PurpleWiki version 0.93

PurpleWiki is a WikiWikiWeb that adds purple numbers to paragraphs, headers, lists, and other fine-grained elements on a Wiki page. These numbers can be used to create links to these specific elements. Features include:

Fine-grained addressability via purple numbers.
Transclusions.
Blog integration (MovableType and blosxom)
Single sign-on via Identity Commons i-names.
Modular architecture for maximum customizability.
Template based presentation.

DOWNLOAD AND DOCUMENTATION

PurpleWiki is available at:

http://www.blueoxen.org/tools/purplewiki/

More information and documentation is available at:

http://purplewiki.blueoxen.net/

INSTALLATION

To install PurpleWiki, you must first install the modules, then install and configures the scripts you will use.

PurpleWiki has several requirements:

A web server that can run CGI programs.
Perl version 5.6.0 or greater.
The following CPAN modules:
+ AppConfig + Algorithm::Diff + CGI + CGI::Carp + CGI::Session + DB_File + LWP::UserAgent + Template + Text::Diff + Text::Wrap + XML::RSS

To install the modules, first unpack the distribution. This will create a PurpleWiki-0.93 directory. Change directories, and execute the following commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

To install the Wiki:

Copy the wikidb directory included in the distribution wherever you want it. Copy the directory and all its contents, including subdirectories. This directory must be writeable by the web server when running CGI scripts. It should not be in the publically accessible htdocs directory.
Edit wiki.pl, changing $CONFIG_DIR to the directory you just created.
Copy wiki.pl to your cgi-bin directory.
Edit the config file:

+ Change ScriptName to the URL path of the Wiki CGI

      (e.g. http://foo.bar/cgi-bin/wiki.pl).  It must be a fully
      qualified URL.

+ Change SiteName to the name of the Wiki.

5. If you would like to change the look-and-feel of the site, edit

     the templates in wikidb/templates.  More information is available
     in docs/Templates.wiki.

The Wiki should now be installed. To test, point your web browser to the PurpleWiki URL. You should see a page called FrontPage that says, "Describe the new page here." Clicking "Edit text of this page" will allow you to edit this page. Add some text, and click save. If everything works, your installation is a success!

If you plan to take advantage of Search modules beyond the default, read the documentation found within the modules to be found in the Search directory of your PurpleWiki installation in site_perl or elsewhere in @INC. Those files include additional configuration requirements.

For more information see:

http://purplewiki.blueoxen.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?InstallationTips

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

PurpleWiki is derived from:

  UseModWiki v0.92          (c) Clifford A. Adams 2000-2001
  AtisWiki v0.3             (c) Markus Denker 1998
  CVWiki CVS-patches        (c) Peter Merel 1997

The Original WikiWikiWeb (c) Ward Cunningham

PurpleWiki is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the:

Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place, Suite 330
Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PurpleWiki was inspired by two other derivatives of UseModWiki:

Wookee
http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/wiki/Wookee

TmNetWiki
http://www.technomanifestos.net/index.pl?The_Network/Source

AUTHORS

Chris Dent <cdent@blueoxen.org>
Eugene Eric Kim <eekim@blueoxen.org>

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