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# Do slides on s5 so I can play and distribute the slides
# Rehearse
# Record to video for blogging
== Intro ==
MediaWiki is the free software (GPL) that runs Wikipedia under the auspices of the Wikimedia Foundation Freebies (books, commons)
== Using it ==
It's the most popular wiki in the world. In practical terms that means people you hire will know mediawiki.
The growth is exponential. The quality is excellent.
Does your wiki have [http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page conferences]?
Does your wiki have a foundation to keep it going?
* Runs automatically on every MediaWiki installation when installed as a local Greasemonkey user script
For more details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd WikEd] homepage
== Features ==
# Recent Changes
# Watchlist
# Preferences
# Automatic TOC
# Section editing
# Magic words <nowiki>__NOTOC__, __TOC__ #REDIRECT __HIDDENCAT__</nowiki>
# Variables <nowiki>{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} {{NUMBEROFUSERS}}</nowiki>
# Special pages <nowiki>[[Special:ListGroupRights]]</nowiki> Image searching
# Protection
== Creating Structure ==
# Wikifarm
# Namespaces <dl>
## <dt> Main <dd> What is sounds like, there is no need to specify this namespace when making links
## <dt> Image <dd> Used for all file uploads, whether image, video, sound, doc or whatever. Each upload creates it's own article within this namespace
## <dt> Project <dd> Used as a "About Us" namespace -- not used for the main content of your wiki, but normally reserved for pages about the project which created the wiki.
## <dt> Help <dd> What it sounds like, this namespace is
## <dt> Template <dd>
## <dt> Category <dd>
## <dt> Special <dd>
## <dt> MediaWiki <dd> [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]
</dl>
# Subpages
# Templates "transclusion" <nowiki><noinclude> </noinclude> <includeonly></includeonly></nowiki> show example.
## arguments
## Templates used on this page
## copying from mediawiki [[Special:ExpandTemplates]]
# Categories
# Navigation (talk about in Administration)
== Developing it ==
* Theming
* Extensions
=== Theming ===
The quickest thing you do is change the menu and the logo
=== Extensions ===
* Namespaces
* Wiki farm ala Drupal multisite
== One Hack ==
Uselang (show image) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/MediaWiki_SpecialUpload_interface_labelled.png
* http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:UploadForm.js/Documentation
* http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Redesigning_the_upload_form
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Pfctdayelise/Manual:Uselang_hack
== Resources ==
Manual
Source
[[Category:Wiki]]
[[Category:Presentations]]
[[Category:Howto]]