Wikka Developer Blog

With the release of version 1.2, we introduced support for 100%-modular themes in WikkaWiki. We believe a wiki engine should not force you to use its default layout: the best wikis are those that can be modified to seamlessly run behind the scenes without betraying their presence or to match the look and feel of an existing website.

In this post we’ll guide you through the creation of a custom theme.
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If your wiki runs on Apache with rewrite_mode on and depending on your server configuration, you may have noticed some glitches with the display of themes. The kubrick theme, for one, doesn’t seem to correctly load the embedded graphics. The fix is simple: rewrite rules should be disabled in the templates folder. Simply create a file with the following content and save it as templates/.htaccess:

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<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>
        # turn on rewrite engine
        RewriteEngine off
</ifmodule>

The graphics called by the stylesheets of the themes should now be loaded. The same fix may need to be applied to plugins/templates if you are installing custom themes.

Wikka has been included in the list of one-click installers available with Amahi. If you are interested in other 3rd-party installers for WikkaWiki, you can also try SimpleScripts and InstallAll.

Are you wondering why your wiki shows a decreasing number of daily referrers? A minor code change accidentally introduced in 1.1.6.4 prevents referrers from being correctly stored.

Here’s how to fix this issue:

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