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They must be modified in <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php">LocalSettings.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Manual:LocalSettings.php"> </a></span>. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings">Manual:Configuration settings</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings" title="Manual:Configuration settings"> </a></span> for the whole list. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toggle_uploads_on_and_off">Toggle uploads on and off</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuring file uploads">Manual:Configuring file uploads</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads" title="Manual:Configuring file uploads"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Choosing_a_design:_Selecting_a_skin">Choosing a design: Selecting a skin</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Skin_configuration" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Skin configuration">Manual:Skin configuration</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Skin_configuration" title="Manual:Skin configuration"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <p>The default skin can be adjusted by modifying the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDefaultSkin" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDefaultSkin">$wgDefaultSkin</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgDefaultSkin" title="Manual:$wgDefaultSkin"> </a></span> variable in <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php">LocalSettings.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Manual:LocalSettings.php"> </a></span>. </p><p>A few other settings can also <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings#Skins" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings">be adjusted</a> regarding skins. </p><p>There are also some custom skins, see <a href="/wiki/Special:AllPages/Skin:" title="Special:AllPages/Skin:">Special:AllPages/Skin:</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Change_the_logo_or_favicon">Change the logo or favicon</h3></div> <p>See: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLogos" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLogos">Manual:$wgLogos</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgLogos" title="Manual:$wgLogos"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFavicon" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFavicon">Manual:$wgFavicon</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgFavicon" title="Manual:$wgFavicon"> </a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shorter_URLs_to_article_pages">Shorter URLs to article pages</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Short_URL" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Short URL">Manual:Short URL</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Short_URL" title="Manual:Short URL"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sending_email_notifications">Sending email notifications</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgEnableEmail" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgEnableEmail">Manual:$wgEnableEmail</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgEnableEmail" title="Manual:$wgEnableEmail"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mobile-friendly_design">Mobile-friendly design</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Mobiles,_tablets_and_responsive_design" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Mobiles, tablets and responsive design">Manual:Mobiles, tablets and responsive design</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Mobiles,_tablets_and_responsive_design" title="Manual:Mobiles, tablets and responsive design"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3></div> <p>For a list of configuration settings, see: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings">Manual:Configuration settings</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings" title="Manual:Configuration settings"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings_(alphabetical)" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings (alphabetical)">Manual:Configuration settings (alphabetical)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings_(alphabetical)" title="Manual:Configuration settings (alphabetical)"> </a></span> - an alphabetical list.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Configuration_Apache,_PHP_and_the_Database"><span id="Configuration_Apache.2C_PHP_and_the_Database"></span>Configuration Apache, PHP and the Database</h2></div> <p>If you have downloaded binary packages of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL" class="extiw" title="w:MySQL">MySQL</a> (or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL" class="extiw" title="w:PostgreSQL">Postgres</a>), the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server" class="extiw" title="w:Apache HTTP Server">Apache HTTP Server</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP" class="extiw" title="w:PHP">PHP</a>, chances are that they came with an installation script that set them up for your system. To tweak them further, see: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Apache_configuration" title="Special:MyLanguage/Apache configuration">Apache configuration</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Apache_configuration" title="Apache configuration"> </a></span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:robots.txt" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:robots.txt">Manual:Robots.txt</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Robots.txt" title="Manual:Robots.txt"> </a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/PHP_configuration" title="Special:MyLanguage/PHP configuration">PHP configuration</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/PHP_configuration" title="PHP configuration"> </a></span></li> <li>Database <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MySQL" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MySQL">MySQL</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:MySQL" title="Manual:MySQL"> </a></span> or <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MariaDB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MariaDB">MariaDB</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:MariaDB" title="Manual:MariaDB"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:PostgreSQL" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:PostgreSQL" title="Manual:PostgreSQL"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:SQLite" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:SQLite">SQLite</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:SQLite" title="Manual:SQLite"> </a></span></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Making_the_wiki_fast">Making the wiki fast</h2></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Performance_tuning" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Performance tuning">Manual:Performance tuning</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Performance_tuning" title="Manual:Performance tuning"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Setting_administrative_rights">Setting administrative rights</h2></div> <p>MediaWiki is a permissions-based wiki system. That means that users will only be able to perform the actions they are allowed to do. </p><p>As declaring permissions individually for every user would be tedious and impractical, several <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User_rights" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User rights">User rights</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:User_rights" title="Manual:User rights"> </a></span> are pre-defined in MediaWiki. </p><p>You are also allowed to declare new user groups, as your needs require. </p><p>Individual <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Contents" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Contents">extensions</a> may also require creating new user rights. </p><p>Regardless of how they are created, user groups are fully customizable, by modifying the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgGroupPermissions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgGroupPermissions">$wgGroupPermissions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgGroupPermissions" title="Manual:$wgGroupPermissions"> </a></span> associative array in your <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php">LocalSettings.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Manual:LocalSettings.php"> </a></span> file. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User_rights" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User rights">Manual:User rights</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:User_rights" title="Manual:User rights"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Preventing_access" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Preventing access">Manual:Preventing access</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access" title="Manual:Preventing access"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Security" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Security">Manual:Security</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Security" title="Manual:Security"> </a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sysop_(Administrator)"><span id="Sysop_.28Administrator.29"></span>Sysop (Administrator)</h3></div> <p>The most common use. A user marked as 'sysop' can delete and undelete pages, block and unblock IPs and use a shortcut revert-to-previous-contributor's-revision feature in contribs, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators">Manual:Administrators</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Administrators" title="Manual:Administrators"> </a></span> for more information. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bureaucrat">Bureaucrat</h3></div> <p>Users in this group can change user rights through <a href="/wiki/Special:UserRights" title="Special:UserRights">Special:UserRights</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bot">Bot</h3></div> <p>A registered bot account. Edits by an account with this set will not appear by default in Recent changes; this is intended for mass imports of data without flooding human edits from view. (Add <i>&hidebots=0</i> to list changes made by bots e.g. <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Recentchanges&hidebots=0">like this</a>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Installing_extensions">Installing extensions</h2></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Extensions">Manual:Extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Extensions" title="Manual:Extensions"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <p>Extensions are compilations of PHP code that add new features or enhance functionality of the main MediaWiki core. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Localisation">Localisation</h2></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:System_message" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:System message">Help:System message</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:System_message" title="Help:System message"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <p>If you simply want to change the language of a wiki on a per-user basis, this can be done via <a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences" title="Special:Preferences">Special:Preferences</a>. If you selected the wrong language when setting up the wiki simply change the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLanguageCode" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLanguageCode">$wgLanguageCode</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgLanguageCode" title="Manual:$wgLanguageCode"> </a></span> in <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php">LocalSettings.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Manual:LocalSettings.php"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Maintenance_scripts">Maintenance scripts</h2></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance_scripts" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance scripts">Manual:Maintenance scripts</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Maintenance_scripts" title="Manual:Maintenance scripts"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <p>MediaWiki has some maintenance script to help do administrative tasks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Update_MediaWiki">Update MediaWiki</h2></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Upgrading" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Upgrading">Manual:Upgrading</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Upgrading" title="Manual:Upgrading"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Getting_data">Getting data</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Back_up">Back up</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Backing up a wiki">Manual:Backing up a wiki</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki" title="Manual:Backing up a wiki"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <p>It is important to make regular backups of the data in your wiki. This includes the database, uploaded files and extensions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Importing_a_database_dump">Importing a database dump</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Importing_XML_dumps" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Importing XML dumps">Manual:Importing XML dumps</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Importing_XML_dumps" title="Manual:Importing XML dumps"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <p>If you want a local copy of a Wikimedia wiki, see the overview at <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dumps" class="extiw" title="meta:Data dumps">meta:Data dumps</a> and the <a class="external text" href="https://download.wikipedia.org/">download site</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Converting_(importing)_existing_content"><span id="Converting_.28importing.29_existing_content"></span>Converting (importing) existing content</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Importing_external_content" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Importing external content">Manual:Importing external content</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Importing_external_content" title="Manual:Importing external content"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <p>Some scripts exist to import data from other wiki engines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="On-wiki_customizations">On-wiki customizations</h2></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Page_customizations" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Page customizations">Manual:Page customizations</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Page_customizations" title="Manual:Page customizations"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <p>Much of the appearance and messaging of MediaWiki is determined by messages that administrators can edit like regular wiki pages. </p> <ul><li>For a brief overview that addresses the empty help pages, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Project:PD_help/Copying" title="Special:MyLanguage/Project:PD help/Copying">Project:PD help/Copying</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Project:PD_help/Copying" title="Project:PD help/Copying"> </a></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changing_the_sidebar">Changing the sidebar</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Sidebar" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Sidebar">Manual:Sidebar</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Sidebar" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Sidebar"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Changing_the_tagline">Changing the tagline</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Tagline_(Site_Subtitle)" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Tagline (Site Subtitle)">Manual:Tagline (Site Subtitle)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Tagline_(Site_Subtitle)" title="Manual:Tagline (Site Subtitle)"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Setting_up_standard_texts_to_include_on_several_pages">Setting up standard texts to include on several pages</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Templates" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Templates">Help:Templates</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Templates" title="Help:Templates"> </a></span></b></i></dd></dl>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:System_administration&oldid=6695562">https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Manual:System_administration&oldid=6695562</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_administration" title="Category:MediaWiki administration">MediaWiki administration</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 13 August 2024, at 00:04.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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