Rasmapedia administration
Contents
General
The file rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/localsettings.php is where a lot of settings are determined.
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.
How do I install Mediawiki?
You need a Unix server, I think. I use Dreamhosters. Official installation instructions are 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
I have it set up so nobody can register. An administrator has to do it. Aunt Mary and I are administrators. erasmuse. To register someone, go to Special pages, then Create New Account, halfway down. THen just give them a name and type their password in a couple of times.
To read-protect a page, try the Lockdown extension. The security level is not super-high.
Miscellaneous
- Mediawiki:common.css is the page on which to put formatting commands for all rasmapedia pages.
- Template: quotation is a page that will format quotations on page X if
{{{1}}}
is put on page X and Template:Quotation goes here. I need to figure out where templates go-- I have forgotten. See Words.
- https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Extension:Extensions has extensions.
Original Stuff from Wikimedia that was on the Main Page when it was created
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
