Oxwall
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Oxwall is free and open source community software distributed under the Common Public Attribution License
. It is written in PHP
and is used as a platform for social networking and community sites.
The default Oxwall software core contains basic community features that include uploading/sharing content, friends networking, profile and page layout customization, user and content management, built-in SEO. Oxwall comes with several default themes that are customizable with admin dashboard tools.
The Oxwall core is extensible by plugins. The plugins are available at the Oxwall Store, and are provided both by native and third-party developers. Plugin installation is performed via the admin dashboard.
Oxwall software requires a web server
capable of running PHP 5.2.6 or higher, Apache
2 or higher and MySQL 5.0 or higher.
On Mar 31, 2011 Oxwall was added to Softaculous software collection, and is now available for quick installation on any hosting account supported by Softaculous hosting partners.
. The private testing started in 2009. In January 2010 the company launched a public beta of Wall.fm, and in August 2010 it released Oxwall as an open source project to create a competitive advantage for the hosted service.
In February 2011 (Oxwall 1.0.4) Skalfa LLC stakeholders donated the intellectual rights
and Oxwall trademark
to a non-profit organization - Oxwall Foundation - in order to make the project purely open source.
Oxwall foundation staff is the team of developers that initially worked on the product at Skalfa LLC.
At present, Skalfa is the main donator of Oxwall Foundation.
Common Public Attribution License
The Common Public Attribution License is a free software license approved by the Open Source Initiative in 2007. Its purpose is to be a general license for software distributed over a network...
. It is written in PHP
PHP
PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...
and is used as a platform for social networking and community sites.
The default Oxwall software core contains basic community features that include uploading/sharing content, friends networking, profile and page layout customization, user and content management, built-in SEO. Oxwall comes with several default themes that are customizable with admin dashboard tools.
The Oxwall core is extensible by plugins. The plugins are available at the Oxwall Store, and are provided both by native and third-party developers. Plugin installation is performed via the admin dashboard.
Oxwall software requires a web server
Web server
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capable of running PHP 5.2.6 or higher, Apache
Apache
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2 or higher and MySQL 5.0 or higher.
On Mar 31, 2011 Oxwall was added to Softaculous software collection, and is now available for quick installation on any hosting account supported by Softaculous hosting partners.
History
Oxwall software was initially developed by Skalfa LLC, a commercial organization, as a platform for the hosted social network builder - Wall.fmWall.fm
Wall.fm is an online service for people to build and host social networks, which is powered by Oxwall software. Wall.fm allows users over 18 years old to register a free account and create custom social networking websites...
. The private testing started in 2009. In January 2010 the company launched a public beta of Wall.fm, and in August 2010 it released Oxwall as an open source project to create a competitive advantage for the hosted service.
In February 2011 (Oxwall 1.0.4) Skalfa LLC stakeholders donated the intellectual rights
Intellectual rights
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and Oxwall trademark
Trademark
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to a non-profit organization - Oxwall Foundation - in order to make the project purely open source.
Oxwall foundation
Oxwall Foundation is an independent non-profit organization founded in 2011 to continue development of the Oxwall software and oversee all related long-term projects.Oxwall foundation staff is the team of developers that initially worked on the product at Skalfa LLC.
Executive board
- Emil Sarnogoev, Chairman
- Nurlan Dzhumakaliev, VP Technology
- Denis Juikov, VP Operations
Development team
- Sardar Madumarov
- Sergey Kambalin
- Egor Bulgakov
- Evgeniy Podyachev
- Zarif Safiullin
- Yulka Sarnogoeva
At present, Skalfa is the main donator of Oxwall Foundation.