How do I temporarily shut down my MediaWiki?

Question

I have installed MediaWiki on my website. I want to shut it down temporarily, until I completely fill it with articles.

Is this possible? Is there any maintenance shut down feature?

(Version: 1.18.1)

zielak · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-28 18:56:13Z

up vote 8 down vote accepted

Add to LocalSettings.php:

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;

But of course admin is able to edit pages.

answered Mar 28 '12 at 18:56

zielak
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Oh boy, that helped so much. Thank you! – hkBattousai Mar 28 '12 at 21:10

Oliver Salzburg · Answer 2 · 2012-03-28 18:54:46Z

up vote 2 down vote

Maybe $wgReadOnly is what you're looking for.

answered Mar 28 '12 at 18:54

Oliver Salzburg
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migrated from superuser.com Mar 29 '12 at 5:50