Source Code And Installation

Download location(s)

• mirror 1: Wikiasp.zip

How about if you want it on your own computer?

Minimum Requirements for your own server.

• Windows 2000 or Windows XP
• 128 mb RAM or above recommended
• Internet Information Server (IIS) component installed
• ADOX and FSO components

Windows 2008 and above

• Create a separate website and runs under AppplicationPoolIdentity
• In the site App pool Enable 32-bit applications
• enable Anonymous Authenticaion and grant write access to IIS_IUSRS built-in account to the db folder.

Installing Wiki Asp on your PC.

• Prerequisites: Be sure that your Windows have IIS ( Internet Information Server ) installed in your machine.
  It is recommended to log in with administrator privileges.
• Step 1. Create Wiki Asp Folder. In Windows Explorer create a new folder. Right-click on the folder, select Web Sharing..
  
• Step 2. Share the folder. On the tab Web Sharing, click radio button Share this folder, and add Alias (i.e. Wikiasp), click Add.
  
• Step 3. Copy files to Folder. Download this http://wikiaspserve.1apps.com/wikiasp.zip>Wikiasp Zip File and extract it to the folder. That's it.
• Finally. You can try browsing it by http://localhost/Wikiasp to see if it works!

Configuration Ideas

1. You can create multiple Ms Access Db

Lets say you obtained a monkey account from 1asphost.com with the name JohnDoe. You can create a folder, then simply upload the zip file to this folder and create another ms access file as shown below.

 +--/wiki???
    | 
    +- wiki.asp 
    +- wiki.css 
    +- icon.jpg 
    +- default.htm 
    +--/db
       |
       +--MyWikiHome.mdb
       +--MyVacation.mdb

The sites can be accessed by these URLs:

 http://a.1asphost.com/JohnDoe/wiki/wiki.asp?db=MyWikiHome
 http://a.1asphost.com/JohnDoe/wiki/wiki.asp?db=MyVacation

2. You can also create multiple directories

 +--/wiki1
 |  | 
 |  +- wiki.asp 
 |  +- wiki.css 
 |  +- icon.jpg 
 |  +- default.htm 
 |  +--/db
 |     |
 |     +--MyWikiHome.mdb
 |     +--MyWikiHome.ini
 |
 +--/wiki2
    | 
    +- wiki.asp 
    +- wiki.css 
    +- icon.jpg 
    +- default.htm 
    +--/db
       |
       +--MyWikiHome.mdb
       +--MyWikiHome.ini

The independent sites can be accessed by these URLs:

 http://a.1asphost.com/JohnDoe/Wiki1
 http://a.1asphost.com/JohnDoe/Wiki2

Some Installation Questions

Why do I get an empty page or error when I run the web site the first time ?

• FSO (File System Objects) is not available. Normally, it is installed together with IIS. You MAY have to create db folder yourself and upload wikiasp.db manually. For your convenience, you can download this empty WIKIASP.DB here.
• Fix some priveleges problem on the folders

This site has nice style sheet! How do I see these css styles now?

My Wiki Asp site always starts with the Wiki Asp page. How do I change the start page?

  create db\WikiAsp.ini  if you are using db\WikiAsp.mdb
  create db\MyWikiSite.ini  if you are using db\MyWikiSite.mdb
  create db\HellowThere.ini  if you are using db\HellowThere.mdb
  etc, etc.. 

XXXXXX.ini is a text file containing just 1 line with a word (the Starting Wikipage Name). Note that if you created another MS Access DB then the initialization file would start with the same name.

For example, if db\ Wiki Asp.ini contains the following:

 MyMainSite
 

How does WikiAsp choose the MS Access DB, Css File and Icon to use?

For the table below, stands for the name of MS Access Db file excluding the extension. For example MyNewHome or MyVacation. Yup, Its a wiki word format.

If db is not specified, is WikiAsp. (Which means program will use WikiAsp.mdb MS access file).

Note that you can the program looks for a GIF icon file first before JPG icon file.

How do I add foreign characters?

Approximately line 580 of the source code, you will find how Bjarne's code substitutes Danish characters to suit his needs.

If you are using these characters, ALWAYS check the source code (about line 580), if the substitution characters are lost somewhere. Cut the text above and paste it appropriately in your code.

Also, some users have change the source code

I get the "File is being edited by another user" Error randomly. why?

• This error message indicates that someone has edited the current page while you are working on it. Clicking on the link will get the fresh page.
• If you still can not save the page, it may mean that the browser has cached the input. To correct this, you must HIT REFRESH in the browser while you are on the EDIT page.
• Also be sure that your WIKI.ASP version has the following code (located on the first lines to prevent cache).

 Response.CacheControl = "no-cache"
 Response.AddHeader "Pragma", "no-cache"
 Response.Expires = -1

What possible Free Websites can I use to try this wiki?

Upload this program to the free sites and it will work as is using default settings.

How do I add the CSS for Tables?

• I added table support (ElreyRonald 6/2004). See also Text Formatting Rules
• You an now use pipe character and exclamation char to contruct tables. The meaning of '|' which was formerly for block quotes is now changed to mean tables. Note: if you used '|' previously as block quote, you should NOW replace occurrences of it with the '>' character.
• Three row colors are possible using style sheet - just add these lines to your CSS file.

 .Tableclass { background-color: #f8f8f8; border: #505050 1px solid; border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 10pt; }
 .Tablecell{ border-collapse: collapse;border: #909090 1px solid;
  padding-left: 6px;padding-right: 6px;	padding-bottom: 3px; font-size: 10pt; }
 .Tablerow1 { background-color: #DAE1F9 ; border: #505050 1px solid; border-collapse: collapse;	 font-size: 10pt; }
 .Tablerow2 { background-color: #FFEACC ; border: #505050 1px solid; border-collapse: collapse;	 font-size: 10pt; }
 .Tablerow3 { background-color: #EDF8ED ; border: #505050 1px solid; border-collapse: collapse;	 font-size: 10pt; }