MediaWiki/Presentation

DRAFT

1. Do slides on s5 so I can play and distribute the slides
2. write an extension that creates an s5 slideshow from mw article(s)
3. Ask Andy Oram for the O'Reilly MediaWiki book
4. Rehearse
5. Record to video for blogging

Using it

• External editor
• Wysiwyg editor
• Style sheets and
• Use this http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/6372 greasemonkey script to show any mediawiki page as a presentation

Administering it

• Custom menu

Developing it

• Theming

Extensions

1. The Manual
2. An incomplete list of extensions

So many examples, which ones to highlight?

1. Case Western University's Google Map Extension

Any wiki site you visit, you can see the installed extensions by viewing the Special:Version page

• http://wiki.case.edu/Special:Version

Getting it, Installing it

use svn

Setup for an intranet and/or KB

• Namespaces
• Wiki farm ala Drupal multisite

Resources

Book IRC Manual Source