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Revision as of 16:13, 19 February 2014

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This section of WikiSpooks pages is about all the software used to run this site, with the exception of Semantic Mediawiki, which has its own section. See WikiSpooks:Templates for the templates written expressly for this site.

Site Backup

Full article: Project:Site Backup

WikiSpooks is backed up weekly and full backups are published here (~2.5GB download). This includes all the files needed to run a copy of the site on your own webserver. The site is open licensed (CC-A-SA) and you are encouraged to distribute this information widely.

Software

Full article: Special:Version

The Wikispooks content and Templates run MediaWiki version 1.33.2, augmented with quite a wide variety of extensions. For overview of which versions of which extensions are installed, see Special:Version. Use this page's talk page for discussion relating the the software, including requests for extensions to install etc.

Site Feeds

Full article: WikiSpooks:Site feeds

WikiSpooks has a number of site feeds (currently in Atom/RSS format) which may help you integrate it with other software.

Site Status

Full article: WikiSpooks:Site Status

This page is for announcements about upgrades ongoing maintenance or other such transient software related issues. The talk page is the place for discussion of suspected or known bugs or any other technical problems.

Timelines

Full article: WikiSpooks:Timelines

Peter is working on adding timeline functionality to the site. This gives a graphic display of events and sub events.

Uploading

Full article: WikiSpooks:File Uploads

For security reasons, the number of file formats which are uploadable is limited. This page lists the permitted extensions. Note that Anonymous Uploads use a different system and are not restricted in this way.

Development

Full article: WikiSpooks:Software Development

Wikispooks has been undergoing rapid development since November 2013. This page gives an overview of what is currently under consideration, and what is in the pipeline.

Contact

Full article: WikiSpooks:PGP Public Key

When contacting the site administrator by Email, you are recommended to do so via encrypted Email and to use this PGP key.

Sandboxes

  • Sandbox page - A Sandbox page on this wiki. Ideal for experimenting with wikitext editing.
  • Sandbox wiki - A separate Sandbox wiki for prototyping of templates, forms, javascript gizmos etc.
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