The Wikka Docs
This website hosts the official documentation of WikkaWiki. Contributions for missing entries and discussion are welcome and should follow these guidelines.Note: Since 1.3.5, the WikkaWiki repository and issue tracker has been managed at github. Any links on this site pointing to any other site other than github are now obsolete and no longer work. Please feel free to access the issue tracker at our new home.
License
The end-use documentation for WikkaWiki is licensed under the Creative Common Attribution-ShareAlike License .
What's new in Wikka
Download
Latest stable release (released 19Apr2020):
what's new? :: release notes :: verifying files
User-contributed
localized packages
User-contributed
plugins
Documentation shortcuts
The concept
If the concept of a wiki is new to youWikka Vision
The Wikka way to content managementSee also:
Basics
General documentation for end users- Using the editor toolbar (WikkaEdit) since 1.1.6.4
- Threaded comments since 1.3
Advanced
Documentation for experienced users and content administrators- Adding to a page:
- Tables since 1.2
Administration
Documentation for Wikka administrators- Installing plugins since 1.1.6.6
- Customizing Wikka's look & feel:
- Installing themes since 1.2
- Menu configuration files since 1.2
- Menu widgets since 1.2
- Database information since 1.1.6.4
- Current configuration settings since 1.1.6.4
- Creating wiki translations since 1.3
- User Administration since 1.1.6.4
- Page Administration since 1.1.6.4
- BreadcrumbConfiguration | since 1.3.6
Development
Developer documentation on the inner working and architecture of Wikka.Please bear in mind that pages on this server contain mainly archival material for documentation purposes. If you wish to contribute to the development of Wikka, we suggest you check the contributor guidelines on the main server and the Wikka Tracker
The files of the Wikka distribution (also available as a MindMap)
The structure of the MySQL tables of Wikka
History of the main modifications of this engine
Outlines the structure of wikka.php, the core of Wikka, which contains all the functions
Explains how actions function and how to build new actions. Actions are used to add automatic content to wikipages
Explains how the formatter works and how to build formatters. The formatter is in charge of converting wiki syntax into HTML output
Explains how handlers function and how to build new handlers. Handlers perform a number of operations on a wiki page as a whole, e.g. deleting, creating, editing a page.
Describes CSS classes used by Wikka and how to customize them.
Describes what third-party software is bundled with Wikka and where to find more information.
Wikka main server: http://wikkawiki.org