Wiki changelog
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_permanently_remove_old_revisions http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUrlProtocols http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Customization:Quickbar http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Customization
To do
Pretty up url
Make images linkable:
http://www.sacog.org/rucs/wiki/index.php/Help:Linked_images
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageLink
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkedImage
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Icon
Install:
Installed the other one....... http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SecureHTML
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ToolboxExtender
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:User_Merge_and_Delete
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Oversight
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Anysite
- Could be a bit unsafe.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TagAsCategory
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TopTenPages
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WhosOnline
wysiwyg....... not stable enough unless wizard exists http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikiwyg
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiToWordPress
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WordPress_Comments
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:YouTube_(Iubito)
looks better http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:YouTubeTag#Developer_Notes
these might allow chat (: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:IM_Status
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AIM
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ICQ
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Chat_phpFreeChat
This one adds a chat tab, but their domain was disabled... check back
before adding this read the top, see next two links http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Add_Button
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MarkS/Extra_edit_buttons
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_buttons
security risk http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AdSense
buttons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki_edit_toolbar
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Submit_In_Toolbar
authors can protect pages http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AuthorProtect
restricts reading of pages per page http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AuthorRestriction
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AutoLink
another boilerplate option- not needed http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BoilerplateSelection
BreadCrumbs extension shows the users path through the wiki. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BreadCrumbs
Dropdown CSS menus in IE 7 and gecko http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CSS_Dropdowns
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Contributors
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Boilerplates http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Preloader
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PreloadManager
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NewArticleTemplates
Provides per-namespace and per-page header + footer inclusion. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HeaderFooter
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Header_Footer
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Contribution_Scores
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CreateRedirect
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:InputBox
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AjaxRatingScript
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ContributionCredits
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpecialPagesManager
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategorySuggest
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SelectCategoryTagCloud
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SelectCategory
creates a special page where one can view the edit count of a user per namespace. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EditCount
allows wiki administrators to make a special page unavailable http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DisableSpecialPages
Limit page access completely to certain users http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Group_Based_Access_Control
embed a document, like a pdf http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Embed_Document
Can add javascript to a site's head http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HeadScripts
this might allow creation of WS instead of Wikisynergy http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:InterWikiLinkManager
another google thing which might work http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Custom_Search_Engine
google sitemap http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Sitemap_Extension
puts a box to add articles to cat http://www.liang-chen.com/myworld/content/view/36/70/
central cite notice http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CentralNotice
enables community engagement with audio/visual media assets and associative temporal metadata. http://metavid.org/wiki/MetaVidWiki_Software
handles ogg, but kind of fiddly to install http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OggHandler
pdf http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PDF
pdf http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PdfHandler
upload files http://www.spacesocket.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6533&pid=23328#pid23328 http://www.quackit.com/php/tutorial/php_upload_file.cfm
http://www.perlarchive.com/File_Uploading/next2.shtml
flash http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Video_player_extensions
play video- well, this one might work http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Player
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HTMLets
Metavid wiki, looks like it might work, requires command line http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MetavidWiki http://metavid.org/wiki/MetaVidWiki_Software http://metavid.org/wiki/Help:Installation#add_to_LocalSettings.php
How I Installed AddThis in MediaWiki http://www.addthis.com/blog/2008/12/30/how-i-installed-addthis-in-mediawiki/
google http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GoogleAdSense
http://www.ajs.com/ajswiki/How_to_add_Google_AdSense_to_MediaWiki
Anti spam
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Security#If_LocalSettings.php_has_leaked
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgEnableSorbs
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Title_Blacklist
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamDiffTool
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamRegex
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbsenteeLandlord
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Bad_Behavior
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist
this one digitizes books with captcha http://recaptcha.net/plugins/mediawiki/
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSpamRegex
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSecretKey
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof
Added SpamBlacklist
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist
Features and important
Checkuser
Make custom search engine for frontier thought with Google.
Short url
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL#Advantages_and_disadvantages
this is doable: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/wiki/Page_title_--_no_root_access
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/wiki/Page_title_--_No_Root_Access,_1.13_alternative
http://www.ehartwell.com/InfoDabble/HowTo:_Install_MediaWiki_on_a_GoDaddy_Value_Plan
Followed these instructions: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/wiki/Page_title_--_no_root_access
Popups etc.
Popups requires short URLs, but if ever see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:POPFAQ#Using_the_script_on_other_wikis
http://bmearns.net/wwk/view/MediaWiki_popups
Installing and configuring Mediawiki
This is the important one you really need http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Config_script
Installation of Mediawiki Server and Environment
Has a full list of Mediawiki manual pages
adding tools... might be good [2]
Change background headbg.jpg http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Layout_customization#How_do_I_change_background.3F
Code bits
__NOEDITSECTION__
Got Imagemagic working right. http://www.proofbuddy.com/2009/01/24/imagemagick-and-godaddy/ http://help.godaddy.com/article/209 http://help.godaddy.com/article/210
Putting this in LocalSettings is what finally worked:
## To enable image uploads, make sure the 'images' directory ## is writable, then set this to true: $wgEnableUploads = true; ##Added Changed to true, and /usr/local/bin/convert $wgUseImageMagick = true; $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/local/bin/convert";
the problem was that the convert path was wrong
<div style="position: fixed; left:1; right:0; bottom:0; display:block; ">
{{Imagemap
| image = FlagRevsYes2.png
| width = 180px
| link = Wikipedia_talk:Flagged_revisions/Trial/Votes
| Alt = Make Wikipedia more reliable - support flagged revisions!
| tooltip = Make Wikipedia more reliable - support flagged revisions!
| desc = none
}}
</div>
<includeonly>[[Category:Wikipedia users who support Flagged Revisions|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>
Background colors
Main color: #744f18 background: #fffaf1; link #006633
of the boxes:
border: 1px solid #ffedbe; background-color:#fffaf1;
Log
NoTitle: place
__NOT**not the stars***ITLE__ on any page to eliminate title.
Next
How I got edittools to work: I added $wgUseSiteJs = true; to LocalSettings. I Created the page MediaWiki:Edittools, MediaWiki:Edittools.js, and I copied Wikipedia's MediaWiki:Common.js page.
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Added marquees by adding
'h1',
'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'cite', 'code', 'em', 's',
'strike', 'strong', 'tt', 'var', 'div', 'center',
'blockquote', 'ol', 'ul', 'dl', 'table', 'caption', 'pre',
'ruby', 'rt' , 'rb' , 'rp', 'p', 'span', 'u', 'marquee'
) );
$htmlsingle = array(
'br', 'hr', 'li', 'dt', 'dd'
and
# 15.2.1
'tt' => $common,
'b' => $common,
'i' => $common,
'big' => $common,
'small' => $common,
'strike' => $common,
's' => $common,
'u' => $common,
'marquee' => array_merge( $common, array( 'align', 'behavior', 'bgcolor', 'direction', 'height', 'width', 'hspace', 'vspace', 'loop', 'scrollamount', 'scrolldelay') ),
to Sanitizer.php, which is located at wiki/includes
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Flash: Installed this version to play flash:
Which actually worked, unlike [4]
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Installed NewUserMessage [5]. Needed is the page: MediaWiki:NewUserMessage with those caps.
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Tried to install Checkuser per Checkuser [6] [7] Note that AdminSettings.php (in your root MediaWiki directory) will need to have a valid username and password set for access to the DB.
Created AdminSettings.php, setting to low permissions.
Does not work
did $wgPutIPinRC = true; in LocalSettings
Put include_once('extensions/CheckUser/CheckUser.php'); in LS
made AdminSettings.php
In AdminSettings.php, $wgEnableProfileInfo = false; left as false
Uploaded the data.
Next
Replaced, then deleted bullet.gif at /wiki/skins/monobook
Next
Next
Created
Template:Clarify, Template:Fix, and Template:Clarification needed which together add up to {{#if:||{{#if:Category:Articles needing clarification|[[Category:Articles needing clarification {{#if:|from }}]]{{#if:|{{#ifexist:Category:Articles needing clarification from ||}}}}}}}}{{#if:clarification needed|[{{#if:| }}clarification needed{{#if:| }}]|}}.
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Got collapsible boxes working by copying a few bits of MediaWiki:Common.css from WP, and copying MediaWiki:Common.js from WP. The latter I copied below where I have the edittools.js.
you use
{{hat}} and {{hab2}} and get
kdjdkj kdj kdjf kdjf kdj kdj dkj dkjd kdj kdjdkj kdj kdjf kdjf kdj kdj dkj dkjd kdj kdjdkj kdj kdjf kdjf kdj kdj dkj dkjd kdj kdjdkj kdj kdjf kdjf kdj kdj dkj dkjd kdj kdjdkj kdj kdjf kdjf kdj kdj dkj dkjd kdj
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Created Template:Controversy
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Created Template:Clear
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Added http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CurrentUsers {{#currentusers:}} but does not work right. Nothing with if's in it does.... Took it out of LocalSettings
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Added http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DismissableSiteNotice
To use: Set this MediaWiki:Sitenotice id one number higher, and write this: MediaWiki:Sitenotice.
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Installed
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree
<categorytree>Paranormal</categorytree>
<categorytree>Paranormal</categorytree>
Next
Installed
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ShareThis which gives share icons when you do
<sharethis /> or do this in LocalSettings:
$wgShowShareThisSidebar = true;
Next
Installed
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlashMP3
Use it thus:
<flashmp3>Sample.mp3</flashmp3>
Although one can also do Media:Sample.mp3
Secure html shtml
Installed: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Secure_HTML Here is how to use it:
go to Special:SecureHTMLInput, put in the key from the passwords file, (search Secure html ), put in the html.
Next
Installed:
This extension loads pre-defined text (from a page named Boilerplate that you create on your MediaWiki site) when a brand new page is created. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Boilerplate
Next
Installed
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleAntiSpam
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Added $wgEnableSorbs = true; To LocalSettings
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Added http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Emoticons However, removed require_once( "extensions/emoticons.php" ); From LocalSettings, because it totally misbehaves, lol
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Added http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WhoIsWatchingTabbed
However, commented out in LocalSettings, as it is too big on the monitor.
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Installed http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ToolboxExtender but it does no work
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Installed poem formatting, good for other stuff too http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Poem
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put in a Digg button
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Installed http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategorySuggest
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Installed embed_document.php
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Installed http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Email_Link
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Installed http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlvHandler flv handler. flv should embed with just File:My Movie.flv
The supported video (and audio) formats are:
- Quicktime
- .mov (video)
- .mp4 (video)
- .mp3 (audio)
- .smi or .smil (dynamic video)
- .3gp (video & audio)
- Windows Media
- .avi (video)
- .wmv (video)
- .asf (video)
- .wma (audio)
- Flash
- .swf (video application)
- .flv (video)
- Ogg
- .ogg (video)
- .ogv (video)
- .oga (audio)
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Added buttons to the edit window:
http://wikisynergy.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3ACommon.js&diff=767&oldid=10
Easy to add new buttons. First, find a graphic like from here http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Custom_edit_buttons then upload it to http://wikisynergy.com//w/skins/common/images/ and do this http://wikisynergy.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3ACommon.js&diff=772&oldid=771
FCKeditor
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FCKeditor_(Official)
FCKeditor FCK editor
NORICHEDITOR__
version installed is FCKeditor 2.6.4
main page is http://mediawiki.fckeditor.net/
http://mediawiki.fckeditor.net/index.php/Troubleshooting
see here for the full toolbar http://docs.fckeditor.net/FCKeditor_2.x/Developers_Guide/Configuration/Toolbar and note that it isn't all implimented for wiki
http://docs.fckeditor.net/FCKeditor_2.x/Developers_Guide/Configuration/Configuration_Options
http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/1937
Added to the js file
FCKConfig.AutoDetectPasteFromWord = true;
FCKConfig.CleanWordKeepsStructure = false;
FCKConfig.ForcePasteAsPlainText = false;
to make paste work http://mediawiki.fckeditor.net/index.php/FCKeditor_integration_guide
Added FCKConfig.SkinPath = FCKConfig.BasePath + 'skins/silver/' ;
to change skin
Next
How to change the new section + sign
'addsection' => 'new section', # do not translate or duplicate this message to other languages
this is in the file /public_html/w/languages/messages/MessagesEn.php
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MediaWiki:Newarticletext
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Installed ParserFunctions to make templates from WP work http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions
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added $wgNamespaceAliases['WS'] = NS_PROJECT; to localsettings, so as to redirect WS to project namespace, as with WP: at Wikipedia.
WikEd
To install WikEd:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cacycle/wikEd_installation#Complete_version
// install [[User:Cacycle/wikEd]] in-browser text editor
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'
+ 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd.js'
+ '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript"></' + 'script>');
Manual Sitemap
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ManualSitemap
to submit https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/siteoverview
Blog namespace
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Logotipo
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings#Namespaces
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SkinPerPage
Next
$wgGoToEdit = true;
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Google Analytics
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Analytics_Integration
Addon domains
http://support.webhostingpad.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=182 http://support.webhostingpad.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=183 http://support.webhostingpad.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=50
Meta and title
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Add_HTML_Meta_and_Title
PhpMyAdmin
User rights
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights
It seems to be possible to create arbitrary groups. Search for "ninja"
Extension:SpecialInterwiki
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpecialInterwiki
Using the python wikipediabot
bot bots http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Using_the_python_wikipediabot