MediaWiki

Today is Saturday November 23, 2024 in Canada. This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24) David Spencer's Media Spin Canada provides information on: associations in media, a glossary, music, Media new media, photography, publishing, radio, television, video and Resources web resources. David M.R.D. Spencer's founding and work with ChristianMedia.ca between 1999 to 2008. Read the interview with David . To connect with Canadian Christians working and volunteering in arts, media and music, publishing and writing go here . < Home | Associations | Categories | Glossary | Media Workers | New | Popular | Search A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z MediaWiki MediaWiki is a free software wiki engine package originally written for Wikipedia. The software runs on a web server and requires PHP and a MySQL database running on the same web server. MediaWiki is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis, including MediaWiki a project of the Wikimedia foundation. Source: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki Commands Edit the sidebar on the far left Edit the site notice at the top of the page To purge a page add ?action=purge to the end of the URL. If you use long style URLs, you'll need this syntax: &action=purge Add a table. How do I change the title of my web site? You need to set $wgSitename in your LocalSettings.php. How do I allow external images to appear in my wiki? Add $wgAllowExternalImages = true; to your LocalSettings.php How do I change the logo for my wiki web site? To rediret a page add #REDIRECT [[pagename]] How do I change which page is the main page? How do I change the text message (sitenotice) on every page? Change the MediaWiki:Sitenotice. How do I change the footer at the bottom of every page? How can I add a web URL ad not have it hyperlink?Put "<nowiki>" tags around the url or tag. Example: <nowiki>http://somwhere.in.the.net/myproject/</nowiki> How do I Open external links in a new window. Version < 1.5.x 1. Open Includes/Skin.php or Includes/Linker.php 2. Find "function getExternalLinkAttributes" 3. Replace $r .= " title=\"{$link}\""; with $r .= " title=\"{$link}\" target=\"_blank\""; How to create short URL's on your wiki. How to add a search box to the top left hand corner of your page. Modify the file skins/MonoBook.php How do I reset a password for a wiki user? How do I stop anonymous users from editing any page? Set $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; at bottom of LocalSettings.php. See Manual:Preventing access#Restrict anonymous editing for more information. How do I restrict account creation? Set $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; at bottom of LocalSettings.php. See Manual:Preventing access#Restrict account creation for more information. MediaWiki Magic Words A full list of magic words can be found here. {{PAGENAME}} will add the name of the page within the page content like this "MediaWiki". {{LOCALYEAR}} will add the current year like this "2024". {{LOCALMONTHNAME}} will add the current month name like this "November". {{LOCALDAYNAME}} will add the current day like this "Saturday". {{LOCALDAY}} will add the current day like this "23". {{LOCALTIME}} will add the current time like this "11:19". MediaWiki Tables The following wiki templates will allow you to add a table with 5 columns x 4 rows to your page. 5 Column x 4 Row: No Border column A column B column C column D column E row 1 A row 1 B row 1 C row 1 D row 1 E row 2 A row 2 B row 2 C row 2 D row 2 E row 3 A row 3 B row 3 C row 3 D row 3 E 5 Column x 4 Row: With Border column A column B column C column D column E row 1 A row 1 B row 1 C row 1 D row 1 E row 2 A row 2 B row 2 C row 2 D row 2 E row 3 A row 3 B row 3 C row 3 D row 3 E 5 Column x 4 Row: With Border and Colour on the First Row column A column B column C column D column E row 1 A row 1 B row 1 C row 1 D row 1 E row 2 A row 2 B row 2 C row 2 D row 2 E row 3 A row 3 B row 3 C row 3 D row 3 E 5 Column x 4 Row: With Border,Colour on the First Row and Bold Type for First Row column A column B column C column D column E row 1 A row 1 B row 1 C row 1 D row 1 E row 2 A row 2 B row 2 C row 2 D row 2 E row 3 A row 3 B row 3 C row 3 D row 3 E 5 Column x 4 Row: With Border and Colour on the First Column column A column B column C column D column E row 1 A row 1 B row 1 C row 1 D row 1 E row 2 A row 2 B row 2 C row 2 D row 2 E row 3 A row 3 B row 3 C row 3 D row 3 E 5 Column x 4 Row: With Border,Colour on the First Column and Bold Type for First Column column A column B column C column D column E row 1 A row 1 B row 1 C row 1 D row 1 E row 2 A row 2 B row 2 C row 2 D row 2 E row 3 A row 3 B row 3 C row 3 D row 3 E Coloured Borders Red border with yellow background and black lettering. Black border with blue background and black lettering. Look for colour codes. Web Sites using MediaWiki Web Sites using MediaWiki