Bernard Szlachta at 12:47, 10 July 2015

2015-07-10T12:47:24Z

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{{Cat|MediaWiki}}
{{Cat|course_code_mwdev1}}
==Background==

===Why Wiki?===
* Purpose of wiki in the workplace
* Ideals, culture
** Collaboration as a practice
* Wiki vs Web, vs traditional documentation

===A Quick Look at Wiki in Action===
* What wiki can do in just minutes

===A Look at MediaWiki===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="padding-right: 1em; background-color:#c0c0c0"| What MediaWiki is
! style="background-color:#c0c0c0"| What MediaWiki is ''not''
|-
| style="background:#4169E1;color:white;padding-right: 1em;"| Solid
| style="background:#B22222;color:white;"| A Content Management System
|-
| style="background:#4169E1;color:white;padding-right: 1em;"| Actively developed
| style="background:#B22222;color:white"| Easy to theme
|-
| style="background:#4169E1;color:white;padding-right: 1em;"| Handles massive data w/ease
| style="background:#B22222;color:white"| Easy to extend
|-
| style="background:#4169E1;color:white;padding-right: 1em;"| Tunable
| style="background:#B22222;color:white"| Easy to debug
|-
| style="background:#4169E1;color:white;padding-right: 1em;"| Excellent revision control
| style="background:#B22222;color:white"| Easy to configure
|-
| style="background:#4169E1;color:white;padding-right: 1em;"| Excellent moderator tools
| style="background:#B22222;color:white"| ''Easy''
|}

Why
* How it was developed; core design goals of the MediaWiki project
* A little thought, A lot less trouble

===Restrictions and MediaWiki===
* The fallacy of false security
** Issues of fighting the core design of a product
** Where investment went

* Collaborative culture and restriction
** The purpose and usage model of a wiki

===Other Wikis===
* Advantages, disadvantages
** Picking your battles

===Your Resources===
These are the resources that you are going to be using again and again. Let's learn how to use them!
*[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki's help section]

==Setup==
[[MediaWiki in Depth/Setup]]

==Configuration==

====LocalSettings.php====
* Why is it weird? It's a php file!
** Associated gotchas

=====Directives you should be aware of=====
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings All Configuration Directives]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php LocalSettings Configuration (main directives)]

=====User permissions=====
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights User Rights]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access Preventing Access]

===Image Uploading===
[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads Configuring File Uploads]

==Installing Extensions==
===Finding extensions===
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions MediaWiki Extensions Category]
* Reviewing extensions; when to be wary

===Installing your first extension: [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BreadCrumbs Breadcrumbs!]===
* The MediaWiki directory layout
* LocalSettings config

===Extensions you may find useful===
* [[Mediawiki In Depth/Useful Extensions]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Version Extensions used/supported by WikiMedia]

==Creation and Editing==
===Creating a Page===
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page MediaWiki doc starting a page]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages MediaWiki doc editing a page]
* Saving a page, and being sure to state what you did!

===Page structure===
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Basic Formatting]
** What we're trying to do
** Headers, Table of Contents
** Lists
*** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Lists MediaWiki lists doc]
** Tables
*** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Tables MediaWiki tables doc]
*** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Tables Wikipedia tables help]

* Links
** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links MediWiki Links doc]
* Images
** [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images MediaWiki Images doc]

===Templates===
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words Magic words]
** Transclusion and Substitution
*** [[MediaWiki in Depth/Template in Template|A template of templates]]

===Interwiki linking (if we have time)===

==Navigation==
* The main page
* Searching
** The future of MediaWiki search, [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:CirrusSearch CirrusSearch]

==Organization==
* Categories
* Namespaces
* Customizing the sidebar
** MediaWiki:Sidebar
** Different syntax-- links are not surrounded by brackets

==Tracking, Maintenance and Moderation==
* Watching
** Marking patrolled

* Protecting

* Revisions and Diffs

* Users, Groups, and Permissions

* Special Pages
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Special_page Extensive MediaWiki doc on Special Pages]

* Protecting against spam

* Deleting
** Wiki culture and deleting
* Undeleting

* Moving, Renaming and Redirecting

===Maintenance Scripts===

===Backing up and Restoring===
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki Backing it up]
** sudo mysqldump -h hostname -u userid --password dbname | gzip > backup.sql.gz

* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Restoring_a_wiki_from_backup Restoring]
** sudo mysql -u wikidb_user -p wikidb < dump_of_wikidb.sql

===Bots===
* The reason for Wikipedia's continued success: bots
* What they can do
* A bit of history on bots (I can't resist)
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot Pywikibot]

==User Pages, Talk Pages, And Community on Your Wiki==
* User Pages
** My user page: [[User:Andrew Kahn]]

* Talk Pages
** Our talk page: [[Talk:MediaWiki in Depth]]
** Discussion and debate: wiki style

* Flagging

==The Future==
* Platform changes
* Flow, VisualEditor
* The future of wiki itself

==[[Talk:MediaWiki in Depth/classnotes|Dave's Class Notes]]==

[[Category:MediaWiki]]

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Bernard Szlachta at 12:47, 10 July 2015