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Another useful tool to the Administrator is the bulk image importer. To import all the screenshots that I used at the start of this presentation, I did the following: | Another useful tool to the Administrator is the bulk image importer. To import all the screenshots that I used at the start of this presentation, I did the following: | ||
<source lang="bash"> | <source lang="bash"> | ||
php importImages.php --user=Freephile --comment='Set of screenshots of sites using MediaWiki | php importImages.php --user=Freephile --comment='Set of screenshots of sites using MediaWiki ' ~/Desktop/mediawiki/snaps/ | ||
</source> | </source> | ||
Note how using a Category tag in the comment will automatically place the images in the Category specified. | Note how using a Category tag in the comment will automatically place the images in the Category specified. | ||
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# Conversion of existing wikis and documents [[Format conversion]] | # Conversion of existing wikis and documents [[Format conversion]] | ||
# [[API]]s are very useful to developers. [[mw:Developers|MediaWiki Developers]] can use the [[mw:API|Application Programming Interface for MediaWiki]] which gets exposed at /api.php, as well as the http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pywikipediabot framework which helps to automate manipulation of the wiki. | # [[API]]s are very useful to developers. [[mw:Developers|MediaWiki Developers]] can use the [[mw:API|Application Programming Interface for MediaWiki]] which gets exposed at /api.php, as well as the http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pywikipediabot framework which helps to automate manipulation of the wiki. | ||
# Database | |||
=== Theming === | === Theming === | ||
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* http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Special:Version | * http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Special:Version | ||
See [[MediaWiki/Extensions]] | See more at [[MediaWiki/Extensions]] | ||
==== Timelines ==== | ==== Timelines ==== | ||
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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 | ||
=== Database === | |||
The MediaWiki software uses a MySQL database backend to store content and other data. The [[MediaWiki/Sql]] article offers a couple helpful queries; whereas [[mw:Manual:Database_access]] covers this area more completely including info on API functions and wrappers. | |||
== Getting it, Installing it == | == Getting it, Installing it == | ||
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<references /> | <references /> | ||
[[Category:MediaWiki Sites]] | |||
[[Category:MediaWiki Sites|sites running MediaWiki]] | [[Category:MediaWiki Sites|sites running MediaWiki]] | ||
[[Category:Book references]] | [[Category:Book references]] | ||
