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'''GetWiki''', as well as GetWiki.net, uses W3 recommended {{tag|XHTML}}/{{tag|CSS}} standards. GetWiki is a {{tag|PHP}} application using a {{tag|MySQL}} database, and more information and resources are available on [[GetMeta]], a [[wiki]] for the discussion of philosophy, science and technology, and support of GetWiki. | '''GetWiki''', as well as GetWiki.net, uses W3 recommended {{tag|XHTML}}/{{tag|CSS}} standards. GetWiki is a {{tag|PHP}} application using a {{tag|MySQL}} database, and more information and resources are available on [[GetMeta]], a [[wiki]] for the discussion of philosophy, science and technology, and support of GetWiki. | ||
The engine, {{tag|FoundedIn2004|founded in 2004}}, is a fork development of the [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] engine. The main purpose of the {{tag|Wiki Engine|engine}} actually | The engine, {{tag|FoundedIn2004|founded in 2004}}, is a fork development of the [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] engine. The main purpose of the {{tag|Wiki Engine|engine}} actually was to originally power [[Wikinfo|Wikinfo.org]], a website which forks the whole [[English Wikipedia]]!, (Wikinfo now uses [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]])! | ||
The engine has some special features aimed specifically at forking [[:Category:Wikipedia|wikipedia]]. | The engine has some special features aimed specifically at forking [[:Category:Wikipedia|wikipedia]]. | ||
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''Instead of red links, GetWiki uses green links to point to articles which do not exist locally. When the user follows such a link, GetWiki tries to dynamically fetch it from the wiki designated as an external source (in Wikinfo's case, the English Wikipedia), renders and displays the article text. A local copy is created only if the page is edited. Effectively, Wikinfo therefore provides a transparent "wrapper" around Wikipedia pages which have not yet been copied.'' See [ | ''Instead of red links, GetWiki uses green links to point to articles which do not exist locally. When the user follows such a link, GetWiki tries to dynamically fetch it from the wiki designated as an external source (in Wikinfo's case, the English Wikipedia), renders and displays the article text. A local copy is created only if the page is edited. Effectively, Wikinfo therefore provides a transparent "wrapper" around Wikipedia pages which have not yet been copied.'' See [[wp:Wikinfo|Wikipedia's page about Wikinfo]]. | ||
The following wikis in this [[Special:Categories|category]] are powered by the '''GetWiki''' wiki engine. | The following wikis in this [[Special:Categories|category]] are powered by the '''GetWiki''' wiki engine. | ||
[[Category:WikiUtility]] | [[Category:WikiUtility]] | ||