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[[Category:Wiki Usage]]
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= Editing the UI =
 
;Edit the sidebar
 
;Edit the sidebar
: Search for Mediawiki:Sidebar and you'll be redirected to a page containing the sidebar's content, which you may edit.
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: [[Mediawiki:Sidebar]]
;Create a URL shorthand for linking to another site
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;Edit the site notice (the text displayed above the content of every page)
: For example, I made one to www.x2engine.com so that the "About X2Engine" in the footer could be made a link to the main X2Engine site: <syntaxhighlight lang="mysql"> INSERT INTO interwiki (iw_prefix, iw_url, iw_local, iw_trans) VALUES ("x2", "http://www.x2engine.com/$1", 1, 0);</syntaxhighlight> Then, a link to the "about" page: <pre>[[x2:partners]]</pre>
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: [[Mediawiki:Sitenotice]]
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;The above pages, and more, for modifying the layout and UI content
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: [[mw:Category:Interface_messages]]
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iw_local, iw_trans) VALUES ("x2", "http://www.x2engine.com/$1", 1, 0);</syntaxhighlight> Then, a link to the "about" page: <pre>[[x2:partners]]</pre> For more information, see [[mw:Help:Interwiki]]
 
;Add custom HTML to the template
 
;Add custom HTML to the template
 
: Edit <TT>VectorTemplate::execute()</tt> in <tt>public_html/skins/Vector.php</tt> (a backup of this skin has been made in <tt>Backup/Vector</tt>, in case anything should go wrong). The body begins after these lines:  
 
: Edit <TT>VectorTemplate::execute()</tt> in <tt>public_html/skins/Vector.php</tt> (a backup of this skin has been made in <tt>Backup/Vector</tt>, in case anything should go wrong). The body begins after these lines:  
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                 $this->html( 'headelement' );
 
                 $this->html( 'headelement' );
 
</syntaxhighlight>
 
</syntaxhighlight>
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= User Management =
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The following two plugins are enabled for user management:
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount ConfirmAccount]
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* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Nuke Nuke]
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These special pages are of use:
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* [[Special:Block|Block users]]
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* [[Special:Nuke|Mass-delete all pages by any user]]
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* [[Special:ConfirmAccounts|Confirm account requests]]
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* [[Special:UserRights|User Rights]]
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= Miscellaneous =
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;Edit global CSS for all pages
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: [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]
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;Change the syntax highlighting CSS
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: [[MediaWiki:Geshi.css]]
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;Purging a cached page (i.e. if the sidebar or site notice is out of date)
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: Add "&action=purge" to the end of the page's url and re-request the page.
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;Globally purging all cached pages and objects (more useful but more involved)
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: Log into the server via SSH and run <tt>clearCache.sh</tt>; that should change the modification time on LocalSettings.php, which will, due how the dynamic $wgCacheEpoch variable is set, invalidate all cached pages and thus regenerate them. Said variable's declaration is at the end of the file:
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: <syntaxhighlight lang="php">$wgCacheEpoch = gmdate( 'YmdHis', @filemtime( __FILE__ ) );</syntaxhighlight>
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;Create a URL shorthand for linking to another site
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: For example, one has been made for www.x2engine.com so that the "About X2Engine" in the footer could be made a link to the main X2Engine site:
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: <syntaxhighlight lang="mysql">INSERT INTO interwiki (iw_prefix, iw_url, iw_local, iw_trans) VALUES ("x2", "http://www.x2engine.com/$1", 1, 0);</syntaxhighlight>
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: That interwiki entry transforms (for example) the code <pre>[[x2:partners/|About X2Engine]]</pre> into <syntaxhighlight lang="html5"><a href="http://www.x2engine.com/partners/">About X2Engine</a></syntaxhighlight>

Latest revision as of 19:23, 7 August 2014


Editing the UI

Edit the sidebar
Mediawiki:Sidebar
Edit the site notice (the text displayed above the content of every page)
Mediawiki:Sitenotice
The above pages, and more, for modifying the layout and UI content
mw:Category:Interface_messages
iw_local, iw_trans) VALUES ("x2", "http://www.x2engine.com/$1", 1, 0);</syntaxhighlight> Then, a link to the "about" page:
[[x2:partners]]
For more information, see mw:Help:Interwiki
Add custom HTML to the template
Edit VectorTemplate::execute() in public_html/skins/Vector.php (a backup of this skin has been made in Backup/Vector, in case anything should go wrong). The body begins after these lines:
                // Output HTML Page
                $this->html( 'headelement' );

User Management

The following two plugins are enabled for user management:

These special pages are of use:

Miscellaneous

Edit global CSS for all pages
MediaWiki:Common.css
Change the syntax highlighting CSS
MediaWiki:Geshi.css
Purging a cached page (i.e. if the sidebar or site notice is out of date)
Add "&action=purge" to the end of the page's url and re-request the page.
Globally purging all cached pages and objects (more useful but more involved)
Log into the server via SSH and run clearCache.sh; that should change the modification time on LocalSettings.php, which will, due how the dynamic $wgCacheEpoch variable is set, invalidate all cached pages and thus regenerate them. Said variable's declaration is at the end of the file:
$wgCacheEpoch = gmdate( 'YmdHis', @filemtime( __FILE__ ) );
Create a URL shorthand for linking to another site
For example, one has been made for www.x2engine.com so that the "About X2Engine" in the footer could be made a link to the main X2Engine site:
INSERT INTO interwiki (iw_prefix, iw_url, iw_local, iw_trans) VALUES ("x2", "http://www.x2engine.com/$1", 1, 0);
That interwiki entry transforms (for example) the code
[[x2:partners/|About X2Engine]]
into
<a href="http://www.x2engine.com/partners/">About X2Engine</a>