Difference between revisions of "MediaWiki/Presentation"
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##<pre>[[Special:ListGroupRights]]</pre> | ##<pre>[[Special:ListGroupRights]]</pre> | ||
# Image Galleries like [[Special:NewImages]] | # Image Galleries like [[Special:NewImages]] | ||
| + | # SVG support | ||
# Protection (lock a page) Not to be confused with 'versions' that helps with things like versioned documentation for software products. | # Protection (lock a page) Not to be confused with 'versions' that helps with things like versioned documentation for software products. | ||
# 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 | ||
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== Administering it == | == Administering it == | ||
| − | The LocalSettings.php file is the main point of configuration for the wiki administrator. | + | The LocalSettings.php file is the main point of configuration for the wiki administrator. It overrides all the defaults set in includes/DefaultSettings.php |
{{Messagebox | {{Messagebox | ||
| type = restricted | | type = restricted | ||
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<source lang="php"> | <source lang="php"> | ||
## Database settings | ## Database settings | ||
| − | ## moved to a separate file so that we can track changes to the general config in version control, without checking in our db credentials | + | ## moved to a separate file so that we can track changes to the general config in version control, without checking in our db credentials |
| − | require_once( "$IP/DatabaseSettings.php" ); | + | require_once( "$IP/DatabaseSettings.php" ); |
</source> | </source> | ||
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| + | One good practice is to have some sort of text version or other backup of your wiki in case the machine, webserver, or database that the system depends on is down. One tool that can come in handy is [[Special:Wiki2XML]] <ref>http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/wiki2xml/README, see also [[Format_conversion]]</ref> | ||
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| + | You can mass import images | ||
== Developing it == | == Developing it == | ||
