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MediaWiki has been successfully installed.
About Wiki
For version information, see Special:version.
Using Wiki
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
Editing tips for Wiki
SysOps / Wiki admin tips
- Editing common CSS definitions, see notes on MediaWiki:Common.css
- The sidebar can be edited at MediaWiki:Sidebar.
For instructions, see Mwiki manual on Navigation bar
- To change an Infobox template, create a page in the Template: namespace.
- Redirect page to another page:
On "Old wiki page" type in #Redirect [[New page link ]]
- Admin file permissions
To view instructions on changing file permissions on Unix, type in "man chmod" on the Linux command line. Admin can choose which files are w= writable, R=readable etc by admin or group. If in doubt ask Lun or CDS sysadmin.
Images
Thumbnails
To install software to create thumbnails on this mwiki,
- follow instructions on MediaWiki:Help for creating thumbnails
- edit code in file below, as instructed
...\mwiki\localsettings.php
- ensure the ImageMagick version that you choose to download is compatible with version listed above
- create folder "ImageMagick" on CDS server
- onto this ImageMagick folder, download ImageMagick
Add Images
...\mwiki\localsettings.php
was edited to enable file uploading from the Toolbox on the Sidebar.
- Upload image onto this wiki by clicking on "Upload file" option in Toolbox on the MediaWiki:Sidebar.
- MediaWiki:Help Adding images
Support
- Group Contact webmasters: Lun Li, John Doyle, Gloria Bain at CDS group.