GetWiki:3.0

Introducing GetWiki 3.0

For the 20th Anniversary of GetWiki, GetWiki 3.0 is a simplified 2024 version of GetWiki 2.0, focused as a publishing platform rather than a discussion forum or inwardly focused wiki. The new iteration integrates multi-site hosting further into the traditional wiki website, and further standardizes the function library within the codebase. 3.0 sports numerous improvements to the parsing of WikiCode, and of course, 3.0 still utilizes blue and green links to initiate XML import of Wiki content as provided by other sites, the feature which defined GetWiki from the beginning.

Debuting in 2004, GetWiki has always been about doing wiki differently than the mainstream sites. Unlike the grand social experiment (and failures) of WikiDemocracy, GetWiki.net has been focused on becoming a small collection of focused, accurate, expert-led articles in Philosophy and related subjects. By using a simplified wiki structure, a smaller site can be all about the content. GetWiki 3.0 better focuses on the content, by removing all of the extraneous factors of some wikis.

Technical Features

key features from GetWiki 1.0

• auto-import of Wiki articles via XML using PHP's Expat Library
• well-formed HTML5 and effective use of CSS2 & CSS3
• clear labeling and checkbox placements
• image thumbnail display
• whitelist settings, or blocking of non-account editing
• integrated blocks of edits, new accounts and uploads from IP range blocks
• conversion of TeX code for formulas into XHTML (now HTML5)
• comprehensive administrator tools

key features in GetWiki 1.x

• anti-spam blacklisting
• email registration only, required unique email addresses
• user rights enhancements and display
• dynamic content categories and facets with an index
• inline references/citations and other wikicode
• multiple wiki importing, evaluation
• atom/xml news feed
• removal of legacy biases
• (deprecated, unnecessary) rollback/delete new pages from a malicious user
• (deprecated, inapplicable) customizable “support” and “meta” namespaces

key features in GetWiki 2.0

• simple social networking, preventing “out of my network” edits
• internal email box, or private messaging
• full forum/bulletin threaded board forums
• member bio and avatar basics, instead of “User” wiki pages
• blog-style, threaded article comments below content, instead of “talk” pages
• full support for WikiCreole, and common blog and wiki code formats
• additional 'Pedia-style code support, such as “px” and “infoboxes”
• reduction of WikiComplexity toward “Plug” standards
• complete reorganization of functions and filenames (from 80+ PHP files to 5)
• Object-Oriented and Functional Programming style vs “PHTML”
• clear documentation and explanation of code
• new visual style based on rimric.com

key features in GetWiki 3.0

• fully custom codebase with further reduced complexity
• 2.0 era discussion and friend features removed for simplicity
• integrated multi-website/multi-domain hosting platform
• MariaDB prepared statements for input queries to increase security
• custom consolidated namespaces separating redirects and includes from articles
• table of contents rendered for articles with headings
• expanded yet still sanely limited support for 'Pedia formatting, such as citations
• simplified wiki presentation using categorical and faceted classifications
• migration from XHTML to HTML5
• fluid CSSx design for screen, tablet, phone
• XML imports turned off for non-logged in users (ie. reducing bot traffic)
• clear documentation and explanation of code
• new visual style based on rimric.com

Releases and Downloads

GetWiki 3.0 is not available for download at this time. The previous download for 1.0 was the only GetWiki public release, which has not been available since ~2007.

current technologies

• Apache under Unix/Linux installation recommended
• PHP 7.x - 8.x + recommended for application (running on 8.4)
• MariaDB 10.x + required for database (running on 11.4)

Acknowledgments

• GetWiki 3.0 designed by M.R.M. Parrott (User:Proteus) and rimric.com
• GetWiki.net - official website