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 is lost. This section of the Getting started with MediaWiki course will explain changing passwords, resetting the password, and finding the username. How do I change my password? When the Read More >
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
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 own custom or company logo. This article explains how to replace the ehader title with your own logo using the SMF administrative dashboard. How to edit your logo in SMF 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 your own custom logo, which appears in the upper left hand corner of the screen, replacing the title text. If you decide you do not wish to keep the Simple 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 site a bit of identity and can help set it apart from other websites. A good title can also help with your site’s Search Engine Optimization, known as SEO. Follow 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, works. This will allow you to make a decision on whether this type of software is right for your website. Install The first thing you will need to do is 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 article is not an exhaustive resource for formatting content in MediaWiki and will only touch on the basic functions like bold, headline, and numbering the text. Wiki format editing functions 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 SMTP protocol. To set up SMTP for SMF , simply follow the instructions below. How to set SMTP settings Log into your SMF admin dashboard. From the entry page, click 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 divide them up into groups. These groups may have different permissions allowing the members different access to specific areas, or allowing them to do specific things. However, you may want 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 well as a Powered by MediaWiki logo. These can be added and removed from the site to suit your needs. To remove and add the links at the bottom, you 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 can be uploaded to the server, the MediaWiki logo is uploaded directly on the server. The image type MediaWiki uses for the logo by default is the .PNG file format. 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 is necessary in order to customize the site to your personal preferences. This article will explain how to change the skin and to upload a free skin in MediaWiki. Default 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 purposes, or they may be regular members that do not wish to adhere to your community’s standards of conduct. Below is a set of instructions that explain how to ban 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 other or posts possibly getting indexed by search engines under words you do not want them to. Using the instructions below, you will learn how to create your censored words 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 to allow them to use BBC, also known as Bulletin Board Code. Additionally, you may or may not want them to use HTML in their posts. This can be for 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 how you wish to make them behave for your users. Follow along below as we describe how to change the different topic settings in SMF 2.0 Editing your topic settings 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, limiting the post size, etc. This can help you with maintaining a consistency in your site and disallowing features that may pose a security risk or increase server load unnecessarily. 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. Often these tasks are used to perform housekeeping duties such as cleanup or checking on specific activities and are usually set to run at regular intervals, whether it be hourly, 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 base groups do not need to have members added as they are assigned acutomatically as each member obtains the required post count. In order for users to be assigned or 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. You can also create pages by creating an internal link in a page. This article will explain the steps to create pages in MediaWiki with the search and the internal 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 them may be based on their function in the community, such as a guest, regular member, special member, moderator, or administrator. These types of groups can only be assigned by Read More >
