Help:Configuration - Revision history

SimonJolly at 15:57, 31 March 2016

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 Configuration is largely carried out by editing the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php LocalSettings.php] file in the MediaWiki directory: information on the general structure and how to edit it are available from the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php LocalSettings.php MediaWiki Manual page].
-== User Rights ==
+== User Rights and Groups ==
 By default, anybody can add, create and edit individual pages or users.  '''This is bad news''': try deleting 3000 spam users and pages by hand...
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-== Enabling Subpages ==
+Taking the line <code>$wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit'] = true;</code> as an example, each line consists of three parts: the name of the group (<code>'user'</code>), the user permission to modify (<code>'edit'</code>) and the Boolean value used to set the permission in question (<code>true</code>).
 == Short URL ==

SimonJolly at 15:26, 31 March 2016

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 Configuration is largely carried out by editing the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php LocalSettings.php] file in the MediaWiki directory: information on the general structure and how to edit it are available from the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php LocalSettings.php MediaWiki Manual page].
 == Short URL ==
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-In addition, the <code>$wgArticlePath</code> variable needs to be set in <code>LocalSettings.php</code>.
+In addition, the <code>$wgArticlePath</code> and <code>$wgUsePathInfo</code> variables need to be set in <code>LocalSettings.php</code>.
 The relevant part of the file looks like this:

SimonJolly at 13:52, 31 March 2016

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	$wgScriptPath = "/pbt/pbtWiki";		$wgScriptPath = "/pbt/pbtWiki";
	$wgArticlePath = "/pbt/wiki/$1";		$wgArticlePath = "/pbt/wiki/$1";
			$wgUsePathInfo = true;
	$wgScriptExtension = ".php";		$wgScriptExtension = ".php";
	</pre>		</pre>

SimonJolly at 13:47, 31 March 2016

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			Configuration is largely carried out by editing the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php LocalSettings.php] file in the MediaWiki directory: information on the general structure and how to edit it are available from the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php LocalSettings.php MediaWiki Manual page].

			== Short URL ==

			The default page address for a MediaWiki installation looks something like this:

			: <code>http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/pbtWiki/index.php/Software/Geant4</code>

			However, what we would prefer is something like this:

			: <code>http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/wiki/Software/Geant4</code>

			In order to do this, we have to modify the configuration to make use of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL Short URL's]: details can be found on the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL MediaWiki Short URL Manual page].

			Specifically, the configuration on the HEP www server makes use of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Apache Apache Rewrite Rules]: a guide on setting up these short links is available from the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Apache MediaWiki Short URL/Apache Guide page].

			Since it is not possible for individual users to edit the rules for the entire HEP website, the guidelines for setting up and individual <code>.htaccess</code> file were followed.
			A <code>.htaccess</code> file was created in the <code>/unix/www/html/pbt/</code> directory: note that this is '''not''' the specific <code>pbtWiki</code> directory but one level above.
			This is simply a text file with the following lines:

			<pre>
			## http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Apache

			# Enable the rewrite engine
			RewriteEngine On

			# Short url for wiki pages
			RewriteRule ^/?wiki(/.*)?$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/pbt/pbtWiki/index.php [PT,L]
			</pre>

			In addition, the <code>$wgArticlePath</code> variable needs to be set in <code>LocalSettings.php</code>.
			The relevant part of the file looks like this:

			<pre>
			## The URL base path to the directory containing the wiki;
			## defaults for all runtime URL paths are based off of this.
			## For more information on customizing the URLs please see:
			## http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL
			$wgScriptPath = "/pbt/pbtWiki";
			$wgArticlePath = "/pbt/wiki/$1";
			$wgScriptExtension = ".php";
			</pre>

			This enables the [[Main Page\|PBTWiki]] to be accessed from the short URL.

	== CSS ==		== CSS ==

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	Customised CSS rules can be used for pages within the PBT Wiki. To add or edit these rules, edit the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] page.		Customised CSS rules can be used for pages within the PBT Wiki. To add or edit these rules, edit the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] page.

	More information on using CSS in a MediaWiki can be found at www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CSS		More information on using CSS in a MediaWiki can be found at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CSS

SimonJolly at 16:07, 30 March 2016

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	Customised CSS rules can be used for pages within the PBT Wiki. To add or edit these rules, edit the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] page.		Customised CSS rules can be used for pages within the PBT Wiki. To add or edit these rules, edit the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] page.

	More information on using CSS in a MediaWiki can be found at ~~http://~~www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CSS		More information on using CSS in a MediaWiki can be found at www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CSS

SimonJolly at 16:07, 30 March 2016

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	Customised CSS rules can be used for pages within the PBT Wiki. To add or edit these rules, edit the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] page.		Customised CSS rules can be used for pages within the PBT Wiki. To add or edit these rules, edit the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] page.

	More information on using CSS in a MediaWiki can be found at ~~https~~://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CSS		More information on using CSS in a MediaWiki can be found at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CSS

SimonJolly at 16:06, 30 March 2016

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	== CSS ==		== CSS ==

	Customised CSS rules can be used for pages within the PBT Wiki. To add or edit these rules, edit the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] page		Customised CSS rules can be used for pages within the PBT Wiki. To add or edit these rules, edit the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] page.

			More information on using CSS in a MediaWiki can be found at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CSS

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== CSS ==

Customised CSS rules can be used for pages within the PBT Wiki. To add or edit these rules, edit the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] page