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Line 1: {{Short description\|Free and open-source wiki software~~, once used by Wikipedia~~}} {{redirect\|Clifford Adams\|the British singer\|Cliff Adams Singers\|the trombonist\|Kool & the Gang}} {{Infobox software \| name = UseModWiki Line 9: \| developer = Clifford Adams, Markus Lude \| released = {{Start date\|1999\|10\|11}} \| latest release version = 1.2.13 \| latest release date = {{Start date\|~~2017~~2025\|1208\|116}} \| programming language = [[Perl]]<ref name="onlamp">{{Cite web \|last=Fish \|first=Shlomi \|date=2004-11-04 \|title=Which Open Source Wiki Works For You? \|website=[[ONLamp.com]] \|publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]] \|url=http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/11/04/which_wiki.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224709/http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/11/04/which_wiki.html \|archive-date=2017-12-03}}</ref> ~~\| programming language = [[Perl]]~~ \| platform = \| size = 62.545 [[Byte#Multiple-byte units\|KiB]] (compressed)<!-- .tar.gz --> ~~\| language count = 21~~ \| genre = [[Wiki software]] \| license = [[GNU General Public License\|GPL]]<ref name="aosa">{{Cite book \|chapter-url=https://aosabook.org/en/v2/mediawiki.html \|first1=Sumana \|last1=Harihareswara \|first2=Guillaume \|last2=Paumier \|title=The Architecture of Open Source Applications \|volume=2 \|chapter=MediaWiki \|editor1-first=Amy \|editor1-last=Brown \|editor2-first=Greg \|editor2-last=Wilson \|isbn=978-1105571817 \|archive-date=2024-11-27 \|access-date=2024-11-24 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127055154/https://aosabook.org/en/v2/mediawiki.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> ~~\| license = [[GNU General Public License\|GPL]]~~ \| website = {{Official URL}} }} '''UseModWiki''' is a [[wiki software]] written in [[Perl]] and licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]]. Pages in UseModWiki are stored in [[Flat file database\|ordinary files]], not in a [[relational database]].<ref>{{Cite ~~[[Wikipedia]]s~~web in\|last=Fieldhouse ~~English~~\|first=Keith ~~and~~R. ~~many other languages were powered by UseModWiki<ref name~~\|date=~~"UseModWiki~~2005-~~2000~~04-~~10-17">{{cite web~~04 \|title=~~UseMod~~Introducing UseModWiki \|url=~~http~~https://www.~~usemod~~linux.com/~~cgi~~news/introducing-~~bin~~usemodwiki/~~wiki.pl~~ \|access-date=2024-11-24 \|website=~~UseModWiki~~[[Linux.com]] \|~~access~~language=en-~~date~~US \|quote=8[UseModWiki] ~~September~~keeps ~~2021~~its data in simple flat files (no database back end required) [...] \|archive-date=2022-10-15 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20001017191620~~20221015020411/~~http~~https://www.~~usemod~~linux.com/~~cgi~~news/introducing-~~bin~~usemodwiki/~~wiki.pl~~ \|~~archive~~url-~~date~~status=17live ~~October 2000~~}}</ref> [[Wikipedia]]s in English and many other languages were powered by UseModWiki until switching to [[MediaWiki]]. == History == After [[Ward Cunningham]] created the first wiki website [[WikiWikiWeb]], there were various "WikiWikiClones" that implemented the functions and design of WikiWikiWeb's engine ("WikiBase"), mainly written in [[Perl]]. Peter Merel developed [[WikiWikiWeb:CvWiki\|CVWiki]] which was an early WikiWikiClone released partially under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]], and Markus Denker then developed [[WikiWikiWeb:AtisWiki\|AtisWiki]] which was released under the [[GNU General Public License]] and based on CVWiki.<ref>{{cite web \|author1=Markus Denker \|title=AtisWiki \|url=http://marcusdenker.de/old/AtisWiki.html \|publisher=MarcusWiki \|access-date=25 June 2021 \|date=25 July 2002 \|archive-date=25 June 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625202853/http://marcusdenker.de/old/AtisWiki.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1990s, Clifford Adams initiated the '''Use'''net '''Mod'''eration project that would allow users to share rating, editing, and eventually summary/change information about [[Usenet]] postings.<ref>{{cite web \|author1=Clifford Adams \|title=WhyUseMod \|url=~~http~~https://www.usemod.~~com~~org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/WhyUseMod \|publisher=UseModWiki \|access-date=258 ~~June~~November 2023 \|archive-date=4 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204013443/https://www.usemod.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/WhyUseMod \|url-status=live ~~2021~~}}</ref> It was replaced by the concept of [[wiki]]s in 1999, and the development of UseModWiki started on October 11 as a simplified [[Fork (software development)\|fork]] of AtisWiki. From version 0.4 ("WikiFour") in November 1999, more functions and improvements were introduced to UseModWiki.<ref name="history">{{cite web \|title=UseModWiki/History \|url=https://www.usemod.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/History \|publisher=UseModWiki \|access-date=8 November 2023 \|archive-date=19 June 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619020311/https://www.usemod.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/History \|url-status=live }}</ref> In 2000, the second UseModWiki website [[MeatballWiki]] was launched and hosted in ''usemod.com'', along with the official website of UseModWiki. In 2001, as Adams was both of the UseModWiki developer and a [[Wikipedia community\|Wikipedian]], he brought many improvements for the usages of an encyclopedia to v0.91 and v0.92, especially "[[Wikipedia:Glossary#Free link\|free link]]s" that uses double square-brackets (e.g., <code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia]]</nowiki></code>) as an option ~~along~~for linking to another page, supplementing the older functionality of ~~with~~using [[camel case]].<ref ~~for~~name="old_versions">{{cite ~~linking~~web to\|title=UseModWiki/OldVersions ~~another~~\|url=https://www.usemod.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/OldVersions ~~page~~\|publisher=UseModWiki \|access-date=8 November 2023 \|archive-date=8 November 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108080057/https://www.usemod.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/OldVersions \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="~~old_versions~~aosa" /> In September 2003, after two years of development from the previous version, the release of version 1.0 introduced many new features including [[CSS]], [[RSS]], file uploads, [[UTF-8]]~~, and more~~.<ref>{{cite web \|title=NewFeatures \|url=~~http~~https://www.usemod.~~com~~org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/NewFeatures \|publisher=UseModWiki \|access-date=258 ~~June~~November 2023 \|archive-date=3 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203143100/https://www.usemod.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/NewFeatures \|url-status=live ~~2021~~}}</ref> The development was then halted, and a [[cross-site scripting]] vulnerability (CVE-2004-1397) was discovered in December 2004.<ref>{{cite web \|title=CVE-2004-1397 \|url=https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1397 \|publisher=[[Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures\|CVE]] \|access-date=28 March 2023 \|date=2005-02-12 \|id={{CVE\|2004-1397}} \|language=en \|archive-date=2023-03-28 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328065157/https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1397 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|author1=office.bomis.com \|title=Wikipedia: HomePage \|url=https://www.editthisnft.com/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?%3Cscript%3Ealert('This%5Cxa0pre-UseModWiki%5Cxa01.0.1%5Cxa0site%5Cxa0has%5Cxa0no%5Cxa0XSS%5Cxa0vulnerability!')%3C/script%3E \|publisher=[[Jimmy Wales]] \|access-date=28 March 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328065548/https://www.editthisnft.com/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27This%5Cxa0pre-UseModWiki%5Cxa01.0.1%5Cxa0site%5Cxa0has%5Cxa0no%5Cxa0XSS%5Cxa0vulnerability%21%27%29%3C/script%3E \|archive-date=28 March 2023 \|quote=This pre-UseModWiki 1.0.1 site has no XSS vulnerability!}}</ref> It was patched in ~~June~~July 2007 when Markus Lude took over the project of UseModWiki from Clifford Adams, with the release of version 1.0.1. Only bug fixing versions were released since that.<ref name="history"/> The official ___domain was moved to ''usemod.org'' in late September 2023, and ~~the~~a ~~latest~~minor ~~version~~update for that change was released inlater ~~December~~in ~~2017~~November.<ref>{{cite ~~name~~web \|title=~~"history"~~UseMod Wiki: UseModWiki \|url=https://www.usemod.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl \|publisher=UseModWiki \|access-date=8 November 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925224906/https://www.usemod.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl \|archive-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> == Use by Wikipedia == {{Multiple image\|total_width = 600 Line 42 ⟶ 43: }} The wiki software for the [[English Wikipedia]] was UseModWiki (phase I, retroactively) since the establishment on January 15, 2001, and as of January 2002, Wikipedias in 22 languages were powered by UseModWiki.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia \|url=http://www.wikipedia.com \|publisher=[[Bomis]] \|access-date=25 June 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020124190441/http://www.wikipedia.com/ \|archive-date=24 January 2002 \|date=24 January 2002}}</ref> ItThe ~~was~~English ~~replaced~~edition byswitched to "[[Wikipedia:Phase II software\|the PHP script]]" (phase II) on January 25, 2002, a new wiki software based on UseModWiki but rewritten in [[PHP]]. On July 20, it"the PHP script" was then replaced by its own rewritten wiki software (phase III), currently known as [[MediaWiki]], for ~~the~~ better performance and functionality. ~~=== Version history ===~~ Other language editions gradually switched to MediaWiki afterwards, and as of late 2003, only a few active editions including [[Catalan Wikipedia]] were still powered by UseModWiki.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Wikipedia: HomePage \|url=http://ca.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi \|publisher=Catalan Wikipedia \|access-date=2 April 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031113202541/http://ca.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi \|archive-date=13 November 2003 \|language=Catalan \|date=13 November 2003}}</ref> In 2004, the last-remaining UseModWiki editions switched to MediaWiki.<ref>[[meta:Wikipedia software upgrade status]]</ref> ~~{\| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; font-size:88%;"~~ ~~! colspan="3"\| Release history of UseModWiki~~ \|- ~~! Version~~ ~~! Release date<ref name="history">{{cite web \|title=UseModWiki/History \|url=http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/History \|publisher=UseModWiki \|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref>~~ ! Release notes<ref>{{cite web \|title=UseModWiki/EarlyVersions \|url=http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/EarlyVersions \|publisher=UseModWiki \|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="old_versions">{{cite web \|title=UseModWiki/OldVersions \|url=http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/OldVersions \|publisher=UseModWiki \|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Changelog \|url=https://github.com/mlude/usemod/blob/14c06ba45d83537da862a291a9d0cf0b553bf525/Changelog \|publisher=UseModWiki \|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> \|- ~~\| 0.4~~ ~~\| November 26, 1999~~ ~~\| "WikiFour"~~ * Simple installation * Speed enhancements * Subpages * Edit conflict detection \|- ~~\| 0.5~~ ~~\| January 12, 2000~~ ~~\| "WikiFive"~~ * New RecentChanges * Optional HTML cache * InterWiki links * A page redirect command \|- ~~\| 0.6~~ ~~\| January 15, 2000~~ \| * Refactored PageLink subs * Cleaned up lock errors * Several minor code cleanups * Major reorganization of home page content \|- ~~\| 0.7~~ ~~\| January 22, 2000~~ \| * Corrected error with split * Cleaned up several undefined usage warnings \|- ~~\| 0.80~~ ~~\| June 18, 2000~~ \| * New text-formatting additions: ** <nowiki></nowiki> for unordered lists, <nowiki>#</nowiki> for numbered lists, <nowiki>:</nowiki> for indented regions * <nowiki><b></nowiki> and <nowiki><i></nowiki> markup for bold and italics <nowiki><pre></nowiki> preformatted sections Raw HTML sections are allowed (controlled by an option) * URLs and InterWiki links now strip trailing punctuation * Post-editing reloading uses the Location: header to instruct the browser to reload the proper page * Redirection instructions also use the Location: code and a note is placed on the target page when redirected * Each page now has a "(diff)" link to the most recent difference * Several cleanups and refactorings \|- ~~\| 0.82~~ ~~\| July 15, 2000~~ \| * Tab-less formatting rules * Raw-HTML configuration option * New "" delimiter for links * <code><nowiki></code> tag \|- ~~\| 0.86~~ ~~\| August 26, 2000~~ \| * User preferences * Usernames * Enhanced differences Minor, Major, and Author differences are kept separately Users can choose their desired differences ** Link database \|- ~~\| 0.88~~ ~~\| October 12, 2000~~ \| * Edit previews * Improved formatting: URL and InterWiki links ignore trailing punctuation New bracketed-URLs (and InterWiki links) like [1] and [2] ** Some minor wiki-markup bugs were fixed (mostly interactions between markup rules) * Random-link option for the linkbar \|- ~~\| 0.90~~ ~~\| December 24, 2000~~ \| * Kept pages * Links with descriptive text like <nowiki>[A link to Yahoo!]</nowiki> \|- ~~\| 0.91~~ ~~\| February 16, 2001~~ \| * Fixed old-revision conflict bug (editing old revisions). * HTML characters like © and ∞ can be used on pages. * Optional headers like <nowiki>= big-header (h1) text =</nowiki> and <nowiki>=== some h3 text ===</nowiki>. * New <nowiki><code></nowiki> tag for inline quoting of code in a fixed-width font. This tag also acts like the <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag and suppresses wiki formatting. * Free links and free links with description text allow pages with spaces and some puctuation in their names. * Local bracket-links like [WikiName description] are now not special by default, although the old 0.90-version behavior is an option. * Optional disabling of automatic LinkPattern links (if you really want to get rid of the classic Wiki:CamelCase names.) * Older rclog (RecentChanges) entries can be moved to another file, and will only be loaded if required. * Admin page deletion (can be given to Editor-level): immediate and total, including RecentChanges. * Admin page renaming: also renames RecentChanges entries and links on all other pages linking to the page. \|- ~~\| 0.92~~ ~~\| April 21, 2001~~ \| * Optional x translation table for non-English wikis. * Better behavior in non-traditional CGI environments like mod_perl or FastCGI. * Bugfixes for free links, especially detection of illegal link names. * Free links are now converted to a canonical uppercase form by default (all words start with an uppercase letter). This new behavior can be turned off. * Faster index of all pages. * Optional stylesheet support. * Several new minor features. \|- ~~\| 1.0~~ ~~\| September 12, 2003~~ ~~\| [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki/NewFeatures UseModWiki/NewFeatures]~~ * Style sheets * RSS feeds * File uploads * Better compatibility with 8-bit characters * LocalWiki and local links * KeepSize * Custom HTML insertion \|- ~~\| 1.0.1~~ ~~\| June 9, 2007~~ ~~\| Bugfix release~~ \|- ~~\| 1.0.2~~ ~~\| August 26, 2007~~ ~~\| Bugfix release~~ \|- ~~\| 1.0.3~~ ~~\| September 12, 2007~~ ~~\| Bugfix release~~ \|- ~~\| 1.0.4~~ ~~\| December 1, 2007~~ ~~\| Bugfix release~~ \|- ~~\| 1.0.5~~ ~~\| August 28, 2009~~ ~~\| Bugfix release~~ \|- ~~\| 1.0.6~~ ~~\| November 5, 2016~~ ~~\| Bugfix release~~ \|- ~~\| 1.1.0~~ ~~\| October 31, 2017~~ ~~\| Bugfix release~~ \|- ~~\| 1.2.0~~ ~~\| November 5, 2017~~ ~~\| Bugfix release~~ \|- ~~\| 1.2.1~~ ~~\| December 1, 2017~~ ~~\| Bugfix release~~ \|} == See also == Line 220 ⟶ 63: {{Commons category}} * {{official website}} ** [~~http~~https://www.usemod.~~com~~org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SiteList List of sites running UseModWiki] * [https://www.linux.com/news/introducing-usemodwiki/ Introducing UseModWiki]