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(adds info about bulk image loading and also text (XML) automated backups.)
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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 [[Category:MediaWiki Sites]]' ~/Desktop/mediawiki/snaps/
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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.
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# 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]]
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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
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=== Database ===
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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 />
  
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[[Category:MediaWiki Sites]]
 
[[Category:MediaWiki Sites|sites running MediaWiki]]
 
[[Category:MediaWiki Sites|sites running MediaWiki]]
 
[[Category:Book references]]
 
[[Category:Book references]]

Revision as of 10:21, 28 January 2009