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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 make basic changes to mediawiki skins

August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle

In this article we’ll show you the basics on how you can get started with editing skins in mediawiki. To edit the look and feel Read More >

Posted in MediaWiki

How to locate your SMF 2.0 installation’s database name

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF, Website, Working with Databases

How to edit the footer in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

Changing your logo in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to remove the SMF logo from your header

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to change the header title in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

An overview of an SMF forum community

January 10, 2013 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

Setting SMTP settings in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in Email, MediaWiki, SMF

How to edit group permissions in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, Security, SMF

How to ban a member in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to configure your SMF 2.0 censored words list

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

Editing your SMF 2.0 Bulletin Board Code settings

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to modify your SMF 2.0 Topic settings

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

Editing your SMF 2.0 post settings

August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to manage scheduled tasks in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to manage users in membergroups in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

Managing member groups in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to change ownership of user posts in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to Manage your database in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF, Website, Working with Databases

How to manage Categories in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to create a new forum in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

Deleting a member’s account in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

Changing a user’s password in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, Security, SMF

Creating a new user in SMF 2.0

August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to log into your SMF admin dashboard

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

How to install SMF 2.0 with Softaculous

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in cPanel, MediaWiki, SMF

Configuring the ContactPage Extension in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Installing MediaWiki with Softaculous

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in cPanel, MediaWiki

How to manually install SMF

August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, SMF

What Is a Wiki?

July 5, 2019 by Christopher Maiorana

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

How To Install MediaWiki On Your Domain

January 4, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Installing MediaWiki manually

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

How to log into MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Basic MediaWiki site overview

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

How to create pages in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

How to edit MediaWiki pages

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

How to format content in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Deleting and restoring pages in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Adding pages to MediaWiki namespaces

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Managing passwords and usernames in MediaWiki

November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki, Security

Managing User Accounts in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Adding / Removing account access features in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

How to enable reCAPTCHA in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

How to Enable File Uploads in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

How to insert images into MediaWiki

February 21, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Formatting images in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Creating an Image Gallery in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Inserting a slideshow in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Change MediaWiki interface language

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

How to change the logo in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

How to change MediaWiki skins

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Editing the Footer in MediaWiki

February 3, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Changing the CSS in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Changing your URL in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by John-Paul Briones

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

Adding and removing redirects in MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in MediaWiki

This user has not specified a valid e-mail address error: MediaWiki

August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor

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 >

Posted in Email, MediaWiki, Website Error Numbers
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    • This user has not specified a valid e-mail address error: MediaWiki

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