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== Preface == | == Preface == | ||
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== Intro == | == Intro == | ||
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Cue POTY slideshow and play in loop 30 minutes prior to presentation | Cue POTY slideshow and play in loop 30 minutes prior to presentation | ||
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| − | + | MediaWiki is the free software (GPL) that runs Wikipedia under the auspices of the [http://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Foundation]. | |
| − | + | I'm Greg Rundlett [http://iic.harvard.edu/people] [http://freephile.com] [http://rundlett.com], a free software advocate who lives in Newburyport, MA with my wife and two sons. I'm here to show you a lot of things about the wiki system called MediaWiki and hope that you'll take away a lot from this presentation. The great thing about sharing knowledge; like sharing free software; is that you can take away as much as you possibly can and I may take away an even greater knowledge than I started with just from our sharing. Nobody has less, everybody has more. | |
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| − | + | Plus our organizer Mark Withington has arranged through the BostonPHP association with O'Reilly Media for some free books to be given away as well. | |
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| − | + | == Using it == | |
| − | + | I'm not going into a detailed comparison of various wikis, trying to argue which is best. But I'll point out a few reasons why you should care about MediaWiki in case you don't know. | |
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| − | It's the most popular wiki | + | It's the most popular wiki in the world; both in terms of hosting the largest single wiki Wikipedia as well as deployments by all sort of individuals, groups and corporations. In practical terms that means people you hire will know mediawiki. |
The growth curve of MediaWiki is exponential. The quality of the software is excellent. | The growth curve of MediaWiki is exponential. The quality of the software is excellent. | ||
Does your wiki have [http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page conferences]? | Does your wiki have [http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page conferences]? | ||
| − | [[Image:Logo | + | [[Image:Logo Buenos Aires.jpg|thumb|300px|WikiMania]] |
WikiPedia now has over ten million articles across 250 languages! | WikiPedia now has over ten million articles across 250 languages! | ||
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Does your wiki have a [http://commons.wikimedia.org/ multimedia repository] which hosts over 3,400,000 multimedia files? Wikimedia Commons does. | Does your wiki have a [http://commons.wikimedia.org/ multimedia repository] which hosts over 3,400,000 multimedia files? Wikimedia Commons does. | ||
| − | + | I do want to point out that MediaWiki does not use <ref>CamelCase</ref> words in order to make a link. This means a lot to all the Irish people of the world, and also the marketers who seem pretty convinced of the coolness of McWords like ThinkPad, etc. | |
| − | I do want to point out that MediaWiki does not use CamelCase words in order to make a link. This means a lot to all the Irish people of the world, and also the marketers who seem pretty convinced of the coolness of McWords like ThinkPad, etc. | ||
MediaWiki syntax is easy to learn, and easy to use. In fact, you might already be using it without even knowing it. | MediaWiki syntax is easy to learn, and easy to use. In fact, you might already be using it without even knowing it. | ||
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[http://www.vimeo.com/2142196 See the kids in their Halloween costumes] | [http://www.vimeo.com/2142196 See the kids in their Halloween costumes] | ||
| − | + | == Editor Options == | |
| − | ; WYSIWYG editor : | + | ; WYSIWYG editor :Wysiwyg Yucky Stupid Interface Wrecks Your Goodness |
| − | + | # [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd WikEd] is a full wysiwyg editor with special features for MediaWiki. You can install it for yourself in a single browser as a user script http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/12529 or you can install it into your mediawiki installation. | |
| − | + | # FCK Editor is a full wysiwyg editor that includes page link searching as you type | |
| − | + | # Java project called Textile-J is now an Eclipse plugin called the "Mylyn WikiText component" that does wiki markup http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/Web_Links-index-req-viewlink-cid-1098.html | |
| − | + | # Kaltura does a collaborative video editing solution http://corp.kaltura.com/wiki/index.php/MediaWiki_Extension | |
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| − | + | === WikEd === | |
* Wikicode syntax highlighting | * Wikicode syntax highlighting | ||
* Pasting, import, and conversion of formatted text, e.g. from Microsoft-Word and web pages | * Pasting, import, and conversion of formatted text, e.g. from Microsoft-Word and web pages | ||
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* Improved diff display | * Improved diff display | ||
* Follow links and wiki-links (ctrl-click) | * Follow links and wiki-links (ctrl-click) | ||
| − | * Runs automatically on every MediaWiki installation when installed as a local | + | * 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 | For more details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd WikEd] homepage | ||
| − | + | === FCK Editor === | |
| − | * http://www. | + | * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FCKeditor_(by_FCKeditor_and_Wikia) |
| − | + | note that I had to patch a minor bug to get it to work and even then, it did funny things with my article (wanted to collapse a line-break between template tag and next line resulting in a space being inserted prior to the next line, resulting in preformatted text rendering for that line. | |
| − | + | === OpenOffice === | |
| − | OpenOffice (since v. 2.3) has had a built-in "Export to MediaWiki" menu option. So, you can write an article in OpenOffice Writer (or StarOffice Writer) and export the file to wiki markup. This could be useful particularly if you want to convert large collections of Word documents. One drawback to "export" is that you would still have to copy and paste that output into the wiki. | + | OpenOffice (since v. 2.3) has had a built-in "Export to MediaWiki" menu option. So, you can write an article in OpenOffice Writer (or StarOffice Writer) and export the file to wiki markup. This could be useful particularly if you want to convert large collections of Word documents. One drawback to "export" is that you would still have to copy and paste that output into the wiki. |
| + | http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/wikipublisher allows you to save your page in the wiki | ||
Other points about using MediaWiki | Other points about using MediaWiki | ||
* Style sheets and | * Style sheets and | ||
| − | * Use this http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/6372 | + | * Use this http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/6372 greasemonkey script to show any mediawiki page as a presentation |
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# Search - OpenSearch | # Search - OpenSearch | ||
# Interwiki links | # Interwiki links | ||
| − | # Import/Export | + | # Import/Export |
# Special pages | # Special pages | ||
| − | ##<pre>[[Special:ListGroupRights]]</pre> | + | ##<pre>[[Special:ListGroupRights]]</pre> Image searching |
| − | + | # Protection | |
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# Microformats Wikipedia implements microformats easily because through the power of templates, an author can fill out a template and not even know that he is using microformats in the final product. Firefox, through the tails extension, can [http://vimeo.com/192962/ export microformats via bluetooth], so that an employee directory on your intranet can talk to your mobile phone. @TODO: write up a contact template, a contact page and test the export | # Microformats Wikipedia implements microformats easily because through the power of templates, an author can fill out a template and not even know that he is using microformats in the final product. Firefox, through the tails extension, can [http://vimeo.com/192962/ export microformats via bluetooth], so that an employee directory on your intranet can talk to your mobile phone. @TODO: write up a contact template, a contact page and test the export | ||
== Creating Structure == | == Creating Structure == | ||
# Wikifarm | # Wikifarm | ||
| − | # | + | # Namespaces <dl> |
## <dt> Main <dd> What is sounds like, there is no need to specify this namespace when making links | ## <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> 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. If you need to do a substantial edit to a template and want to try it out, one method of doing that would be to copy the article into the project namespace, use the new template, and your article wouldn't be normally included in search results. | ## <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. If you need to do a substantial edit to a template and want to try it out, one method of doing that would be to copy the article into the project namespace, use the new template, and your article wouldn't be normally included in search results. | ||
| − | ## <dt> Help <dd> What it sounds like, this namespace is | + | ## <dt> Help <dd> What it sounds like, this namespace is |
## <dt> Template <dd> | ## <dt> Template <dd> | ||
## <dt> Category <dd> | ## <dt> Category <dd> | ||
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</dl> | </dl> | ||
# Subpages | # Subpages | ||
| − | # | + | # Templates "transclusion" |
| − | ## <pre><noinclude> </noinclude> <includeonly></includeonly></pre> | + | ## <pre><noinclude> </noinclude> <includeonly></includeonly></pre> show example. |
## arguments | ## arguments | ||
## Templates used on this page | ## Templates used on this page | ||
| − | ## copying from | + | ## copying from mediawiki [[Special:ExpandTemplates]] |
# Categories | # Categories | ||
# Navigation (talk about in Administration) | # Navigation (talk about in Administration) | ||
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== Administering it == | == Administering it == | ||
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== Developing it == | == Developing it == | ||
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# Extensions | # Extensions | ||
# Conversion of existing wikis and documents [[Format conversion]] | # Conversion of existing wikis and documents [[Format conversion]] | ||
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=== Theming === | === Theming === | ||
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=== Extensions === | === Extensions === | ||
| − | # [http://www. | + | # [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions The Manual] |
| − | # [http://www. | + | # [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_Matrix An incomplete list of extensions] |
So many examples, which ones to highlight? | So many examples, which ones to highlight? | ||
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* http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Special:Version | * http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Special:Version | ||
| − | See | + | See [[MediaWiki/Extensions]] |
==== Timelines ==== | ==== Timelines ==== | ||
| − | # http://www. | + | # http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline |
# http://www.ehartwell.com/InfoDabble/MediaWiki_extension:_Timeline | # http://www.ehartwell.com/InfoDabble/MediaWiki_extension:_Timeline | ||
MIT's SIMILE project Timeline is integrated into Semantic MediaWiki | MIT's SIMILE project Timeline is integrated into Semantic MediaWiki | ||
* e.g. http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Events | * e.g. http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Events | ||
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== Getting it, Installing it == | == Getting it, Installing it == | ||
| − | MediaWiki is developed using a Continuous Integration approach meaning that their trunk is tested and running in production http://www. | + | MediaWiki is developed using a Continuous Integration approach meaning that their trunk is tested and running in production http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle |
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| bgcolor="#FF1000" | September 2008 | | bgcolor="#FF1000" | September 2008 | ||
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| − | [http://www. | + | [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN use svn] to get it, and that way updating your installation is as simple as <code>svn up</code> |
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=== Creating Slideshows === | === Creating Slideshows === | ||
[[MediaWiki/Slideshow]] | [[MediaWiki/Slideshow]] | ||
| − | <pre><slide> | + | <pre><slide>flower</slide></pre> will create a nice slideshow |
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from http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BR/S5_slide_for_mediawiki_documentation/en | from http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BR/S5_slide_for_mediawiki_documentation/en | ||
=== Integration with Software Development === | === Integration with Software Development === | ||
| − | # CodeReview http://www. | + | # CodeReview http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CodeReview e.g. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/44245#c829 |
| − | # [http://www. | + | # [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ExtensionDistributor ExtensionDistributor] ([https://wikitech.leuksman.com/view/ExtensionDistributor info]) is a tool that automatically packages code from subversion and sends the user a tarball. There is a lot of interesting information at wikitech that describes how the WikiMedia Foundation is operated technically |
=== Setup for an intranet and/or KB === | === Setup for an intranet and/or KB === | ||
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* http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:UploadForm.js/Documentation | * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:UploadForm.js/Documentation | ||
* http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Redesigning_the_upload_form | * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Redesigning_the_upload_form | ||
| − | * http://www. | + | * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Pfctdayelise/Manual:Uselang_hack |
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
| − | * Daniel J. Barrett wrote the [http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596519797/toc.html MediaWiki Book] published by O'Reilly ISBN 978-0596519797 | + | * Daniel J. Barrett wrote the [http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596519797/toc.html MediaWiki Book] published by O'Reilly ISBN 978-0596519797 |
* IRC | * IRC | ||
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* Source | * Source | ||
* [http://userscripts.org/tags/wikipedia More user scripts] | * [http://userscripts.org/tags/wikipedia More user scripts] | ||
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[[Category:Book references]] | [[Category:Book references]] | ||
[[Category:Wiki]] | [[Category:Wiki]] | ||
[[Category:Presentations]] | [[Category:Presentations]] | ||
[[Category:Howto]] | [[Category:Howto]] | ||
Revision as of 22:48, 12 January 2009
- ↑ CamelCase
