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  1. <!DOCTYPE html>
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  5. <title>Main Page - XOWA</title>
  6. <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa/xowa_logo.png" />
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  10. <div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div>
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  12. <div id="content" class="mw-body">
  13. <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading"><span>Main Page</span></h1>
  14. <div id="bodyContent" class="mw-body-content">
  15. <div id="siteSub">From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application</div>
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  17. <div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">
  18. <table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-delete" style="">
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  20. <td class="mbox-empty-cell">
  21. </td>
  22. <td class="mbox-text" style="">
  23. <p>
  24. <span class="mbox-text-span">The XOWA Android apk is available for download</span>
  25. </p>
  26. <p>
  27. <span class="mbox-text-span">Please help test! See: <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/wiki/Android" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/wiki/Android</a></span>
  28. </p>
  29. </td>
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  31. </table>
  32. <p>
  33. <br>
  34. </p>
  35. <div id="toc" class="toc">
  36. <div id="toctitle">
  37. <h2>
  38. Contents
  39. </h2>
  40. </div>
  41. <ul>
  42. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">
  43. <a href="#Disclaimer"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Disclaimer</span></a>
  44. </li>
  45. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2">
  46. <a href="#Release_notes"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Release notes</span></a>
  47. </li>
  48. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3">
  49. <a href="#New_users"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">New users</span></a>
  50. <ul>
  51. <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4">
  52. <a href="#Online_setup"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Online setup</span></a>
  53. </li>
  54. <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5">
  55. <a href="#Offline_setup"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Offline setup</span></a>
  56. </li>
  57. </ul>
  58. </li>
  59. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6">
  60. <a href="#Upgrade_users"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Upgrade users</span></a>
  61. </li>
  62. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7">
  63. <a href="#Tips"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Tips</span></a>
  64. </li>
  65. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8">
  66. <a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a>
  67. </li>
  68. <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9">
  69. <a href="#Links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Links</span></a>
  70. </li>
  71. </ul>
  72. </div>
  73. <h2>
  74. <span class="mw-headline" id="Disclaimer">Disclaimer</span>
  75. </h2>
  76. <p>
  77. 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/wiki/home/page/Help/License/Code.html" id="xolnki_2" title="Help/License/Code" class="xowa-visited">Help/License/Code</a>.
  78. </p>
  79. <h2>
  80. <span class="mw-headline" id="Release_notes">Release notes</span>
  81. </h2>
  82. <p>
  83. v3.4.2.1 features the following:
  84. </p>
  85. <ul>
  86. <li>
  87. (Desktop) Faster search database build
  88. </li>
  89. <li>
  90. (Desktop) New English Wikipedia images update (2016-03)
  91. </li>
  92. <li>
  93. (Desktop) Minor Wikia parser tags
  94. </li>
  95. <li>
  96. (Android) New pages for "Import new wiki" and "XOWA Wikis"
  97. </li>
  98. <li>
  99. (Android) Minor fixes for crashes / obsoleted items
  100. </li>
  101. </ul>
  102. <p>
  103. For more details about this release, please see the <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Blog.html" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog" class="xowa-visited">blog</a> and the <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Change log" class="xowa-visited">change log</a>.
  104. </p>
  105. <p>
  106. For more details about the release schedule, please see <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Release_schedule.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Help/Release schedule" class="xowa-visited">the release schedule</a>.
  107. </p>
  108. <h2>
  109. <span class="mw-headline" id="New_users">New users</span>
  110. </h2>
  111. <p>
  112. If this is the first time you've run XOWA, then please choose either the <b>online</b> or <b>offline</b> setup:
  113. </p>
  114. <h5>
  115. <span class="mw-headline" id="Online_setup">Online setup</span>
  116. </h5>
  117. <hr>
  118. <ul>
  119. <li>
  120. <b>Import Simple Wikipedia</b>
  121. </li>
  122. </ul>
  123. <dl>
  124. <dd>
  125. Simple Wikipedia is a small wiki that fits in about 200 MB and sets up in about 3 minutes.
  126. </dd>
  127. <dd>
  128. When you are ready to start, click this link:
  129. <dl>
  130. <dd>
  131. <div>
  132. Set up Simple Wikipedia&nbsp;⊗
  133. </div>
  134. </dd>
  135. </dl>
  136. </dd>
  137. <dd>
  138. Feel free to look around during the import process. You can start at <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Contents.html" id="xolnki_6" title="Help/Contents" class="xowa-visited">Help/Contents</a>. When the process completes, it will open Simple Wikipedia.
  139. </dd>
  140. </dl>
  141. <dl>
  142. <dd>
  143. After the setup completes, you can visit these pages:
  144. <dl>
  145. <dd>
  146. <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture.html" id="xolnki_7" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic architecture</a>
  147. </dd>
  148. <dd>
  149. <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(planet).html" id="xolnki_8" title="Saturn (planet)">Saturn (planet)</a>
  150. </dd>
  151. <dd>
  152. <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.html" id="xolnki_9" title="Chess">Chess</a>
  153. </dd>
  154. <dd>
  155. <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_History.html" id="xolnki_10" title="World History">World History</a>
  156. </dd>
  157. </dl>
  158. </dd>
  159. </dl>
  160. <ul>
  161. <li>
  162. <b>Import other wikis</b>
  163. </li>
  164. </ul>
  165. <dl>
  166. <dd>
  167. After exploring Simple Wikipedia, you may want to import another wiki such as English Wikipedia, French Wiktionary, German Wikisource, Wikidata, Commons, etc.
  168. </dd>
  169. <dd>
  170. To import another wiki, please visit <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Import/Online.html" id="xolnki_11" title="Dashboard/Import/Online" class="xowa-visited">import online</a>.
  171. </dd>
  172. </dl>
  173. <h5>
  174. <span class="mw-headline" id="Offline_setup">Offline setup</span>
  175. </h5>
  176. <hr>
  177. <ul>
  178. <li>
  179. <b>Import from a dump file</b>: See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Import/Offline.html" id="xolnki_12" title="Dashboard/Import/Offline" class="xowa-visited">import offline</a>.
  180. </li>
  181. </ul>
  182. <h2>
  183. <span class="mw-headline" id="Upgrade_users">Upgrade users</span>
  184. </h2>
  185. <p>
  186. If you are upgrading from any version before v3.4.1, you should download a xowa_app_v3.4.1+ file.
  187. </p>
  188. <ul>
  189. <li>
  190. v3.3.4 has a new auto-complete address bar. It also has a faster Search system. See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Search/Overview.html" id="xolnki_13" title="App/Search/Overview" class="xowa-visited">App/Search/Overview</a>
  191. </li>
  192. </ul>
  193. <dl>
  194. <dd>
  195. v3.3.4 also uses sqlite 3.8.2
  196. </dd>
  197. </dl>
  198. <ul>
  199. <li>
  200. v3.1.3 has a new XOWA Android application
  201. </li>
  202. <li>
  203. v2.8.1 has a language converter dropdown for the Chinese wikis.
  204. </li>
  205. <li>
  206. v2.7.3 introduces a new Bookmarks page. See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Special:XowaBookmarks.html" id="xolnki_14" title="Special:XowaBookmarks" class="xowa-visited">Special:XowaBookmarks</a>
  207. </li>
  208. <li>
  209. v2.6.5 uses SWT v4.5 and XULRunner v24. See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dev/SWT.html" id="xolnki_15" title="Dev/SWT">Dev/SWT</a> and <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/UI/HTML_Browser.html" id="xolnki_16" title="App/UI/HTML Browser">HTML Browser</a>
  210. </li>
  211. <li>
  212. v2.6.3 uses WebKit for MacOSX. For more info, see <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Blog.html" id="xolnki_17" title="Blog" class="xowa-visited">Blog</a><br>
  213. </li>
  214. </ul>
  215. <dl>
  216. <dd>
  217. v2.6.3 also fully supports multiple-word-highlight when using find. Press Ctrl+F and try it out.
  218. </dd>
  219. </dl>
  220. <ul>
  221. <li>
  222. 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/wiki/home/page/App/Basics/Files.html" id="xolnki_18" title="App/Basics/Files" class="xowa-visited">Files</a>
  223. </li>
  224. <li>
  225. 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/wiki/home/page/App/Search/Overview.html" id="xolnki_19" title="App/Search/Overview" class="xowa-visited">App/Search/Overview</a>
  226. </li>
  227. <li>
  228. v2.4.1 has introduced major database layout changes. For more info, see <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dev/Design/Database.html" id="xolnki_20" title="Dev/Design/Database">Database</a>
  229. </li>
  230. </ul>
  231. <h2>
  232. <span class="mw-headline" id="Tips">Tips</span>
  233. </h2>
  234. <ul>
  235. <li>
  236. <b>Autocomplete address bar</b>: The address bar supports autocomplete. Type something like "search" and see the results.
  237. </li>
  238. <li>
  239. <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.
  240. </li>
  241. <li>
  242. <b>Font size</b>:
  243. <ul>
  244. <li>
  245. If the font size is too small, right-click and choose Font Increase
  246. </li>
  247. <li>
  248. If you need more control over the font, customize it on the <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Options/Window.html" id="xolnki_21" title="Options/Window" class="xowa-visited">Options/Window</a> and <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Options/HTML.html" id="xolnki_22" title="Options/HTML" class="xowa-visited">Options/HTML</a>
  249. </li>
  250. </ul>
  251. </li>
  252. <li>
  253. <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/wiki/home/page/App/UI/Find_box.html" id="xolnki_23" title="App/UI/Find box" class="xowa-visited">Find Box</a> for more info.
  254. </li>
  255. <li>
  256. <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/wiki/home/page/App/UI/Address_bar/Shortcuts.html#Default_shortcuts" id="xolnki_24" title="App/UI/Address bar/Shortcuts">Address bar/Shortcuts</a> for more shortcuts.
  257. </li>
  258. <li>
  259. <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:
  260. <ul>
  261. <li>
  262. 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>
  263. </li>
  264. <li>
  265. Select "Copy"
  266. </li>
  267. <li>
  268. Click the middle mouse button in the address bar above. The "World history" page in "Simple Wikipedia" will open.
  269. </li>
  270. </ul>
  271. </li>
  272. </ul>
  273. <dl>
  274. <dd>
  275. <dl>
  276. <dd>
  277. 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/wiki/home/page/App/UI/Address_bar/URLs.html" id="xolnki_25" title="App/UI/Address bar/URLs">Address_bar/URLs</a> for more info
  278. </dd>
  279. </dl>
  280. </dd>
  281. </dl>
  282. <ul>
  283. <li>
  284. <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/wiki/home/page/Options.html" id="xolnki_26" title="Options" class="xowa-visited">Options</a>
  285. </li>
  286. <li>
  287. <b>Right-click</b>: Right click on an image and click save as file
  288. </li>
  289. </ul>
  290. <h2>
  291. <span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span>
  292. </h2>
  293. <ul>
  294. <li>
  295. <b>Wikidata</b>: If you're seeing {{#property}} in your wikis you should also set up Wikidata. See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Wiki_types/Wikidata.html" id="xolnki_27" title="App/Wiki types/Wikidata">App/Wiki_types/Wikidata</a>
  296. </li>
  297. </ul>
  298. <h2>
  299. <span class="mw-headline" id="Links">Links</span>
  300. </h2>
  301. <table class="wikitable">
  302. <tr>
  303. <td>
  304. <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Import/Online.html" id="xolnki_28" title="Dashboard/Import/Online" class="xowa-visited">Import Online</a>
  305. </td>
  306. <td>
  307. Import a wiki from a list of 827 known Wikimedia Foundation wikis
  308. </td>
  309. </tr>
  310. <tr>
  311. <td>
  312. <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Import/Offline.html" id="xolnki_29" title="Dashboard/Import/Offline" class="xowa-visited">Import Offline</a>
  313. </td>
  314. <td>
  315. Import a wiki through a dump; import also through script; also upgrade category to version 2
  316. </td>
  317. </tr>
  318. <tr>
  319. <td>
  320. <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" id="xolnki_30" title="Dashboard/Image databases" class="xowa-visited">Image databases</a>
  321. </td>
  322. <td>
  323. Download image databases for your wiki
  324. </td>
  325. </tr>
  326. <tr>
  327. <td>
  328. <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance.html" id="xolnki_31" title="Dashboard/Wiki maintenance" class="xowa-visited">Wiki Maintenance</a>
  329. </td>
  330. <td>
  331. Update your wikis if they are outdated
  332. </td>
  333. </tr>
  334. <tr>
  335. <td>
  336. <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/FAQs.html" id="xolnki_32" title="Help/FAQs" class="xowa-visited">FAQs</a>
  337. </td>
  338. <td>
  339. View questions asked by other users
  340. </td>
  341. </tr>
  342. <tr>
  343. <td>
  344. <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Contents.html" id="xolnki_33" title="Help/Contents" class="xowa-visited">Contents</a>
  345. </td>
  346. <td>
  347. View all help topics
  348. </td>
  349. </tr>
  350. <tr>
  351. <td>
  352. <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Options.html" id="xolnki_34" title="Options" class="xowa-visited">Options</a>
  353. </td>
  354. <td>
  355. Configure XOWA options
  356. </td>
  357. </tr>
  358. <tr>
  359. <td>
  360. <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_35" title="Change log" class="xowa-visited">Change log</a>
  361. </td>
  362. <td>
  363. View changes for each XOWA release
  364. </td>
  365. </tr>
  366. <tr>
  367. <td>
  368. <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Diagnostics.html" id="xolnki_36" title="Diagnostics" class="xowa-visited">Diagnostics</a>
  369. </td>
  370. <td>
  371. Run test pages to make sure that XOWA works on your system.
  372. </td>
  373. </tr>
  374. <tr>
  375. <td>
  376. <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues" rel="nofollow" class="external text">Report issues</a>
  377. </td>
  378. <td>
  379. Report bugs / issues on Github
  380. </td>
  381. </tr>
  382. </table>
  383. </div>
  384. </div>
  385. </div>
  386. <div id="mw-head" class="noprint">
  387. <div id="left-navigation">
  388. <div id="p-namespaces" class="vectorTabs">
  389. <h3>Namespaces</h3>
  390. <ul>
  391. <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected"><span><a id="ca-nstab-main-href" href="index.html">Page</a></span></li>
  392. </ul>
  393. </div>
  394. </div>
  395. </div>
  396. <div id='mw-panel' class='noprint'>
  397. <div id='p-logo'>
  398. <a style="background-image: url(https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa/xowa_logo.png);" href="http://xowa.org/" title="Visit the main page"></a>
  399. </div>
  400. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-home'>
  401. <h3>XOWA</h3>
  402. <div class="body">
  403. <ul>
  404. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/index.html" title='Visit the main page'>Main page</a></li>
  405. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/screenshots.html" title='See screenshots of XOWA'>Screenshots</a></li>
  406. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Download_XOWA.html" title='Download the XOWA application'>Download XOWA</a></li>
  407. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" title='Download offline wikis and image databases'>Download wikis</a></li>
  408. </ul>
  409. </div>
  410. </div>
  411. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-stargin'>
  412. <h3>Getting started</h3>
  413. <div class="body">
  414. <ul>
  415. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Setup/System_requirements.html" title='Get XOWA&apos;s system requirements'>Requirements</a></li>
  416. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Setup/Installation.html" title='Get instructions for installing XOWA'>Installation</a></li>
  417. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Import/Simple_Wikipedia.html" title='Learn how to set up Simple Wikipedia'>Simple Wikipedia</a></li>
  418. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Import/English_Wikipedia.html" title='Learn how to set up English Wikipedia'>English Wikipedia</a></li>
  419. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Import/Other_wikis.html" title='Learn how to set up other Wikipedias'>Other Wikipedias</a></li>
  420. </ul>
  421. </div>
  422. </div>
  423. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-help'>
  424. <h3>Help</h3>
  425. <div class="body">
  426. <ul>
  427. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/About.html" title='Get more information about XOWA'>About</a></li>
  428. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Contents.html" title='View a list of help topics'>Contents</a></li>
  429. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Media.html" title='Read what others have written about XOWA'>Media</a></li>
  430. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Feedback.html" title='Questions? Comments? Leave feedback for XOWA'>Feedback</a></li>
  431. </ul>
  432. </div>
  433. </div>
  434. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-blog'>
  435. <h3>Blog</h3>
  436. <div class="body">
  437. <ul>
  438. <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Blog.html" title='Follow XOWA''s development process'>Current</a></li>
  439. </ul>
  440. </div>
  441. </div>
  442. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-links'>
  443. <h3>Links</h3>
  444. <div class="body">
  445. <ul>
  446. <li><a href="http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html" title="Get wiki datababase dumps directly from Wikimedia">Wikimedia dumps</a></li>
  447. <li><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=xowa" title="Search archive.org for XOWA files">XOWA @ archive.org</a></li>
  448. <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" title="Visit Wikipedia (and compare to XOWA!)">English Wikipedia</a></li>
  449. </ul>
  450. </div>
  451. </div>
  452. <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-donate'>
  453. <h3>Donate</h3>
  454. <div class="body">
  455. <ul>
  456. <li><a href="https://archive.org/donate/index.php" title="Support archive.org!">archive.org</a></li><!-- listed first due to recent fire damages: http://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-please-help-rebuild/ -->
  457. <li><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector" title="Support Wikipedia!">Wikipedia</a></li>
  458. <!-- <li><a href="" title="Support XOWA! (but only after you've supported archive.org and Wikipedia)">XOWA</a></li> -->
  459. </ul>
  460. </div>
  461. </div>
  462. </div>
  463. </body>
  464. </html>