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Saruman!: added debugging

2012-01-16T07:16:47Z

added debugging

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	So if you want to grant everyone 'edit' except for a particular account - sorry, don't know how that'd work.		So if you want to grant everyone 'edit' except for a particular account - sorry, don't know how that'd work.

			==Debugging==
			Sometimes, stuff breaks. By default, MediaWiki will not show you a great deal of error codes. For debugging purposes, you can put the following lines directly at the top of ''LocalSettings.php'':
			error_reporting(E_ALL);
			ini_set("display_errors", 1);
			$wgShowExceptionDetails = true;
			$wgShowSQLErrors = true;
			$wgDebugComments = true;
			$wgLogQueries = true;
			$wgDebugDumpSql = true;
			$wgDevelopmentWarnings = true;
			$wgDebugProfiling = true;
			$wgDebugTimestamps = true;
			$wgDebugPrintHttpHeaders = false;
			$wgResourceLoaderDebug = true;
			error_reporting can also be put to E_STRICT.

			Do NOT forget to remove these lines (comment them out) after you've solved your problems. Having this much error reporting can be of value to hackers etc.

	==Other interesting tricks==		==Other interesting tricks==

Saruman!: /* Other interesting tricks */ added pw resets

2010-09-07T15:39:35Z

Other interesting tricks: added pw resets

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	==Other interesting tricks==		==Other interesting tricks==
	* [[Wiki news items\|Creating news items in a semantic wiki]]		* [[Wiki news items\|Creating news items in a semantic wiki]]
			* fixing access to a wiki when the sysop forgot his password (method 1, CLI access needed):<br>change directory: ''cd /path/to/mediawiki/maintenance''<br>run the following maintenance script: ''php changePassword.php --user="WikiSysop" --password="TheNewPassword"''
			* fixing access to a wiki when the sysop forgot his password (method 2, MySQL access needed):<br>enter the MySQL client using an account with sufficient rights to alter the database of your wiki, then run these MySQL commands on the right database:<br>''UPDATE user SET user_password = MD5(CONCAT(user_id, '-', MD5('TheNewPassword'))) WHERE user_id = 1;''

Saruman!: added tricks section

2009-12-27T16:36:54Z

added tricks section

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	So if you want to grant everyone 'edit' except for a particular account - sorry, don't know how that'd work.		So if you want to grant everyone 'edit' except for a particular account - sorry, don't know how that'd work.

			==Other interesting tricks==
			* [[Wiki news items\|Creating news items in a semantic wiki]]

Saruman!: /* Extra configuration */ link to skinning

2009-08-29T07:28:43Z

Extra configuration: link to skinning

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	* add ''$wgDisableCounters = true;'' into ''LocalSettings.php'' to disable the page counters.		* add ''$wgDisableCounters = true;'' into ''LocalSettings.php'' to disable the page counters.
	On the example site referenced, the cache reduced rendering of an (almost empty) main page from 217ms to 50ms; disabling the page view counter took off another 10ms.		On the example site referenced, the cache reduced rendering of an (almost empty) main page from 217ms to 50ms; disabling the page view counter took off another 10ms.

			Should you wish to customize the look of your MediaWiki wiki, then you must [[MediaWiki skinning\|edit the MediaWiki skins]].

	==Extensions==		==Extensions==

Saruman!: added user rights

2009-08-27T19:59:14Z

added user rights

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	Some people want to run multiple Wiki instances on one single server - especially so if that server runs multiple websites (the forementioned [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host\|Virtual Hosts]]). The answer to that is to [[Create a Wikifarm \| create a Wikifarm]].<br>		Some people want to run multiple Wiki instances on one single server - especially so if that server runs multiple websites (the forementioned [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host\|Virtual Hosts]]). The answer to that is to [[Create a Wikifarm \| create a Wikifarm]].<br>
	Note that we've set up a [http://www.mediawikifarm.nl/wiki/index.php/Main_Page separate site] for this problem - you're welcome there with any questions you might have on wikifarms on Debian.		Note that we've set up a [http://www.mediawikifarm.nl/wiki/index.php/Main_Page separate site] for this problem - you're welcome there with any questions you might have on wikifarms on Debian.

			==User Rights management==
			The MediaWiki documentation quite clearly documents [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgGroupPermissions how to manage user rights], but here is a very quick recap:

			The following user rights are granted implicitly to non-logged-in users:
			// Implicit group for all visitors
			$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = true; // 1.5.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['read'] = true; // 1.5.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = true; // 1.5.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createpage'] = true; // 1.6.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createtalk'] = true; // 1.6.0
			So if you want to limit the rights of anonymous users, paste these lines into ''LocalSettings.php'' and change to false those rights that you want to take away. e.g. if you do not want anonymous users to edit pages, set the 'edit' permission to false. Setting 'read' to false requires users to log in before they can read your wiki (but they can still see the sidebar!)

			The following rights are implicitly granted to all logged-in users.
			// Implicit group for all logged-in accounts
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['move'] = true; // 1.5.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['read'] = true; // 1.5.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['edit'] = true; // 1.5.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['createpage'] = true; // 1.6.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['createtalk'] = true; // 1.6.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['upload'] = true; // 1.5.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['reupload'] = true; // 1.6.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['reupload-shared'] = true; // 1.6.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['minoredit'] = true; // 1.6.0
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['purge'] = true; // 1.10.0
			'''NOTE:''' you '''cannot''' let normal users keep a right like 'edit' and take it away for a special group that you create, like 'students'. You MUST grant the group 'user' the ''fewest'' rights that anyone should have, grant extra rights to other groups, and place the right users in these other groups. Examples:
			$wgGroupPermissions['student' ]['edit'] = false; // WILL NOT WORK
			The above will NOT "give everyone edit rights except for students".
			$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false; //
			$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['edit'] = false; // explicitly take away edit from all logged-in users
			$wgGroupPermissions['staff' ]['edit'] = true; // then give back edit to everyone except standard
			$wgGroupPermissions['visitingstaff' ]['edit'] = true; // users
			This WILL work: the edit right is taken away from everyone, including students, untill that right is explicitly restored. Just restore it to the necessary groups, taking care not to restore it to 'students'.

			So if you want to grant everyone 'edit' except for a particular account - sorry, don't know how that'd work.

Saruman!: /* Extra configuration */ added performance tricks

2009-08-03T20:50:03Z

Extra configuration: added performance tricks

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	Furthermore, we [[wiki footer change \|changed the Creative Commons picture]] in the footer from a remote one to a local one.		Furthermore, we [[wiki footer change \|changed the Creative Commons picture]] in the footer from a remote one to a local one.

			For performance, the following tricks can be used (which we found on [http://mituzas.lt/2007/01/26/mediawiki-performance-tuning this site]):
			* <pre>apt-get install php-apc</pre> to install a PHP accelerator;
			* add ''$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_ACCEL;'' (instead of ''CACHE_NONE'') into ''LocalSettings.php'' to enable that installed APC PHP accelerator;
			* add ''$wgDisableCounters = true;'' into ''LocalSettings.php'' to disable the page counters.
			On the example site referenced, the cache reduced rendering of an (almost empty) main page from 217ms to 50ms; disabling the page view counter took off another 10ms.

	==Extensions==		==Extensions==

Saruman!: added link to mediawikifarm.nl

2009-05-09T18:29:10Z

added link to mediawikifarm.nl

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	==Multiple Wiki's on a single server==		==Multiple Wiki's on a single server==

	Some people want to run multiple Wiki instances on one single server - especially so if that server runs multiple websites (the forementioned [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host\|Virtual Hosts]]). The answer to that is to [[Create a Wikifarm \| create a Wikifarm]].		Some people want to run multiple Wiki instances on one single server - especially so if that server runs multiple websites (the forementioned [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host\|Virtual Hosts]]). The answer to that is to [[Create a Wikifarm \| create a Wikifarm]].<br>
			Note that we've set up a [http://www.mediawikifarm.nl/wiki/index.php/Main_Page separate site] for this problem - you're welcome there with any questions you might have on wikifarms on Debian.

Saruman!: changed link to MediaWiki_Extension_-_GroupPermissionsManager

2009-02-12T19:55:29Z

changed link to MediaWiki_Extension_-_GroupPermissionsManager

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	One of the nice things about using something as popular as MediaWiki is the availability of a great number of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions extensions]. One of the first things to do, therefor, is to [[mediawiki-extensions under Debian\| install the default Debian Mediawiki Extensions package]].		One of the nice things about using something as popular as MediaWiki is the availability of a great number of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions extensions]. One of the first things to do, therefor, is to [[mediawiki-extensions under Debian\| install the default Debian Mediawiki Extensions package]].

	For user management, we added the extensions [[MediaWikiExtension_Password_Reset \| Password Reset]] and [[~~MediaWikiExtension_GroupPermissionsManager~~ \| Group Permissions Manager]].		For user management, we added the extensions [[MediaWikiExtension_Password_Reset \| Password Reset]] and [[MediaWiki_Extension_-_GroupPermissionsManager \| Group Permissions Manager]].

	A feature we needed to gain experience for another project was the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)] extension; it also has a pretty [[Semantic MediaWiki under Debian \| simple installation]].		A feature we needed to gain experience for another project was the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)] extension; it also has a pretty [[Semantic MediaWiki under Debian \| simple installation]].

Saruman!: shuffle

2009-02-07T20:26:21Z

shuffle

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	==Installation of MediaWiki==		==Installation of MediaWiki==
	Here we have the [[Basic MediaWiki Installation\|basic installation]] of [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki] outlined for you. This will create your wiki in subdirectory ''/mediawiki''. Should you wish to have another name, e.g. ''<nowiki>http://www.yourserver.com/wiki</nowiki>'', then you must make [[Change MediaWiki subpath\|two changes]].		Here we have the [[Basic MediaWiki Installation\|basic installation]] of [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki] outlined for you.

			The default installation will create your wiki in subdirectory ''/mediawiki''. Should you wish to have another name, e.g. ''<nowiki>http://www.yourserver.com/wiki</nowiki>'', then you must make [[Change MediaWiki subpath\|two changes]].

			==Extra configuration==
	After installation of MediaWiki, your Wiki is available on ''every'' Virtual Host you run - unless you follow the instructions to [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host]].		After installation of MediaWiki, your Wiki is available on ''every'' Virtual Host you run - unless you follow the instructions to [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host]].

	Some people want to run multiple Wiki instances on one single server - especially so if that server runs multiple websites (the forementioned [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host\|Virtual Hosts]]). The answer to that is to [[Create a Wikifarm \| create a Wikifarm]].

	An extra feature we added was support for iFrames by means of a little PHP script that we googled; the extension is called [[The websiteFrame PHP extension\| websiteFrame.php]].		An extra feature we added was support for iFrames by means of a little PHP script that we googled; the extension is called [[The websiteFrame PHP extension\| websiteFrame.php]].

	Furthermore, we [[wiki footer change \|changed the Creative Commons picture]] in the footer from a remote one to a local one.		Furthermore, we [[wiki footer change \|changed the Creative Commons picture]] in the footer from a remote one to a local one.

			==Extensions==
			One of the nice things about using something as popular as MediaWiki is the availability of a great number of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions extensions]. One of the first things to do, therefor, is to [[mediawiki-extensions under Debian\| install the default Debian Mediawiki Extensions package]].

	For user management, we added the extensions [[MediaWikiExtension_Password_Reset \| Password Reset]] and [[MediaWikiExtension_GroupPermissionsManager \| Group Permissions Manager]].		For user management, we added the extensions [[MediaWikiExtension_Password_Reset \| Password Reset]] and [[MediaWikiExtension_GroupPermissionsManager \| Group Permissions Manager]].

	A feature we needed to gain experience for another project was the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)] extension; it also has a pretty [[Semantic MediaWiki under Debian \| simple installation]].		A feature we needed to gain experience for another project was the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)] extension; it also has a pretty [[Semantic MediaWiki under Debian \| simple installation]].

			==Multiple Wiki's on a single server==

			Some people want to run multiple Wiki instances on one single server - especially so if that server runs multiple websites (the forementioned [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host\|Virtual Hosts]]). The answer to that is to [[Create a Wikifarm \| create a Wikifarm]].

Saruman!: added link to wikipath change

2009-02-07T17:28:26Z

added link to wikipath change

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	==Installation of MediaWiki==		==Installation of MediaWiki==
	Here we have the [[Basic MediaWiki Installation\|basic installation]] of [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki] outlined for you.		Here we have the [[Basic MediaWiki Installation\|basic installation]] of [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki] outlined for you. This will create your wiki in subdirectory ''/mediawiki''. Should you wish to have another name, e.g. ''<nowiki>http://www.yourserver.com/wiki</nowiki>'', then you must make [[Change MediaWiki subpath\|two changes]].

	After installation of MediaWiki, your Wiki is available on ''every'' Virtual Host you run - unless you follow the instructions to [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host]].		After installation of MediaWiki, your Wiki is available on ''every'' Virtual Host you run - unless you follow the instructions to [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host]].

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	One of the nice things about using something as popular as MediaWiki is the availability of a great number of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions extensions]. One of the first things to do, therefor, is to [[mediawiki-extensions under Debian\| install the default Debian Mediawiki Extensions package]].		One of the nice things about using something as popular as MediaWiki is the availability of a great number of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions extensions]. One of the first things to do, therefor, is to [[mediawiki-extensions under Debian\| install the default Debian Mediawiki Extensions package]].

	For user management, we added the extensions [[MediaWikiExtension_Password_Reset \| Password Reset]] and [[~~MediaWikiExtension_GroupPermissionsManager~~ \| Group Permissions Manager]].		For user management, we added the extensions [[MediaWikiExtension_Password_Reset \| Password Reset]] and [[MediaWiki_Extension_-_GroupPermissionsManager \| Group Permissions Manager]].

	A feature we needed to gain experience for another project was the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)] extension; it also has a pretty [[Semantic MediaWiki under Debian \| simple installation]].		A feature we needed to gain experience for another project was the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)] extension; it also has a pretty [[Semantic MediaWiki under Debian \| simple installation]].

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	==Installation of MediaWiki==		==Installation of MediaWiki==
	Here we have the [[Basic MediaWiki Installation\|basic installation]] of [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki] outlined for you. This will create your wiki in subdirectory ''/mediawiki''. Should you wish to have another name, e.g. ''<nowiki>http://www.yourserver.com/wiki</nowiki>'', then you must make [[Change MediaWiki subpath\|two changes]].		Here we have the [[Basic MediaWiki Installation\|basic installation]] of [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki] outlined for you.

			The default installation will create your wiki in subdirectory ''/mediawiki''. Should you wish to have another name, e.g. ''<nowiki>http://www.yourserver.com/wiki</nowiki>'', then you must make [[Change MediaWiki subpath\|two changes]].

			==Extra configuration==
	After installation of MediaWiki, your Wiki is available on ''every'' Virtual Host you run - unless you follow the instructions to [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host]].		After installation of MediaWiki, your Wiki is available on ''every'' Virtual Host you run - unless you follow the instructions to [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host]].

	Some people want to run multiple Wiki instances on one single server - especially so if that server runs multiple websites (the forementioned [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host\|Virtual Hosts]]). The answer to that is to [[Create a Wikifarm \| create a Wikifarm]].

	An extra feature we added was support for iFrames by means of a little PHP script that we googled; the extension is called [[The websiteFrame PHP extension\| websiteFrame.php]].		An extra feature we added was support for iFrames by means of a little PHP script that we googled; the extension is called [[The websiteFrame PHP extension\| websiteFrame.php]].

	Furthermore, we [[wiki footer change \|changed the Creative Commons picture]] in the footer from a remote one to a local one.		Furthermore, we [[wiki footer change \|changed the Creative Commons picture]] in the footer from a remote one to a local one.

			==Extensions==
			One of the nice things about using something as popular as MediaWiki is the availability of a great number of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions extensions]. One of the first things to do, therefor, is to [[mediawiki-extensions under Debian\| install the default Debian Mediawiki Extensions package]].

	For user management, we added the extensions [[MediaWikiExtension_Password_Reset \| Password Reset]] and [[MediaWikiExtension_GroupPermissionsManager \| Group Permissions Manager]].		For user management, we added the extensions [[MediaWikiExtension_Password_Reset \| Password Reset]] and [[MediaWikiExtension_GroupPermissionsManager \| Group Permissions Manager]].

	A feature we needed to gain experience for another project was the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)] extension; it also has a pretty [[Semantic MediaWiki under Debian \| simple installation]].		A feature we needed to gain experience for another project was the [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)] extension; it also has a pretty [[Semantic MediaWiki under Debian \| simple installation]].

			==Multiple Wiki's on a single server==

			Some people want to run multiple Wiki instances on one single server - especially so if that server runs multiple websites (the forementioned [[place MediaWiki inside a Virtual Host\|Virtual Hosts]]). The answer to that is to [[Create a Wikifarm \| create a Wikifarm]].