Categories</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Support_editable_Categories"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Support editable Categories</span></a>
</li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5">
<a href="#.28PC.29_Add_Import_option_for_Personal_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add Import option for Personal wikis</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Add_Import_option_for_Personal_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add Import option for Personal wikis</span></a>
</li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6">
<a href="#.28PC.29_Fix_extremely_short_url_bar_on_some_machines"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Fix extremely short url bar on some machines</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Fix_extremely_short_url_bar_on_some_machines"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Fix extremely short url bar on some machines</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC.29_Other_changes_including_curid.2C_Special:XowaSql.2C_and_keyboard_shortcuts"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Other changes including curid, Special:XowaSql, and keyboard shortcuts</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Other_changes_including_curid,_Special:XowaSql,_and_keyboard_shortcuts"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Other changes including curid, Special:XowaSql, and keyboard shortcuts</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Dev.29_Change_license_to_GPLv3_.2F_Apache2"><span class="tocnumber">1.7</span> <span class="toctext">(Dev) Change license to GPLv3 / Apache2</span></a>
<a href="#(Dev)_Change_license_to_GPLv3_/_Apache2"><span class="tocnumber">1.7</span> <span class="toctext">(Dev) Change license to GPLv3 / Apache2</span></a>
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<a href="#Next_release"><span class="tocnumber">1.8</span> <span class="toctext">Next release</span></a>
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<a href="#Release:_v4.2.0.1702_.282017-02-11_10:00_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v4.2.0.1702 (2017-02-11 10:00 Sun)</span></a>
<a href="#Release:_v4.2.0.1702_(2017-02-11_10:00_Sun)"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v4.2.0.1702 (2017-02-11 10:00 Sun)</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC.29_Support_creation_of_personal_wikis._See_App.2FPersonal_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Support creation of personal wikis. See App/Personal_wikis</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Support_creation_of_personal_wikis._See_App/Personal_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Support creation of personal wikis. See App/Personal_wikis</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC.29_Add_minor_changes_to_Download_Central"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add minor changes to Download Central</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Add_minor_changes_to_Download_Central"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add minor changes to Download Central</span></a>
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<a href="#Next_release_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Next release</span></a>
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<a href="#Release:_v4.1.0.1702_.282017-02-04_21:00_Sat.29"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v4.1.0.1702 (2017-02-04 21:00 Sat)</span></a>
<a href="#Release:_v4.1.0.1702_(2017-02-04_21:00_Sat)"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v4.1.0.1702 (2017-02-04 21:00 Sat)</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC.29_Add_new_in-app_updater"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add new in-app updater</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Add_new_in-app_updater"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add new in-app updater</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC.29_Add_better_support_for_images_in_Wikia_and_other_custom_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add better support for images in Wikia and other custom wikis</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Add_better_support_for_images_in_Wikia_and_other_custom_wikis"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add better support for images in Wikia and other custom wikis</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC.29_Fix_Random_not_working_for_HTML_databases"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Fix Random not working for HTML databases</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Fix_Random_not_working_for_HTML_databases"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Fix Random not working for HTML databases</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC.29_Add_Creative_Commons_footer_to_bottom_of_page"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add Creative Commons footer to bottom of page</span></a>
<a href="#(PC)_Add_Creative_Commons_footer_to_bottom_of_page"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Add Creative Commons footer to bottom of page</span></a>
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<a href="#Next_release_3"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Next release</span></a>
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.3.0.1702_.282017-02-21_18:00_Tue.29">Release: v4.3.0.1702 (2017-02-21 18:00 Tue)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.3.0.1702_(2017-02-21_18:00_Tue)">Release: v4.3.0.1702 (2017-02-21 18:00 Tue)</span>
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<p>
The PC version is a major release. It adds page deletion, category updates, wiki import, and a high-DPI machine support.
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The Android version has no release.
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Wiki.29_Publish_2017-02_English_Wikipedia_and_2017-02_Gujarati_wikis">(Wiki) Publish 2017-02 English Wikipedia and 2017-02 Gujarati wikis</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Wiki)_Publish_2017-02_English_Wikipedia_and_2017-02_Gujarati_wikis">(Wiki) Publish 2017-02 English Wikipedia and 2017-02 Gujarati wikis</span>
</h3>
<p>
2017-02 English Wikipedia is officially up. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Wiki_setup/English_wikis" id="xolnki_7" title="Wiki setup/English wikis" class="xowa-visited">Wiki_setup/English_wikis</a>
2017-02 English Wikipedia is officially up. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Wiki_setup/English_wikis" id="xolnki_8" title="Wiki setup/English wikis" class="xowa-visited">Wiki_setup/English_wikis</a>
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<p>
In addition, I reuploaded the entire English Wikipedia file database set. This is a periodic task which is necessary to keep the image databases small for new users.
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Download the deletion database from here: <a href="https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_latest/en.wikipedia.org-file-deletion-2017.02.xowa" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/download/Xowa_enwiki_latest/en.wikipedia.org-file-deletion-2017.02.xowa</a>
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Use the page here: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Files/Deletion" id="xolnki_8" title="Dashboard/Files/Deletion">Dashboard/Files/Deletion</a>
Use the page here: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Files/Deletion" id="xolnki_9" title="Dashboard/Files/Deletion">Dashboard/Files/Deletion</a>
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<p>
Also, per request, I generated 2017-02 Gujarati wikis. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Wiki_setup/Gujarati_wikis" id="xolnki_9" title="Wiki setup/Gujarati wikis">Wiki_setup/Gujarati_wikis</a>
Also, per request, I generated 2017-02 Gujarati wikis. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Wiki_setup/Gujarati_wikis" id="xolnki_10" title="Wiki setup/Gujarati wikis">Wiki_setup/Gujarati_wikis</a>
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_.22Delete_page.22_button">(PC) Add "Delete page" button</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Add_">(PC) Add "Delete page" button</span>
</h3>
<p>
This build adds a <code>Delete page</code> button. To use it, do the following:
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Support_editable_Categories">(PC) Support editable Categories</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Support_editable_Categories">(PC) Support editable Categories</span>
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<p>
This build also adds editable Categories. To try it, do the following:
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This feature is also mainly for personal wikis. However, it will also work with Wikimedia wikis (like en.wikipedia.org)
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_Import_option_for_Personal_wikis">(PC) Add Import option for Personal wikis</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Add_Import_option_for_Personal_wikis">(PC) Add Import option for Personal wikis</span>
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<p>
The previous build didn't have an easy way to move a personal wiki from one machine to another. This build now has an import button. To use it, do the following:
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Copy the personal wiki file from the first machine to the second machine
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Go to <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaWikiDirectory" id="xolnki_10" title="Special:XowaWikiDirectory" class="xowa-visited">Special:XowaWikiDirectory</a> on the second machine
Go to <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaWikiDirectory" id="xolnki_11" title="Special:XowaWikiDirectory">Special:XowaWikiDirectory</a> on the second machine
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Click the <code>Import</code> button. It's a white sheet of papers with a white arrow pointing rightwards.
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Fix_extremely_short_url_bar_on_some_machines">(PC) Fix extremely short url bar on some machines</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Fix_extremely_short_url_bar_on_some_machines">(PC) Fix extremely short url bar on some machines</span>
</h3>
<p>
XOWA had issues with machines with different DPI settings. This resulted in one of the following:
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Both of these are resolved with this build.
</p>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Other_changes_including_curid.2C_Special:XowaSql.2C_and_keyboard_shortcuts">(PC) Other changes including curid, Special:XowaSql, and keyboard shortcuts</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Other_changes_including_curid,_Special:XowaSql,_and_keyboard_shortcuts">(PC) Other changes including curid, Special:XowaSql, and keyboard shortcuts</span>
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<p>
This build also has a few other notable changes:
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Navigate to page using the curid argument. For example, <code>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?curid=303</code> will navigate to the <code>Alabama</code> page
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A new special page to easily run SQL within XOWA: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaSql" id="xolnki_11" title="Special:XowaSql">Special:XowaSql</a>. This is mainly intended for any future troubleshooting.
A new special page to easily run SQL within XOWA: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaSql" id="xolnki_12" title="Special:XowaSql">Special:XowaSql</a>. This is mainly intended for any future troubleshooting.
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Changes to some default keyboard shortcuts. This requires a longer explanation:
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Dev.29_Change_license_to_GPLv3_.2F_Apache2">(Dev) Change license to GPLv3 / Apache2</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(Dev)_Change_license_to_GPLv3_/_Apache2">(Dev) Change license to GPLv3 / Apache2</span>
</h3>
<p>
This change affects the XOWA source-code only. It has no direct impact on users.
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<p>
For more background, see <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/115" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/115</a> as well as <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/License/Code" id="xolnki_12" title="Help/License/Code" class="xowa-visited">Help/License/Code</a>
For more background, see <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/115" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/115</a> as well as <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/License/Code" id="xolnki_13" title="Help/License/Code">Help/License/Code</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release">Next release</span>
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<br>
</p>
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.2.0.1702_.282017-02-11_10:00_Sun.29">Release: v4.2.0.1702 (2017-02-11 10:00 Sun)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.2.0.1702_(2017-02-11_10:00_Sun)">Release: v4.2.0.1702 (2017-02-11 10:00 Sun)</span>
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<p>
The PC version is a major release. It adds support for personal wikis.
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The Android version has no release.
</p>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Support_creation_of_personal_wikis._See_App.2FPersonal_wikis">(PC) Support creation of personal wikis. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Personal_wikis" id="xolnki_13" title="App/Personal wikis">App/Personal_wikis</a></span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Support_creation_of_personal_wikis._See_App/Personal_wikis">(PC) Support creation of personal wikis. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Personal_wikis" id="xolnki_14" title="App/Personal wikis" class="xowa-visited">App/Personal_wikis</a></span>
</h3>
<p>
A user was kind enough to suggest supporting personal wikis. These are standalone wikis that are entirely created and edited by a user. A reddit thread was created and there looks like there's some interest in the worldbuilding community:
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I've used the XOWA home wiki as a personal wiki for over three years, and find it useful. Hopefully others will as well.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_minor_changes_to_Download_Central">(PC) Add minor changes to Download Central</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Add_minor_changes_to_Download_Central">(PC) Add minor changes to Download Central</span>
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<p>
There were basically two minor changes:
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.1.0.1702_.282017-02-04_21:00_Sat.29">Release: v4.1.0.1702 (2017-02-04 21:00 Sat)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.1.0.1702_(2017-02-04_21:00_Sat)">Release: v4.1.0.1702 (2017-02-04 21:00 Sat)</span>
</h2>
<p>
The PC version is a major release. It adds a new in-app updater and better support for images in custom wikis
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The Android version has no release.
</p>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_new_in-app_updater">(PC) Add new in-app updater</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Add_new_in-app_updater">(PC) Add new in-app updater</span>
</h3>
<p>
v4.1.0 has a new in-app updater. It has two main features:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<b>A new page to show any pending updates</b> : This can be reached by doing Help -&gt; Update XOWA or by going to <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaAppUpdate" id="xolnki_14" title="Special:XowaAppUpdate">Special:XowaAppUpdate</a>
<b>A new page to show any pending updates</b> : This can be reached by doing Help -&gt; Update XOWA or by going to <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaAppUpdate" id="xolnki_15" title="Special:XowaAppUpdate">Special:XowaAppUpdate</a>
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<li>
<b>An in-app update feature</b> : If an update is availabe, it can be installed with a click of a button.
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</ul>
<p>
More info is available at <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/Update/In-app" id="xolnki_15" title="App/Setup/Update/In-app">App/Setup/Update/In-app</a>
More info is available at <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/Update/In-app" id="xolnki_16" title="App/Setup/Update/In-app">App/Setup/Update/In-app</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_better_support_for_images_in_Wikia_and_other_custom_wikis">(PC) Add better support for images in Wikia and other custom wikis</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Add_better_support_for_images_in_Wikia_and_other_custom_wikis">(PC) Add better support for images in Wikia and other custom wikis</span>
</h3>
<p>
XOWA had only minimal support for images in Wikia wikis. However, as a result of tickets <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/124" rel="nofollow" class="external text">#124</a> and <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/125" rel="nofollow" class="external text">#125</a>, the following changes were made:
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Fix_Random_not_working_for_HTML_databases">(PC) Fix Random not working for HTML databases</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Fix_Random_not_working_for_HTML_databases">(PC) Fix Random not working for HTML databases</span>
</h3>
<p>
This was reported in issue #121: <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/121" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/121</a>
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Thanks to Ope30 for reporting the issue
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_Creative_Commons_footer_to_bottom_of_page">(PC) Add Creative Commons footer to bottom of page</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="(PC)_Add_Creative_Commons_footer_to_bottom_of_page">(PC) Add Creative Commons footer to bottom of page</span>
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This was a minor request made by Ope30 also. Pages will now show the Creative Commons footer at the bottom of the page. I also redesigned the footer as well.