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We are trying to create a complete '''Technical Manual for the MediaWiki Software''', however there are many areas that are incomplete or missing.  Please contribute information about installing, running and developing for MediaWiki software.  See also [[Help:Contents|public domain help pages]]. Currently much content is still on meta (search for "manual" at http://meta.wikimedia.org/ - more than 1,000 references as of April 12, 2007!)  Please expand this manual to include all the other nitty-gritty bits of info that are useful to developers and sysadmins.

We desperately need a neat, clean, sophisticated group of accurate and unambiguous instruction manuals for each part of a MediaWiki wiki's life:
# preparing gear and software, 
# creation from scratch, 
# design criteria for your particular MediaWiki implementation (hardware, software, extensions, organizational structure and customizations), 
# publicity and community building, 
# ongoing maintenance and administration, 
# crash recovery and prevention, 
# importing (to build your initial resource) and exporting (to migrate your data and to reuse or re-purpose your data, 
# turning your MediaWiki over to the next generation of WikiMasters, 
# inheriting an existing Wiki from known or unknown previous WikiMasters<br>
... and so on.  Got ideas and experiences?  HELP!  Anything in <font color="#BA0000">red</font> is missing!  Please add your own new sections as your experience dictates.  Thanks!

Here are some sections that are completely missing - please add what you can!

* '''[[Manual:Preview/Overview of basic steps to building a MediaWiki|Preview/Overview of basic steps to building a MediaWiki]]'''
: Private or networked or Internet-connected computer with Operating System
: Web Server software - Apache, Microsoft IIs
: Database server - MySQL
: Management software - PHP
: Customizations - MediaWiki and your configuration choices
: A web browser!
* '''[[Manual:MediaWiki Basic setup and configuration|MediaWiki Basic setup and configuration]]'''
: Detailed step-by-step checklists
:: [[Manual:Installation]] and [[Manual:OS specific help]] were moved from Meta, but they still need cleanup.
: Designing your organizational scheme for users, data, security, maintenance
:: [[Manual:Before installing]] should deal with this.
* '''[[Manual:MediaWiki backup/restore and import/export|MediaWiki backup/restore and import/export]]
: How to inherit a MediaWiki and re-set it up
: Crash recovery and prevention
: [[Manual:Backing up a wiki]] exists, [[Manual:Moving a wiki]] has some of this information too.

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