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Guide to setting up mediawiki

Abd, please include the Cite and ParserFunctions extensions, if you haven't already. Here are my suggestions on how to set up MediaWiki. I recommend using Notepad++ or a similar editor for ease of use, although Notepad will work. Be careful when playing with these files, by the way; I have permanently screwed up wikis and had to rebuild them from scratch when I messed up.

Changes to LocalSettings.php

$wgLogo="mylogo.png";
$wgFavicon="favicon.ico";
require_once( $IP.'/extensions/Cite/Cite.php' );
require_once( $IP.'/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php');
$wgEnableUploads=true;
$wgRightsPage = "MediaWiki:Copyright";

Set LocalSettings to permission 600 for security reasons.

Other

  • Change skins -> MonoBook.php to get rid of the extraneous stuff (privacy policy, about, disclaimer)
  • The logo must be 135x135
  • favicon.ico must be 32x32

I will come back and restore all my stuff once you get all this fixed; until then, I'm moving it to Nathania. I have had so many wikis get messed up during this configuration stage that I don't trust it until then. Of course, we could move the wiki to a site that I host... Nathan Larson 00:26, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

WikiNode

I think every wiki should have a WikiNode. --DavidCary 03:45, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Real names

Some of my favorite wiki encourage using "real names". [1] [2] [3] . Should we encourage users at the Beyond Politics wiki to write their real name on their User page, even if they choose to use a pseudonym on other pages? --DavidCary 21:10, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

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