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{{Infobox software
| name                   = Oxwall
| title                  = '''Oxwall'''
| logo                   = [[Image:Oxwall_software_logo.jpg|100px]]
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| author                 = 
| developer              = Oxwall Foundation
| released               = {{Start date|2011|01|14}} (1.0)<ref name="Oxwall10">{{cite web |url=http://blog.oxwall.org/tag/1-0 |title=Oxwall 1.0 stable + plugin updates! |author=Sarnogoev, Emil |publisher=Oxwall Foundation |date=14 January 2011 |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref>
| discontinued           = 
| frequently updated     = yes<!-- Release version update? Don't edit this page, just click on the version number! -->
| programming language   = PHP
| operating system       = Cross-platform
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| size                   = 
| language               = English
| status                 = 
| genre                  = Social networking software,<br />Personal information management software
| license                = Common Public Attribution License
| website                = [http://www.oxwall.org/ Oxwall.org]
}}

'''Oxwall''' is a free open-source social networking software platform. The strength of the platform is strongly based on plugins, which act as "complete units of functionality."<ref name="OxHome">{{cite web |url=http://www.oxwall.org/index |title=Oxwall Software |publisher=Oxwall Foundation |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref>

==Product history==

In early 2009 Oxwall began life as OpenWack, an open-source project started by software developer Skalfa eCommerce.<ref name="OpenWack09">{{cite web |url=http://www.openwack.org/ |title=OpenWack - Open Source Community Software |publisher=Skalfa eCommerce |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090215222630/http://www.openwack.org/ |archivedate=15 February 2009 |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> It was mostly an empty framework at the time of introduction, and significant alpha and beta development followed. On July 24, 2010, the OpenWack team announced in unclear terms that a potential threat to the project came in the form of a name dispute, prompting the team to rename the project to "Oxwall."<ref name="OpenWackToOx">{{cite web |url=http://www.openwack.org/blog/2010/07 |title=OpenWack is now Oxwall! |author=Sarnogoev, Emil |publisher=Skalfa eCommerce |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100806031226/http://www.openwack.org/blog/2010/07 |archivedate=06 August 2010 |date=24 July 2010 |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref> After more betas and release candidates, version 1.0 of Oxwall finally arrived on January 14, 2011.<ref name="Oxwall10" /> On April 6, the development team announced that with the release of version 1.1 of Oxwall, the project would be transferred from Skalfa to a new entity, the Oxwall Foundation, in effect granting intellectual rights and the Oxwall trademark in the process.<ref name="OxwallTransfer">{{cite web |url=http://blog.oxwall.org/2011/04/oxwall-foundation |title=Oxwall Foundation |author=Sarnogoev, Emil |publisher=Oxwall Foundation |date=06 April 2011 |accessdate=18 December 2012}}</ref>

Citing criticism for lack of content management system tools, the developers announced in 2015 that they would update content management tools, "refine existing interfaces and rethink some basic assumptions in the product, and how they match real life usage patterns." The development team also said it would improve the mobile version as well as documentation on the software.<ref name="IsmailOx15">{{cite web |url=https://www.cmscritic.com/oxwall-reveals-new-focus-on-interface-mobile-going-into-2015/ |title=Oxwall Reveals New Focus On Interface & Mobile Going Into 2015 |author=Ismail, Kaya |publisher=CMS Critic |date=06 February 2015 |accessdate=15 February 2016}}</ref>

==Features==

The extended features of Oxwall are essentially defined by the plugins added to the architecture. As Oxwall is essentially a platform for further plugins or modules, extended features may vary. However, some of the base features of Oxwall include<ref name="OxHome" />:

* photo and video sharing
* blog, forum, and wiki support
* group, event, and friend management
* comment, tag, and rating management
* privacy and profile customization
* collaboration tools

==Hardware/software requirements==

There are [http://docs.oxwall.org/install:manual several installation methods for Oxwall]. For manual installation, server host requirements for Oxwall include:

* Apache 2 or higher (with mod_rewrite module)
* PHP 5.2.6 or higher (with specific modules and settings)
* [[MySQL]] 5.0 or higher
* GD Library 2 with FreeType support
* a mail server
* Cron

Consult the installation guide for the fine details.

==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

* Screenshots of Oxwall can be found on [http://www.softaculous.com/softwares/socialnetworking/Oxwall Softaculous].
* A demo of Oxwall is available [http://demo.oxwall.org/ on the site].

==Entities using Oxwall==



==Further reading==



==External links==

* [https://github.com/oxwall/oxwall Oxwall on GitHub]
* [http://blog.oxwall.org/ Oxwall blog]
* [http://www.softaculous.com/softwares/socialnetworking/Oxwall Oxwall at Softaculous]

==References==
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