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Rookies' Setup Guide

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WORK IN PROGRESS

This page provides a broad step-by-step tutorial for users who are installing Mediawiki for the first time using the cPanel provided by Wikkii under the Advanced Hosting service. It is unlikely that a new wiki can commence on the Advanced Hosting service given Wikkii's T&C here, most likely it is an existing wiki moving to Wikkii's service from another wiki-host.

[edit] Moving from another wiki host

This following only applies to wikis running on Mediawiki:

For wikis moving from other hosting services that do not use the Mediawiki engine, please refer to the following link for further reading:

[edit] Prerequisites before installation

Username: xyz123
Password: 12345678
Web address: http://xyz.wikkii.net
FTP address: xyz.wikkii.net
Cpanel location: http://xyz.wikkii.net/cpanel

[edit] Downloading the Mediawiki installation package

[edit] General changes to Localsettings.php

[edit] Backing up original files

[edit] Short URLs

[edit] Before uploading/importing any file

Related reading ~ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings#Uploads

A few main settings to configure in Localsettings.php:


Optional Settings include:

[edit] Importing from old wiki

Ability of Special:Import page to import XML database dump (generated from the old wiki site) based on the following:

1. the maxuploadsize= restricted by php.ini (which only the server host has access to)
2. the default Mediawiki import limit, which is about 1.4mb

The dumps for most big wikis will exceed this limit.

  • If an AutoWikiBrowser(AWB) account is enabled at old wiki site, use AWB to generate a list of all pages, including redirects and other special namespaces.
  • Go to Special:Export page at old wiki site and export the pages in batches, maintaining a reasonable size for Special:Import at new wiki site.

[edit] Uploading

This section refers to files other than the database or XML data dump, which is "imported". These files generally come with the prefix "File:", e.g. "File:worldmap.jpg".

[edit] Bulk Uploading

Some extensions can be installed for mass or bulk uploading include:

[edit] Images Uploading

[edit] User Accounts

[edit] Creating User Accounts

By default, wiki sysops should be able to create accounts for other users using the Special:UserLogin page while logged in as sysop. However, this entails doing it one username by one username.

[edit] User Rights Management

[edit] Bots and Semi-bots

[edit] Adding the 'Hosted by Wikkii' icon

Please note that you should have some basic understanding of PHP codes in order to attempt this section. This section's codes are only applicable to the VECTOR SKIN.

To add the 'Hosted by Wikkii' icon at the base of every page, next to the 'Powered by Mediawiki' and 'Copyright' icons:

1. Grab the icon from Wikkii.com's main page and upload to '/skins/common/images'
2. In your cPanel File manager, locate these 3 files from your base MW installation:
  1. /skins/Vector.php
  2. /includes/SkinTemplate.php
  3. /includes/Skin.php
3. In Vector.php, add this under <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> section: 
<?php if ( $this->data['hostedbyico'] ): ?>
<li id="footer-icon-hostedby"><?php $this->html( 'hostedbyico' ) ?></li>
<?php endif; ?>
4. Note that the above statement should be identical to the 'poweredbyico' and 'copyrightico' statements below, other than the change in variables.
5. In SkinTemplate.php, add this under wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ . '-stuff4' ); section above the 'copyrightico' statement: 
$tpl->set( 'hostedbyico', $this->getHostedBy() ); //custom-added in hosted by icon
6. In Skin.php, add the following function, which is copied and modified from the getPowerBy() function already inside: 
/**
	 * Gets the hosted by Wikkii icon.
	 * @return string
	 */
	function getHostedBy() {
		global $wgStylePath;
		$url = htmlspecialchars( "$wgStylePath/common/images/button-hostedby.jpg" );
		$img = '<a href="http://www.wikkii.com/"><img src="' . $url . '" height="31" width="88" alt="Hosted by Wikkii" /></a>';
		return $img;
	}
7. Please ensure the image name 'button-hostedby.jpg' corresponds with the name of the icon that you have uploaded in Step 1.


[edit] Wiki Site Optimization

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) should only be done when the wiki has matured, i.e. has substantial content already.

[edit] Site Statistics

Page counters, tools to monitor wiki's page hits, etc:


[edit] Clearing cached pages from search engines results

When a wiki has moved to another host, sometimes pages from the old site still turn up on search engine results. This can be cleared upon request.

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