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MediaWiki
Getting Started With MediaWiki
- What is a Wiki?
- How To Install MediaWiki
- How To Log In To Your Wiki
- Basic MediaWiki Site Overview
Adding Content To MediaWiki
- How to edit MediaWiki Pages
- Creating an Image Gallery in MediaWiki
- Formatting Images in MediaWiki
- How to Insert Images into MediaWiki
- Adding and removing redirects in MediaWiki
- Deleting and restoring pages in MediaWiki
Changing The Appearance of Your Wiki
- How To Change Mediawiki Skins
- Changing the CSS in MediaWiki
- Inserting a Slideshow in MediaWiki
- Editing the Footer in MediaWiki
- How to Change the Logo in MediaWiki
How to locate your SMF 2.0 installation’s database name
Your SMF database name was originally created during the programs installation. This information is usually not needed during routine work as the vast majority of Read More >
How to edit the footer in SMF 2.0
Does the footer area of your website seem like wasted space? If you would like to add some links or images to your footer area, Read More >
Changing your logo in SMF 2.0
Customizing your community site can set you apart from other sites that use the default setup. You may want to replace your title with your Read More >
How to remove the SMF logo from your header
In the default theme, SMF has its own logo located in the upper right hand corner of the screen. This stays even if you add Read More >
How to change the header title in SMF 2.0
Changing the header title of your board is usually one of the first changes people usually make to customize your board. This helps give your Read More >
An overview of an SMF forum community
Before deciding if the SMF forum software is for you, let us take a quick overview of how SMF, and community forum software in general, Read More >
Setting SMTP settings in SMF 2.0
SMF has the ability to send emails out to its users. You can send them out via the default php mail or you can use Read More >
How to edit group permissions in SMF 2.0
Editing user permissions is a simple, but important task for administrators. When you have a large group of users or members, you may want to Read More >
How to ban a member in SMF 2.0
Part of maintaining a happy and thrivign community online includes dealing with unsavory members. These may be fake members that were set up for spam Read More >
How to configure your SMF 2.0 censored words list
While administering your online community in SMF 2.0, you may want to add some words to a censor list. This prevents users from offending each Read More >
Editing your SMF 2.0 Bulletin Board Code settings
When setting up your site, you have a lot of control over what tags and codes you allow your members to use. You may want Read More >
How to modify your SMF 2.0 Topic settings
Continuing with our course on forum management, it is important to take into account the different topic settings. These settings are particular to Topics and Read More >
Editing your SMF 2.0 post settings
There are many settings to consider when administering your SMF site. You may wish to adjust settings for your user posts such as allowing Flash, Read More >
How to manage scheduled tasks in SMF 2.0
The terms scheduled tasks, also called cron jobs, are used to identify a category of code scripts that do not run constantly on the server. Read More >
How to manage users in membergroups in SMF 2.0
After learning how to create and edit membergroups in SMF, you will want to understand how to add and delete members to the groups. Post Read More >
Managing member groups in SMF 2.0
When dealing with a community site such as SMF 2.0, you may want to create different groups for your members to belong to. Some of Read More >
How to change ownership of user posts in SMF 2.0
During the maintenance of your site, there may come a time when you want to move posts from a guest user and assign them to Read More >
How to Manage your database in SMF 2.0
Part of your site maintenance should include database backup and optimization. Backing up your database should be done regularly. This is great insurance against any Read More >
How to manage Categories in SMF 2.0
As your forums grow, you may want to divide them up into different groups, or categories. This helps your users identify what topics will be Read More >
How to create a new forum in SMF 2.0
Whether starting off or growing your site, you will need to know how to add new forums to your SMF 2.0 website. Follow along with Read More >
Deleting a member’s account in SMF 2.0
When working with your members, you will run across the occasion to delete an account. You may simply want to prune the user list of Read More >
Changing a user’s password in SMF 2.0
As an site administrator/owner it is highly probable you will be doing many functions for your members. Arguably the most common function will be changing Read More >
Creating a new user in SMF 2.0
Since the vast majority of users will sign up for your site themselves, there is not a way to create a user directly in the Read More >
How to log into your SMF admin dashboard
Now that you have installed SMF 2.0 on your account, you can log into the admin dashboard. This is where you will create your forums, Read More >
How to install SMF 2.0 with Softaculous
In this SMF 2.0 tutorial we will guide you on how to install the program using the Softaculous installer tool. Softaculous is a special program Read More >
Configuring the ContactPage Extension in MediaWiki
When setting up a MediaWiki site, you may want to allow visitors who are not registered or authenticated in your MediaWiki site to contact you Read More >
Installing MediaWiki with Softaculous
MediaWiki can easily be installed by using Softaculous in the cPanel Software / Services. When the manual installation proves to be to complicated, Softaculous can Read More >
How to manually install SMF
In this SMF introductory installation tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install the Simple Machine Forums (SMF) program manually. A manual installation means installing the Read More >
What Is a Wiki?
Unlike a conventional content management system (CMS), which specializes in creating and managing multiple pages of a website, a wiki is a system designed for Read More >
How To Install MediaWiki On Your Domain
Now that we know what a wiki is and why you should use MediaWiki, it’s time to learn how to install MediaWiki on your server. Read More >
Installing MediaWiki manually
In the event that MediaWiki cannot be installed through a program like Softaculous or Fantastico, the MediaWiki software will need to be installed manually to Read More >
How to log into MediaWiki
The first step in working with MediaWiki is knowing how to log in. This section of the Getting started with MediaWiki course will explain how Read More >
Basic MediaWiki site overview
What is MediaWiki? MediaWiki is a free open source software designed to provide free information on the web. A major website online that uses MediaWiki Read More >
How to create pages in MediaWiki
Creating pages in MediaWiki is a simple task. When you search pages and they are not found, you can create MediaWiki pages from the search. Read More >
How to edit MediaWiki pages
MediaWiki by default allows anyone to register and add content to your wiki site. Editing pages is fairly straight forward and is a basic function Read More >
How to format content in MediaWiki
After you learn how to create and edit pages in MediaWiki, you will want to add and format the content in your wiki site. This Read More >
Deleting and restoring pages in MediaWiki
Pages can be deleted or removed from MediaWiki when spammers, abusers, and vandals deface pages or create unwanted pages on your site. When “deleting” a Read More >
Adding pages to MediaWiki namespaces
After learning how to create a MediaWiki page, you can organize your pages into namespaces. Namespaces in MediaWiki are similar to categories in that when Read More >
Managing passwords and usernames in MediaWiki
In the event you cannot log into MediaWiki due to username or password failure, you can change passwords and/or find the username when the username Read More >
Managing User Accounts in MediaWiki
MediaWiki as an open source software that is designed to allow free access to the wiki site. This enables the site to be created by Read More >
Adding / Removing account access features in MediaWiki
MediaWiki by default allows any user to edit, create, and manage the Wiki site. Depending on what the Wiki is designed for, the administrator may Read More >
How to enable reCAPTCHA in MediaWiki
To prevent spam bots and robots from filling your MediaWiki pages with spam links and unwanted content, you can have the “reCAPTCHA” enabled in your Read More >
How to Enable File Uploads in MediaWiki
MediaWiki integrates files you upload fairly easily. However, by default the ability to upload files is disabled. In this guide, you can learn how to Read More >
How to insert images into MediaWiki
Inserting images in MediaWiki takes a few steps to accomplish. First the file needs to be uploaded. Then you will need to insert the code Read More >
Formatting images in MediaWiki
If you do not know how to insert an image in MediaWiki, please see the previous article on how to insert images in MediaWiki. Formatting Read More >
Creating an Image Gallery in MediaWiki
Along with adding images in your MediaWiki articles, you can also add an image gallery to you MediaWiki page. Formatting the image gallery in MediaWiki Read More >
Inserting a slideshow in MediaWiki
In MediaWiki, you can have multiple images fade or slide in an image slider. There are a few steps to do this, which involves editing Read More >
Change MediaWiki interface language
MediaWiki is designed to work with almost any language in the World. The Administrator interface can be changed to your native language by editing the Read More >
How to change the logo in MediaWiki
Changing the logo in MediaWiki is done differently than other programs. Where some programs, like WordPress for example, have the appearance section where the logo Read More >
How to change MediaWiki skins
The default appearance of MediaWiki can be changed to better represent your wiki site. The themes in mediawiki are called skins. Skinning the MediaWiki site Read More >
Editing the Footer in MediaWiki
Important: The Footer Manager extension for MediaWiki no longer exists and has been archived. MediaWiki has default links at the bottom of the page as Read More >
Changing the CSS in MediaWiki
MediaWiki has a unique way of making style sheet changes. There is a MediaWiki:Common.css page built into the program that stores global CSS changes. Instead Read More >
Changing your URL in MediaWiki
In this tutorial we will show you how to change your URL in Mediawiki. This is useful when testing your site on a Shared SSL, Read More >
Adding and removing redirects in MediaWiki
When renaming, deleting and restoring pages in MediaWiki, it is necessary to know how to redirect URL’s that are no longer working. When visitors bookmark Read More >
This user has not specified a valid e-mail address error: MediaWiki
When setting up MediaWiki to send emails from the “ContactPage” extension, the following error can be thrown if your email account is not set up Read More >