Mediawiki

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Wikipedia.org

Install mediawiki on ubuntu

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_GNU/Linux

Enable tex for formula

• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Enable_TeX
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_GNU/Linux
• http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/mediawiki/mediawiki_math.htm

1. The following line is coming from an earlier bookmarked tutorial (not sure if it is needed anymore)

apt-get install mediawiki-math

2. Download Math extension from this link

3. Then you should extract the archive in the "extensions" folder within your MediaWiki installation directory.

4. Next, you need to add the following line to your LocalSettings.php file:

require_once("$IP/extensions/Math/Math.php");

5. Install texvc and ocaml

sudo apt-get install ocaml
cd extensions/Math/math
make

6. The next step is to execute the "maintenance/update.php" script via shell:

php maintenance/update.php  

Done. Go to test it. [Tested on mediawiki 1.22 on Ubuntu 12.04]. Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Install mediawiki on debian

Link here [1]

Create tables

• http://www.tablesgenerator.com/mediawiki_tables
• The following is an example of a table from the main page of UbuntuGuide.org (link were not modified).

	Introduction		Installation		Packages and Repositories		File Managers
	Desktop Add-ons		Virtual Machines		Games and Entertainment		Internet

Auto timeout

See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual_talk:Configuration_settings#Auto-Logout On ubuntu, change /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini.

"session.cahce_expire=180".

"session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440"

favicon

Move favicon.ico to the mediawiki folder and include the following line in the <LocalSettings.php>

$wgFavicon = "$wgScriptPath/favicon.ico";

I try the 32px but it seems the result is the same as 16px.

To download a favicon, use the approach here. The approach works is based on the assumption that the favicon.ico file name is not changed and usually located under the website root directory.

Extensions

Google Analytics

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Analytics_Integration#Installation

Math

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math