Mediawiki: Difference between revisions

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Install on Ubuntu
* Install by extracting to a web folder Enable Short Urls This just means to get rid of the .php on the end. Mediawiki will NOT do this for you, the silly thing. You need to do a few silly things. This horrible mess describes it, in far too much detail. Just add this to your apache virtual host (eg /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf: # MDM mediawiki RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/?wiki(/.)?$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/w/index.php [L] RewriteRule ^/$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/w/index.php [L] Also need to update default of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf <Directory /var/www/> AllowOverride All Also need to install mod_rewrite: sudo a2enmod rewrite

Updating mediawiki

cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/mediawiki
emacs LocalSettings_redirector.php (to hardcode each site)
php maintenance/update.php
(repeat for each site)
emacs LocalSettings_redirector.php (to reset dynamic behavior)

META FTW! Mediawiki how do i love thee, let me count the ways... Here are some tricks to keep things humming.

Stick with flat lists whenever you can

TRUST ME you don't want to deal with numbered lists (see below if you have to)
Also use === Section Headers === for any page that needs scrolling - after 3 you autoget a table of contents
Collapsible sections like the one above are often very useful for pages with lots of small bits of info

Embed comments in a numbered list

one
```
some stuff
some more stuff
```
two

htmlets extention

These have served me well in the past for all kinds of goodies. Haven't researched the latest lately, though. When checking also check if tree formats are available.

MobileFrontend extention

This is the official one used by wikipedia. See end of LocalSettings_redirector.php for details.

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-! Updating mediawiki installation
+! Install on Ubuntu
+|-
+| * Install by extracting to a web folder
+* Enable Short Urls
+This just means to get rid of the .php on the end.  Mediawiki will NOT do this for you, the silly thing.
+You need to do a few silly things.  [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Apache This] horrible mess describes it, in far too much detail.
+Just add this to your apache virtual host (eg /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf:
+    # MDM mediawiki
+    RewriteEngine On
+    RewriteRule ^/?wiki(/.*)?$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/w/index.php [L]
+    RewriteRule ^/*$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/w/index.php [L]
+Also need to update default of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
+ <Directory /var/www/>
+   AllowOverride All
+Also need to install mod_rewrite:
+ sudo a2enmod rewrite
+|}
+{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
+! Updating mediawiki
 |-
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