Organizing MediaWiki content. Log In Tutorial: Organizing wiki content using MediaWiki Submitted By Richard Dias March 18, 2010 (0) Add a Comment Rate: In this article series by Jeff Orloff and Mizanur Rahman, authors of MediaWiki 1.1 Beginner's Guide , we will learn how to organize our content by creating namespaces that allow us to group pages with similar purposes together, and we learn how to use categories to group pages with similar content together. It also teaches us about redirecting, moving, and swapping pages around so that we can ensure when a visitor comes to our site, they find the information they are looking for because the page titles will match up with page's content.
MediaWiki has many built-in features that will not only help us keep our content organized, but make it extremely easy to do this. In this article, we will learn how to make use of these tools including: We have focused mainly on organizing content rather creating content in your wiki in this article. Namespaces What just happened? Comment. Wiki Media. This is a list of guides and single-topic help files for the MediaWiki software compiled at meta.wikimedia.org. It is progressively being moved to the www.mediawiki.org website. This help does not cover site-specific conventions, it is for the software only. Introduction MediaWiki is a free software wiki engine licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Handbook parts The help pages are sorted by user type. For readers For editors For moderators This part of the handbook is now available in the Administrator section of the MediaWiki.org website. For system administrators This part of the handbook is now available in the Sysadmin section of the MediaWiki.org website. For developers This part of the handbook is now available in the Developer section of the MediaWiki.org website. Appendix Handbook See also. Mediawiki-extensions_1.6_all.deb. If you are running Ubuntu, it is strongly suggested to use a package manager like aptitude or synaptic to download and install packages, instead of doing so manually via this website. You should be able to use any of the listed mirrors by adding a line to your /etc/apt/sources.list like this: deb lucid main universe Replacing cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu with the mirror in question.
You can download the requested file from the pool/universe/m/mediawiki-extensions/ subdirectory at any of these sites: If none of the above sites are fast enough for you, please see our complete mirror list. Note that in some browsers you will need to tell your browser you want the file saved to a file. More information on mediawiki-extensions_1.6_all.deb: Mediawiki templates. Mediawiki Skins. Is a popular PHP application used to power a lot of websites including Wikipedia. The main Mediawiki advantage implies the possibility to extend easily with the help of numerous useful plugins. So here is the list of the most significant Mediawiki extensions that will save your time and provide new facilities. 1. Semantic Mediawiki This extension allows you to add structured data to the wiki pages via wikitext markup. 2.
CategoryTree is an extension that pictures the category structure of the wiki dynamically as a tree. in order to load tree parts if necessary it uses AJAX. 3. Inputbox extension serves for adding predefined HTML forms to the wiki pages. 4. Creates a threaded process for the talks and discussions including reply processing and auto tagging. 5.
ArticleComments Mediawiki extension is aimed at providing facilities for establishing inline blog-like comment forms for wiki articles. 6. CheckUser allows you to check the visitors’ IPs. 7. 8. 9. 10. User contributions. Help:Links. There are five types of links in MediaWiki: Internal links to other pages in the wikiExternal links to other websitesExternal links to internal pages in the wikiInterwiki links to other websites registered to the wiki in advanceInterlanguage links to other websites registered as other language versions of the wiki Internal links[edit | edit source] To add an internal link, enclose the name of the page you want to link to in double square brackets. When you save the page, you'll see the new link pointing to your page.
If the page exists already it is displayed in blue, if it does not, in red. The first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized, unless otherwise set by the admins, and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link will have a similar effect as typing a space, but is not recommended, since the underscore will also be shown in the text). External links[edit | edit source] External links to internal pages[edit | edit source] To get this: Wikilog. The Wikilog extension enhances MediaWiki with some common blogging features, making it a wiki-blog hybrid.
There are many names that are used to represent this concept: wikilog, wikiblog, bliki, etc. (refer to the Bliki article on Wikipedia). Wiki pages are configured to act as blogs, which are called "wikilogs". Just like blogs, each wikilog contains a number of published articles, with the most recent ones displayed on the wikilog main page in reverse chronological order. One or more custom namespaces are configured as Wikilog namespaces; pages created directly in these namespaces become wikilogs, while subpages to these pages become wikilog articles (blog posts) and are listed automatically on that wikilog's main page.
The extension provides the extra functionality for wikilogs and wikilog articles. The philosophy of Wikilog is not to just make a blog out of a wiki, but to combine both concepts. Wikilog was originally developed by Juliano F. Requirements[edit | edit source] Using Mediawiki Templates to Organize Content [Organizing Content 13] In my last series post on organizing content, I argued that traditional help authoring tools will be replaced by web platforms suitable for authoring help content. Web platforms have many advantages over help authoring tools. They provide everything from search engine optimization to interactivity and social media integration. Some of the more common HAT features, such as single sourcing and print, may not be as important in the future, since the long printed manual is losing popularity. I also noted that wikis are probably the most suitable web platform for help authoring.
However, wikis pose challenges with content organization because they usually lack a table of contents feature, and the link-based model of connecting pages makes the navigation maze-like and confusing. Categories are one way to organize content on Mediawiki (the wiki platform I’m examining). Categories have their limitations. Templates to the Rescue How to Create Templates An Example One Limitation A Workaround inShare0.
Wikimedia blog » Technology. This post is a discovery report written by Jared Flores and slightly edited for publication. It’s part of a series of candid essays written by Google Code-in students, outlining their first steps as members of the Wikimedia technical community. You can write your own. When I initially heard of the Google Code-In (GCI) challenge, I wasn’t exactly jumping out of my seat. I was a little apprehensive, since the GCI sample tasks used languages such as Java, C++, and Ruby. The first task I took on was to design a share button for the Kiwix Android app, an offline Wikipedia reader.
After a few hours of coding, the task seemed to be complete. With a newly-found confidence, I decided to continue pursuing more GCI tasks. “We believe that knowledge should be free for every human being. Reading through the last sentence once more, I realized the amazing opportunities that were ahead of me. Eager to begin, I chose video editing as my second task for Wikimedia. I felt about ready to scream.