A popular wiki software that powers Wikipedia. See http://www.mediawiki.org/ for more info.
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Mass Deletion of Spam Revisions in Mediawiki
Basically my 'private' mediawiki instance was about as secure as a toddlers piggybank. I've tightened it up now, but am left with about a hundred or so new pages and revisions generated by hundreds of ...
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How can I secure an installation of MediaWiki?
I want to run an installation of MediaWiki as a Internet-accessible personal wiki, running on wiki.mysite.com. However, I want to ensure that I am the only one who can read and write to this wiki. In ...
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How to deploy a Wikipedia-like Mediawiki (with all extensions configured in the same way)
Is there a fast way to make my own Mediawiki looks the same as Wikipedia.org?
I mean, adds all extensions wikipedia.org is using. and configure it with the same way wikipedia has. Is there a list?
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Add Protocol for MediaWiki Links Besides HTTP
Is there a way to add protocols to linking for MediaWiki?
For example:
Works: [http://www.google.com Google]
Doesn't work: [ftp://www.someplace.com Some FTP place]
Doesn't work: ...
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How to dump a MediaWiki for offline use?
I would like to be able to make an offline version of a MediaWiki site on a weekly basis.
The DumpHTML extension actually does what I want, as it dumps all articles and media files, but I can't see ...
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How to get this fancy editor Wikipedia uses into our own MediaWiki installation
Really, sorry, if this question seems as if I'd be too lazy to google, but I tried to find that out myself and failed:
What's the name of the extension for MediaWiki or whatever would I have to use ...
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Does MediaWiki have a News extension?
Many CMS' have news on the front page, where e.g. the sysop/webmaster posts about down time and other important news.
Often these can be scheduled, so that you e.g. write on Monday, and wants it to ...
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MediaWiki sitemap generator
I'm using mediawiki for my site. I'm trying several ways to generate sitemap but it doesn't work. Anyone knows how to generate sitemap for MediaWiki and alert to Google automatically?
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Pre-defining tabular structures in MediaWiki
I have installed a fresh MediaWiki. I want to fill it with articles that will contain free text, and tabular information in the right hand column, like Wikipedia does:
I want to pre-define ...
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Mediawiki much slower in Firefox
I've a couple of Mediawiki (1.19.1 with Vector Skin) sites on Dreamhost shared hosting and I've found that access trough Firefox is much slower than trough Chrome. For example at this moment, after ...
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How do I temporarily shut down my MediaWiki?
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: ...
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How to make frontpage like Wikipedia in MediaWiki?
Wikipedia's front page can't be edited.
Can such a front page also be made with MediaWiki, so the users can't edit it?
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Better Image Hosting for MediaWiki
We're using MediaWiki and writing a lot of articles / tutorials that require images / screenshots. Image management in MediaWiki is painful. I was hoping I could use something like Dropbox to store ...
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Errors when creating thumbnails for large images in MediaWiki
I'm getting the following error in the log when MediaWiki tries to make a thumbnail of a large image in MediaWiki. I've tried increasing the limits of various things like upload size but that doesn't ...
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Best wiki engine to use? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which Content Management System (CMS) should I use?
I'm looking to set up a wiki as a simple CMS for a resource page. Mostly just pdfs and word documents will be hosted, ...
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OpenID login buttons for related modules of a site (especially a MediaWiki)
I am putting up a site. Right now it will include a MediaWiki (the sort that powers Wikipedia). In the future it may contain a blog (Wordpress?) and forums (Vanilla Forums 2?).
I want the site to ...
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Any good alternatives to MediaWiki for creating an 'intranet' type system?
I would like to install some form of intranet system to allow multiple users to add documentation to - MediaWiki would suffice, I just wondered if anyone knew of any better alternatives (must be PHP).
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robots.txt and disallow
Which one is correct?
User-agent: *
Disallow: index.php
or
User-agent: *
Disallow: /index.php
inorder to block all pages like index.php?day=7 index.php?day=15 index.php?day=30
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PECL extension in Ubuntu 11.10
while setting up mediawiki on my local development machine, the installer told me that since i do not have PECL extension to php installed, i will have to do with slower page load speeds with ...
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Possible to list categories on Main Page?
I would like to put all the categories at the bottom of the Main Page in a more compact way than what Special:Categories does.
On this page are pages listed in a very nice way with bold letters.
Can ...
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WikiMedia on a subdomain - creating a new page
If I have a WikiMedia installation in a subdomain, like wiki.example.com, how do I create a new page? I mean, they said that when I put a link in the wiki, it would appear red. If I clicked it, it ...
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What are my options when I want to restructure mediawiki content
I have a bunch of articles written on the mediawiki. Some of the articles are too long and complex, and are good candidates for splitting up so some chapters will form a distinct articles.
OTOH some ...
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Extension to add button “Report to Bugzilla”?
We have:
internal MediaWiki installation for internal documents (we don't use it in
completely wiki-like style—only maintainers should normally make changes)
internal Bugzilla installation for ...
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How to list pages in a category as bullet points in MediaWiki?
I'm using MediaWiki and I would like to list pages with a specific tag in alphabetical order.
I.e. If the following 5 pages have the category "Backup" I would get a list similar to
Printing
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Problem upgrading Mediawiki 1.5.8 to Mediawiki 1.19 (libxml2 inadequate on server)
I have a wiki set up on my local development environment. The wiki runs on Mediawiki 1.5.8, but I'm trying to upgrade it to run on Mediawiki 1.19.
When I run the update.php script I get the following ...
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Convert secured website to PDF
I need to convert my MediaWiki site to PDF. The whole website, not just a page. Its a wiki with lots of articles.
Adobe Acrobat has function for this, but the problem is that the site is secured and ...
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What platform do I need? Wiki, Tiki, or something else [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which Content Management System (CMS)/Wiki should I use?
I need to set up a collaborative website, like a wiki but where the items have a predefined structure.
For ...
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Oracle EZConnect in Mediawiki
Mediawiki supports Oracle and I'm trying to configure it in the installer.
The installers says you can use EZConnect...something like:
user/pass@//server.example.com/dbname
or since the installer ...
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Multiple TOC with MediaWiki using section headings in single page
I'm running my own installation of MediaWiki, which has been great! I haven't been able to find the answer to this small problem in any post, how to, etc. Here's the setup:
Article
TOC (limited to ...
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How to customise a MediaWiki Book sources page?
If an article includes an ISBN number, the Mediawiki software creates a link to page Book sources, giving a small list of sites that sell new and used books.
Without editing the PHP, it should be ...
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Why is MediaWiki auto-linking the word “files”
Our MediaWiki installation is auto-linking the word "files". So
Here are some files: a, b, c
would result in the word "files" being linked to http://ourhost/mediawiki/files.
Why is that happening ...
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Separate Mediawiki Theme for Its Front Page
Is there any way to use a different theme file for a Mediawiki's front page, while the rest of the wiki uses the standard theme you set? For example, say I use Monobook.php for all of my regular ...
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How to remove MediaWiki Sidebar with Vector skin?
Adding
#p-navigation, #p-tb h5, #p-tb .pBody { display:none }
to MediaWiki:Common.css removes the toolbox.
I would also like to remove the Sidebar menu which contains
What links here
Related ...
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MediaWiki Problem
I can't implement MediaWiki on my website. I made a database called soulz_wikipedia. When I configure my wiki, to install it, it asks me what languages etc to choose from, when I press Continue I ...
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Mediawiki 1.16: Leaving timestamp in template
~~~~ is used to leave your timestamp with your name and date. I want to put this in a template so that whoever uses the template will have have the timestamp printed out as well.
Is this possible?
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Getting on mediawiki spammers list?
I am setting up a test site which I WANT to get spammed by WIKI spammers, ie those spambots that run rampant on a wiki site filling it up with junk data... How do i get on one of those lists?
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How to get visits statistics from mediawiki page, without asking this from the admin?
I want to log / track unique page visits to a page in a mediawiki wiki, but I can't ask the this mediawiki admin to give me the data. If this was a page on my website I would just use ...
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How can I make my MediaWiki Table Sortable again?
Anyone able to help me with MediaWiki Tables?
I've created a table in my companies Wiki (using mediawiki 1.13.4) which I can't for the life of me get to sort correctly. It will sort on the first two ...
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Google map in MediaWiki not showing
I have upgraded MediaWiki from 1.9.3 to 1.16.1 in a new server. However, the google map is not showing in the link. It's a blank in that page but in the old server with old version it is working fine. ...
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How can i delete all wiki pages created by spammers except mine in mediawiki?
I implemented a mediawiki site but unfortunately somebody created thousands of pages through thousand of users.
Which query could I run for deleting all pages created by these users except mine?
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MediaWiki: how to make DISPLAYTITLE be used in categories listings
The problem: a MediaWiki-driven site uses subpages to build pages hierarchy. When I add something like
Page1/Page2/Subpage
the exactly above string appears in listings and looks clumsy. I can't ...
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How to move TOC at the top of article like Wikitravel in MediaWiki?
How to move TOC at the top of article like Wikitravel in MediaWiki, applying for all pages? Which extensions or settings need for this action?
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Using Extension:Maintenance to generate sitemap MediaWiki
I'm using MediaWiki 1.19.2. I want to generate a sitemap.xml. Here's the documentation.
We have to use a maintenance script to generate the sitemap.xml. So I use the extension Maintenance but I ...
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MediaWiki plugin for dynamic content via forms
Are there any plugins for MediaWiki that would allow me to create a page that has a form at the top that when filled in populates tags further down in the document? Say someone would put a form with ...
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What Software Does Wikibooks Use?
I know they use MediaWiki but do they use any specific extensions that allow them to have hierarchies of pages/etc?
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pulp pedia article deletion [closed]
I hope this is the correct stackexchange subsite if not I apologise.
I would like to delete an article from PULP PEDIA, a horrifically rude and not funny website to mimic original wikipedia posts and ...
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Simple MediaWiki question
I'm thinking about making a mediawiki website. At first I'd like to try it at localhost. I'm running Kubuntu 11.10, so I did:
sudo aptitude install apache2 mysql-server php5 php5-mysql php5-cli
And ...
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Customize Mediawiki's monobook.css with some skins
I have installed MediaWiKi on ubuntu server. I am trying to customize the WiKi appearance and also tried different skins(fratman, GuMax, mozillawiki...) but no one satisfied with those skins and ...
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MediaWiki Simple Syntax for Cross Reference of Figures
I would like to reference Figures in my wiki, much like you can in LaTeX. For example, say: "As you can see in Figure 3, mediawiki is awesome".
I found the CrossReference extension which does what I ...
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Rewrite in Mediawiki, remove index.php, htaccess
I've just installed Mediawiki on Apache and I want the url should be
localhost/Main_Page/
localhost/Special:Recent_Changes
...
instead of
localhost/index.php/Main_Page/
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