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SiteGround TutorialsMediaWiki TutorialDon't have a Mediawiki site yet?Get Mediawiki installed for free with thewiki hosting pack!
MediaWikiis a free application, registered under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It is used to runWikipedia, the World's largest online encyclopedia, as well as many other wikis. Mediawiki provides arich set of features. It is the most popular wiki software and there are lots of extra resources availablefor it.To use Mediawiki you should first of all install it on yourwiki hostingaccount. With SiteGround hostingyou can use allMediaWiki features.
MediaWiki tutorial includes the following sections:
how to install Mediawikion your accountHow tochange Mediawiki skin/template.Hereyou can find skins for MediaWiki. How tochange page name How toadd links How to createsections and categories How toedit postsin MediawikiMediawiki allows adding of extensionssuch asimages, Forum, etc. File upload feature allows the upload of graphics or sound files.
MediaWiki InstallationDon't have a Mediawiki site yet?Get Mediawiki installed for free with thewiki hosting pack!
SiteGround customers can request afree installation of Mediawikifrom their Customer Area ­> GetSupport.Mediawiki software is not included in the Fantastico automated installation tool. That is why itsinstallation is relatively more complicated than those of Joomla or phpBB for instance.
Pre­installation Steps
Step 1: Database SetupPlease check our MySQL tutorial, to see how to createMySQL database and user.Step 2: Upload FilesOnce you have downloaded the release you want (Mediawiki can be downloaded fromhere
 
), you canupload it to your account using theFile Managertool or anFTP client.
MediaWiki Installation
Now you should open the folder where you extracted the files with your favorite browser. If you haveextracted the files in a folder called 'wiki', then you should go to:www.yourdomain.com/wikiThere you will be asked to set up your MediaWiki.
 
 When you click on the
Set up the wiki
link, you will be taken to the installation page.Step 1: Site configUnder the
Site config
section you will be able to choose a name for your wiki, to set up a contact mail,to choose a language and license, to set an admin username and password and to select a cachingmethod.Step 2: E­mail, e­mail notification and authentication setupThe name of the next section ­
E­mail, e­mail notification and authentication setup
, speaks foritself. Here you should configure the mail features for your wiki.Step 3: Database config
 
 For
Database type
you should select
MySQL
.For
Database host
you should type
localhost
.In the fields for database name, user and password you should enter the MySQL database,username and password you created during the database setup.The option for
Superuser account
should be left unchecked.Step 4: MySQL specific optionsUnder
MySQL specific options
you can configure:
Database table prefix
. You can leave this blank or type in a table prefix, for example
mw_ 
or
wiki_ 
.
Storage Engine
. We recommend using
MyISAM
as a storage engine for your database.
Database character set
. Here we recommend using
Backwards­compatible UTF­8
.When you are ready, click on [
Install MediaWiki!
] button.If everything has been set up correctly, you should see the
Installation successful
message.
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07 / 26 / 2010This doucment made it onto the Rising List!
piquantupshot39

Thanks. Great tutorial mate... Here's the Video Tutorial: http://bit.ly/cXQPGN - If you prefer video like myself. Don't get me wrong, I still like ur tutorial!

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