Configuration Miki's Kiwi Wiki on Noekeon.org

Reference

Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.

• Configuration settings list
• MediaWiki FAQ
• MediaWiki release mailing list

Wiki Configuration

• Updated MediaWiki:Common.css.
  • Support class="wikitable" (MediaWiki).
  • Support for Template:Hidden
• Updated MediaWiki:Common.js
  • Support for Template:Hidden
• Added a few templates:
  • Template:Lp2
  • Template:Hi2
  • Template:Hidden (see Wikipedia:Wikipedia:NavFrame)

Host-Side Configuration

• Wiki configuration settings during install:

Wiki name	miki	contact e-mail	miki@noekeon.org
Language	en - English	Copyringt	no license
Admin username	mikiadmin	Admin pwd	********
Object caching	no caching	Email features	enabled
user-to-user email	enabled	email notification	enabled (discussion & watchlist)
email address auth	enabled	database type	MySQL
database host	mysqlhost (as said on Priorweb's controlpanel)	database name	mikiwiki
DB username	miki	DB password	********
su account	<unchecked>	DB table prefix	<none>
Storage engine	InnoDB	database character set	MySQL 4.1/5.0 binary

• File LocalSettings.inc.php:
  • Enable file upload.
  • Set logo (from http://sneak.co.nz/kiwi/ - resized to 135x135 max)

$wgEnableUploads = true;
...
$wgLogo = "$wgScriptPath/kiwi.png";

• File includes/DefaultSettings.php:
  • Change supported upload file types (added 'pdf' and 'zip').
  • Restrict anonymous editing (edit requires user to login)

$wgFileExtensions = array( 'png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'pdf', 'zip' );
...
$wgGroupPermissions['*'    ]['edit']             = false;

• Add directory https://kiwi.noekeon.org/miki/upload, to store big upload files.
  • Create a fake index.html simulating listing of an empty upload directory.
• Users:

user: mip

pwd: ********

email: miki.mip@noekeon.org

real name: Mike

Extensions

Here the list of extensions installed on the Wiki:

• Extension SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.
  • Version r24298 (July 21, 2007) / GeSHi version 1.0.8.
  • Patched to restore old GeSHi 1.0.7 formatting and to support enclose="valid".
• (2009-09-05) Extension RawFile
  • Patched to add optional param to {{#filelink}}.

Installation

• Version mediawiki 1.13.0.
• First go to Priorweb control panel, MySQL section, and creates new user:

username: miki

pwd: ********

database: mikiwiki

• and go to Priorweb mailmanager to create email address

email: miki@noekeon.org

• then ssh to daemenj@ftp.noekeon.org:

% cd kiwi.noekeon.org/
% wget http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.13/mediawiki-1.13.0.tar.gz
% tar -xvzf mediawiki-1.13.0.tar.gz
% mv mediawiki-1.13.0 miki
% cd miki
% chmod +w config

• Browse to https://kiwi.noekeon.org/miki/config/. Enter settings as given further.
• Move configuration file:

% mv config/LocalSettings.php .
% chmod 600 LocalSettings.php
% rm -r config

• It's done!