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2021-12-30T20:48:21Z

‎How do I install Mediawiki?

2021-12-30T05:11:00Z

‎How do I install Mediawiki?

2021-05-12T02:43:29Z

‎How do I install Mediawiki?

2021-05-06T14:29:44Z

‎How do I install Mediawiki?

2021-05-06T14:08:56Z

‎How do I install Mediawiki?

2021-05-06T13:55:57Z

‎How do I install Mediawiki?

2021-05-06T13:54:58Z

‎How do I install Mediawiki?

2021-05-06T12:38:01Z

‎How do I install Mediawiki?

2021-05-06T12:37:05Z

‎How do I install Mediawiki?

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 Then go to dreamhosters.com, my host server company, and log in. Go to WEBSITES and that will open up a menu with a way to create a new MYSQL database. Create one called rasmapedia2database. Make the user erasmuse. Don't create a new password. The hostname is  http://jan4.rasmusen.dreamhosters.com/.
-Then go to your new wiki in your browser--- say, http://rasmusen.org/rasmapedia2.   The setup script will run automatically and ask you questions. If you set it up as a "private wiki", then only users can view and edit.
+Then go to your new wiki in your browser--- say, http://rasmusen.org/rasmapedia2.   The setup script will run automatically and ask you questions.  I had a lot of trouble connecting to the database just created. I think the key was to insert the IP number for my laptop in the same box as %.dreamhosters.com. If you set it up as a "private wiki", then only users can view and edit.
 Later I had to change $wgSessionCacheType    to $wgSessionCacheType = CACHE_DB; in localSettings.php.

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 You need a Unix server, I think. I use Dreamhosters. Official installation instructions are [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki here.] First, go to the Mediawiki website at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download and download the zip file to your PC. Then extract, unzip, it to be a directory. Then, upload that directory to http://rasmusen.org or whatever your server is. Rename the top directory from someting like  W3.221 to rasmapedia2.
-Then go to dreamhosters.com, my host server company, and log in. Click MORE on the left to get to creating a new MYSQL database. Create one called rasmapedia2database. Make the user erasmuse. Don't create a new password. The hostname is  http://jan4.rasmusen.dreamhosters.com/.
+Then go to dreamhosters.com, my host server company, and log in. Go to WEBSITES and that will open up a menu with a way to create a new MYSQL database. Create one called rasmapedia2database. Make the user erasmuse. Don't create a new password. The hostname is  http://jan4.rasmusen.dreamhosters.com/.
 Then go to your new wiki in your browser--- say, http://rasmusen.org/rasmapedia2.   The setup script will run automatically and ask you questions. If you set it up as a "private wiki", then only users can view and edit.

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	Then go to your new wiki in your browser--- say, http://rasmusen.org/rasmapedia2. The setup script will run automatically and ask you questions. If you set it up as a "private wiki", then only users can view and edit.		Then go to your new wiki in your browser--- say, http://rasmusen.org/rasmapedia2. The setup script will run automatically and ask you questions. If you set it up as a "private wiki", then only users can view and edit.

		+	Later I had to change $wgSessionCacheType to $wgSessionCacheType = CACHE_DB; in localSettings.php.

		+	See also:
	https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DownloadCounter for download counters.		https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DownloadCounter for download counters.

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 Then go to dreamhosters.com, my host server company, and log in. Click MORE on the left to get to creating a new MYSQL database. Create one called rasmapedia2database. Make the user erasmuse. Don't create a new password. The hostname is  http://jan4.rasmusen.dreamhosters.com/.
-Then go to your new wiki in your browser--- say, http://rasmusen.org/rasmapedia2.   The setup script will run automatically and ask you questions.
+Then go to your new wiki in your browser--- say, http://rasmusen.org/rasmapedia2.   The setup script will run automatically and ask you questions. If you set it up as a "private wiki", then only users can view and edit.
 ==Permissions==

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	Then go to dreamhosters.com, my host server company, and log in. Click MORE on the left to get to creating a new MYSQL database. Create one called rasmapedia2database. Make the user erasmuse. Don't create a new password. The hostname is http://jan4.rasmusen.dreamhosters.com/.		Then go to dreamhosters.com, my host server company, and log in. Click MORE on the left to get to creating a new MYSQL database. Create one called rasmapedia2database. Make the user erasmuse. Don't create a new password. The hostname is http://jan4.rasmusen.dreamhosters.com/.
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		+	Then go to your new wiki in your browser--- say, http://rasmusen.org/rasmapedia2. The setup script will run automatically and ask you questions.

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 ==How do I install Mediawiki?==
-You need a Unix server, I think. I use Dreamhosters. Official installation instructions are [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki here.] First, go to the Mediawiki website and download the zip file to your PC. Then extract, unzip, it to be a directory. Then, upload that directory to http://rasmusen.org or whatever your server is. Rename the top directory from someting like  W3.221 to rasmapedia2.
+You need a Unix server, I think. I use Dreamhosters. Official installation instructions are [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installing_MediaWiki here.] First, go to the Mediawiki website at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download and download the zip file to your PC. Then extract, unzip, it to be a directory. Then, upload that directory to http://rasmusen.org or whatever your server is. Rename the top directory from someting like  W3.221 to rasmapedia2.
 ==Permissions==

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	The logo image that appears at the top left of each pages is at $wgResourceBasePath/resources/assets/wiki.png, where $wgResourceBasePath/ is the rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/ directory. I reset it to $wgResourceBasePath/EricRasmusen2007.jpg.		The logo image that appears at the top left of each pages is at $wgResourceBasePath/resources/assets/wiki.png, where $wgResourceBasePath/ is the rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/ directory. I reset it to $wgResourceBasePath/EricRasmusen2007.jpg.
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		+	==How do I install Mediawiki?==
		+	You need a Unix server, I think. I use Dreamhosters. First, go to the Mediawiki website and download the zip file to your PC. Then extract, unzip, it to be a directory. Then, upload that directory to http://rasmusen.org or whatever your server is. Rename the top directory from someting like W3.221 to rasmapedia2.
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	==Permissions==		==Permissions==