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==Website News/History== | ==Website News/History== | ||
;October 27, 2005 | ;October 27, 2005 | ||
*WikiIslam was created. The URL was announced to a small group of potential editors who started work on the initial content. | *WikiIslam was created. The URL was announced to a small group of potential editors who started work on the initial content. | ||
;September 4, 2006 | ;September 4, 2006 | ||
*After about one year, the site was opened to the public. | *After about one year, the site was opened to the public. | ||
;April 4, 2007 | ;April 4, 2007 | ||
*WikiIslam was inaccessible from 3/20 to 4/4 (about 2 weeks) basically due to security problems in the server (no data was lost). | *WikiIslam was inaccessible from 3/20 to 4/4 (about 2 weeks) basically due to security problems in the server (no data was lost). | ||
;May 6, 2007 | ;May 6, 2007 | ||
*Custom edit toolbar buttons were created for Islamic templates (Quran and Hadith). | *Custom edit toolbar buttons were created for Islamic templates (Quran and Hadith). | ||
;July 24, 2007 | ;July 24, 2007 | ||
*Video tags were enabled. | *Video tags were enabled. | ||
;September 2, 2007 | ;September 2, 2007 | ||
*Anonymous IP address editing was enabled. | *Anonymous IP address editing was enabled. | ||
;October 8, 2007 | ;October 8, 2007 | ||
*The FFI server was hacked on September 11, 2007 due to which our site was down for almost a month. Editing was disabled for about one year due to server issues. | *The FFI server was hacked on September 11, 2007 due to which our site was down for almost a month. Editing was disabled for about one year due to server issues. | ||
;August 25, 2008 | ;August 25, 2008 | ||
*We moved the site to shared hosting and editing was enabled again. [[WikiIslam:Database Compaction|Database compaction]] was done for the first time to reduce the size of the database. | *We moved the site to shared hosting and editing was enabled again. [[WikiIslam:Database Compaction|Database compaction]] was done for the first time to reduce the size of the database. | ||
;February 22, 2009 | ;February 22, 2009 | ||
* [[WikiIslam:Join the Team|Donation page]] created. | |||
*[[WikiIslam:Join the Team|Donation page]] created. | |||
;March 18, 2009 | |||
*A [[WikiIslam:Administrators|lockdown mode]] was created for the wiki which protected against persistent vandalism | |||
* A [[WikiIslam:Administrators|lockdown mode]] was created for the wiki which protected against persistent vandalism | |||
;May 4, 2011 | ;May 4, 2011 | ||
* WikiIslam page removed by Facebook. Apologies to our Facebook fans. | |||
*WikiIslam page removed by Facebook. Apologies to our Facebook fans. | |||
;December 2011 | ;December 2011 | ||
*To maintain site integrity, the [[WikiIslam:Pending Changes Protection|flagged revisions]] extension was installed so edits by new and IP users have to be approved by existing users. | *To maintain site integrity, the [[WikiIslam:Pending Changes Protection|flagged revisions]] extension was installed so edits by new and IP users have to be approved by existing users. | ||
;August 2012 | ;August 2012 | ||
*Occasional traffic spikes caused high CPU usage. We had used shared hosting from August 2008-2012 (4 years) but it could no longer support our traffic. | |||
*Occasional traffic spikes caused high CPU usage. We had used shared hosting from August 2008-2012 (4 years) but it could no longer support our traffic. | |||
;October 2012 | ;October 2012 | ||
*We upgraded from shared hosting to VPS in October 2012. Database compaction was done before the move for the second time to reduce the size of the database. | *We upgraded from shared hosting to VPS in October 2012. Database compaction was done before the move for the second time to reduce the size of the database. | ||
;February 2013 | ;February 2013 | ||
* We were on a VPS hosting plan but were still using a lot of CPU (on average, 70% of our allotted CPU). We moved to a new VPS server setup for improved speed and growth opportunities | |||
* Work on the [[:ru:Заглавная страница|Russian]] sub-domain started and it is now open to the public. | *We were on a VPS hosting plan but were still using a lot of CPU (on average, 70% of our allotted CPU). We moved to a new VPS server setup for improved speed and growth opportunities | ||
*Work on the [[:ru:Заглавная страница|Russian]] sub-domain started and it is now open to the public. | |||
;April 12, 2015 | ;April 12, 2015 | ||
* The [[:bg:Начална_страница|Bulgarian]] sub-domain was created. | |||
*The [[:bg:Начална_страница|Bulgarian]] sub-domain was created. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[WikiIslam:Site Map|Site Map]] ''- Use to navigate WikiIslam and find the information you need'' | *[[WikiIslam:Site Map|Site Map]] ''- Use to navigate WikiIslam and find the information you need'' | ||
[[Category:WikiIslam]] | [[Category:WikiIslam]] | ||