MediaWiki

Media Wiki Howtos

Navigationbar edit

open URL Sample:

https://wiki.linuxonlinehelp.de/index.php/?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar

or enter into search box:

MediaWiki:Sidebar

User Password reset

1. Login via SSH to the Webspace

2. go Maintenance Path

cd /maintenance/

3. enter

php changePassword.php --user=user --password=newpass

Create New User as Admin

https://wiki.linuxonlinehelp.de/index.php/Special:CreateAccount

Disable Account Create by everyone

edit LocalSettings.php set:

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;

Disable edit by anonymous

edit localsettings.php set:

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['edit'] = false;

More Details: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights

Change Username on MySQL Console

login into the MySQL Server, change database and enter:

update user set user_name = 'NewName' where user_name = 'OldName';
update revision set rev_user_text = 'NewName' where rev_user_text = 'OldName';
update recentchanges set rc_user_text = 'NewName' where rc_user_text = 'OldName';

Disable Talk at Mediawiki (Spam)

Anyway, if you want to disable Talk in media wiki follow the next steps.

1. cd your_mediawiki_dir/include

2. cp SkinTemplate.php SkinTemplate.back (just in case)

3. mcedit/vi SkinTemplate.php

4. search for $content_actions['talk']

5. uncomment this lines:

/* $content_actions['talk'] = $this->tabAction(
$talkpage,
'talk',
$this->mTitle->isTalkPage() &&
!$prevent_active_tabs,
'',
true);
*/

or login as Admin User and enter into Searchbox:

MediaWiki:Common.css

set:

#ca-talk {
    display: none !important;
}

Change Main Page

Login as Admin User and enter into Searchbox:

MediaWiki:Common.css

edit here the Common.css and paste:

.page-Wiki_Home .mw-redirectedfrom {
  display: none;
}

now go to Main Page and select "move to" new article post! Save and logout! Check the new Index Page! (Refresh Browsers Cache F5)

Add a new Site to Media Wiki

Howto

Enable Mobile Frontend for MediaWiki

Install the Frontende Extension to Extensions Folder and enable on LocalSettings.php

Source: Download MediaWiki Mobile Extension

wfLoadExtension( 'MobileFrontend' );
$wgMFAutodetectMobileView = true;

Protect MediaWiki after Setup

If you have Setup the MediaWiki successful by URL Sample:

https://wiki.linuxonlinehelp.de/w/mw-config/index.php

don't forget to purge or rename the mw-config Folder!! Alternate set:

$sudo chmod 000 mw-config