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= Announcements of releases and security updates =
 
== Announcements of releases and security updates ==
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce


== Cheatsheet  ==
= Cheatsheet  =
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wikipedia.org]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cheatsheet Wikipedia.org]


== Keyboard shortcut ==
= Keyboard shortcut =
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Portal/Keyboard_shortcuts
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Portal/Keyboard_shortcuts


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* Preview: Alt+p (non-mac), Ctrl+Option+p (Mac)
* Preview: Alt+p (non-mac), Ctrl+Option+p (Mac)


== Install mediawiki on ubuntu ==
= Install mediawiki on ubuntu =
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_GNU/Linux
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_GNU/Linux


=== Check requirement ===
== Check requirement ==
<pre>
<pre>
php -v
php -v
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</pre>
</pre>


=== http://localhost/mediawiki setup ===
== http://localhost/mediawiki setup ==
* Language
* Language
* Welcome to MediaWiki!
* Welcome to MediaWiki!
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</pre>
</pre>


=== Enable tex for formula ===
== Enable tex for formula ==
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Enable_TeX
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Enable_TeX
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_GNU/Linux
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_GNU/Linux
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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.
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.


=== [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:All_skins Skins] ===
== [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:All_skins Skins] ==
The default skin is [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Vector vector].  
The default skin is [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Vector vector].  


=== MobileFrontEnd ===
== MobileFrontEnd ==
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend to download the extension and extract it to extensions/ folder
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend to download the extension and extract it to extensions/ folder
* Go to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Minerva_Neue to download the MinervaNeue skin and extract it to skins/ folder
* Go to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:Minerva_Neue to download the MinervaNeue skin and extract it to skins/ folder
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</pre>


== Install on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 ==
= Install on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 =
I follow [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04 this guide] to install LAMP.
I follow [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04 this guide] to install LAMP.


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[https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-1804/ How to install MediaWiki on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS]
[https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-1804/ How to install MediaWiki on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS]


== Install mediawiki on debian ==
= Install mediawiki on debian =


Link here  [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_GNU/Linux]
Link here  [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_GNU/Linux]


== Install mediawiki through Vagrant + VirtualBox ==
= Install mediawiki through Vagrant + VirtualBox =
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki-Vagrant
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki-Vagrant


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</pre>
</pre>


== Run mediawiki with Docker ==
= Run mediawiki with Docker =
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Docker
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Docker
* [https://hub.docker.com/_/mediawiki/ Official Docker repository]
* [https://hub.docker.com/_/mediawiki/ Official Docker repository]
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* https://hub.docker.com/r/appcontainers/mediawiki/ (100K+ pull, include Dockerfile) & [http://collabnix.com/how-to-setup-mediawiki-in-seconds-using-docker/ How to setup Mediawiki in seconds using Docker?]
* https://hub.docker.com/r/appcontainers/mediawiki/ (100K+ pull, include Dockerfile) & [http://collabnix.com/how-to-setup-mediawiki-in-seconds-using-docker/ How to setup Mediawiki in seconds using Docker?]


== Install mediawiki on XAMPP ==
= Install mediawiki on XAMPP =
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki_on_XAMPP
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki_on_XAMPP
* https://lifehacker.com/354005/run-your-personal-wikipedia-from-a-usb-stick
* https://lifehacker.com/354005/run-your-personal-wikipedia-from-a-usb-stick


== LocalSettings.php ==
= LocalSettings.php =
* $wgSitename = "BRB-ArrayTools";
* $wgSitename = "BRB-ArrayTools";


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* $wgFavicon = "$wgScriptPath/favicon32.ico";
* $wgFavicon = "$wgScriptPath/favicon32.ico";


=== Customize ===
== Customize ==
[https://lifehacker.com/5396832/customize-mediawiki-into-your-ultimate-collaborative-web-site Customize MediaWiki into Your Ultimate Collaborative Web Site]
[https://lifehacker.com/5396832/customize-mediawiki-into-your-ultimate-collaborative-web-site Customize MediaWiki into Your Ultimate Collaborative Web Site]


== [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Uninstallation Uninstall mediawiki] ==
= [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Uninstallation Uninstall mediawiki] =
# delete the directory containing the wiki's files
# delete the directory containing the wiki's files
# remove the MySQL database holding your wiki
# remove the MySQL database holding your wiki
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</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


== Mediawiki database ==
= Mediawiki database =
=== MySQL ===
== MySQL ==
See the internal [[MySQL|MySQL]] link.
See the internal [[MySQL|MySQL]] link.


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* The mediawiki user account will be written to the database.
* The mediawiki user account will be written to the database.


=== Users ===
== Users ==
A list of users including the system administrator can be found under Special pages > User list (No log in is required).
A list of users including the system administrator can be found under Special pages > User list (No log in is required).


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</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


== Format ==
= Format =
* [https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/tutorials-and-guides/the-codex/mediawiki-formatting/ MediaWiki Formatting]
* [https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/tutorials-and-guides/the-codex/mediawiki-formatting/ MediaWiki Formatting]


=== Preformatted text with text wrap ===
== Preformatted text with text wrap ==
Search 'Customized preformatted' on the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#HTML_tags Formatting] page.
Search 'Customized preformatted' on the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#HTML_tags Formatting] page.


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</nowiki>
</nowiki>


=== Color format: CSS ===
== Color format: CSS ==
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CSS
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CSS
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help for a list of common used colors.
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help for a list of common used colors.
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Another example: [[#Template:Mvar|Template::Mvar]].
Another example: [[#Template:Mvar|Template::Mvar]].


=== Preformatted text: nowiki ===
== Preformatted text: nowiki ==
If we want to escape from wikipedia's interpretation & avoiding using '''pre''' which will create a block, we can use '''nowiki'''. One example is <nowiki>{{mvar}}</nowiki> instead of {{mvar}}.
If we want to escape from wikipedia's interpretation & avoiding using '''pre''' which will create a block, we can use '''nowiki'''. One example is <nowiki>{{mvar}}</nowiki> instead of {{mvar}}.


=== "span" tag for fixed width text with colored background ===
== "span" tag for fixed width text with colored background ==
The [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#HTML_tags code] tag is supposed to give a background color for a fixed width text but it spreads a whole line for some reason.  
The [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#HTML_tags code] tag is supposed to give a background color for a fixed width text but it spreads a whole line for some reason.  
<code>code</code>
<code>code</code>
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* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help


=== Display special characters like backslash using unicode ===
== Display special characters like backslash using unicode ==
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Special_characters
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Special_characters
* [https://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_html_utf8.asp HTML Unicode (UTF-8) Reference], [https://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_utf_math.asp UTF-8 Mathematical Operators]. For example to display the symbols <span class="Unicode">&#8726;[ </span> we can use this trick. The pre and nowiki tags do not work.
* [https://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_html_utf8.asp HTML Unicode (UTF-8) Reference], [https://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_utf_math.asp UTF-8 Mathematical Operators]. For example to display the symbols <span class="Unicode">&#8726;[ </span> we can use this trick. The pre and nowiki tags do not work.
* [https://brajeshwar.github.io/entities/ Character Entities Cheat Sheet for HTML, CSS (content) and Javascript. ]. For example, &#9658; or &rarr; represents a right arrow. &#124; represents a vertical bar.
* [https://brajeshwar.github.io/entities/ Character Entities Cheat Sheet for HTML, CSS (content) and Javascript. ]. For example, &#9658; or &rarr; represents a right arrow. &#124; represents a vertical bar.


=== Formatting: Superscript and subscript ===
== Formatting: Superscript and subscript ==
Use  
Use  
<pre>
<pre>
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or '''sub''' keyword.
or '''sub''' keyword.


=== Syntax highlight ===
== Syntax highlight ==
'''Warnings''': syntax highlight will use much CPU. It will affect mediawiki's performance ('top' command will show that). Even on Rasp Pi3B+, it is slow. So don't use this feature.
'''Warnings''': syntax highlight will use much CPU. It will affect mediawiki's performance ('top' command will show that). Even on Rasp Pi3B+, it is slow. So don't use this feature.


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It seems the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight/en#inline inline] parameter does not work.
It seems the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight/en#inline inline] parameter does not work.


=== Create tables ===
== Create tables ==
* http://www.tablesgenerator.com/mediawiki_tables
* http://www.tablesgenerator.com/mediawiki_tables
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables. If the text in the cell should contain a line break, use <nowiki><br/></nowiki> instead.
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables. If the text in the cell should contain a line break, use <nowiki><br/></nowiki> instead.
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|}
|}


=== Indent a table or math equation in a list ===
== Indent a table or math equation in a list ==
Use single, double, triple colons.  
Use single, double, triple colons.  
See a [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4928612/indenting-code-in-mediawiki discussion] and my example [[Statistics#Survival_risk_prediction|here]].
See a [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4928612/indenting-code-in-mediawiki discussion] and my example [[Statistics#Survival_risk_prediction|here]].
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Note that if the table is inside a second bullets (**), the bullet level will be reset.
Note that if the table is inside a second bullets (**), the bullet level will be reset.


=== Link an image but not show it up ===
== Link an image but not show it up ==
Add a colon before "File". For example <nowiki>[[:File:myImage.png]] </nowiki>. See  
Add a colon before "File". For example <nowiki>[[:File:myImage.png]] </nowiki>. See  
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links#Internal_links Visible link to an image or media file]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links#Internal_links Visible link to an image or media file]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Help:Images]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Help:Images]


=== Indent in a numbered list ===
== Indent in a numbered list ==
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4994174/code-block-in-numbered-list-wiki-syntax
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4994174/code-block-in-numbered-list-wiki-syntax


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</ol>
</ol>


=== How can I link to a specific answer? ===
== How can I link to a specific answer? ==
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/45597/how-can-i-link-to-a-specific-answer
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/45597/how-can-i-link-to-a-specific-answer


== Mediawiki/Apache has no response ==
= Mediawiki/Apache has no response =
<pre>
<pre>
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
</pre>
</pre>


== Auto timeout ==
= Auto timeout =
=== php.ini ===
== php.ini ==
See  
See  
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual_talk:Configuration_settings#Auto-Logout  
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual_talk:Configuration_settings#Auto-Logout  
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After modifying php.ini, you need to restart apache. '''sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart'''
After modifying php.ini, you need to restart apache. '''sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart'''


=== 'keep me logged in' option ===
== 'keep me logged in' option ==
Make sure to check this option on the login screen.
Make sure to check this option on the login screen.


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* https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/79907/how-to-set-the-keep-me-logged-in-box-to-true-in-mediawiki-specialuserlogin
* https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/79907/how-to-set-the-keep-me-logged-in-box-to-true-in-mediawiki-specialuserlogin


== Errors and symptoms ==
= Errors and symptoms =
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Errors_and_symptoms
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Errors_and_symptoms


'''Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. You might have been logged out. Please verify that you're still logged in and try''' May be related to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Firefox_users_and_session_loss_bug Cookies]. See also [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151770 Discussion].
'''Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. You might have been logged out. Please verify that you're still logged in and try''' May be related to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Firefox_users_and_session_loss_bug Cookies]. See also [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151770 Discussion].


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


== Change skin ==
= Change skin =
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skins
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skins
* http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/mediawiki/change-media-wiki-appearance/changing-mediawiki-skins
* http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/mediawiki/change-media-wiki-appearance/changing-mediawiki-skins
* https://www.hostknox.com/tutorials/mediawiki/skins
* https://www.hostknox.com/tutorials/mediawiki/skins


== Change user's password ==
= Change user's password =
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Resetting_passwords
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Resetting_passwords


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</pre>


== tackle slowness when saving pages ==
= tackle slowness when saving pages =
* Maybe it is because packages are automatically updated by OS. Use '''zgrep -h 'status installed' /var/log/dpkg.log* | sort | tail -n 100''' to see updated packages and also [[Ubuntu#System_restart_required | Ubuntu -> System restart required]]. Rebooting the system should help.
* Maybe it is because packages are automatically updated by OS. Use '''zgrep -h 'status installed' /var/log/dpkg.log* | sort | tail -n 100''' to see updated packages and also [[Ubuntu#System_restart_required | Ubuntu -> System restart required]]. Rebooting the system should help.
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Performance_tuning  
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Performance_tuning  
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3. (optional) sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
3. (optional) sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload


== Browser's tools ==
= Browser's tools =
* Chrome: Ctrl+Shift + i. Click the 'Network' tab. See the page size, loading time, ...
* Chrome: Ctrl+Shift + i. Click the 'Network' tab. See the page size, loading time, ...


== Alternatives to mediawiki ==
= Alternatives to mediawiki =
[https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-alternatives-mediawiki-hosting-wiki/ 3 Alternatives To MediaWiki When Hosting Your Own Wiki]
[https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-alternatives-mediawiki-hosting-wiki/ 3 Alternatives To MediaWiki When Hosting Your Own Wiki]


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* [https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-wikijs-on-ubuntu-1804-lts/ How to Install Wiki.js on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS]
* [https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-wikijs-on-ubuntu-1804-lts/ How to Install Wiki.js on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS]


== Article size and its limit ==
= Article size and its limit =
To view what the size of the current (and other revisions) of the page is, open the page on the frontend and view its history.
To view what the size of the current (and other revisions) of the page is, open the page on the frontend and view its history.


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</pre>


== Shorten URL (remove index.php) ==
= Shorten URL (remove index.php) =
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_or_Ubuntu#Pretty_URLs
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_or_Ubuntu#Pretty_URLs
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Apache Apache] guide. Keywords: '''RewriteRule''' & '''index.php'''
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Apache Apache] guide. Keywords: '''RewriteRule''' & '''index.php'''
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* Now: browse http://localhost/ and it will redirect to http://localhost/wiki/.
* Now: browse http://localhost/ and it will redirect to http://localhost/wiki/.


== Change/move main page title ==
= Change/move main page title =
[https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/30353/how-to-change-mediawiki-main-page-title How to change MediaWiki “Main Page” title?]
[https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/30353/how-to-change-mediawiki-main-page-title How to change MediaWiki “Main Page” title?]


== Registration time, password ==
= Registration time, password =
Preferences > User Profile. From here we can see when the user has registered and there is an opportunity to change the password.
Preferences > User Profile. From here we can see when the user has registered and there is an opportunity to change the password.


== Extensions ==
= Extensions =
[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor Top 15 downloaded extensions]
[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor Top 15 downloaded extensions]


=== Composer ===
== Composer ==
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Composer. '''Composer''' is a dependency manager for PHP libraries. In addition, it can be used to manage the installation of MediaWiki extensions
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Composer. '''Composer''' is a dependency manager for PHP libraries. In addition, it can be used to manage the installation of MediaWiki extensions


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My solution is to comment out (use semi-colon symbol) two lines the file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/tideways.ini. The first tries to load ''tideways.so'' file. This file is the one pointed by /etc/php/7.3/apache2/conf.d/20-tideways.ini. And this file is show from '''phpinfo.php''' page as one of additional .ini files parsed. See [https://stackoverflow.com/a/54724017 PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library for PHP folder].
My solution is to comment out (use semi-colon symbol) two lines the file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/tideways.ini. The first tries to load ''tideways.so'' file. This file is the one pointed by /etc/php/7.3/apache2/conf.d/20-tideways.ini. And this file is show from '''phpinfo.php''' page as one of additional .ini files parsed. See [https://stackoverflow.com/a/54724017 PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library for PHP folder].


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


=== Graphviz ===
== Graphviz ==
NOTE: '''Not compatible with MediaWiki 1.33+'''. Consider an alternative [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Mermaid Mermaid].
NOTE: '''Not compatible with MediaWiki 1.33+'''. Consider an alternative [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Mermaid Mermaid].


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</pre>


=== ImageMap ===
== ImageMap ==
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap


=== Math ===
== Math ==
See [[#Math_extension|Math extension]].
See [[#Math_extension|Math extension]].


=== MobileFrontEnd ===
== MobileFrontEnd ==
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend


=== WikiEditor ===
== WikiEditor ==
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiEditor
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiEditor


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</pre>


=== YouTube ===
== YouTube ==
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:YouTube
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:YouTube


== Math extension ==
= Math extension =
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math/advancedSettings. It include info about '''texvc'''. texvc takes formulae and produces formatted output in HTML, MathML, and PNG images. Instructions for Ubuntu is included. On Raspbian, we install texvc by '''sudo apt install texvc''' (80+ packages, 2GB space).
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math/advancedSettings. It include info about '''texvc'''. texvc takes formulae and produces formatted output in HTML, MathML, and PNG images. Instructions for Ubuntu is included. On Raspbian, we install texvc by '''sudo apt install texvc''' (80+ packages, 2GB space).
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* [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/775168/math-equations-on-the-web Math equations on the web]
* [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/775168/math-equations-on-the-web Math equations on the web]


=== Examples of writing Math in mediawiki ===
== Examples of writing Math in mediawiki ==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula Help:Displaying a formula] from wikipedia.org. Lots of examples.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula Help:Displaying a formula] from wikipedia.org. Lots of examples.


=== MathML ===
== MathML ==
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MathML
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MathML
* A test on browser https://www.w3.org/Math/XSL/csmall2.xml. Firefox has a support but Chrome doesn't.
* A test on browser https://www.w3.org/Math/XSL/csmall2.xml. Firefox has a support but Chrome doesn't.


=== Mathoid server ===
== Mathoid server ==
Note: if I create a mathoid server on my host, probably other people can use it too.
Note: if I create a mathoid server on my host, probably other people can use it too.


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[https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-March/047266.html Installing the MediaWiki Math extension is easier now] (with a short instruction) March 2018.
[https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2018-March/047266.html Installing the MediaWiki Math extension is easier now] (with a short instruction) March 2018.


=== Mathoid server on Ubuntu ===
== Mathoid server on Ubuntu ==
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Mathoid#NPM_package_(Debian_Stretch)
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Mathoid#NPM_package_(Debian_Stretch)
* See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MathEasy MathEasy] extension.
* See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MathEasy MathEasy] extension.
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</pre>


=== Mathoid on Docker ===
== Mathoid on Docker ==
https://github.com/nlpub/mathoid-docker
https://github.com/nlpub/mathoid-docker


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</pre>


=== [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math#Mathoid's_CLI_interface CLI] interface ===
== [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math#Mathoid's_CLI_interface CLI] interface ==
https://github.com/wikimedia/mathoid.  Mathoid currently supports node version 6,8 or 10. To check your node version run '''node --version''' from the commandline.
https://github.com/wikimedia/mathoid.  Mathoid currently supports node version 6,8 or 10. To check your node version run '''node --version''' from the commandline.


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The double vertical symbols should be replaced by '''\|''' or '''\Vert'''; otherwise, the page cannot be loaded. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula#Fractions,_matrices,_multilines Fractions, matrices, multilines].
The double vertical symbols should be replaced by '''\|''' or '''\Vert'''; otherwise, the page cannot be loaded. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula#Fractions,_matrices,_multilines Fractions, matrices, multilines].


=== Embed images (math equations) from URL ===
== Embed images (math equations) from URL ==
It is possible to create latex equation on online and get a URL link. See [https://www.codecogs.com/latex/integration/htmlequations.php Equations in HTML (SVG + GIF)] from codecogs.com. The source code of the equation image shows an SVG tag was used just like the Math extension did.
It is possible to create latex equation on online and get a URL link. See [https://www.codecogs.com/latex/integration/htmlequations.php Equations in HTML (SVG + GIF)] from codecogs.com. The source code of the equation image shows an SVG tag was used just like the Math extension did.


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</pre>
</pre>


=== Restbase ===
== Restbase ==
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math/Restbase
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math/Restbase
* [https://blog.yoitsu.moe/mediawiki/restbase_and_math_for_mediawiki.html 为 MediaWiki 安装 RESTBase 和显示数学公式]
* [https://blog.yoitsu.moe/mediawiki/restbase_and_math_for_mediawiki.html 为 MediaWiki 安装 RESTBase 和显示数学公式]


=== SimpleMathJax ===
== SimpleMathJax ==
Another way to get the SVG instead of PNG format for mathematical formulae is to use the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleMathJax SimpleMathJax] extension (see a [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29387372/how-to-embed-maths-in-mediawiki discussion]). The instruction needs to be modified.  
Another way to get the SVG instead of PNG format for mathematical formulae is to use the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleMathJax SimpleMathJax] extension (see a [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29387372/how-to-embed-maths-in-mediawiki discussion]). The instruction needs to be modified.  
* After unzip the zip file to the extensions folder it is necessary to change the folder name from 'SimpleMathJax-master' to 'SimpleMathJax' (if we did not do that, the maintenance/update.php will issue errors)
* After unzip the zip file to the extensions folder it is necessary to change the folder name from 'SimpleMathJax-master' to 'SimpleMathJax' (if we did not do that, the maintenance/update.php will issue errors)
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</pre>
</pre>


=== How to display index under the sigma sign ===
== How to display index under the sigma sign ==


[http://latex.wikia.com/wiki/Sum-class_symbol limits]
[http://latex.wikia.com/wiki/Sum-class_symbol limits]


== Template ==
= Template =
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates


=== Template:Mvar ===
== Template:Mvar ==
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Mvar
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Mvar
:<pre><span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">{{{1}}}</span>
:<pre><span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">{{{1}}}</span>
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* [https://www.ryadel.com/en/how-to-add-wikipedia-mbox-templates-to-your-own-mediawiki/ How to import Wikipedia Templates into your own MediaWiki]
* [https://www.ryadel.com/en/how-to-add-wikipedia-mbox-templates-to-your-own-mediawiki/ How to import Wikipedia Templates into your own MediaWiki]


=== Create a new Template page ===
== Create a new Template page ==
Suppose I want to create a template called "Template:Pre". I can go to URL and type yourwebsite.com/mediawiki/index.php/Template.Pre. The mediawiki will offer me choices and one of them is to create this page.  
Suppose I want to create a template called "Template:Pre". I can go to URL and type yourwebsite.com/mediawiki/index.php/Template.Pre. The mediawiki will offer me choices and one of them is to create this page.  


I use this way to create a shortcut that I can use by using <nowiki>{{Pre}}</nowiki> to replace a long typing of Preformatted text with text wrap.
I use this way to create a shortcut that I can use by using <nowiki>{{Pre}}</nowiki> to replace a long typing of Preformatted text with text wrap.


== Trouble shooting ==  
= Trouble shooting =  
=== ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT ===
== ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT ==


=== error creating thumbnail ===
== error creating thumbnail ==
'''includes/shell/limit.sh: line 101: 3788 Aborted /usr/bin/timeout $MW_WALL_CLOCK_LIMIT'''
'''includes/shell/limit.sh: line 101: 3788 Aborted /usr/bin/timeout $MW_WALL_CLOCK_LIMIT'''


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# Re-try the command to convert a SVG image. It works now.
# Re-try the command to convert a SVG image. It works now.


=== Import images ===
== Import images ==
* dumpUploads.php
* dumpUploads.php
** http://linuxclues.blogspot.com/2008/04/backup-restore-mediawiki-ubuntu.html
** http://linuxclues.blogspot.com/2008/04/backup-restore-mediawiki-ubuntu.html
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</pre>
</pre>


=== Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError" ===
== Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError" ==
Run '''php update.php'''.
Run '''php update.php'''.


=== Delete upload files ===
== Delete upload files ==
# Ensure you have "sysop" permissions and you're logged in.
# Ensure you have "sysop" permissions and you're logged in.
# Select "Special Pages" from the toolbox on the left-hand side of the screen.
# Select "Special Pages" from the toolbox on the left-hand side of the screen.
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# Confirm your choice and provide a reason for the deletion.
# Confirm your choice and provide a reason for the deletion.


== Backup for offline ==
= Backup for offline =
https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/28702/how-to-dump-a-mediawiki-for-offline-use
https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/28702/how-to-dump-a-mediawiki-for-offline-use
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
<syntaxhighlight lang='bash'>
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</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


=== Mediawiki to Markdown ===
== Mediawiki to Markdown ==
https://github.com/philipashlock/mediawiki-to-markdown
https://github.com/philipashlock/mediawiki-to-markdown


== How to Create Your Own Offline Wiki ==
= How to Create Your Own Offline Wiki =
https://www.wikihow.com/Create-Your-Own-Offline-Wiki
https://www.wikihow.com/Create-Your-Own-Offline-Wiki


== Comparison of wiki hosting services ==
= Comparison of wiki hosting services =
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_hosting_services
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_hosting_services


== Use Github Wiki ==
= Use Github Wiki =
* https://help.github.com/articles/about-wikis/
* https://help.github.com/articles/about-wikis/
* [http://hyperpolyglot.org/lightweight-markup Lightweight markup comparison]
* [http://hyperpolyglot.org/lightweight-markup Lightweight markup comparison]
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* [https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/201738607-Image-downloads How to download all images from your account]
* [https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/201738607-Image-downloads How to download all images from your account]


== Misc ==
= Misc =
=== Clean up headers ===
== Clean up headers ==
I use a small R script to clean up the header levels. Normally the header should start with one "=".
I use a small R script to clean up the header levels. Normally the header should start with one "=".
<syntaxhighlight lang='rsplus'>
<syntaxhighlight lang='rsplus'>
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</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


=== Convert to markdown ===
== Convert to markdown ==

Revision as of 22:08, 18 December 2019

Announcements of releases and security updates

https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce

Cheatsheet

Wikipedia.org

Keyboard shortcut

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Portal/Keyboard_shortcuts

  • Save: Alt+s (non-mac), Ctr+Option+s (Mac)
  • Preview: Alt+p (non-mac), Ctrl+Option+p (Mac)

Install mediawiki on ubuntu

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

Check requirement

php -v
mysql -V  # capital V

http://localhost/mediawiki setup

  • Language
  • Welcome to MediaWiki!
    • Environmental checks
    • Copyright and Terms
  • Connect to database - MySQL settings
    • Database host: localhost
    • Database name: (default is my_wiki)
    • Database table prefix: (Leave it empty)
    • Database username: root (saved in LocalSettings.php - $wgDBuser, no need to change)
    • Database password: (saved in LocalSettings.php - $wgDBpassword)
  • Database settings
    • Storage engine: InnoDB
    • Database character set: Binary
  • Name
    • Name of wiki: (saved in LocalSettings.php - $wgSitename)
    • Administrator account
      • Your username: (will be saved in the database)
      • Password: (will be saved in the database)
      • Email address: (leave it empty)
      • Uncheck 'Share data about this installation with MediaWiki developers.'
      • Check 'I'm bored already, just install the wiki.'

If we choose 'Ask me more questions', we will get more questions to answer

  • Options
    • User rights profile: Open wiki/Account creation required/Authorized editors only/Private wiki
    • Copyright and license: Creative Commons Attribution/.../No license footer/Select a custom Creative Commons license
    • Email settings
    • Skins
    • Extensions: Gadgets, ImageMap, InputBox, Interwiki, LocalisationUpdate, Nuke, ParserFunctions, PdfHandler, Renameuser, SpamBlacklist, SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi, TitleBlacklist, WikiEditor
    • Images and file uploads: Enable file uploads, Logo URL
    • Advanced configuration: PHP object caching (APC, APCu, XCache or WinCache)

At the end, we will be notified to download LocalSettings.php file. The new database will be created now.

$ mysql -u root -p -e 'SHOW DATABASES'

$ mysql -u root -p -e 'SHOW TABLES' DB_NAME

Enable tex for formula

1. The following line is coming from an earlier bookmarked tutorial (this will install texvc & mediawiki together)

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:

wfLoadExtension( 'Math' );

5. Install texvc and ocaml (outdated). Installing texvc seems not necessary now according to this post.

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.

Skins

The default skin is vector.

MobileFrontEnd

cd Downloads
wget https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/extensions/MobileFrontend-REL1_30-5ecc673.tar.gz
wget https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/MinervaNeue-REL1_30-7ee8663.tar.gz
tar xzvf MobileFrontend-REL1_30-5ecc673.tar.gz -C ../mediawiki-1.30.0/extensions/
tar xzvf MinervaNeue-REL1_30-7ee8663.tar.gz -C ../mediawiki-1.30.0/skins
  • Use a table or phone to test the effect. It works. The changes I made to <LocalSettings.php>
wfLoadSkin( 'MinervaNeue' ); # put it in the same section of wfLoadSkin

wfLoadExtension( 'MobileFrontend' );
$wgMFAutodetectMobileView = true;
$wgMFDefaultSkinClass = 'SkinMinerva';

$wgShowExceptionDetails = true; # debugging use only

Install on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04

I follow this guide to install LAMP.

However the SSH setting will be affected since ufw will assume the default port. So I follow this guide to fix the port problem on OpenSSH.

How to install MediaWiki on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Install mediawiki on debian

Link here [1]

Install mediawiki through Vagrant + VirtualBox

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki-Vagrant

Several extensions have an instruction for vagrant engine.

vagrant roles enable mobilefrontend --provision
vagrant enable-role multimediaviewer 
vagrant provision

Run mediawiki with Docker

Install mediawiki on XAMPP

LocalSettings.php

  • $wgSitename = "BRB-ArrayTools";

The protocol and server name to use in fully-qualified URLs

  • $wgServer = "https://YOURDOMAIN.COM";
  • $wgSecureLogin = true;
  • $wgLogo = "$wgScriptPath/YOURLOGO.png";
  • $wgEnableEmail = false;

The base URL path

Database settings

  • $wgDBtype = "mysql";
  • $wgDBserver = "localhost";
  • $wgDBname = "MYWIKIDB";
  • $wgDBuser = "root"; # not the wiki user
  • $wgDBpassword = "MYPASSWORD"; # not the password used to log in the mediawiki

Shared memory settings

  • $wgMainCacheType = CACHE_ACCEL;

To enable image uploads, make sure the 'images' directory is writable, then set this to true:

  • $wgEnableUploads = true;

If you use ImageMagick (or any other shell command) on a Linux server, this will need to be set to the name of an available UTF-8 locale

  • $wgShellLocale = "en_US.utf8";

Extensions

  • wfLoadExtension( 'SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi' );
  • $wgFileExtensions = array('txt','svg','png','gif','jpg','jpeg','doc','xls','mpp','pdf','ppt','tiff','bmp','docx', 'xlsx', 'pptx','ps','odt','ods','odp','odg');
  • $wgSVGConverter = 'ImageMagick';
  • $wgTrustedMediaFormats = array('text/plain');
  • $wgDisableCounters = true;
  • $wgLocaltimezone = "America/New_York";
  • $wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 60;
  • date_default_timezone_set( $wgLocaltimezone );
  • require_once("$IP/extensions/Math/Math.php");
  • $wgFavicon = "$wgScriptPath/favicon32.ico";

Customize

Customize MediaWiki into Your Ultimate Collaborative Web Site

Uninstall mediawiki

  1. delete the directory containing the wiki's files
  2. remove the MySQL database holding your wiki
mysql> DROP DATABASE wikidb;

Mediawiki database

MySQL

See the internal MySQL link.

  • It seems not necessary to create a new user for storing the mediawiki database; root is OK
  • The mediawiki database administrator information will not be saved to the database
  • The mediawiki user account will be written to the database.

Users

A list of users including the system administrator can be found under Special pages > User list (No log in is required).

The administrator and users information is saved in the 'user' table of the wiki database. The can be seen by looking at the phpMyAdmin page. LocalSettings.php only saved the database name and username/password in order to get an access.

To reset user's password, follow official wikipedia page

# set the password for username 'example' to 'newpassword'
sudo php changePassword.php --user=example --password=newpassword

Format

Preformatted text with text wrap

Search 'Customized preformatted' on the Formatting page.

<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; /* CSS 3 */ white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; /* Mozilla, since 1999 */ white-space: -pre-wrap; /* Opera 4-6 */ white-space: -o-pre-wrap; /* Opera 7 */ word-wrap: break-word; /* IE 5.5+ */ " > YOUR TEXT </pre>

Color format: CSS

Text is red.

<span style="color: red">
Text is red.
</span>

Another example: Template::Mvar.

Preformatted text: nowiki

If we want to escape from wikipedia's interpretation & avoiding using pre which will create a block, we can use nowiki. One example is {{mvar}} instead of {{{1}}}.

"span" tag for fixed width text with colored background

The code tag is supposed to give a background color for a fixed width text but it spreads a whole line for some reason. code

An alternative but not exactly same way is to use the span tag from HTML; see an example where a border is added around the text.

This text background color is specified.

This text will be yellow and on a green background

Display special characters like backslash using unicode

Formatting: Superscript and subscript

Use

<sup>1</sup>

or sub keyword.

Syntax highlight

Warnings: syntax highlight will use much CPU. It will affect mediawiki's performance ('top' command will show that). Even on Rasp Pi3B+, it is slow. So don't use this feature.

Use the "syntaxhighlight" (for newer versions of mediawiki) or source (for older versions) tag for inline/non-inline syntax highlight. For example,

library(d3Network)

Source <- c("A", "A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "C", "C", "D") 
Target <- c("B", "C", "D", "J", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I") 
NetworkData <- data.frame(Source, Target) 

d3SimpleNetwork(NetworkData, height = 800, width = 1024, file="tmp.html")

can be created by

<source lang="rsplus">
library(d3Network)

Source <- c("A", "A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "C", "C", "D") 
Target <- c("B", "C", "D", "J", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I") 
NetworkData <- data.frame(Source, Target) 

d3SimpleNetwork(NetworkData, height = 800, width = 1024, file="tmp.html")
</source>

Note for some reason, when I use the syntaxhighlight tag (use syntaxhighlight instead of source tag), 'r' is not recognized on my mediawiki 1.22 although 'bash' works.

This syntax highlight extension package https://github.com/artemklevtsov/MediaWiki-SyntaxHighlight seems more complete. It supports markdown, cpp, r, bash, cxx, ... (no Fortran?) languages. But highlight.js library supports even more.

If we need to use code syntaxhighlight with a list, we shall put the beginning "syntaxhighlight" tag immediately after the paragraph instead of a new line. Putting the tag immediately after the paragraph allows an indentation of the code.

It seems the inline parameter does not work.

Create tables

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

Indent a table or math equation in a list

Use single, double, triple colons. See a discussion and my example here.

Note that if the table is inside a second bullets (**), the bullet level will be reset.

Link an image but not show it up

Add a colon before "File". For example [[:File:myImage.png]] . See

Indent in a numbered list

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4994174/code-block-in-numbered-list-wiki-syntax

Search "colon" in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Lists.

  1. one
    some stuff
    some more stuff
  2. two

OR using HTML syntax <ol>/<ul> and <li>

  1. one
  2. two
  3. some stuff
    some more stuff
  4. three

How can I link to a specific answer?

https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/45597/how-can-i-link-to-a-specific-answer

Mediawiki/Apache has no response

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Auto timeout

php.ini

See

On ubuntu, change /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini.

session.cache_expire=180

session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440

session.cookie_lifetime = 1440

After modifying php.ini, you need to restart apache. sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

'keep me logged in' option

Make sure to check this option on the login screen.

Errors and symptoms

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Errors_and_symptoms

Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data. You might have been logged out. Please verify that you're still logged in and try May be related to Cookies. See also Discussion.

favicon

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

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

Note that the attribute of the ico file has to be at least 644. If not, just run the following line

chmod 644 favicon.ico

To download a favicon, use the approach here. For example, to download the favicon icon from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ website, we just open the url https://wiki.ubuntu.com/favicon.ico.

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.

Change skin

Change user's password

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Resetting_passwords

cd maintenance
sudo php changePassword.php --user=UserName --password=NewPassword

tackle slowness when saving pages

In summary:

1. Install php-apc. sudo apt-get install php-apc

2. nano LocalSettings.php. Change $wgMainCacheType from CACHE_NONE to CACHE_ACCEL.

$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_ACCEL;

3. (optional) sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

Browser's tools

  • Chrome: Ctrl+Shift + i. Click the 'Network' tab. See the page size, loading time, ...

Alternatives to mediawiki

3 Alternatives To MediaWiki When Hosting Your Own Wiki

15 best alternative to MediaWiki?

Wiki.js

Article size and its limit

To view what the size of the current (and other revisions) of the page is, open the page on the frontend and view its history.

How to change the maximum allowed page size in MediaWiki

By default the size is 2048 KB. You can modify it in LocalSettings.php.

$wgMaxArticleSize = 100;  # 100 KB

Shorten URL (remove index.php)

# Enabling mod_rewrite
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2

# Setting Up Apache2 configuration file
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/mediawiki.conf  # new file
sudo a2ensite mediawiki.conf
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
sudo apache2ctl configtest
sudo systemctl restart apache2

# Setting up the rewrite rules
sudo nano /var/www/html/.htaccess  # new file

# LocalSettings.php
sudo mv /var/www/html/mediawiki /var/www/html/w
sudo nano /var/www/html/w/LocalSettings.php
# $wgScriptPath = "/w";
# $wgArticlePath = "/wiki/$1";
# $wgUsePathInfo = true;

where /etc/apache2/sites-available/mediawiki.conf is

<VirtualHost *:80>
    <Directory /var/www/html>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

and /var/www/html/.htaccess is

# Enable the rewrite engine
RewriteEngine On

# Short URL for wiki pages
# http://domain/w/index.php/Main_Page becomes http://domain/wiki/Main_Page
RewriteRule ^/?wiki(/.*)?$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/w/index.php [L]

# Redirect / to Main Page
# http://domain will go to http://domain/wiki/Main_Page
RewriteRule ^/*$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/w/index.php [L]

Change/move main page title

How to change MediaWiki “Main Page” title?

Registration time, password

Preferences > User Profile. From here we can see when the user has registered and there is an opportunity to change the password.

Extensions

Top 15 downloaded extensions

Composer

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Composer. Composer is a dependency manager for PHP libraries. In addition, it can be used to manage the installation of MediaWiki extensions

This is asked by the GraphViz extension

On Ubuntu 16.04, apt installation looks OK but it gives an error when I run composer --version.

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'tideways.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/20180731/tideways.so (/usr/lib/php/20180731/tideways.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/20180731/tideways.so.so (/usr/lib/php/20180731/tideways.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0

How To Install and Use Composer on Ubuntu 16.04

My solution is to comment out (use semi-colon symbol) two lines the file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/tideways.ini. The first tries to load tideways.so file. This file is the one pointed by /etc/php/7.3/apache2/conf.d/20-tideways.ini. And this file is show from phpinfo.php page as one of additional .ini files parsed. See PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library for PHP folder.

Google Analytics

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

Graphviz

NOTE: Not compatible with MediaWiki 1.33+. Consider an alternative Mermaid.

(tested on raspbian). The browser shows a message This page isn’t working XXX.XX.XX.XXX is currently unable to handle this request.

sudo apt install composer
nano composer.local.json
composer update

Run php maintenance/update.php shows PHP Fatal error: Uncaught ExtensionDependencyError: GraphViz requires ImageMap to be installed.

To fix the problem, I add wfLoadExtension( 'ImageMap' ); to LocalSettings.php. To cap,

wfLoadExtension( 'ImageMap' );

wfLoadExtension( 'GraphViz' );
$wgGraphVizExecPath = "/usr/bin";
$wgGraphVizMscgenPath = "/usr/bin";

ImageMap

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap

Math

See Math extension.

MobileFrontEnd

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend

WikiEditor

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiEditor

The 2nd line is required from my experience

wfLoadExtension( 'WikiEditor' );
$wgDefaultUserOptions['usebetatoolbar'] = 1;

YouTube

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:YouTube

Math extension

Examples of writing Math in mediawiki

Help:Displaying a formula from wikipedia.org. Lots of examples.

MathML

Mathoid server

Note: if I create a mathoid server on my host, probably other people can use it too.

Currently I am using the following options in LocalSettings.php,

wfLoadExtension( 'Math' );
$wgMathFullRestbaseURL= 'https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_';
$wgMathValidModes[] = 'mathml';

Note: we can check if a remote server port 10044 is open by using the command nc -vz RemoteDomain 10044. For example, nc -vz raptor575.startdedicated.com 10044 . If the port is open, it will show Connection to XXXX 10044 port [tcp/*] succeeded!

$ curl -XPOST -d'q=e=mc^2' http://raptor575.startdedicated.com:10044/

This should return JSON with 'mml' and 'svg' members..

So if I open a math equation in a new tab, it will show the link to https://en.wikipedia.org (e.g. C-statistic) created in my Survival data page or link to https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/ if we don't specify $wgMathFullRestbaseURL. If I host mediawiki on Rasp Pi3, a mediawiki page with lots of math symbols will be too slow to be loaded. Also the source code of the math symbols linked from https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/ shows the math symbols are MathJax not MathML.

Also there is a rule on Wikimedia REST API: Limit your clients to no more than 200 requests/s to this API.

However, Ubuntu does not have a support on Mathoid which can convert math to SVG instead of PNG. Is that true?

I can only get PNG rendering for Math formula on Ubuntu. However if I use Mediawiki Docker image which based on PHP and PHP is based on Debian, I can get SVG images for Math formula.

If I go to Preferences > Appearance, the Math mode is "MathML with SVG or PNG fallback" in Docker but "PNG images" in Ubuntu. If I try to change to "MathML with SVG or PNG fallback" in Ubuntu, it will break.

Installing the MediaWiki Math extension is easier now (with a short instruction) March 2018.

Mathoid server on Ubuntu

The LocalSettings.php part

wfLoadExtension( 'Math' );
$wgMathValidModes[] = 'mathml';
$wgDefaultUserOptions['math'] = 'mathml';
$wgMathMathMLUrl = 'http://12.23.34.45:10042/'; # IP of Mathoid server

Note that installing npm on Rasp Pi 3B gives an error

$ sudo apt-get install nodejs nodejs-legacy nodejs-dev npm librsvg2-dev pkg-config
...
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nodejs : Conflicts: nodejs-legacy but 4.8.2~dfsg-1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Mathoid on Docker

https://github.com/nlpub/mathoid-docker

Note. Using Docker has an advantage. On Raspberry Pi 3, I have a trouble to install nodejs and related packages.

$ sudo apt-get install nodejs nodejs-legacy nodejs-dev npm mocha librsvg2-dev pkg-config
...
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nodejs : Conflicts: nodejs-legacy but 4.8.2~dfsg-1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Tested on x86 Ubuntu (the "--restart unless-stopped" option can make the container automatically restart),

docker run -d --name mathoid -p 10044:10044 --restart unless-stopped nlpub/mathoid
# nc -vz localhost 10044
# Connection to localhost 10044 port [tcp/*] succeeded!
curl -XPOST -d'q=e=mc^2'  http://localhost:10044/

CLI interface

https://github.com/wikimedia/mathoid. Mathoid currently supports node version 6,8 or 10. To check your node version run node --version from the commandline.

This approach works on Ubuntu 16.04 & 18.04.

Some node.js experience is useful.

npm install

nvm - Node Version Manager

sudo apt install librsvg2-dev
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.34.0/install.sh | bash
source .bashrc

# list node versions
nvm ls-remote
# install a specific version of node
nvm install 10.16.3
nvm uninstall 12.11.0 # from my previous mistake of installing the latest
nvm list  # list the available Node.js versions locally
# nvm use 10.16.3
nvm use node
node --version  # v10.16.3

nvm install-latest-npm # OR nvm install --latest-npm
git clone https://github.com/wikimedia/mathoid
cd mathoid
npm install
npm audit fix --force
npm install acorn
npm install ajv
# The version number below may change
sudo cp ~/.nvm/versions/node/v10.16.3/bin/node /usr/local/bin/
npm test # fail but it is OK
nano mediawiki-1.33.0/LocalSettings.php

The double vertical symbols should be replaced by \| or \Vert; otherwise, the page cannot be loaded. See Fractions, matrices, multilines.

Embed images (math equations) from URL

It is possible to create latex equation on online and get a URL link. See Equations in HTML (SVG + GIF) from codecogs.com. The source code of the equation image shows an SVG tag was used just like the Math extension did.

The following two options are needed in LocalSettings.php

$wgAllowExternalImages = true;
$wgAllowImageTag = true;

The wgAllowImageTag allows to resize the image. See the following example

<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn-origin-etr.akc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/12185602/Lagotto-Romangolo-Tongue-Out.jpg" width="100">

<img src="http://latex.codecogs.com/svg.latex?1+sin(x)" border="0"/>

Restbase

SimpleMathJax

Another way to get the SVG instead of PNG format for mathematical formulae is to use the SimpleMathJax extension (see a discussion). The instruction needs to be modified.

  • After unzip the zip file to the extensions folder it is necessary to change the folder name from 'SimpleMathJax-master' to 'SimpleMathJax' (if we did not do that, the maintenance/update.php will issue errors)
  • The renaming step is not necessary if we use the 'git' command to download the files; i.e. git clone https://github.com/jmnote/SimpleMathJax.git
  • If I turn off the internet and modify a math equation, it won't be able to interpret the math equation.

It works when I tested on Ubuntu 18 + Mediawiki 1.31 + SimpleMathJax 0.7.3.

root@ubuntu1804:/var/www/html/mediawiki/extensions# ls -lh SimpleMathJax/
total 20K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  829 May 12 11:47 extension.json
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K May 12 11:47 modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.7K May 12 11:47 README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.3K May 12 11:47 SimpleMathJax_body.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  391 May 12 11:47 SimpleMathJax.php

How to display index under the sigma sign

limits

Template

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates

Template:Mvar

<span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">{{{1}}}</span>

Create a new Template page

Suppose I want to create a template called "Template:Pre". I can go to URL and type yourwebsite.com/mediawiki/index.php/Template.Pre. The mediawiki will offer me choices and one of them is to create this page.

I use this way to create a shortcut that I can use by using {{Pre}} to replace a long typing of Preformatted text with text wrap.

Trouble shooting

ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

error creating thumbnail

includes/shell/limit.sh: line 101: 3788 Aborted /usr/bin/timeout $MW_WALL_CLOCK_LIMIT

  1. I create another mediawiki directory. It is best to copy and create a new database instead of using the same database.
  2. Follow Manual:How to debug mediawiki by modify LocalSettings.php file
  3. Open the log file in VS code. Search 'convert' or the filename I uploaded. I see the error comes from executing the line convert -background "#ffffff00" -thumbnail 600x600\! temp3.svg PNG:'temp3.png'
  4. I can repeat the error by executing the command in a terminal on Ubuntu 16.04. But the same command works fine on Ubuntu 18.04
  5. I follow the instruction How to install ImageMagick 7 on Ubuntu 18.04 Linux to compile imageMagick source code on Ubuntu 16.04. Very simple.
  6. I uninstall the old imagemagick.
  7. The new commands will be available on /usr/local/bin. They will be available once I log out and log in again to the system.
  8. Re-try the command to convert a SVG image. It works now.

Import images

$ php maintenance/dumpUploads.php | grep Boxplot
images/2/25/Boxplot.svg
$ find images -iname *Boxplot*
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg/120px-Boxplot.svg.png
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg/180px-Boxplot.svg.png
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg/450px-Boxplot.svg.png
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg/600px-Boxplot.svg.png
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg/1200px-Boxplot.svg.png
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg/400px-Boxplot.svg.png
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg/240px-Boxplot.svg.png
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg/900px-Boxplot.svg.png
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg/300px-Boxplot.svg.png
images/thumb/2/25/Boxplot.svg/200px-Boxplot.svg.png
# Get a list of uploaded images, save them to a new folder
php maintenance/dumpUploads.php | grep images | xargs tar czvf ~/Downloads/backup_files.tar.gz
mkdir ~/Downloads/imagesdir
tar xzvf backup_files.tar.gz -C ~/Downloads/imagesdir
cd ~/Downloads/imagesdir
find images -type f -exec cp {} . \;
rm *.txt
rm *.pdf
rm -rf images

# scp imagesdir to my local computer. Then run
php maintenance/importImages.php --overwrite /mnt
# where imagesdir has been mounted to /mnt
# For some reason, some images are not imported?
chown -R www-data:www-data images

Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError"

Run php update.php.

Delete upload files

  1. Ensure you have "sysop" permissions and you're logged in.
  2. Select "Special Pages" from the toolbox on the left-hand side of the screen.
  3. Click on "Unused files" or "File list," depending on whether you want to delete an unused file or see all the files uploaded to the wiki.
  4. Find the file you wish to delete.
  5. Go to the file history at the bottom of the file page.
  6. Now click "(Delete all revisions of this file)" or just one specific version of the file if multiple versions exist.
  7. Confirm your choice and provide a reason for the deletion.

Backup for offline

https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/28702/how-to-dump-a-mediawiki-for-offline-use

wget -k -p -r -R '*Special*' -R '*Help*' -E http://example.com/wiki

Mediawiki to Markdown

https://github.com/philipashlock/mediawiki-to-markdown

How to Create Your Own Offline Wiki

https://www.wikihow.com/Create-Your-Own-Offline-Wiki

Comparison of wiki hosting services

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_hosting_services

Use Github Wiki

Misc

Clean up headers

I use a small R script to clean up the header levels. Normally the header should start with one "=".

x <- readLines("~/Downloads/linux.txt")
# Manual check possible header levels

# The original source (eg Ubuntu) may be messed up
# Most are starting with '===' but two are starting from '=='
# In that case, we need to fix the source first
# This solves the mystery that TOC does not show up in mobile device
cnt <- 0
ind <- grep("^== ", x)
if (length(ind) > 1) {
  cat("Number of ==", length(ind), "\n")
  cnt <- cnt + 1L
  x[ind] <- gsub("==", paste0(rep("=", cnt), collapse = ""), x[ind])
}

# The rule may fail if '===' occurs in a preformated text/code
# In this case we can safely ignore the cases.
ind <- grep("^=== ", x)
if (length(ind) > 1) {
  cat("Number of ===", length(ind), "\n")
  cnt <- cnt + 1L
  x[ind] <- gsub("===", paste0(rep("=", cnt), collapse = ""), x[ind])
}

ind <- grep("^==== ", x)
if (length(ind) > 1) {
  cat("Number of ====", length(ind), "\n")
  cnt <- cnt + 1L
  x[ind] <- gsub("====", paste0(rep("=", cnt), collapse = ""), x[ind])
}

ind <- grep("^===== ", x)
if (length(ind) > 1) {
  cat("Number of =====", length(ind), "\n")
  cnt <- cnt + 1L
  x[ind] <- gsub("=====", paste0(rep("=", cnt), collapse = ""), x[ind])
}
writeLines(x, "~/Downloads/linux2.txt")

Convert to markdown