======Dartar======

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== My homepage ==
[[http://nitens.org/ nitens.org]]

== Where it all began ==
I chose WikkaWiki as a very easy-to-install [[Docs:WikiEngine wiki engine]] while I was reviewing a number of open source CMS for a project. I needed easy extensibility, good CSS support, and something MySQL/PHP based. I made some hacks to the code, became more and more involved and... finally became part of the [[CreditsPage Wikka development crew]].
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== Why Wikka instead of other wikis?==
I believe the main appeal of Wikka to many of its users lies in its **[[Docs:LightweightInfo lightweightness]]** and its **easy hackability**. Installing a wiki on an existing website is often painfully hard for the unexperienced user. Making it //look and feel// as the site itself is sometimes even harder. People willing to:
~1) [[WikkaIntegration integrate]] seamlessly a wiki engine into their site (without having to dig into dozens of lines of code);
~1) have their site run by an [[Docs:InvisibleWiki invisible wiki engine]];
might have good reasons to choose Wikka.

== Why lightweightness matters ?==
**Lightweightness** does not mean lack of [[Docs:WikkaFeatures features]].
Lightweightness is what spares you from discovering something like this (quoting from ##""Special:Statistics""##, after a fresh installation of ""MediaWiki"" on my machine and some very preliminary testing):

~//There are **734 total pages** in the database. This includes "talk" pages, pages about Wikipedia, minimal "stub" pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as content pages. --- Excluding those, there are **3 pages** that are probably legitimate content pages.//

Wikka's approach is the opposite of MediaWiki's: we provide you with a fast, reliable, standards-compliant and secure engine, you install only the [[Docs:InstallingPlugins features that you need]].
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==A touch of style==
Wikka is ''structure''. To shape its ''surface'' you can create and select [[Docs:WikkaThemes themes]].
(see also my experimental [[http://css.openformats.org/wikka.php?wakka=MySkin Wikka skin server]])

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==Using wikka==

I've created and maintain [[http://www.openformats.org openformats.org]] a site for promoting open formats running on WikkaWiki, with a couple of hacks:

~-[[http://www.openformats.org/TestUTF8 UTF-8 Support]] - thanks to AndreaRossato's [[HandlingUTF8 code]] and unvaluable help;
~-UserAdmin - user management interface;
~-FeedbackAction - displays a module to send feedback to the wiki administrator;
~-[[http://www.wikini.net/wakka.php?wiki=ActionInclude IncludeAction]] (adapted from [[http://www.wikini.net Wikini]]) - includes more pages in a single page;
~-NotifyOnChange - a simple way to get an email notification each time a page is edited (adapted from [[http://www.wikini.net/wakka.php?wiki=NotificationParCourriel Wikini]]);
~-dynamic CSS - random modifications of the wiki layout;
~-altlang links for same page in different languages;
~-HideReferrers - avoids spambot problems by hiding the referrer link to anonymous users;
~-LoggedUsersHomepage - creates a different homepage for logged users;
~-RedirectOnLogin - automatically redirects to a specific page on login/logout;
~-SmartTitle - checks if a ##""==Header==""## of any level is included in the page body, otherwise displays pagename;

{{image class="left" alt="openformats.org" title="Why use open formats?" url="http://www.openformats.org/images/logo.png" link="http://www.openformats.org/"}}


My [[http://nitens.org personal homepage]] is [[Docs:InvisibleWiki invisibly run]] by the [[Docs:WhatsNew latest]] Wikka package .

<<==Some of my contributions==
~- IncludeRemote - a plugin for fetching wikka-formatted content from a remote Wikka server
~- PageAdminAction - a page administration module
~- UserAdmin - a user management module
~- MySkin - a beta skin selector and editor
~- WikkaMenus - a module for customizing wikka menus
~- PagedComments - a configurable comment pager
~- A bunch of [[TestSkin CSS stylesheets]] for Wikka, including:
~~-//dartar.css//
~~-//dartar2.css//
~~-//dariotaraborelli.css//
~~-//minigray.css//
~~-//pink.css//
~~-//smooth.css//
~~-//void.css//
~~-//whitew.css//
~- GrabCodeHandler - a quick download handler for code blocks
~- AcronymFormatter - a parse for acronyms/abbreviations
~- InvisibleWiki - hints on how to run an invisible wiki engine
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