View source for How this site works

==Software==
This site works using [[metawikipedia:mediawiki|mediawiki]] system, that is originally intended for collaborative web sites. 

[[metawikipedia:mediawiki|mediawiki]] is not a product intended for creating [[personal websites]]. However, I decided that it is a good candidate for [[my purpose]], due to several reasons including: 
* It's easy to edit and maintain. 
* It allows others to participate
* It is not something that will die tomorrow, for it is [http://assela.pathirana.net/skins/common/images/gnu-fdl.png GPL] and thousands of users are already committed to it by using it as a wiki software.

There was (and still is, and will be :-) ) some mismatches between what [[metawikipedia:mediawiki|mediawiki]] provided and what I needed. [[Mediawiki for personal webs]] is an account of my efforts to tame it as an acceptable personal web site. Nothing original here, almost all these changes are either described in [[metawikipedia:help|mediawiki documentation]] or were learned from other people's experiences.

==Hosting==
This site is hosted with one of the cheapest web hosting services. You may ask are they good? In a single word, ''No'' -- they are far from what an ideal host should be. However, considering that their charges are also small (small enough to do this as a hobby!), I am in no position to complain.  

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