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About Wiki
For version information, see Special:version.
This wiki was initially installed by Lun Li at CDS & Netlab, Caltech. The wiki pages were initally set up by Prof J Doyle, Lun Li, Hana at Netlab with assistance from CDS, Caltech and Lachlan Andrew at Netlab.
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.
- Admin creating accounts:
- Managing User accounts
- User levels
- On this wiki, login as a Sysops user => Special pages => "Login/Create Account" => Create Account, fill in the fields.
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
- Contact webmasters: Lun Li, John Doyle, Gloria Bain at CDS
or Hana & Lachlan at Netlab, CS
or contact CDS