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[[This is PART 2]] : Administrator's Guide - Installation, Configuration, Administration, Care & Feeding of the [[Help:Contents|MediaWiki Documentation]].<br />
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In this section, you will learn how to '''install, configure, administer, and troubleshoot the MediaWiki''' software.<br />
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=== Do you need MediaWiki? ===<br />
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[http://www.mediawiki.org What is MediaWiki?]<br />
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Before installing the MediaWiki software package, ask yourself a few questions; this will determine which of the following help chapters are relevant for your needs.<br />
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*What is your experience with the operating system under which media wiki will be installed?<br />
*Are you familiar with the technologies required to set it up? (see [[Documentation:Installation#Prerequisite_tools|System Requirements]])<br />
** If you are familiar with both, you may go directly to the chapter on [[#Installation|Installation]], and then onwards to the [[#Configuration|Configuration]] information.<br />
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*For what purpose do you need the MediaWiki software?<br />
** Creating a new Wikipedia (-> full instructions, importing),<br />
** Creating a mirror for an existing Wikipedia (-> database dump),<br />
** Creating another WikiMedia project (-> full instructions),<br />
** Creating a local Wikipedia site for personal use (-> database dump, mirroring)<br />
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== Installation ==<br />
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Detailed information can be found here: [[Documentation:Installation|Installation]].<br />
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== Configuration ==<br />
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Edit LocalSettings.php, mediawiki's system options.<br />
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To learn variables and about enabling the Apache httpd's Rewrite Engine, see [[Documentation:Configuration|Configuration]]<br />
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<strong>Configuration chapters</strong> (technically worded informative papers)<br />
#[[Access Restrictions]]<br />
#[[Documentation:Configuration|Configuration]] ''localsettings.php and Apache httpd's Rewrite Engine''<br />
#[[Help:Configuration]] ''interwiki/external wiki linking, adminsettings.php, language.php and localsettings.php features to edit''<br />
#[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings index] ''full list of localsettings.php variables''<br />
#[[Apache config]]<br />
#[[Robots.txt]] ''how to stop search engines from indexing the internals of your wiki''<br />
#[[Eliminating index.php from the url]] ''not supported by MediaWiki. may affect future versions ''<br />
#[[Using a very short URL]]<br />
#[[PHP config]]<br />
#[[MySQL config]]<br />
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== Administration ==<br />
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See [[Documentation:Administration|Administration]]<br />
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<strong>Customization</strong> ''learn how to use mediawiki and change settings here''<br />
#[[Customization]] ''change page layout, logo, quickbar/navigation bar, favicon, editable left menu, and google wiki search''<br />
#[[Help:MediaWiki namespace]] ''How to customize system messages such as link text, button text, etc. within MediaWiki without modifying any .php files.''<br />
#[[Help:Timezone|Set Global Timezone]]<br />
#[[MediaWiki localization]] – ''localization and customization for link texts and messages like 'fromwikipedia' ''<br />
#[[Help:Interwiki links|Interwiki links]]<br />
#[[Skins|Custom skins]]<br />
#[[Help:Custom namespaces|Custom namespaces]]<br />
#[[Help:Configuration tips and tricks|Configuration tips and tricks]]<br />
#[[MediaWiki Hacks and Extensions]]<br />
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== Security ==<br />
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See [[Documentation:Security|Security]]<br />
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