May 5, 2008

W2 is a lightweight PHP wiki engine I wrote for my own usage. My design goals were:

• Plain text file storage (no databases)
• Markdown syntax
• Wiki-like linking
• Search
• Ability to embed images
• Fast
• Works well on iPhone

I made the source available for anyone else who wants to tinker with it, but it's mainly for me.

Update

I just checked a bunch of changes into the project that I've been sitting on for a while.

• Changed the default font and date formatting
• Editor now fills the width of the browser, as this works fine on the iPhone
• Fixed a bug where you could get stuck in edit mode if the default page didn't exist
• Made some of the config variables self-discovering for easier installation and better out-of-box experience
• Added a SELF config variable that means the script no longer has to be named "index.php" (this makes it easier to use W2 as an editor for Laguna)
• Nicer error message when a page save fails
• Auto-links message: URLs, so you can just drag in an email from Apple Mail to link to it
• Longer time to cookie expiration by default

Also, Abhi Beckert has checked in a variety of improvements, such as hashed passwords for better security. Thanks, Abhi!