MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis.
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MediaWiki - How to handle slash and backslash in title
I would like to use article names which contains "/" (slash) and/or "\" (backslash).
example:
http://www.example.com/wiki/Media/Wiki
http://www.example.com/wiki/Media\Wiki
how to do this?
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Using SQLite for Mediawiki [closed]
I have a mediawiki that I am trying to setup. When I get to the welcome screen it says it can't find a database driver. I downloaded the zip file for php from PHP for Windows, and my Apache server is ...
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How to backup image files on mediawiki 1.20.4 using dumpUploads.php
I have run this same backup command on previous versions of mediawiki (on Centos 6.4) and it has worked successfully but now when running this command on mediawiki 1.20.4 -
[root@wiki images]# php ...
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Upload .SQL Files to Wiki
Changes to my team's database are recorded in our internal wiki. Currently, in addition to a brief description, the .sql scripts are added as text. This is becoming bulky and making the page difficult ...
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Installing mediawiki on local xampp by computer name
I am trying to install mediawiki on my local installation of xampp. I am also trying to install it using my computer name rather than my IP address, since that might change quiet often. I managed to ...
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Linking to a Lotus Notes Document from MediaWiki
I've recently joined a company where groups maintain a lot of data in a lot of systems. The group that I'm in uses MediaWiki and there are some Lotus Notes documents that I want to link to there. ...
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“Error loading data from server: Server error.” - help on configuring VisualEditor and Parsoid extensions for MediaWiki on localhost?
I've been having issues with Parsoid and VisualEditor recently, getting this error everytime I try to edit the page:
Error loading data from server: Server error.
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Mediawiki: cannot upload files
I need to upload a file on the mediawiki installation on my server. When I try to upload a text file I see the following error:
Could not create directory "mwstore://local-backend/local-public/7/78"
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Installing MediaWiki on Linux
I'm am new to Linux and generally new to setting up a web dev environment. I need help with the basics right now. I'm trying to install a LAMP stack that I can then install MediaWiki on. Here's what ...
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How do I run php scripts on a host's server via command line?
I have a hosting provider with mediawiki installed, I am trying to install an extension and I have to navigate to a directory on their server and run an install.php script. How do i do this? I have ...
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How can I convert a whole XML dump from Wikia to Kindle?
I'd like to convert an XML dump of whole Deus Ex Wikia to my Kindle. How can I do that?
Here's the compressed XML file if anyone wants to try their solutions before posting an answer:
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Setting up a (private) image library in MediaWiki
I'm very serious about automotive photography, so I figured it was a good idea to start a private wiki which can both serve as a knowledge base and an image library that contains interesting photos ...
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Line break within a wiki link?
In Mediawiki, how to insert a line break within a wikilink?
Context: An otherwise nicely balanced table is distorded (one column is very wide while the other columns are narrow) because of a very ...
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Own mediawiki/wikipedia naming convention for pages
I recently installed a mediawiki at home and I'm looking for a way to name pages.
Let's say I have the following structure :
Main - Dev - C# - Tips
Main - Cooking - Mexixan Cooking - Tips
Main - ...
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Unable to access media wiki pages from another computer? [closed]
I have set up a web server in my Windows 7 with easyPHP. The website works fine when I browse the locally via localhost or 127.0.0.1. But, unable to open the site from another computer which is in the ...
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Organizing files on my computer into Mediawiki-style categories
I'd like to organize the files on my computer into Wikimedia-style categories, where files can be added to categories and every file can belong to more than one category. Can this be done using a ...
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Mediawiki for personal use [closed]
I need to setup a mediawiki like wiki for some personal projects. Access control is absolutely essential. I should be able to approve when new users create an account on the system. Therefore, i ...
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How do I set up ZScreen to upload images to my mediawiki?
I've set up a mediawiki with all the correct settings and enabled image uploading.
When I do this manually this all works OK.
I want to be able to upload screenshots automatically into my mediawiki ...
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IE9 randomly blocks the cursor from moving up a row in text boxes on wikis
Ever since "upgrading" to IE9, I've been having a super-annoying and very inconsistent problem. While editing wikis, every now and then, I can't move the cursor to the previous row. Pressing the up ...
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What software can I use to scrape (download) a MediaWiki wiki?
I want to scrape an entire wiki that uses MediaWiki software. The amount of pages are pretty small, but they have plenty of revisions, and I'd like to preferably scrape revisions as well.
The wiki ...
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MediaWiki: Branch an Article
Let me first state that I've tried searching MediaWiki's Website , Google, superuser, and stack overflow stackoverflow. In addition I've tried searching for a MediaWiki centric site, and the closest I ...
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MediaWiki like wiki, but with user management?
I really like the syntax of MediaWiki, and that it doesn't use a rich editor, but I would very much like if it had user management.
As far as I can tell, the page is either locked or open for anyone ...
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Unable to get Mathjax extension to work in Mediawiki
I am trying to install Mathjax on a mediawiki installation. From the official page for the extension, I followed all the steps.
Downloaded the latest zip distribution, uploaded and extracted it to ...
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Advice on platform for web-help? [closed]
We have a web-based software product that has a growing user-base of around 200+ people.
We used to have our help sent out with the product as PDFs, and then last year we offer both the PDFs and also ...
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How do I restore the images from a MediaWiki backup?
I'm having trouble restoring the images folder from a backup of my MediaWiki.
I made a backup of my MediaWiki (MediaWiki 1.15.1, PHP 5.3.2, and MySQL 5.1.41), reformatted my computer, and reinstalled ...
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How do I change the UI in MediaWiki v1.16.4?
I'm probably overlooking something obvious, but I cannot seem to find any information about changing from the default UI in MediaWiki. I want to use the newest 1st party UI (seen on ...
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MediaWiki editor with instant preview?
Are there any editors for writing MediaWiki markup that gives an instant preview? Preferably not web-based.
Ideally I would be looking for a window with a horizontal divider. In the upper half ...
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MediaWiki - how to redirect directly to a media file
When clicked, "[[Media:spreadsheet.xls]]" successfully loads the spreadsheet in Excel.
However, a page containing "#REDIRECT [[Media:spreadsheet.xls]]" just goes to the ...
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How to 'code collapse' wiki syntax on Notepad++ (or any other text editor)?
I'm familiar with Notepad++'s code collapse for certain programming languages but recently I've been working with a plain text file that uses with Wiki syntax. For example:
==Heading1==
Content
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Converting MediaWiki to something more portable
I was hosting a local MediaWiki using XAMPP on a Windows machine. Recently, I've begun using multiple machines and realized that having the wiki run locally on a Windows machine might not be the ideal ...
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Export to MediaWiki (.txt)
How do I export to MediaWiki (.txt) format from OpenOffice 3 Writer (under Windows 7) ?
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Ubutun Enterprise Cloud - Mediawiki [Connection to instance-FAILED]
I am able to install and setup Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud accordingly. D/led and used Hybridfox to launch instances (Mediawiki) successfully.
However, the problem is that after the instance is ...
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MediaWiki: increase session timeout
I have a small MediaWiki wiki in a hosted website. It works pretty well, except that I can't find where to configure the session timeout.
Right now, my session expires while I'm editing pages. I've ...
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migrate HTML based knowledge base to MediaWiki
In our company we have a large "Knowledge Base" in HTML form so on a general website. I have been implementing a MediaWiki based system as it is faster cleaner and want to allow all users ability to ...
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Why has MediaWiki still no WYSIWYG editor? [closed]
After almost 10 years, MediaWiki still has no support for a WYSIWYG editor. The metapage explaining various info about this topic states that
The problem is that any WYSIWYG editor would have to ...
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Best Light Software to Manage Large Amounts of Data?
I have seen suggestions like TiddlyWiki for storing data that you want to sort out, but I like solutions like MediaWiki but I don't like how heavy it is and I don't mind if I host it up on a webserver ...
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SMILES extension for MediaWiki? [closed]
I have a wiki about chemistry and I am looking for a MediaWiki extension to parse simplified molecular input line entry specification (SMILES). Is there such an extension available? Thanks.
Oh, I ...
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What is the default location of the MediaWiki extensions directory?
I recently install MediaWiki on Ubuntu 10.04 using all the default settings. I'm looking to install an extension. Where is the extensions directory located by default?
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Offline Mediawiki editing / syncing?
I run a private mediawiki site for research and study, but its a catch 22 situation of I have the most time to organise it when I'm on the road and not online!
Aside from getting a 3G dongle ...
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Checkbox in Mediawiki syntax?
Is there a way to insert an HTML checkbox in Mediawiki syntax?
<input> doesn't appear on their list of blessed tags, so I can't just insert it.
(FWIW, this is for a private documentation page ...
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How do MediaWiki and Confluence compare in a corporate setting? [closed]
My question is less about features are more about your real world experiences. Has anyone used both MediaWiki and Confluence in a business environment and can comment on how they worked?
So although ...
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MediaWiki alternatives for small business?
Are there any good alternative wiki's to MediaWiki out there for a small business? Mostly we are just wanting to use it for documentation. MediaWiki is a fine (and slightly outdated) piece of ...
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Export Firefox Bookmarks to Mediawiki Wiki
Anybody know how I can convert my Firefox Bookmarks to a Mediawiki Wiki page?
I've tried exporting the Firefox Bookmarks to HTML and then entering that HTML into the wiki page that markup isn't ...
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How do I set the icon for the url in wikimedia [closed]
I want to have a nice little icon displayed when users surf my site like Google for example:
I also, specifically, want my Rss feed to generate such an icon. My Rss feed page has a php extension ...
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How do I configure mediawiki to show heading numbering/lettering in the document?
When the table of contents is generated, it numbers sections based upon their heading.
1. section 1
2. section 2
2.1 section 2.1
2.2 section 2.2
3. section 3
and so on.
I would like these section ...
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mediawiki - assign Ctrl-S to save page (edit mode)
Mediawiki:
I'd like to change the key combination alt-shift-s to be ctrl-s for saving a page that is currently being edited.
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How to change the column count in “Pages in category x” in MediaWiki? [closed]
I have a MediaWiki installation and pages listed on a category, and when I access the category it displays "Pages in category x" and then a 3-column list of pages. What I want is to change the column ...
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MediaWiki: restricting access to view/edit
Can MediaWiki combine with a Windows domain server, so people logged in with a domain account can view/edit pages?
Or at least has an account control mechanism so reach the above requirement.
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Mass Rollback on MediaWiki
So,
I have a personal wiki that I use to document code and programming practices and all that good stuff over at StackOverflow. I linked to one of the pages on an SO answer and BOOM! Spam Bots.
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MediaWiki and Mercurial (Hg) Integration
Context:
Our availability requirements are pretty loose. If our Virtual Private Server goes off-line, I need to be able to replace it within a few days.
That's no problem because the data and logs ...
