MediaWiki

Contents 1 Website 2 Installing MediaWiki 2.1 Download and extract 2.2 Preparing directories 2.3 Creating database 2.4 Initialize the configuration script 3 Configuring MediaWiki 4 Formatting Pages 5 List of MediaWiki extensions 6 Show count for each page 7 Troubleshooting 7.1 Saving new templates goes to blank page 7.2 Enabling SSL causes bad request

Website

• http://www.mediawiki.org

Installing MediaWiki

Download and extract

$ cd /opt/mediawiki
$ wget http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.16/mediawiki-1.16.0.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf mediawiki-1.16.0.tar.gz

Preparing directories

$ chmod 777 /opt/mediawiki/config

Creating database

mysql> create database mediawiki;
mysql> grant index, create, select, insert, update, delete, alter, lock tables on mediawiki.* to 'mediawiki'@'localhost' identified by 'mediawiki';

Initialize the configuration script

Using your browser go to http://localhost/index.php to complete the setup.

Configuring MediaWiki

Main article: Configuring MediaWiki

Formatting Pages

Main article: MediaWiki Formatting Pages

List of MediaWiki extensions

Some useful extensions:

• Newest Pages
• Todo Tasks
• TopTenPages
• BrokenLinks
• FlashMP3
• CategorySuggest

Reference: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_Matrix/AllExtensions

Show count for each page

Log into the mysql database:

mysql> select page_title, page_counter from page;

Troubleshooting

Saving new templates goes to blank page

Increase the memory usage for PHP. Refer to PHP wiki page.

Enabling SSL causes bad request

After enabling SSL entering http://wiki.vincentkong.com redirects to http://wiki.vincentkong.com:443/wiki/Main_Page causing a bad request error:

Bad Request

Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port.
Instead use the HTTPS scheme to access this URL, please.

Solution: Edit LocalSettings.php and add the line:

$wgServer = $wgProto.'://' . $wgServerName;