Manual:FAQ

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define( "NS_PORTAL", 100 );
define( "NS_PORTAL_TALK", 101 );
$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_PORTAL] = "Portal";
$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_PORTAL_TALK] = "Portal_talk";

Portal_talk
images
true
$wgFileExtensions[] = 'pdf';

$wgFileExtensions = array_merge($wgFileExtensions, array( 'pdf', 'txt', 'mp3' ));

$wgMimeDetectorCommand = "file --brief --mime";
   |Template:Anchor (or Anchors): too many anchors, maximum is ten}}}} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}

AdminSettings.php
AdminSettings.sample
maintenance/createAndPromote.php --username <new user name> --password <password for that user>
--bureaucrat
--help
UPGRADE
UPGRADE
$wgLogo = 'http://www.example.com/wiki/images/6/62/photoname.jpg';

$wgLogo = "{$wgScriptPath}/photoname.jpg";

#column-content { margin: 0 0 .6em 0; }
#content { margin: 2.8em 0 0 0; }
#p-logo, .generated-sidebar, #p-lang, #p-tb, #p-search { display:none; }
#p-cactions { left: .1em; }

document.onkeydown = function( e ) {
	if( e == null ) e = event
	if( testKey( e, 122 ) ) { //F11
		appendCSS('#column-content {margin: 0 0 .6em 0;} #content {margin: 2.8em 0 0 0;} #p-logo, .generated-sidebar, #p-lang, #p-tb, #p-search {display:none;} #p-cactions {left: .1em;} #footer {display:none;}');
		return false;
	}
}

function testKey( e, intKeyCode ) {
	if( window.createPopup )
		return e.keyCode == intKeyCode
	else
		return e.which == intKeyCode
}

.catlinks { display: none; }

#p-logo {
	z-index: 3;
	position: absolute; /*needed to use z-index */
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	height: 155px;
	width: 12em;
	overflow: visible;
}

	 ?>href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->data['nav_urls']['mainpage']['href'])?>" <?php

	 ?>href="http://www.your-desired-url.com" <?php

	 ?>title="<?php $this->msg('mainpage') ?>" <?php

	?>title="Your Desired Rollover Text" <?php

#p-logo a,
#p-logo a:hover {
	display: block;
	height: 200px;
	width: 12.2em;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 35% 50% !important;
	text-decoration: none;
}

$wgFavicon = "$wgScriptPath/path/to/your/favicon.ico";
body.page-Main_Page h1.firstHeading { display:none; }

<body class="mediawiki ns-0 ltr page-Some_title">
{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="display:none">{{FULLPAGENAME}}</span>}}

__NOTOC__
.toc, #toc { display: none; }

$wgLanguageCode
LocalSettings.php
$wgLanguageCode = "fr";

php userOptions.php language --old en --new fr

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;

li#ca-edit { display: none; }

<?php
if( !defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) ){
	die( "This is not a valid entry point.\n" );
}

$wgHooks['SkinTemplateContentActions'][] = 'replaceTabs';
function replaceTabs( $content_actions ) {  
	unset( $content_actions['talk'] ); // only this to remove an action
	$maintitle = Title::newFromText( wfMsgForContent( 'mainpage' ) );
	$main_action['main'] = array(
		'class' => false or 'selected', // if the tab should be highlighted
		'text' => wfMsg( 'sitetitle' ), // what the tab says
		'href' => $maintitle->getFullURL(), // where it links to
	);
	$content_actions = array_merge( $main_action, $content_actions ); // add a new action
	return true;
}

require_once("extensions/AR-Tabs.php");

.page-Main_Page li#ca-talk { display: none !important; }

#ca-talk { display:none!important; }

$wgDefaultUserOptions ['editsection'] = false;

<?php if(!$this->data['loggedin']) { ?>
      <style>
        li#ca-edit { display: none; }
      </style>
<?php } ?>

li#ca-edit { display: none; }

  foreach($this->data['personal_urls'] as $key => $item) {

 foreach($this->data['personal_urls'] as $key => $item)  if($this->data['loggedin']==1) {

# Lock down the site (disable MediaWiki commands)

RewriteEngine On

#RewriteLog /tmp/rewrite.log

#RewriteLogLevel 9

## See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php#Actions

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.*action=.*)
RewriteRule .* http://www.my.domain.com?

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php/Special:Search
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^(.*Special:.*)
RewriteRule .* http://www.my.domain.com?

## Catch a trick...
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*Special:.*)
RewriteRule .* http://www.my.domain.com?

#f-poweredbyico { display: none; }

#footer-icon-poweredby { display: none; }

#footer-icon-poweredbyico { display: none; }

/skins/MonoBook.php
<?php
		if($this->data['poweredbyico']) { ?>
				<div id="f-poweredbyico"><?php $this->html('poweredbyico') ?></div>

skins/common/images/
poweredby_mediawiki_88x31.png
$img = '<a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/"><img src="'.$url.'" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" /></a>';</nowiki>

languages/LanguageHe.php
svn co <nowiki>http://svn.example.com/myproject/</nowiki>

mwCustomEditButtons
var button = {
	"imageFile": "images/5/56/Button_big.png", // image to be shown on the button (may be a full URL too), 22x22 pixels
	"speedTip": "big text", // text shown in a tooltip when hovering the mouse over the button
	"tagOpen": "<big>", // the text to use to mark the beginning of the block
	"tagClose": "</big>",      // the text to use to mark the end of the block (if any)
	"sampleText": "big text"  // the sample text to place inside the block
};
mwCustomEditButtons.push(button);

maintenance/deleteOldRevisions.php
sed '/Importing/!s/\ [A-Z]\w*[a-z]\w*[A-Z]\w*[a-zA-Z]/\ \[\[&\]\] /g'
    ImportStage1.txt > ImportStage2.txt

sed 's/upload\:\w*\.\w*/http\:\/\/aberwiki\.org\/uploads\/& /g'
    ImportStage2.txt > ImportStage3.txt

mysql -u<mysqluser> -p<yourpass> <db name> < ImportStage3.txt

wiki_import.sh $ $Revision: 1.1 $

mediawiki automatic file import script

Usage: wiki_import.sh [OPTIONS]...

The script is designed to import a whole folder of files into mediawiki, with 
the folder directory tree mapped as wiki category hierarchy.

The specification of the file-to-import is passed from standard input.

Options:

 -s, --sect=n     the root category section of the wiki
                    of the imported article (mandatory)
 -1, --header     include standard header (category hierarchy path & notice)
 -l, --link       link to actual file on the web site
 -f, --footer     include standard footer (article category)
 -R, --res[=p]    add restricted tag in the footer
                    as '{{<Res Param|Root Category> Restricted}}'  
                    (default=`$_opt_sect')

Configuration Options:

 -p, --php=fn     mediawiki import php script specification
 -r, --root=n     the root category name for the whole wiki site
 -m, --max=n      max_allowed_packet for mysqld to import
 -u, --user=n     wiki user used for the import
 -a, --arch=p     the root url that linked-to archive files based on

Examples:

 echo ./path/to/file.ext | wiki_import.sh -1 -l -f -s 'Customer Support' -R 

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maintenance/rebuildImages.php
UPDATE revision SET rev_user = 0 WHERE rev_user = <current_user_id>

UPDATE archive SET ar_user = 0 WHERE ar_user = <current_user_id>

$wgSpamRegexLines[] = 'display\s*:\s*none';
$wgSpamRegexLines[] = 'overflow\s*:\s*auto';
[...]
$wgSpamRegex = '/(' . implode( '|', $wgSpamRegexLines ) . ')/i';

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Manual:FAQ

Installation and configuration

Where do I download MediaWiki?

How do I install MediaWiki?

How do I install MediaWiki using a package?

Can I install more than one wiki on a server using MediaWiki?

Does MediaWiki work with safe_mode enabled?

Does MediaWiki require shell access?

How do I install extensions?

How do I add extra namespaces?

How do I enable uploading?

How do I enable embedded math formulas?

How do I purge a cached page?

How do I allow uploading of additional formats?

"File is corrupt or has an invalid extension"

Initial user was not created by installer or it is not an administrator

maintenance/createAndPromote.php

Alter the database

Temporarily let everyone assign rights to promote your initial user

How do I reset a user's MediaWiki password?

How can I create interwiki links in my wiki?

How do I make my base URLs shorter?

Is downloading and using all of MediaWiki.org free?

How do I administrate/manage user rights?

How do I stop anonymous users from editing any page?

How do I stop anonymous users from reading any page?

How do I restrict account creation?

How to add an image to the printable version?

How can I make Mediawiki run faster?

Upgrading

How hard is it to upgrade?

How do I upgrade from a really old version? In one step, or in several steps?

Should I back up first?

Can I keep my LocalSettings.php?

Can my wiki stay online while it is upgrading?

Changing the interface

How do I change the logo?

How do I edit the wiki's CSS?

How do I hide the left vertical navigation toolbar

How do I hide the categories at the bottom of each page?

Can I customize the logo in the top left corner? If so, how?

How do I customize the link-URL of the site-logo in the top left corner of all pages that activates when the site-logo is clicked upon?

Reducing the size of the logo

How do I change the icon in the browser's address line (favicon)?

Rewrite Rule

Case sensitivity

How do I customize the navigation bar?

How do I put a text message (sitenotice) on every page?

How do I change which page is the main page?

How do I change the Main Page title?

How do I hide the main page title?

Method 1 (css)

Method 2 (display title)

How can I hide the table of contents?

How do I change the interface text?

How do I change the interface language?

How can I prevent editing by anonymous users?

How do I remove the article/edit etc tabs?

How do I add/remove tabs throughout my wiki?

How do I remove a tab on only one page?

How do I remove a tab on all pages

How do I hide the section edit links for users who are not logged in?

How do I remove the "Talk for this IP" link at the top right when $wgDisableAnonTalk is true?

How do I remove the "Create an Account or Login" link at the top right of the screen?

How can I suppress actions and special pages?

How do I change the footer?

How can I edit / remove the Powered by MediaWiki image in the footer?

How can I change what the <title> of each page is? Where do I make changes?

How do I make external links open in a new window?

How can I suppress MediaWiki from formatting URLs, tags, etc?

How can I force users to preview before they save?

How do I add more buttons on the edit page?

How can I get more special characters or tags clickable on the edit page?

How can I use Wikipedia's new skin (Vector) on my wiki?

Basic usage

How do I edit a page?

How do I create a new page?

How do I delete an old version of a page?