PurpleWiki 0.9 Released
August 17, 2003
I'm pleased to announce the availability of the long awaited PurpleWiki version 0.9. (0001HW)
PurpleWiki is a WikiWikiWeb? implementation derived from UseModWiki that adds several features and modularizes the code for easier development. Some of the features include: (0001HX)
- Purple numbers, a system that allows fine-grained linking to content elements in a web page. (0001HY)
- A flexible parser that supports pluggable output formats and use by other tools. Plugins for use with the MovableType and Bloxsom weblog tools are included. (0001HZ)
- RSS feeds of recent changes. (0001I0)
- TransClusion of content between pages managed by the parser (within and without the wiki). (0001I1)
The release includes extensive code cleanup, refactoring and documentation. (0001I2)
Access to the release, documentation, and development information can be found at http://www.blueoxen.org/tools/purplewiki/ (0001I3)
The distribution package itself: http://www.blueoxen.org/tools/purplewiki/purplewiki-0.9.tar.gz (0001I4)
The fun usefulness that is PurpleWiki is better experienced than explained. Follow the links below for some samples: (0001I5)
- The PurpleWiki home wiki: http://purplewiki.blueoxen.net/ (0001I6)
- This blog, using the PurpleWiki MovableType plugin, including a collection of entries on the PurpleWiki development process and many things purple. (0001I7)
EugeneEricKim's blog, using the PurpleWiki Bloxsom plugin: (0001I8)
http://www.eekim.com/blog/ (0001I9)
There are announce, user and developer mailing lists for PurpleWiki. Find more information about these at: (0001IA)
http://purplewiki.blueoxen.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MailingLists (0001IB)
Comments
Wow, Chris, you've been busy! (0001IR)