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Revision as of 23:01, 15 April 2006
Other languages: Template:HC-lang
MediaWiki is a free software wiki engine licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is used by many websites, including this one. On these help pages, you will find both a user and an administrator guide for using MediaWiki.
Introduction
For editorsStart new pages
Advanced editing Editing FAQ Edit toolbar Renaming (moving) a page Export Import Shortcuts Edit conflict Page size Referencing
Formatting
Wikitext examples
Cascading style sheets (CSS) Reference card HTML in wikitext Lists Tables Formula Sorting Colors Images and file uploads Fixing mistakes
Advanced functioning
Expansion
Templates Advanced templates Variables Parser functions Parameter defaults System messages Substitution Arrays Calculation Transclusion Other
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For system administrators
View this alone |
Sysadmin's Guide |
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MediaWiki architecture |
Database layout |
Job queue |
Installation |
Working with SVN |
Installing the SVN tree |
OS specific help |
on Sourceforge.net |
Timezone adjustments |
Security techy
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Security |
Securing database passwords |
User rights management |
Resetting passwords |
Configuration |
Preventing Access |
Configuration |
Configuration settings |
Apache config |
Robots.txt |
Shorter URLs |
PHP config |
MySQL config |
PostgreSQL config |
Tips and tricks |
Customization |
Skinning |
Set Global Timezone |
Localisation |
Interwiki links |
Custom navigation bar |
Custom skins |
Custom namespaces |
MediaWiki extensions |
Manage the database |
Move a database |
Reduce the size |
Lock the database |
Performance |
PHP caching |
File cache |
Squid caching |
Cache strategy |
Wikimedia servers |
As your site grows |
Maintenance |
Maintenance scripts |
Upgrade MediaWiki |
Math errors |
LocalSettings.php |
For MediaWiki hackers
Appendix
Miscellany
Contact
- irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
- Mailing lists
- MediaWiki feature request and bug report discussion
See also
- w:Wikipedia:Glossary
- Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for Wikimedia: Privacy policy
- wikia:Category:Help
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_Manual
Links to other help pages
- Help contents
- Meta · Wikinews · Wikipedia · Wikiquote · Wiktionary · Commons: · Wikidata · MediaWiki · Wikibooks · Wikisource · MediaWiki: Manual · Google
- Versions of this help page (for other languages see further)
- What links here on Meta or from Meta · Wikipedia · MediaWiki
- Reading
- Go · Search · Namespace · Page name · Section · Backlinks · Redirect · Category · Image page · Special pages · Printable version
- Tracking changes
- Recent changes (enhanced) | Related changes · Watching pages · Diff · Page history · Edit summary · User contributions · Minor edit · Patrolled edit
- Logging in and preferences
- Logging in · Preferences
- Editing
- Starting a new page · Advanced editing · Editing FAQ · Export · Import · Shortcuts · Edit conflict · Page size
- Referencing
- Links · URL · Interwiki linking · Footnotes
- Style and formatting
- Wikitext examples · CSS · Reference card · HTML in wikitext · Formula · Lists · Table · Sorting · Colors · Images and file uploads
- Fixing mistakes
- Show preview · Reverting edits
- Advanced functioning
- Expansion · Template · Advanced templates · Parser function · Parameter default · Magic words · System message · Substitution · Array · Calculation · Transclusion
- Others
- Special characters · Renaming (moving) a page · Preparing a page for translation · Talk page · Signatures · Sandbox · Legal issues for editors