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I saw somewhere else that a request to run Wikidot under windoze was made, but that this isn't currently supported or documented.

After browsing the source, I've got a pretty good understanding of Wikidot V1 operation, so I'll try to set it up under WinXP SP2 (and maybe Vista after SP1 is available). I think a lot of the effort is just learning where and when to download precompiled binary files and when to compile from source. The configuration of each component is also likely to be different under XP, so I'm keeping notes on what works and what doesn't while I juggle the components to get them working on Wikidot V1. It looks like V2 requires more config and extensions, so I'm concentrating on V1 first.

If anyone else is working on this, we should share notes so we don't both go down each fruitless path of implementation and testing.

I have a regular day job, so progress will be as I find time in the evenings and on weekends. If someone else has more time to devote, I would be glad to take on small tasks as needed.

I'm in Boulder, CO US about -7 hours UTC.

Best
Jerry Schneider

Hi Jerry,

I'd also be very interested in finding a way to run Wikidot in a WAMP environment. As you may have read on Wikidot.org, I've been struggling trying to get things working on a Ubuntu server and am not quite there yet.

I'm curious which pieces (libraries?) you've identified that need to be recompiled for use on a Windows Apache server? I've been spending all of my time with my Ubuntu server and haven't tried a WAMP install. Although I'm much more comfortable on a Windows system, I figured it would be better to get it running in the environment it was originally designed before trying to get it to run in Windows!

Good luck with your efforts and keep us posted.
Thanks,
-Ed