diff --git a/admin/app_update/xoa_update.json b/admin/app_update/xoa_update.json
index 33595142c..9748d0cc3 100644
--- a/admin/app_update/xoa_update.json
+++ b/admin/app_update/xoa_update.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"version_id":"514"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{"version_id":"515"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/admin/app_update/xoa_update.sqlite3 b/admin/app_update/xoa_update.sqlite3
index ccb23edbb..0a626383d 100644
Binary files a/admin/app_update/xoa_update.sqlite3 and b/admin/app_update/xoa_update.sqlite3 differ
diff --git a/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html b/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html
index 0b6ab6061..5954344e6 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html
@@ -661,7 +661,17 @@
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/Basics/Files.html b/home/wiki/App/Basics/Files.html
index 4f9f06c2e..a23074e7c 100644
--- a/home/wiki/App/Basics/Files.html
+++ b/home/wiki/App/Basics/Files.html
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
XOWA sees a [[File]] link on a page.
- If image dbs are available, XOWA checks them to see if the image exists. To download an image db, see Dashboard/Image_databases
+ If image dbs are available, XOWA checks them to see if the image exists. To download an image db, see Dashboard/Image_databases
If image dbs are not available, or if the image is not in the image dbs, XOWA checks the Wikimedia servers
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
If an image is found, XOWA downloads a temporary version of the file to C:\xowa\file\simple.wikipedia.org\...
- As of v2.5.4.1, XOWA also saves Wikimedia files to C:\xowa\wiki\simple.wikipedia.org\simple.wikipedia.org-file-user.xowa. This ensures that the file is still available even if the temporary version is deleted. Note that the cache on Options/Files will periodically delete temporary versions
+ As of v2.5.4.1, XOWA also saves Wikimedia files to C:\xowa\wiki\simple.wikipedia.org\simple.wikipedia.org-file-user.xowa. This ensures that the file is still available even if the temporary version is deleted. Note that the cache on Options/Files will periodically delete temporary versions
The HTML is updated to use the temporary version of the file.
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/Bookmarks.html b/home/wiki/App/Bookmarks.html
index 521babfb8..a6b2050ec 100644
--- a/home/wiki/App/Bookmarks.html
+++ b/home/wiki/App/Bookmarks.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
HTTP Server support
- Bookmarks can be viewed and edited in HTTP server mode. This has been tested with Firefox (39), Chrome (43), Safari (8) and Internet Explorer (9). If you have an older version and it doesn't work, please report it to Help/Feedback
+ Bookmarks can be viewed and edited in HTTP server mode. This has been tested with Firefox (39), Chrome (43), Safari (8) and Internet Explorer (9). If you have an older version and it doesn't work, please report it to Help/Feedback
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview.html b/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview.html
index 011fff730..b251d9a9e 100644
--- a/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview.html
+++ b/home/wiki/App/Databases/Overview.html
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
Wikitext databases will have -text- in the file name. For example, en.wikipedia.org-text-ns.000.xowa
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/Import/Import_overview.html b/home/wiki/App/Import/Import_overview.html
index 3a5fa2a2e..2e3292410 100644
--- a/home/wiki/App/Import/Import_overview.html
+++ b/home/wiki/App/Import/Import_overview.html
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
Images included: Listed wikis will also include image databases. The options below require downloading images separately.
- Fewer selection: There are currently only a handful of wikis. More will be generated throughout 2016. If you need a specific wiki, please contact me by the Feedback page.
+ Fewer selection: There are currently only a handful of wikis. More will be generated throughout 2016. If you need a specific wiki, please contact me by the Feedback page.
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
Import by command-line
- The Dev/Command-line page offers instructions on importing through the command-line.
+ The Dev/Command-line page offers instructions on importing through the command-line.
- This will offer you the greatest flexibility, but requires some familiarity with a command-line interface. You can read more at Dev/Command-line
+ This will offer you the greatest flexibility, but requires some familiarity with a command-line interface. You can read more at Dev/Command-line
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/Import/Shrinking.html b/home/wiki/App/Import/Shrinking.html
index 25db09e94..4a21a2a22 100644
--- a/home/wiki/App/Import/Shrinking.html
+++ b/home/wiki/App/Import/Shrinking.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
This file is not used by XOWA, and can be removed from the system.
- If you are using the automated set up from Dashboard/Import/Online, the BZ2 file is moved to /xowa/wiki/#done. XOWA does not delete this file in case the user wants to re-import the wiki, and avoid redownloading the entire file.
+ If you are using the automated set up from Dashboard/Import/Online, the BZ2 file is moved to /xowa/wiki/#done. XOWA does not delete this file in case the user wants to re-import the wiki, and avoid redownloading the entire file.
+ Personal wikis are user-created standalone wikis. They are not imported from any existing online wikis, but created and edited entirely within XOWA. For anyone who has ever edited a Wikipedia page, creating a personal wiki should be a familiar and easy process.
+
+
+ .xowa file
+
+
+ XOWA stores all the data for a personal wiki in a single .xowa file. This .xowa file is a sqlite3 file, but has the extension renamed to .xowa. You can use any sqlite program to browse a .xowa file. You can either use the official sqlite command-line shell (https://sqlite.org/download.html , or a gui-capable program (http://sqlitebrowser.org)
+
+
+ All your wiki data is stored in the .xowa file. You can email the file, upload it to a file service, or just copy it from one machine to the next.
+
+
+ Privacy
+
+
+ XOWA is as an offline Wikipedia app. It was meant for usage in a disconnected enviornment. It does not collect data to send elsewhere. For full details on privacy, see Help/Privacy/Desktop
+
+
+ Work-in-progress
+
+
+ Personal wikis are still a work-in-progress. Although I've been using personal wikis for the XOWA home wiki for over three years, it has not been used by anyone else until 2017-02.
+
+
+ If you want to provide feedback on XOWA, please see Help/Feedback. You can use it for either of the following:
+
+
+
+ Bugs: The more detail you give, the better. Any of the following is greatly helpful:
+
+
+ Reproduction steps: This can include either a series of specific steps or a sample of wikitext.
+
+
+ Logs: From the Main Menu, Help -> System data -> Session Log
+
+
+ Screenshots: You can take a screenshot and either upload it to github, Wikipedia, or any other image sharing app
+
+
+
+
+ New features: There's still a lot that can be done, and I'd like to get as much done as possible. However, please note that the entire XOWA developer team is just one person, so you may need to be patient.
+
+ The domain name is a unique id to your wiki within the XOWA app. As reference, English Wikipedia has a domain name of en.wikipedia.org.
+
+
+ Here are some guidelines:
+
+
+
+ A domain name should be short. The maximum length is 64 characters.
+
+
+ A domain name can only consist of alphanumeric characters, a dot, or a dash.
+
+
+ If a dash is present, it cannot be at the start or the end of the domain.
+
+
+ For example, the following is invalid: -en.wikipedia.org-.
+
+
+ For another example, the following is valid: en.wikipedia.org.2016-12.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ A domain name should be unique. Uniqueness is important if you ever share your wiki with anyone else. If you name your wiki notes, and someone else names their wiki notes then XOWA won't be able to use both wikis at once.
+
+
+ A domain name should look like a regular url. Although XOWA is meant for offline environments, it does have a HTML dump feature[1]. Using a regular domain name will make any future transition to online publishing easier.
+
+
+ A domain name cannot be changed after the wiki is created. Please choose the domain name carefully.
+
+
+
+ Name
+
+
+ The name is a freeform text name used to identify your wiki. Currently, it's only being used on Special:XowaWikiDirectory, but it will be used more elsewhere.
+
+
+ The name only has a limitation of 255 characters or less.
+
+
+ Folder
+
+
+ The folder is where your wiki is located. XOWA saves all data in one .xowa file[2], but it needs to assign a folder to a wiki to generate other temporary data.
+
+
+ When creating a wiki, XOWA will create the folder if it doesn't exist.
+
+
+ When editing a wiki, changing the folder requires extra steps.
+
+
+ For example, consider a wiki which was created with a folder of C:\old\wiki.me.org and should be moved to a folder called C:\new\wiki.me.org
+
+
+
+ Close all tabs that have pages from wiki.me.org
+
+
+ Close XOWA
+
+
+ Move the file manually from C:\old\wiki.me.org\wiki.me.org.xowa to C:\new\wiki.me.org\wiki.me.org.xowa
+
+
+ Open XOWA
+
+
+ From the main menu, do Personal wikis -> Personal wiki list
+
+
+ Click the wrench icon next on the same row as the moved wiki
+
+
+ Enter in C:\new\wiki.me.org\wiki.me.org.xowa
+
+
+ Press the Save button
+
+
+
+ Main Page
+
+
+ The Main Page is the default start page for your wiki.
+
+
+
+ XOWA will creating this page after your wiki is created.
+
+
+ The Main Page is also the default page when using just the url. For example, entering in en.wikipedia.org in the url bar will automatically navigate to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
+
+
+ The Main Page should follow standard conventions for page titles. As a brief overview:
+
+
+ Alphanumeric characters are fine
+
+
+ Spaces are fine
+
+
+ Try not to use colons. They can be mistaken for namespaces
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/Personal_wikis/Search.html b/home/wiki/App/Personal_wikis/Search.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ce66f4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/wiki/App/Personal_wikis/Search.html
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+
+
+
+
+ App/Personal wikis/Search - XOWA
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
App/Personal wikis/Search
+
+
From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application
+
+
+
+
+ Background
+
+
+ XOWA has a search feature based on page title. It is used for the following:
+
+
+
+ The url bar
+
+
+ The Search bar (next to Read, Edit, View HTML)
+
+
+
+ The search feature is based off of the PageRank algorithm. Because of the complicated, recursive nature of the algorithm, the index can only be run for the entire wiki at once -- not every time a page changes. For small wikis, search reindexing will complete in a few seconds. For a large wiki like en.wikipedia.org, it could take 12 hours.
+
+
+ Reindex search
+
+
+ To use the search feature, do the following:
+
+
+
+ Create some pages in your wiki. For example, say you create a page called Example 1
+
+
+ From the main menu, select Personal wikis -> Personal wikis list. Or go to Special:XowaWikiDirectory
+
+
+ Click the wrench icon next to your wiki
+
+
+ Press the Reindex search pages link
+
+
+ Wait for the process to complete.
+
+
+ Go to your wiki. Type in examp in the url bar. You will see Example 1 auto-suggested.
+
+
+
+ Other links
+
+
+
+ App/Search: For details about search query. (You can use booleans and wildcards)
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/Search.html b/home/wiki/App/Search.html
index c9dfe542d..8b74d2898 100644
--- a/home/wiki/App/Search.html
+++ b/home/wiki/App/Search.html
@@ -699,7 +699,17 @@
- Searches sort by page score: By convention, XOWA scores every page with percentile ranking ("graded curve") from 0 to 1,000,000. Page score is based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank . In short, a page has a high page score if there are many pages linking to it. For more info, see App/Search/Score
+ Searches sort by page score: By convention, XOWA scores every page with percentile ranking ("graded curve") from 0 to 1,000,000. Page score is based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank . In short, a page has a high page score if there are many pages linking to it. For more info, see App/Search/Score
Searches find a page that matches the text and list it as the first result: For example, searching for "earth" will automatically find the page "Earth" and list it as the first result, regardless of its score. (Technically, this entry is assigned a temporary score of 3,000,000)
@@ -293,7 +293,17 @@
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/Search/Build.html b/home/wiki/App/Search/Build.html
index 443baf824..82a264bac 100644
--- a/home/wiki/App/Search/Build.html
+++ b/home/wiki/App/Search/Build.html
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
Upgrade an existing wiki through the maintenance page. You can upgrade with the following process
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/UI/Main_window.html b/home/wiki/App/UI/Main_window.html
index a0600966b..cbb82dbc0 100644
--- a/home/wiki/App/UI/Main_window.html
+++ b/home/wiki/App/UI/Main_window.html
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
Note that you can also press the Go button instead of Enter to select the address.
- There are other formats that can be entered into the address bar. For more information, see App/UI/Address_bar/Shortcuts
+ There are other formats that can be entered into the address bar. For more information, see App/UI/Address_bar/Shortcuts
To select the address bar, press Alt+D.
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
The info box is located in the bottom-right hand corner of the screen.
- It displays warnings from the application. It is disabled by default, but can be enabled through Options: Dev - General
+ It displays warnings from the application. It is disabled by default, but can be enabled through Options: Dev - General
To select the info box, press Ctrl+Alt+N.
@@ -399,7 +399,17 @@
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/UI/Menus.html b/home/wiki/App/UI/Menus.html
index d7ccd527a..b9530b0af 100644
--- a/home/wiki/App/UI/Menus.html
+++ b/home/wiki/App/UI/Menus.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
These menus can also be customized using the source at Options/Menus
- Note that internationalization (translation by language) is only supported for German. Other languages can be supported, but translations are needed! See Help/Feedback.
+ Note that internationalization (translation by language) is only supported for German. Other languages can be supported, but translations are needed! See Help/Feedback.
diff --git a/home/wiki/App/Wiki_types/Wikia.com.html b/home/wiki/App/Wiki_types/Wikia.com.html
index 5666e6cb1..58af24e1d 100644
--- a/home/wiki/App/Wiki_types/Wikia.com.html
+++ b/home/wiki/App/Wiki_types/Wikia.com.html
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
XOWA will try to implement these custom extensions in the future, but due to time constraints, they will be prioritized after Wikimedia extensions.
- If you have an extension that you would like to see supported, please contact me through Help/Feedback and let me know the wiki and the extension. Depending on number of requests and difficulty of implementation, I will try to include support for it.
+ If you have an extension that you would like to see supported, please contact me through Help/Feedback and let me know the wiki and the extension. Depending on number of requests and difficulty of implementation, I will try to include support for it.
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
You can refer to this thread for instructions on creating an inverted-colors css for Wikimedia wikis
- If you create a css that matches the wikia.com one and would like it to be part of XOWA's release, please contact me via Help/Feedback
+ If you create a css that matches the wikia.com one and would like it to be part of XOWA's release, please contact me via Help/Feedback
- XOWA currently has no instructions for Mac OS X. You can help by installing LaTEX and dvipng on our machine and posting your instructions. Please see Help/Feedback.
+ XOWA currently has no instructions for Mac OS X. You can help by installing LaTEX and dvipng on our machine and posting your instructions. Please see Help/Feedback.
- If you would like to have an extension supported directly by XOWA, please contact the developer through Help/Feedback. You can also hack the XOWA source to add your own extension in Java.
+ If you would like to have an extension supported directly by XOWA, please contact the developer through Help/Feedback. You can also hack the XOWA source to add your own extension in Java.
However, if you want a simpler approach, XOWA does allow an extension system by adding javascript / lua files
@@ -398,7 +398,17 @@ end
+ 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:
+
+ From the Main Menu, do Personal wikis -> New personal wiki
+
+
+ Fill out domain, name, folder
+
+
+ Press the Save icon
+
+
+ Experiment in the new wiki
+
+
+
+ I've used the XOWA home wiki as a personal wiki for over three years, and find it useful. Hopefully others will as well.
+
+
+ (PC) Add minor changes to Download Central
+
+
+ There were basically two minor changes:
+
+
+
+ A minus icon to remove items from the Available list.
+
+
+ Moving items between the list add them back to the correct spot (instead of at the bottom of the list)
+
+
+
+ Next release
+
+
+
+ New 2017-02 wikis: I'm almost done uploading 2017-02 English Wikipedia, but am waiting on archive.org to release some things. I've hit a snag in terms of building new wikis as my Linux box is effectively broken. I'm going to rebuild it this week, but that may set me back
+
+
+ Shrinking XOWA wikis: I'll also release a deletion database for 2017-02 English Wikipedia. The final size of images should be around 92 GB
+
+
+ Personal wikis: Depending on feedback from others, I may work on personal wiki features.
+
+
Release: v4.1.0.1702 (2017-02-04 21:00 Sat)
@@ -116,14 +201,14 @@
- A new page to show any pending updates : This can be reached by doing Help -> Update XOWA or by going to Special:XowaAppUpdate
+ A new page to show any pending updates : This can be reached by doing Help -> Update XOWA or by going to Special:XowaAppUpdate
An in-app update feature : If an update is availabe, it can be installed with a click of a button.
(PC) Add better support for images in Wikia and other custom wikis
@@ -173,7 +258,7 @@
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.
diff --git a/home/wiki/Blog/2015.html b/home/wiki/Blog/2015.html
index 9f10b0790..8c60f560a 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Blog/2015.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Blog/2015.html
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@
v2.9.1 is a light release. It adds a new Graph extension.
MediaWiki recently began incorporating a new Javascript-centric extension for making graphs. They only show up on a few pages, but I wanted to make sure XOWA handled them before they show up on more.
@@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@
Handle incomplete XML datadumps at http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html
v2.7.2 now goes back one dump month if the "latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2" is not there. In the case of Japanese Wikipedia, it does this:
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@
For more information on setting up English Wikipedia, see App/Xtn/Android
- XOWA droid can now run a complete version of English Wikipedia. Of course, I'll be making many more changes in the upcoming months. If you come across any bugs or have any suggestions, feel free to drop by and give me some feedback as per Help/Feedback
+ XOWA droid can now run a complete version of English Wikipedia. Of course, I'll be making many more changes in the upcoming months. If you come across any bugs or have any suggestions, feel free to drop by and give me some feedback as per Help/Feedback
Fixes for CSS generation
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@
v2.6.2 now prefers v1 over v2. This should automatically fix anyone who encountered the problem above. Of course, if a v1 user moves to v2, then they would have to move / delete the v1 databases in order to see v2.
- If you find your images are still not working, please post as per Help/Feedback
+ If you find your images are still not working, please post as per Help/Feedback
Mac OS X now defaults to WebKit instead of XULRunner
@@ -2290,7 +2290,17 @@
diff --git a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html
index e84e351f2..e099607d8 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
(Desktop) New autocomplete address bar
- The address bar now supports autocompletion. For example, open up English Wikipedia, and start typing earth. The autocomplete is very fast and supports a lot of advanced functionality. For example you can do a search like earth + (history, future) -middle directly in the address bar. See App/Search as well as Options/Search suggest.
+ The address bar now supports autocompletion. For example, open up English Wikipedia, and start typing earth. The autocomplete is very fast and supports a lot of advanced functionality. For example you can do a search like earth + (history, future) -middle directly in the address bar. See App/Search as well as Options/Search suggest.
Unfortunately, the autocomplete uses the new search system, so old wikis need to upgrade the search databases. You can upgrade by any of the following:
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@
Find your wiki in the list
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
Punctuation friendly: Searches can be done for U.S.A. or USA; dont't or dont; half-life or half or life.
- Boolean searches: Searches can use boolean operators like -, ,, +, (), and *. In addition, there's even an escape operator: \. See App/Search
+ Boolean searches: Searches can use boolean operators like -, ,, +, (), and *. In addition, there's even an escape operator: \. See App/Search
Home wiki: The home wiki is now searchable. Try entering in search or any other word
@@ -447,7 +447,17 @@
diff --git a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html
index 56cf8b34c..210180340 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
Really benefits from an SSD: SQLite really does better with an SSD. I tried some tricks like changing PRAGMA synchronous to OFF, but this only shaves off a dozen or so minutes. In contrast, an SSD will easily knock off an hour if not more (from 2 hours to about 40 min)
- If you want the new search, downloading from archive.org is the easiest way: There are other complexities with the search database rebuild (PageRank algorithm and the 10 GB pagelinks dump: See App/Search). As such, the easiest way is to download prebuilt copies from archive.org:
+ If you want the new search, downloading from archive.org is the easiest way: There are other complexities with the search database rebuild (PageRank algorithm and the 10 GB pagelinks dump: See App/Search). As such, the easiest way is to download prebuilt copies from archive.org:
- Existing user (2015-06): Ignore the 2016-03 version. You downloaded the 2015-06 set and presumably have been keeping up with the monthly updates. The 2016-03 set is the same as your set, except it is smaller (it no longer has deleted images). If you want to remove about 8 GB of deleted images, see Dashboard/Files/Deletion. Once you remove the deleted images, you will have a set that is exactly the same as the 2016-03 version.
+ Existing user (2015-06): Ignore the 2016-03 version. You downloaded the 2015-06 set and presumably have been keeping up with the monthly updates. The 2016-03 set is the same as your set, except it is smaller (it no longer has deleted images). If you want to remove about 8 GB of deleted images, see Dashboard/Files/Deletion. Once you remove the deleted images, you will have a set that is exactly the same as the 2016-03 version.
Existing user (2013-11 or something else): Download the 2016-03 version. You have an old set of XOWA image databases that I really can't support any longer (they have an extension of .sqlite3). I know downloading 80 GB is painful, but I'm not planning to change database formats again in the future.
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
The total size of English Wikipedia is about 90 GB. 8 GB is from old images: images removed from articles during the day-to-day editing churn.
- If you have English Wikipedia and have been following along with the updates, go to Dashboard/Files/Deletion and follow the instructions therein.
+ If you have English Wikipedia and have been following along with the updates, go to Dashboard/Files/Deletion and follow the instructions therein.
(Package) Release of French Wikipedia 2016-03
@@ -652,7 +652,17 @@
diff --git a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-10.html b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-10.html
index 432bbfe69..e0c54328a 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Blog/2016-10.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Blog/2016-10.html
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
I did create a deletion database for English Wikipedia. It will reduce the size of the images datases from 101 GB to 90 GB.
+ 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:
+
+ From the Main Menu, do Personal wikis -> New personal wiki
+
+
+ Fill out domain, name, folder
+
+
+ Press the Save icon
+
+
+ Experiment in the new wiki
+
+
+
+ I've used the XOWA home wiki as a personal wiki for over three years, and find it useful. Hopefully others will as well.
+
+
+ (PC) Add minor changes to Download Central
+
+
+ There were basically two minor changes:
+
+
+
+ A minus icon to remove items from the Available list.
+
+
+ Moving items between the list add them back to the correct spot (instead of at the bottom of the list)
+
+
+
+ Next release
+
+
+
+ New 2017-02 wikis: I'm almost done uploading 2017-02 English Wikipedia, but am waiting on archive.org to release some things. I've hit a snag in terms of building new wikis as my Linux box is effectively broken. I'm going to rebuild it this week, but that may set me back
+
+
+ Shrinking XOWA wikis: I'll also release a deletion database for 2017-02 English Wikipedia. The final size of images should be around 92 GB
+
+
+ Personal wikis: Depending on feedback from others, I may work on personal wiki features.
+
+
Release: v4.1.0.1702 (2017-02-04 21:00 Sat)
@@ -116,14 +201,14 @@
- A new page to show any pending updates : This can be reached by doing Help -> Update XOWA or by going to Special:XowaAppUpdate
+ A new page to show any pending updates : This can be reached by doing Help -> Update XOWA or by going to Special:XowaAppUpdate
An in-app update feature : If an update is availabe, it can be installed with a click of a button.
(PC) Add better support for images in Wikia and other custom wikis
@@ -173,7 +258,7 @@
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.
Gui.Tab: Add option to hide tab bar if 1 or 0 tabs {suggested by Schnark}. See: Options/Tabs
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@
Parser.Toc: Parse link inside xml node (affects page not loading); EX:== <i>[[A]]</i> ==. See: https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/head_sth_off
Wikidata: Place Statements as first listed section to pseudo-emulate current Wikidata layout. See: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2
@@ -4220,7 +4220,7 @@
Messages: Add "Contatti" message for contactpage in itwiki sidebar. See: https://it.wikipedia.org
@@ -4391,7 +4391,7 @@
Wikisource.Page: Support onlysection; EX:<pages onlysection="a"/>.
- Import.List: Update list of WMF wikis (from 674 to 804); EX:pl.wikivoyage.org. See: Dashboard/Import/Online
+ Import.List: Update list of WMF wikis (from 674 to 804); EX:pl.wikivoyage.org. See: Dashboard/Import/Online
Gui.Url_bar: Open articles with same name as language code; EX:war -> current_wiki/wiki/war, not war.wikipedia.org.
@@ -5028,7 +5028,17 @@
- Doc: Change link from [[Help:Core/Category]] to [[App/Category]] {detected by Anselm}. See: Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance
+ Doc: Change link from [[Help:Core/Category]] to [[App/Category]] {detected by Anselm}. See: Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@
- Setup: Add logging to troubleshoot missing www.wikidata.org entry on [[Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance]] {requested by Anselm}. See: Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance
+ Setup: Add logging to troubleshoot missing www.wikidata.org entry on [[Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance]] {requested by Anselm}. See: Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance
Source: Refactor regex classes.
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@
Wikidata: Use correct namespace / title when looking up wikidata wikis (affects wikidata language links / properties not working for titles in non-canonical namespaces); EX:"Author:A" -> 102,A x> 0,Author:A {detected by anonymous}. See: https://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Autor:Humberto_de_Campos [broken since:v2.4.2]
- doc: Fix wrong wiki name for Wikidata; EX:Wikidata x> Walloon Wiktionary {detected by anonymous}. See: Dashboard/Import/Online [broken since:v2.4.3]
+ doc: Fix wrong wiki name for Wikidata; EX:Wikidata x> Walloon Wiktionary {detected by anonymous}. See: Dashboard/Import/Online [broken since:v2.4.3]
@@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@
Language: Show messages for Wikidata codes (affects <some-key> showing up on Wikidata instead of "value"); EX:<Wikibase-entity-item> -> "item" {detected by anonymous}. See: https://www.wikidata.org
@@ -4173,7 +4173,7 @@
Core: Parse decimals using US locale, not user locale. Resolves extremely wide pie charts on many de.w pages. {detected by markusmaresch} See: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausmannstätten
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/home/wiki/Dashboard/Files/Deletion.html b/home/wiki/Dashboard/Files/Deletion.html
index 758bf26e2..9bf108e00 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Dashboard/Files/Deletion.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Dashboard/Files/Deletion.html
@@ -205,7 +205,17 @@
diff --git a/home/wiki/Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance.html b/home/wiki/Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance.html
index 8b07c8dcb..c6d217d52 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance.html
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
n
- 2017-01-02
+ 2017-02-02
2015-08-06
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
n
- 2017-01-01
+ 2017-02-01
2015-08-05
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
n
- 2017-01-02
+ 2017-02-02
2015-08-05
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
^Current category level of wiki. Can be either 1 or 2. See App/Category for more info
- ^Current search level of wiki. Can be either 1 or 2. See App/Search for more info
+ ^Current search level of wiki. Can be either 1 or 2. See App/Search for more info
^Generate script to import latest wiki
@@ -531,7 +531,17 @@
- If you do succeed in installing ImageMagick/Inkscape, please help XOWA and detail your experience. See Help/Feedback.
+ If you do succeed in installing ImageMagick/Inkscape, please help XOWA and detail your experience. See Help/Feedback.
diff --git a/home/wiki/Diagnostics/Xtns/Score/ABC.html b/home/wiki/Diagnostics/Xtns/Score/ABC.html
index 46b222a10..70ef8f5be 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Diagnostics/Xtns/Score/ABC.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Diagnostics/Xtns/Score/ABC.html
@@ -123,7 +123,17 @@ e f g a|b c' d' e'|f' g' a' b'|]
diff --git a/home/wiki/Diagnostics/Xtns/Score/All.html b/home/wiki/Diagnostics/Xtns/Score/All.html
index bc7f662ac..8710d4158 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Diagnostics/Xtns/Score/All.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Diagnostics/Xtns/Score/All.html
@@ -168,7 +168,17 @@ e f g a|b c' d' e'|f' g' a' b'|]
- If you find a defect with XOWA, please report it as detailed in Help/Feedback. Please include the following in your report:
+ If you find a defect with XOWA, please report it as detailed in Help/Feedback. Please include the following in your report:
- Wiki: Support renamed folders. {requested by Ope30}
+ Wiki: Support renamed folders. {detected by Ope30}
@@ -250,37 +125,14 @@
- Embeddable: Fix default ns_mgr being used for wikis. {detected by Rüdiger Gleim}
+ DownloadCentral: Add button to remove items from "Available" list. {requested by markusmaresch}
- Embeddable: Fix multiple multi-threaded parsing errors. {detected by Rüdiger Gleim}
+ DownloadCentral: When moving items between tables, add item to correct spot in table, not at bottom.
-
-
- Mass_parse: Fix #ifexist not working after dumping 1st namespace.
-
diff --git a/home/wiki/Help/FAQs.html b/home/wiki/Help/FAQs.html
index c649c2348..545b8cb33 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Help/FAQs.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Help/FAQs.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
I've found a bug. How do I report it?
- Report it through Github, Wikipedia or by email! See Help/Feedback
+ Report it through Github, Wikipedia or by email! See Help/Feedback
How do you pronounce XOWA?
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
Why are language links to other wikis not listed?
- Short answer: Set up the Wikidata wiki (www.wikidata.org). See Dashboard/Import/Online. After you install the Wikidata wiki, language links to other wikis will be listed at the bottom of the article.
+ Short answer: Set up the Wikidata wiki (www.wikidata.org). See Dashboard/Import/Online. After you install the Wikidata wiki, language links to other wikis will be listed at the bottom of the article.
diff --git a/home/wiki/Help/Features/Search/Build.html b/home/wiki/Help/Features/Search/Build.html
index 445f33ec0..90734306f 100644
--- a/home/wiki/Help/Features/Search/Build.html
+++ b/home/wiki/Help/Features/Search/Build.html
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
Upgrade an existing wiki with v3.3.4.1. You can upgrade with the following process
Find your wiki in the list
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
Test with Simple Wikipedia: The full PageRank process only takes about 20 minutes and requires no more than another 1 GB.
Philosophy
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
XOWA advocates free content. All documentation and project artifacts are provided under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA license. See Help/License/Docs for more information.
- XOWA values user privacy. It will never collect and upload personal information. It is designed to be run in a standalone environment, without any connection to the internet. See Help/Privacy/Desktop for more information.
+ XOWA values user privacy. It will never collect and upload personal information. It is designed to be run in a standalone environment, without any connection to the internet. See Help/Privacy/Desktop for more information.
XOWA is commited to user privacy. As a user of the XOWA desktop app, you can be assured of the following:
@@ -64,8 +67,28 @@
User data collection can be disabled or cleared: Individual features can either be cleared or disabled. The rest of the page details the process for each feature.
+
+ Internet access
+
-
+ XOWA is an offline app. However, it does connect to the internet to download dumps, images, css and other data. In nearly all cases, this internet access needs to be directly activated by the user. (i.e.: you click a link and XOWA goes off to download a dump)
+
+
+ However, there is one internet connection that happens automatically -- without any user intervention. As of v4.1, XOWA has an auto-update feature. This feature will do the following:
+
Page history
@@ -144,16 +173,16 @@
Page history is enabled by default. The data is saved to the following file: /xowa/user/anonymous/app/data/history/page_history.csv.
- All HTML for pages will be saved to and loaded from a temp directory on disk. The files are saved to the following directory: /xowa/user/anonymous/app/tmp/html. This is done for performance reasons related to SWT / XULRunner. See Options/Security
+ All HTML for pages will be saved to and loaded from a temp directory on disk. The files are saved to the following directory: /xowa/user/anonymous/app/tmp/html. This is done for performance reasons related to SWT / XULRunner. See Options/Security
- HTML can be changed to load directly from memory at Options/Security
+ HTML can be changed to load directly from memory at Options/Security
Bookmarks
@@ -162,7 +191,7 @@
Bookmarks are enabled by default. Note that no data is ever written automatically to the Bookmarks page, so one can simply not use the add feature.
- If you wish to disable the feature completely (to prevent accidental clicks), then you can disable it at Options/Security
+ If you wish to disable the feature completely (to prevent accidental clicks), then you can disable it at Options/Security
File download
@@ -171,7 +200,7 @@
File download is disabled by default. All files are downloaded to the following directory: /xowa/file.
- If you've enabled it, you can disable it at Options/Files
+ If you've enabled it, you can disable it at Options/Files
Math images (LaTEX only)
@@ -183,7 +212,7 @@
If you choose to use LaTEX then temporary files will be generated. All files are created in the following directory: /xowa/file/name_of_wiki/math.
- You can always disable LaTEX again at Options/Math
+ You can always disable LaTEX again at Options/Math
Content applications
@@ -192,7 +221,7 @@
Content applications are enabled by default. These applications may or may not generate their own temp files.
- These third-party viewer applications can be disabled at Options/Apps by setting all values to blank.
+ These third-party viewer applications can be disabled at Options/Apps by setting all values to blank.
- (PC) Add better support for images in Wikia and other custom wikis
-
-
- (PC) Fix Random not working for HTML databases
-
-
- (PC) Add Creative Commons footer to bottom of page
+ (PC) Add minor changes to Download Central
@@ -133,6 +127,9 @@
Download pre-built wikis within a browser
+
+ In addition, XOWA now supports creation of your own personal wiki.
+
Build a wiki while online
@@ -189,7 +186,7 @@
After exploring Simple Wikipedia, you may want to import another wiki such as English Wikipedia, French Wiktionary, German Wikisource, Wikidata, Commons, etc.
- To import another wiki, please visit import online.
+ To import another wiki, please visit import online.
@@ -231,30 +228,44 @@
Download the listed urls
-
-
-
+
+ Creating a personal wiki
+
+
+
+ From the main menu, choose Personal wikis -> New personal wiki
+
+
+ Fill in domain, name, and folder
+
+
+ Press the Save icon
+
+
Upgrade users
- If you are upgrading from any version before v3.12.1, you should download a xowa_app_v3.12.1+ file.
+ If you are upgrading from any version before v4.2.0, you should download a xowa_app_v4.2.0+ file.
- v3.3.4 features an auto-complete address bar. It also has a faster Search system. See App/Search
+ v3.6.3 features a Download page. See Download Central
+
+
+ v3.3.4 features an auto-complete address bar. It also has a faster Search system. See App/Search
@@ -270,13 +281,13 @@
v2.8.1 has a language converter dropdown for the Chinese wikis.
- v2.6.3 uses WebKit for MacOSX. For more info, see Blog
+ v2.6.3 uses WebKit for MacOSX. For more info, see Blog
@@ -286,13 +297,13 @@
- v2.5.4 has changed online file downloads. Among other things, ImageMagick and Inkscape are no longer required. For more info, see Files
+ v2.5.4 has changed online file downloads. Among other things, ImageMagick and Inkscape are no longer required. For more info, see Files
- v2.4.2 has improved Search performance and v2.4.4 has added multi-wiki Search. For more info, see App/Search
+ v2.4.2 has improved Search performance and v2.4.4 has added multi-wiki Search. For more info, see App/Search
- v2.4.1 has introduced major database layout changes. For more info, see Database
+ v2.4.1 has introduced major database layout changes. For more info, see Database
@@ -312,15 +323,15 @@
If the font size is too small, right-click and choose Font Increase
- Find box: 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 Find Box for more info.
+ Find box: 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 Find Box for more info.
- Address bar: 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 Address bar/Shortcuts for more shortcuts.
+ Address bar: 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 Address bar/Shortcuts for more shortcuts.
Middle-click in address bar: Copy and paste urls directly into the address bar with the middle mouse button to open the page. For example:
@@ -341,14 +352,14 @@
- Now you can copy and paste any Wikipedia url directly into XOWA and its page will open (and all its images will download.) See Address_bar/URLs for more info
+ Now you can copy and paste any Wikipedia url directly into XOWA and its page will open (and all its images will download.) See Address_bar/URLs for more info
- Middle-click on link: Open a tab in a new link by middle-clicking on it. Try middle-clicking the following: Options
+ Middle-click on link: Open a tab in a new link by middle-clicking on it. Try middle-clicking the following: Options
Right-click: Right click on an image and click save as file
@@ -359,7 +370,7 @@
- Wikidata: If you're seeing {{#property}} in your wikis you should also set up Wikidata. See App/Wiki_types/Wikidata
+ Wikidata: If you're seeing {{#property}} in your wikis you should also set up Wikidata. See App/Wiki_types/Wikidata