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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_are_the_differences_between_MediaWiki,_Wikimedia,_Wikipedia,_and_wiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>What are the differences between MediaWiki, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, and wiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_are_the_differences_between_MediaWiki,_Wikimedia,_Wikipedia,_and_wiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-I_want_to_use_a_MediaWiki_instance_to_(blank)._Am_I_allowed_to?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#I_want_to_use_a_MediaWiki_instance_to_(blank)._Am_I_allowed_to?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>I want to use a MediaWiki instance to (blank). Am I allowed to?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-I_want_to_use_a_MediaWiki_instance_to_(blank)._Am_I_allowed_to?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_create_a_wiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_create_a_wiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>How do I create a wiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_create_a_wiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Installation_and_configuration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Installation_and_configuration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Installation and configuration</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Installation_and_configuration-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Installation and configuration subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Installation_and_configuration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Where_do_I_download_MediaWiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Where_do_I_download_MediaWiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Where do I download MediaWiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Where_do_I_download_MediaWiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_to_install_MediaWiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_to_install_MediaWiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>How to install MediaWiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_to_install_MediaWiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_install_MediaWiki_using_a_package?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_install_MediaWiki_using_a_package?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>How do I install MediaWiki using a package?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_install_MediaWiki_using_a_package?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Can_I_install_more_than_one_wiki_on_a_server_using_MediaWiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Can_I_install_more_than_one_wiki_on_a_server_using_MediaWiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Can I install more than one wiki on a server using MediaWiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Can_I_install_more_than_one_wiki_on_a_server_using_MediaWiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_install_an_existing_wiki,_like_Wikipedia_or_Wiktionary?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_install_an_existing_wiki,_like_Wikipedia_or_Wiktionary?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>How do I install an existing wiki, like Wikipedia or Wiktionary?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_install_an_existing_wiki,_like_Wikipedia_or_Wiktionary?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Does_MediaWiki_require_shell_access?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Does_MediaWiki_require_shell_access?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Does MediaWiki require shell access?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Does_MediaWiki_require_shell_access?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_install_extensions?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_install_extensions?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>How do I install extensions?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_install_extensions?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_add_extra_namespaces?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_add_extra_namespaces?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>How do I add extra namespaces?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_add_extra_namespaces?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_enable_uploading?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_enable_uploading?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>How do I enable uploading?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_enable_uploading?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_allow_uploading_of_additional_formats?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_allow_uploading_of_additional_formats?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>How do I allow uploading of additional formats?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_allow_uploading_of_additional_formats?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_enable_embedded_math_formulas?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_enable_embedded_math_formulas?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>How do I enable embedded math formulas?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_enable_embedded_math_formulas?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_set_the_timezone_for_my_MediaWiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_set_the_timezone_for_my_MediaWiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.12</span> <span>How do I set the timezone for my MediaWiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_set_the_timezone_for_my_MediaWiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_purge_a_cached_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_purge_a_cached_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.13</span> <span>How do I purge a cached page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_purge_a_cached_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_completely_disable_caching?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_completely_disable_caching?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.14</span> <span>How do I completely disable caching?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_completely_disable_caching?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"File_is_corrupt_or_has_an_invalid_extension"" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"File_is_corrupt_or_has_an_invalid_extension""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.15</span> <span>"File is corrupt or has an invalid extension"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"File_is_corrupt_or_has_an_invalid_extension"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Initial_user_was_not_created_by_installer_or_it_is_not_an_administrator" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Initial_user_was_not_created_by_installer_or_it_is_not_an_administrator"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.16</span> <span>Initial user was not created by installer or it is not an administrator</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Initial_user_was_not_created_by_installer_or_it_is_not_an_administrator-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-maintenance/createAndPromote.php" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#maintenance/createAndPromote.php"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.16.1</span> <span>maintenance/createAndPromote.php</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-maintenance/createAndPromote.php-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Alter_the_database" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alter_the_database"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.16.2</span> <span>Alter the database</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alter_the_database-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Temporarily_let_everyone_assign_rights_to_promote_your_initial_user" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temporarily_let_everyone_assign_rights_to_promote_your_initial_user"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.16.3</span> <span>Temporarily let everyone assign rights to promote your initial user</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temporarily_let_everyone_assign_rights_to_promote_your_initial_user-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_reset_a_user's_MediaWiki_password?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_reset_a_user's_MediaWiki_password?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.17</span> <span>How do I reset a user's MediaWiki password?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_reset_a_user's_MediaWiki_password?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_create_interwiki_links_in_my_wiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_create_interwiki_links_in_my_wiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.18</span> <span>How can I create interwiki links in my wiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_create_interwiki_links_in_my_wiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_make_my_base_URLs_shorter?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_make_my_base_URLs_shorter?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.19</span> <span>How do I make my base URLs shorter?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_make_my_base_URLs_shorter?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_organize_pages_into_subdirectories_like_/wiki/subdir/PageName?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_organize_pages_into_subdirectories_like_/wiki/subdir/PageName?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.20</span> <span>How do I organize pages into subdirectories like /wiki/subdir/PageName?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_organize_pages_into_subdirectories_like_/wiki/subdir/PageName?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Is_downloading_and_using_all_of_MediaWiki.org_free?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Is_downloading_and_using_all_of_MediaWiki.org_free?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.21</span> <span>Is downloading and using all of MediaWiki.org free?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Is_downloading_and_using_all_of_MediaWiki.org_free?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_administrate/manage_user_rights?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_administrate/manage_user_rights?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.22</span> <span>How do I administrate/manage user rights?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_administrate/manage_user_rights?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-How_do_I_stop_anonymous_users_from_editing_any_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_stop_anonymous_users_from_editing_any_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.22.1</span> <span>How do I stop anonymous users from editing any page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_stop_anonymous_users_from_editing_any_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_stop_anonymous_users_from_reading_any_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_stop_anonymous_users_from_reading_any_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.22.2</span> <span>How do I stop anonymous users from reading any page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_stop_anonymous_users_from_reading_any_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_restrict_account_creation?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_restrict_account_creation?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.22.3</span> <span>How do I restrict account creation?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_restrict_account_creation?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_require_an_email_address_be_specified_at_registration?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_require_an_email_address_be_specified_at_registration?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.22.4</span> <span>How do I require an email address be specified at registration?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_require_an_email_address_be_specified_at_registration?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_put_MediaWiki_into_Read_Only_mode?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_put_MediaWiki_into_Read_Only_mode?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.23</span> <span>How do I put MediaWiki into <i>Read Only</i> mode?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_put_MediaWiki_into_Read_Only_mode?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_default_user_preferences?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_default_user_preferences?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.24</span> <span>How do I change default user preferences?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_default_user_preferences?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_make_MediaWiki_run_faster?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_make_MediaWiki_run_faster?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.25</span> <span>How can I make MediaWiki run faster?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_make_MediaWiki_run_faster?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_enable_a_drop-down_list_of_search_suggestions?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_enable_a_drop-down_list_of_search_suggestions?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.26</span> <span>How do I enable a drop-down list of search suggestions?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_enable_a_drop-down_list_of_search_suggestions?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_MediaWiki_and_GDPR_go_together?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_MediaWiki_and_GDPR_go_together?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.27</span> <span>How do MediaWiki and GDPR go together?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_MediaWiki_and_GDPR_go_together?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Upgrading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Upgrading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Upgrading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Upgrading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Moving" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Moving"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Moving</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Moving-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Moving subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Moving-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Is_it_possible_to_move_my_wiki_to_a_different_machine?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Is_it_possible_to_move_my_wiki_to_a_different_machine?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Is it possible to move my wiki to a different machine?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Is_it_possible_to_move_my_wiki_to_a_different_machine?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_move_my_wiki_to_a_different_server?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_move_my_wiki_to_a_different_server?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>How do I move my wiki to a different server?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_move_my_wiki_to_a_different_server?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Changing_the_interface" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Changing_the_interface"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Changing the interface</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Changing_the_interface-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Changing the interface subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Changing_the_interface-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_logo?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_the_logo?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>How do I change the logo?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_logo?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_edit_the_wiki's_CSS?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_edit_the_wiki's_CSS?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>How do I edit the wiki's CSS?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_edit_the_wiki's_CSS?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_hide_the_left_vertical_navigation_toolbar?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_hide_the_left_vertical_navigation_toolbar?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>How do I hide the left vertical navigation toolbar?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_hide_the_left_vertical_navigation_toolbar?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_hide_the_categories_at_the_bottom_of_each_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_hide_the_categories_at_the_bottom_of_each_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>How do I hide the categories at the bottom of each page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_hide_the_categories_at_the_bottom_of_each_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_customize_the_link-URL_of_the_site-logo_in_the_top_left_corner_of_all_pages_that_activates_when_the_site-logo_is_clicked_upon?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_customize_the_link-URL_of_the_site-logo_in_the_top_left_corner_of_all_pages_that_activates_when_the_site-logo_is_clicked_upon?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>How do I customize the link-URL of the site-logo in the top left corner of all pages that activates when the site-logo is clicked upon?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_customize_the_link-URL_of_the_site-logo_in_the_top_left_corner_of_all_pages_that_activates_when_the_site-logo_is_clicked_upon?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_icon_in_the_browser's_address_line_(favicon)?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_the_icon_in_the_browser's_address_line_(favicon)?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>How do I change the icon in the browser's address line (favicon)?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_icon_in_the_browser's_address_line_(favicon)?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Rewrite_Rule" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rewrite_Rule"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6.1</span> <span>Rewrite Rule</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rewrite_Rule-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Case_sensitivity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Case_sensitivity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6.2</span> <span>Case sensitivity</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Case_sensitivity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_customize_the_navigation_bar?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_customize_the_navigation_bar?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.7</span> <span>How do I customize the navigation bar?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_customize_the_navigation_bar?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_put_a_text_message_(sitenotice)_on_every_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_put_a_text_message_(sitenotice)_on_every_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.8</span> <span>How do I put a text message (sitenotice) on every page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_put_a_text_message_(sitenotice)_on_every_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_which_page_is_the_main_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_which_page_is_the_main_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.9</span> <span>How do I change which page is the main page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_which_page_is_the_main_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_Main_Page_title?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_the_Main_Page_title?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.10</span> <span>How do I change the Main Page title?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_Main_Page_title?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_hide_the_main_page_title?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_hide_the_main_page_title?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.11</span> <span>How do I hide the main page title?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_hide_the_main_page_title?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-MediaWiki_1.38+" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MediaWiki_1.38+"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.11.1</span> <span>MediaWiki 1.38+</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MediaWiki_1.38+-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MediaWiki_1.37_and_below" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MediaWiki_1.37_and_below"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.11.2</span> <span>MediaWiki 1.37 and below</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MediaWiki_1.37_and_below-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_hide_the_table_of_contents?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_hide_the_table_of_contents?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.12</span> <span>How can I hide the table of contents?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_hide_the_table_of_contents?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_interface_text?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_the_interface_text?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.13</span> <span>How do I change the interface text?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_interface_text?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_edit_error_messages?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_edit_error_messages?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.14</span> <span>How do I edit error messages?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_edit_error_messages?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_interface_language?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_the_interface_language?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.15</span> <span>How do I change the interface language?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_interface_language?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_remove_the_article/edit_etc_tabs?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_remove_the_article/edit_etc_tabs?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.16</span> <span>How do I remove the article/edit etc tabs?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_remove_the_article/edit_etc_tabs?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_add/remove_tabs_throughout_my_wiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_add/remove_tabs_throughout_my_wiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.17</span> <span>How do I add/remove tabs throughout my wiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_add/remove_tabs_throughout_my_wiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-How_do_I_remove_a_tab_on_only_one_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_remove_a_tab_on_only_one_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.17.1</span> <span>How do I remove a tab on only one page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_remove_a_tab_on_only_one_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_remove_a_tab_on_all_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_remove_a_tab_on_all_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.17.2</span> <span>How do I remove a tab on all pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_remove_a_tab_on_all_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_remove_the_"Talk_for_this_IP"_link_at_the_top_right_(e.g._when_$wgDisableAnonTalk_is_true)?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_remove_the_"Talk_for_this_IP"_link_at_the_top_right_(e.g._when_$wgDisableAnonTalk_is_true)?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.18</span> <span>How do I remove the "Talk for this IP" link at the top right (e.g. when $wgDisableAnonTalk<span> </span> is true)?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_remove_the_"Talk_for_this_IP"_link_at_the_top_right_(e.g._when_$wgDisableAnonTalk_is_true)?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_remove_the_"Create_an_Account_or_Login"_link_at_the_top_right_of_the_screen?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_remove_the_"Create_an_Account_or_Login"_link_at_the_top_right_of_the_screen?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.19</span> <span>How do I remove the "Create an Account or Login" link at the top right of the screen?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_remove_the_"Create_an_Account_or_Login"_link_at_the_top_right_of_the_screen?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_suppress_actions_and_special_pages?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_suppress_actions_and_special_pages?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.20</span> <span>How can I suppress actions and special pages?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_suppress_actions_and_special_pages?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Using_.htaccess_file" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Using_.htaccess_file"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.20.1</span> <span>Using .htaccess file</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Using_.htaccess_file-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Using_LocalSettings.php" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Using_LocalSettings.php"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.20.2</span> <span>Using LocalSettings.php</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Using_LocalSettings.php-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_footer?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_the_footer?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.21</span> <span>How do I change the footer?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_footer?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_edit_/_remove_the_Powered_by_MediaWiki_image_(and_possible_other_images)_from_the_footer?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_edit_/_remove_the_Powered_by_MediaWiki_image_(and_possible_other_images)_from_the_footer?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.22</span> <span>How can I edit / remove the Powered by MediaWiki image (and possible other images) from the footer?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_edit_/_remove_the_Powered_by_MediaWiki_image_(and_possible_other_images)_from_the_footer?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_add_a_reply_link_to_default_signature_tildes_(~~~~)_template?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_add_a_reply_link_to_default_signature_tildes_(~~~~)_template?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.23</span> <span>How do I add a reply link to default signature tildes (~~~~) template?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_add_a_reply_link_to_default_signature_tildes_(~~~~)_template?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_change_what_the_<title>_of_each_page_is?_Where_do_I_make_changes?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_change_what_the_<title>_of_each_page_is?_Where_do_I_make_changes?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.24</span> <span>How can I change what the <span>‎<</span><span>title</span><span>></span> of each page is? Where do I make changes?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_change_what_the_<title>_of_each_page_is?_Where_do_I_make_changes?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Does_MediaWiki_automatically_capitalize_the_first_letter_of_$wgSitename?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Does_MediaWiki_automatically_capitalize_the_first_letter_of_$wgSitename?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.25</span> <span>Does MediaWiki automatically capitalize the first letter of $wgSitename?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Does_MediaWiki_automatically_capitalize_the_first_letter_of_$wgSitename?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_make_external_links_open_in_a_new_window?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_make_external_links_open_in_a_new_window?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.26</span> <span>How do I make external links open in a new window?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_make_external_links_open_in_a_new_window?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_suppress_MediaWiki_from_formatting_URLs,_tags,_etc?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_suppress_MediaWiki_from_formatting_URLs,_tags,_etc?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.27</span> <span>How can I suppress MediaWiki from formatting URLs, tags, etc?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_suppress_MediaWiki_from_formatting_URLs,_tags,_etc?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_force_users_to_preview_before_they_save?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_force_users_to_preview_before_they_save?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.28</span> <span>How can I force users to preview before they save?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_force_users_to_preview_before_they_save?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_add_more_buttons_on_the_edit_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_add_more_buttons_on_the_edit_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.29</span> <span>How do I add more buttons on the edit page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_add_more_buttons_on_the_edit_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_get_more_special_characters_or_tags_clickable_on_the_edit_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_get_more_special_characters_or_tags_clickable_on_the_edit_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.30</span> <span>How can I get more special characters or tags clickable on the edit page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_get_more_special_characters_or_tags_clickable_on_the_edit_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_use_a_different_skin_on_my_wiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_use_a_different_skin_on_my_wiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.31</span> <span>How can I use a different skin on my wiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_use_a_different_skin_on_my_wiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_disable_external_links_from_showing_in_the_printable_version_of_a_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_disable_external_links_from_showing_in_the_printable_version_of_a_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.32</span> <span>How do I disable external links from showing in the printable version of a page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_disable_external_links_from_showing_in_the_printable_version_of_a_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_print_footnotes_at_the_bottom_of_each_printed_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_print_footnotes_at_the_bottom_of_each_printed_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.33</span> <span>How do I print footnotes at the bottom of each printed page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_print_footnotes_at_the_bottom_of_each_printed_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_text_of_the_article_(page_name)_tab_of_my_wiki's_main_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_the_text_of_the_article_(page_name)_tab_of_my_wiki's_main_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.34</span> <span>How do I change the text of the article (page name) tab of my wiki's main page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_text_of_the_article_(page_name)_tab_of_my_wiki's_main_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_background_color?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_the_background_color?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.35</span> <span>How do I change the background color?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_the_background_color?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_load_external_fonts?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_load_external_fonts?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.36</span> <span>How do I load external fonts?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_load_external_fonts?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_to_hide_the_"Your_edit_was_saved"_notification?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_to_hide_the_"Your_edit_was_saved"_notification?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.37</span> <span>How to hide the "Your edit was saved" notification?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_to_hide_the_"Your_edit_was_saved"_notification?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Basic_usage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Basic_usage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Basic usage</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Basic_usage-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Basic usage subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Basic_usage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-How_do_I_edit_a_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_edit_a_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>How do I edit a page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_edit_a_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_create_a_new_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_create_a_new_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>How do I create a new page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_create_a_new_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_delete_an_old_version_of_a_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_delete_an_old_version_of_a_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>How do I delete an old version of a page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_delete_an_old_version_of_a_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_use_oversight/delete_revisions_in_the_page_history?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_use_oversight/delete_revisions_in_the_page_history?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>How do I use oversight/delete revisions in the page history?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_use_oversight/delete_revisions_in_the_page_history?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Are_there_any_editing_tutorials_available?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Are_there_any_editing_tutorials_available?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Are there any editing tutorials available?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Are_there_any_editing_tutorials_available?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_view_the_printable_form_of_a_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_view_the_printable_form_of_a_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>How do I view the printable form of a page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_view_the_printable_form_of_a_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_use_templates?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_use_templates?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.7</span> <span>How do I use templates?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_use_templates?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Can_I_use_media_(images,_video,_audio,_etc.)_from_Wikimedia_Commons_in_my_installed_version_of_MediaWiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Can_I_use_media_(images,_video,_audio,_etc.)_from_Wikimedia_Commons_in_my_installed_version_of_MediaWiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.8</span> <span>Can I use media (images, video, audio, etc.) from Wikimedia Commons in my installed version of MediaWiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Can_I_use_media_(images,_video,_audio,_etc.)_from_Wikimedia_Commons_in_my_installed_version_of_MediaWiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_use_a_template_as_a_signature?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_use_a_template_as_a_signature?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.9</span> <span>How do I use a template as a signature?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_use_a_template_as_a_signature?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_add_the_sandbox_functionality_to_my_installation_of_the_wiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_add_the_sandbox_functionality_to_my_installation_of_the_wiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.10</span> <span>How do I add the sandbox functionality to my installation of the wiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_add_the_sandbox_functionality_to_my_installation_of_the_wiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_add_a_"Sandbox"_link_to_personal_tools_(top_right)?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_add_a_"Sandbox"_link_to_personal_tools_(top_right)?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.11</span> <span>How do I add a "Sandbox" link to personal tools (top right)?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_add_a_"Sandbox"_link_to_personal_tools_(top_right)?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_make_my_wiki_serve_all_languages?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_make_my_wiki_serve_all_languages?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.12</span> <span>How do I make my wiki serve all languages?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_make_my_wiki_serve_all_languages?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wiki_importing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wiki_importing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Wiki importing</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Wiki_importing-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Wiki importing subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Wiki_importing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Importing_from_MediaWiki_XML_dumps" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Importing_from_MediaWiki_XML_dumps"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Importing from MediaWiki XML dumps</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Importing_from_MediaWiki_XML_dumps-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Importing_from_other_types_of_wiki_software" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Importing_from_other_types_of_wiki_software"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Importing from other types of wiki software</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Importing_from_other_types_of_wiki_software-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Importing_from_other_types_of_files" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Importing_from_other_types_of_files"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Importing from other types of files</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Importing_from_other_types_of_files-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Templates_imported_from_other_wikis_(such_as_Wikipedia)_don't_work_for_me" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Templates_imported_from_other_wikis_(such_as_Wikipedia)_don't_work_for_me"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Templates imported from other wikis (such as Wikipedia) don't work for me</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Templates_imported_from_other_wikis_(such_as_Wikipedia)_don't_work_for_me-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Customising_further" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Customising_further"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Customising further</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Customising_further-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Customising further subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Customising_further-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-I_want_to_have_multiple_wikis,_but_only_require_registration_once" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#I_want_to_have_multiple_wikis,_but_only_require_registration_once"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>I want to have multiple wikis, but only require registration once</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-I_want_to_have_multiple_wikis,_but_only_require_registration_once-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_can_I_allow_use_of_HTML_tags?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_can_I_allow_use_of_HTML_tags?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>How can I allow use of HTML tags?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_can_I_allow_use_of_HTML_tags?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_fix_problems_or_add_features_to_MediaWiki?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_fix_problems_or_add_features_to_MediaWiki?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>How do I fix problems or add features to MediaWiki?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_fix_problems_or_add_features_to_MediaWiki?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_run_a_bot?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_run_a_bot?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>How do I run a bot?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_run_a_bot?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_change_noindex_nofollow" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_change_noindex_nofollow"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>How do I change noindex nofollow</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_change_noindex_nofollow-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_create_a_small_wiki_farm?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_create_a_small_wiki_farm?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>How do I create a small wiki farm?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_create_a_small_wiki_farm?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_add_meta_tags?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_add_meta_tags?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.7</span> <span>How do I add meta tags?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_add_meta_tags?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Why...?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Why...?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Why...?</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Why...?-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Why...? subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Why...?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-…is_the_Help_namespace_empty?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#…is_the_Help_namespace_empty?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>…is the Help namespace empty?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-…is_the_Help_namespace_empty?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-…are_some_of_my_images_not_showing_up_after_an_upgrade?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#…are_some_of_my_images_not_showing_up_after_an_upgrade?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>…are some of my images not showing up after an upgrade?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-…are_some_of_my_images_not_showing_up_after_an_upgrade?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-…are_all_PNG_files_not_being_turned_into_thumbnails?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#…are_all_PNG_files_not_being_turned_into_thumbnails?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>…are all PNG files not being turned into thumbnails?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-…are_all_PNG_files_not_being_turned_into_thumbnails?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-…can't_I_download_MediaWiki_1.43?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#…can't_I_download_MediaWiki_1.43?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>…can't I download MediaWiki 1.43?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-…can't_I_download_MediaWiki_1.43?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-…doesn't_this_work?_It_works_on_Wikipedia!" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#…doesn't_this_work?_It_works_on_Wikipedia!"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.5</span> <span>…doesn't this work? It works on Wikipedia!</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-…doesn't_this_work?_It_works_on_Wikipedia!-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-…do_I_get_a_403_Forbidden_error_after_setting_permissions_on_my_Fedora_system?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#…do_I_get_a_403_Forbidden_error_after_setting_permissions_on_my_Fedora_system?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.6</span> <span>…do I get a <b>403 Forbidden</b> error after setting permissions on my Fedora system?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-…do_I_get_a_403_Forbidden_error_after_setting_permissions_on_my_Fedora_system?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-…do_I_get_Installing_some_external_dependencies_(e.g._via_composer)_is_required?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#…do_I_get_Installing_some_external_dependencies_(e.g._via_composer)_is_required?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.7</span> <span>…do I get <i>Installing some external dependencies (e.g. via composer) is required</i>?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-…do_I_get_Installing_some_external_dependencies_(e.g._via_composer)_is_required?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-…do_I_get_logged_out_constantly?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#…do_I_get_logged_out_constantly?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.8</span> <span>…do I get logged out constantly?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-…do_I_get_logged_out_constantly?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-…is_it_a_good_idea_to_keep_user_accounts?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#…is_it_a_good_idea_to_keep_user_accounts?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.9</span> <span>…is it a good idea to keep user accounts?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-…is_it_a_good_idea_to_keep_user_accounts?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-…is_the_number_of_pages_so_low_on_Special:Statistics?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#…is_the_number_of_pages_so_low_on_Special:Statistics?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.10</span> <span>…is the number of pages so low on Special:Statistics?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-…is_the_number_of_pages_so_low_on_Special:Statistics?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anti-spam" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anti-spam"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Anti-spam</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Anti-spam-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Anti-spam subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Anti-spam-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-How_do_I_use_$wgSpamRegex_to_block_more_than_one_string?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_use_$wgSpamRegex_to_block_more_than_one_string?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>How do I use $wgSpamRegex to block more than one string?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_use_$wgSpamRegex_to_block_more_than_one_string?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Are_there_additional_ways_to_fight_spam?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Are_there_additional_ways_to_fight_spam?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Are there additional ways to fight spam?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Are_there_additional_ways_to_fight_spam?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anti-vandalism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anti-vandalism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Anti-vandalism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anti-vandalism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Where_now?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Where_now?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Where now?</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Where_now?-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Where now? subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Where_now?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-I've_found_a_bug_or_have_a_feature_request._Where_do_I_post_it?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#I've_found_a_bug_or_have_a_feature_request._Where_do_I_post_it?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>I've found a bug or have a feature request. Where do I post it?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-I've_found_a_bug_or_have_a_feature_request._Where_do_I_post_it?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-I'm_getting_a_strange_error._What_now?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#I'm_getting_a_strange_error._What_now?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>I'm getting a strange error. 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.irc-connect>a{color:#12c812}}</style><span class="plainlinks" style="font-family: monospace,Courier; white-space: pre-wrap !important; word-wrap: break-word; max-width: 1200px; overflow: auto;" title="#mediawiki on Libera.Chat IRC"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/mediawiki">#mediawiki</a></span> <sup class="plainlinks irc-connect"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#mediawiki">connect</a></sup> - the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki_on_IRC" title="Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki on IRC">IRC</a> channel.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project:Support_desk" title="Project:Support desk">Support desk</a></li></ul> <div class="helpbox-footnote"><small>For a complete list of support venues, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/communication" title="Special:MyLanguage/communication">Communication</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Communication" title="Communication"> </a></span>. <bdi lang=""></bdi></small></div> </div> </div> <table lang="en" dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="border-spacing:5px; border:1px solid #ddcef2; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#f9f9f9; color: #333; margin-top:.4em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:5px;"><b>Frequently asked questions (FAQ)</b> about MediaWiki usage. If your question is neither answered here nor in the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Contents" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Contents">technical MediaWiki documentation</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents">MediaWiki user documentation</a>, then please ask in a <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Communication" title="Special:MyLanguage/Communication">support venue</a>. </td> <td style="padding:5px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Help-browser.svg/100px-Help-browser.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Help-browser.svg/150px-Help-browser.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Help-browser.svg/200px-Help-browser.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_basics">The basics</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_are_the_differences_between_MediaWiki,_Wikimedia,_Wikipedia,_and_wiki?"><span id="What_are_the_differences_between_MediaWiki.2C_Wikimedia.2C_Wikipedia.2C_and_wiki.3F"></span>What are the differences between MediaWiki, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, and wiki?</h3></div> <p>Please see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki">Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Differences_between_Wikipedia,_Wikimedia,_MediaWiki,_and_wiki" title="Differences between Wikipedia, Wikimedia, MediaWiki, and wiki"> </a></span> for a detailed answer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I_want_to_use_a_MediaWiki_instance_to_(blank)._Am_I_allowed_to?"><span id="I_want_to_use_a_MediaWiki_instance_to_.28blank.29._Am_I_allowed_to.3F"></span>I want to use a MediaWiki instance to (blank). Am I allowed to?</h3></div> <p>MediaWiki is free software: this means that you may use it for any purpose without legal hindrance. Furthermore, its licensing conditions apply solely to the software itself. This means that although many wikis license their content under a permissive license, you are not obliged to license the content submitted to your wiki in any particular way. Of course, as a project founded to support sites like Wikipedia, we encourage you to license the texts you write under a free license, but, in short, you are not required to. </p><p>If you wish to alter or amend the software itself, in general, you are permitted to, but there are some restrictions and you should consult <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">the full text of the GNU GPL version 2 for details</a>. Because MediaWiki is provided free of charge, there is no warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_create_a_wiki?"><span id="How_do_I_create_a_wiki.3F"></span>How do I create a wiki?</h3></div> <p>Creating a wiki implies installing MediaWiki on a server and having access to manage it. There are different options, depending on your level of expertise: </p> <ul><li>To create a wiki on your own server, follow the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installation_guide" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installation guide">Installation guide</a>.</li> <li>Some hosts offer one-click installs, or allow creating a wiki on-request. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Hosting_services" title="Special:MyLanguage/Hosting services">Hosting services</a> for different options.</li></ul> <p>This site (MediaWiki.org) or the Wikimedia Foundation does not allow individuals to create wikis. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="installation"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Installation_and_configuration">Installation and configuration</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Where_do_I_download_MediaWiki?"><span id="Where_do_I_download_MediaWiki.3F"></span>Where do I download MediaWiki?</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Download" title="Special:MyLanguage/Download">Download the latest stable release of MediaWiki.</a> Files are supplied in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing)" class="extiw" title="w:Tar (computing)">.tar</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gzip" class="extiw" title="en:gzip">.gz</a> archive. MediaWiki can also be <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Download_from_Git" title="Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git">obtained directly from our Git</a> repository. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_to_install_MediaWiki?"><span id="How_to_install_MediaWiki.3F"></span>How to install MediaWiki?</h3></div> <p>Installing MediaWiki takes around 10 to 30 minutes, and involves uploading/copying files, and running the installer script to configure the software. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installation_guide" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installation guide">Manual:Installation guide</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Installation guide"> </a></span>, where you will also find the <i>minimum system requirements</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_install_MediaWiki_using_a_package?"><span id="How_do_I_install_MediaWiki_using_a_package.3F"></span>How do I install MediaWiki using a package?</h3></div> <p>Many Linux distributions provide MediaWiki in a packaged format for that distribution. The MediaWiki development team refers you to your Linux distribution for assistance with installing, configuring or using them. The individual communities and companies who maintain such packages should provide installation instructions. </p><p>Be warned that third-party distributions may be older versions, so pay close attention to compatibility information for directions and extensions. </p> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Software_bundles" title="Special:MyLanguage/Software bundles">Software bundles</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Software_bundles" title="Software bundles"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Can_I_install_more_than_one_wiki_on_a_server_using_MediaWiki?"><span id="Can_I_install_more_than_one_wiki_on_a_server_using_MediaWiki.3F"></span>Can I install more than one wiki on a server using MediaWiki?</h3></div> <p>It is possible to install more than one wiki on a server provided that: </p> <ul><li>You install multiple instances of MediaWiki (such as with a <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/software_bundles#MediaWiki_pre-integrated_with_AMP_packages" title="Special:MyLanguage/software bundles">software bundle</a> like the Bitnami MediaWiki Stack); in different directories – one for each wiki</li></ul> <p>Or </p> <ul><li>You use a different database for each wiki</li></ul> <p>Or </p> <ul><li>You use a different database prefix for each wiki (for Postgres, you can achieve a similar effect by using different schemas and users). If you want to use the same <code>LocalSettings.php</code> file for both, you must ensure $wgServer is dynamically set to the correct value.</li></ul> <p>For information on the latter two options, see <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDBname" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDBname">$wgDBname</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgDBname" title="Manual:$wgDBname"> </a></span></b> and <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDBprefix" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDBprefix">$wgDBprefix</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgDBprefix" title="Manual:$wgDBprefix"> </a></span></b> respectively. </p><p>For more information on setting up a wiki family (wikifarm), see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Wiki_family" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Wiki family">Manual:Wiki family</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family" title="Manual:Wiki family"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_install_an_existing_wiki,_like_Wikipedia_or_Wiktionary?"><span id="How_do_I_install_an_existing_wiki.2C_like_Wikipedia_or_Wiktionary.3F"></span>How do I install an existing wiki, like Wikipedia or Wiktionary?</h3></div> <p>The main (but not necessarily the easiest) method is to import. <i>See <a href="#Wiki_importing">Wiki importing</a>, below.</i> </p><p>(Non-MediaWiki methods, such as Xowa and Kiwix can be found at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:Database download">w:Wikipedia:Database download</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Does_MediaWiki_require_shell_access?"><span id="Does_MediaWiki_require_shell_access.3F"></span>Does MediaWiki require shell access?</h3></div> <p>Shell access (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell" class="extiw" title="w:Secure Shell">SSH</a>) is not required for installing MediaWiki, but it is <i>highly recommended</i>. Without shell access, it may even be difficult for you to get a backup of your wiki, or to upgrade to a new version. Some maintenance tasks are not possible at all without shell access. Many major extensions work best with shell access. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_install_extensions?"><span id="How_do_I_install_extensions.3F"></span>How do I install extensions?</h3></div> <p>See <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> for information about installing and writing extensions. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Category:Extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Category:Extensions">Category:Extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Category:Extensions" title="Category:Extensions"> </a></span> to find existing extensions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_add_extra_namespaces?"><span id="How_do_I_add_extra_namespaces.3F"></span>How do I add extra namespaces?</h3></div> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Using_custom_namespaces#Creating_a_custom_namespace" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Using custom namespaces">Creating a custom namespace</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_enable_uploading?"><span id="How_do_I_enable_uploading.3F"></span>How do I enable uploading?</h3></div> <p>File uploads are an often-used feature of MediaWiki, but are disabled by default in all current release versions. To enable them, first make the upload directory (default <code>images</code>) writable by the web server (<code><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chmod" class="extiw" title="w:chmod">chmod</a> -R 777 ./images</code> or allow the Apache user to write to it, etc.) then set <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgEnableUploads" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgEnableUploads">$wgEnableUploads</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgEnableUploads" title="Manual:$wgEnableUploads"> </a></span></b> to <code>true</code> in <code>LocalSettings.php</code>. If you get a "failed to mkdir" error when you try to upload, it probably means that there's a permissions problem. </p> <dl><dd><i>See also: <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="How_do_I_allow_uploading_of_additional_formats?"><span id="How_do_I_allow_uploading_of_additional_formats.3F"></span>How do I allow uploading of additional formats?</h3></div> <p>MediaWiki requires that allowed file upload formats are specified using the <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFileExtensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFileExtensions">$wgFileExtensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgFileExtensions" title="Manual:$wgFileExtensions"> </a></span></b> configuration directive. Usually this directive is situated in <code>LocalSettings.php</code> in the root of your MediaWiki installation. </p><p>For example, to extend uploading to PDF files, add the following to <code>LocalSettings.php</code>: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgFileExtensions</span><span class="p">[]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'pdf'</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div> <p>To extend uploading to more than one type of file, use the following syntax </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgFileExtensions</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">array_merge</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$wgFileExtensions</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s1">'pdf'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'txt'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'mp3'</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <dl><dd><i>See also: <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="How_do_I_enable_embedded_math_formulas?"><span id="How_do_I_enable_embedded_math_formulas.3F"></span>How do I enable embedded math formulas?</h3></div> <p>MediaWiki allows embedded math formulas. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Math" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Math">Extension:Math</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Math" title="Extension:Math"> </a></span> for complete setup instructions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_set_the_timezone_for_my_MediaWiki?"><span id="How_do_I_set_the_timezone_for_my_MediaWiki.3F"></span>How do I set the timezone for my MediaWiki?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Timezone" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Timezone">Manual:Timezone</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Timezone" title="Manual:Timezone"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_purge_a_cached_page?"><span id="How_do_I_purge_a_cached_page.3F"></span>How do I purge a cached page?</h3></div> <p>To purge a cached page, such as when making changes to the navigation bar, add <code>&action=purge</code> to the end of the page's dynamic URL. </p><p>E.g. <a class="external free" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=purge">https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=purge</a> </p><p>Or <code>?action=purge</code> to the end of the page's short form URL: </p><p>E.g. <a class="external free" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Main_Page?action=purge">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Main_Page?action=purge</a> </p> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Purge" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Purge">Manual:Purge</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Purge" title="Manual:Purge"> </a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters to index.php">Manual:Parameters to index.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php" title="Manual:Parameters to index.php"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_completely_disable_caching?"><span id="How_do_I_completely_disable_caching.3F"></span>How do I completely disable caching?</h3></div> <p>Add in your <code>LocalSettings.php</code> file the following lines: </p><p><code class="mw-code mw-highlight" style="display:block"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgParserCacheType" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgParserCacheType">$wgParserCacheType</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgParserCacheType" title="Manual:$wgParserCacheType"> </a></span> = CACHE_NONE; <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgCachePages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgCachePages">$wgCachePages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgCachePages" title="Manual:$wgCachePages"> </a></span> = <span class="k">false</span>; </code> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""File_is_corrupt_or_has_an_invalid_extension""><span id=".22File_is_corrupt_or_has_an_invalid_extension.22"></span>"File is corrupt or has an invalid extension"</h3></div> <p>Some users have reported that after adding a file format to the allowed extensions list, an error is encountered. The text of the error is similar to the following: </p> <dl><dd><i>The file is corrupt or has an incorrect extension. Please check the file and upload again.</i></dd></dl><p> As a possible solution, set the value of <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgMimeDetectorCommand" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgMimeDetectorCommand">$wgMimeDetectorCommand</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgMimeDetectorCommand" title="Manual:$wgMimeDetectorCommand"> </a></span></b>. Under Unix or Linux, this would be </p><div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgMimeDetectorCommand</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"file --brief --mime"</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MIME_type_detection" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MIME type detection">Manual:MIME type detection</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:MIME_type_detection" title="Manual:MIME type detection"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <p><span class="anchor" id="Initial_user_was_not_created_by_installer"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_user_was_not_created_by_installer_or_it_is_not_an_administrator">Initial user was not created by installer or it is not an administrator</h3></div> <p>Sometimes, the installer fails to create the default user, or the <code>user</code> table is lost for some reason. There are a couple of options for solving this: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="maintenance/createAndPromote.php"><span id="maintenance.2FcreateAndPromote.php"></span>maintenance/createAndPromote.php</h4></div> <ul><li>Execute <code><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:createAndPromote.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:createAndPromote.php">maintenance/createAndPromote.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:CreateAndPromote.php" title="Manual:CreateAndPromote.php"> </a></span> --username <new user name> --password <password for that user></code> from the shell. Append <code>--bureaucrat</code> to command line if you want that user to become a bureaucrat, in addition to becoming an administrator.</li></ul> <p>This will create a new user and promote them to an administrator. For help, run the script with the parameter <code>--help</code>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alter_the_database">Alter the database</h4></div> <ul><li>Register a new account using the regular method (<a href="/wiki/Special:UserLogin" title="Special:UserLogin">Special:UserLogin</a>).</li> <li>Check the user ID <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Userinfo#Example" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Userinfo">via API</a>.</li> <li>Execute the following SQL statement against the database: <ul><li><code>INSERT INTO user_groups ( ug_user, ug_group ) VALUES ( <i><id></i>, 'bureaucrat' ), ( <i><id></i>, 'sysop' );</code></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><code><i><id></i></code> above should be replaced with the appropriate user ID which you can see on the user's preference page.</dd> <dd>Note: if <code><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDBprefix" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDBprefix">$wgDBprefix</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgDBprefix" title="Manual:$wgDBprefix"> </a></span></code> is defined in <code>LocalSettings.php</code>, prepend its value to the table name. For example, if <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgDBprefix</span></code> is "XYZ", then the table name to use is <code>XYZuser_groups</code></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Temporarily_let_everyone_assign_rights_to_promote_your_initial_user">Temporarily let everyone assign rights to promote your initial user</h4></div> <table class="warning-message" style="background-color: var( --background-color-error-subtle, #ffe9e5 ); color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border: 1px var( --border-color-error, #9f3526 ) solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.5em;"><tbody><tr><td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;"><span style="position: relative; top: -2px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Warning" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></span></span></span> <b>Warning:</b> </td><td style="padding-left: 0.5em vertical-align: top;">You should not let outsiders access your wiki while you do this, if you use this method. This method may leave your wiki temporarily vulnerable to attack while you do the procedure.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This method essentially involves letting all users temporarily modify user permissions in order to promote one user </p> <ul><li>Register a new account using the regular method (<a href="/wiki/Special:UserLogin" title="Special:UserLogin">Special:UserLogin</a>). Be logged in using that account.</li> <li>Add the following line to the bottom of <code>LocalSettings.php</code> <ul><li><code>$wgGroupPermissions['user']['userrights'] = true;</code></li></ul></li> <li>Go to <a href="/wiki/Special:UserRights" title="Special:UserRights">special:userrights</a> and add the user you just created to the <i>Administrator</i> and <i>Bureaucrat</i> groups.</li> <li>Remove the <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgGroupPermissions</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'user'</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s1">'userrights'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">true</span><span class="p">;</span></code> line from your LocalSettings.php. This step is <b>very important</b>, as until you remove it anyone can alter permissions, which is bad.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_reset_a_user's_MediaWiki_password?"><span id="How_do_I_reset_a_user.27s_MediaWiki_password.3F"></span>How do I reset a user's MediaWiki password?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Resetting_passwords" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Resetting passwords">Manual:Resetting passwords</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Resetting_passwords" title="Manual:Resetting passwords"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_create_interwiki_links_in_my_wiki?"><span id="How_can_I_create_interwiki_links_in_my_wiki.3F"></span>How can I create interwiki links in my wiki?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interwiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interwiki">Manual:Interwiki</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Interwiki" title="Manual:Interwiki"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_make_my_base_URLs_shorter?"><span id="How_do_I_make_my_base_URLs_shorter.3F"></span>How do I make my base URLs shorter?</h3></div> <p><sup>(i.e. /wiki/Article_Name as opposed to /w/index.php?title=Article_Name)</sup> </p> <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="How_do_I_organize_pages_into_subdirectories_like_/wiki/subdir/PageName?"><span id="How_do_I_organize_pages_into_subdirectories_like_.2Fwiki.2Fsubdir.2FPageName.3F"></span>How do I organize pages into subdirectories like /wiki/subdir/PageName?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages">Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages" title="Manual:$wgNamespacesWithSubpages"> </a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Subpages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Subpages">Help:Subpages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Subpages" title="Help:Subpages"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Is_downloading_and_using_all_of_MediaWiki.org_free?"><span id="Is_downloading_and_using_all_of_MediaWiki.org_free.3F"></span>Is downloading and using all of MediaWiki.org free?</h3></div> <p>Yes, it is free in the sense of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software" class="extiw" title="w:Free software">Free software</a>. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Project:Copyrights" title="Special:MyLanguage/Project:Copyrights">Project:Copyrights</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Project:Copyrights" title="Project:Copyrights"> </a></span> for licensing issues regarding the written content of this site. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="How_do_I_administrate/manage_my_users?"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_administrate/manage_user_rights?"><span id="How_do_I_administrate.2Fmanage_user_rights.3F"></span>How do I administrate/manage user rights?</h3></div> <p>See <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> for general information. See <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> for methods and strategies for restricting access. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="How_do_I_stop_anonymous_users_from_editing_any_page?"><span id="How_do_I_stop_anonymous_users_from_editing_any_page.3F"></span>How do I stop anonymous users from editing any page?</h4></div> <p>The recommended method is by changing the value of the <code><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></code> configuration option. Edit <code><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></code> and add the line: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgGroupPermissions</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'*'</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s1">'edit'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">false</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div> <p>If you use <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:AbuseFilter">Extension:AbuseFilter</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter" title="Extension:AbuseFilter"> </a></span>, any admin can also disable IP editing temporarily as needed. </p> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Preventing_access#Restrict_anonymous_editing" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Preventing access">Preventing access</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access#Restrict_anonymous_editing" title="Manual:Preventing access"> </a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User_rights" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User rights">Manual:User rights</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:User_rights" title="Manual:User rights"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="How_do_I_stop_anonymous_users_from_reading_any_page?"><span id="How_do_I_stop_anonymous_users_from_reading_any_page.3F"></span>How do I stop anonymous users from reading any page?</h4></div> <ul><li>Add this to the bottom of <code>LocalSettings.php</code>:</li></ul> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgGroupPermissions</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'*'</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s1">'read'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">false</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div> <p>See also <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgWhitelistRead" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgWhitelistRead">Manual:$wgWhitelistRead</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgWhitelistRead" title="Manual:$wgWhitelistRead"> </a></span>. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Preventing_access#Restrict_viewing_of_all_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Preventing access">Manual:Preventing access#Restrict viewing of all pages</a> for more information. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="How_do_I_restrict_account_creation?"><span id="How_do_I_restrict_account_creation.3F"></span>How do I restrict account creation?</h4></div> <ul><li>Add this to the bottom of <code>LocalSettings.php</code>:</li></ul> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgGroupPermissions</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'*'</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s1">'createaccount'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">false</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Preventing_access#Restrict_account_creation" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Preventing access">Manual:Preventing access#Restrict account creation</a> for more information. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="How_do_I_require_an_email_address_be_specified_at_registration?"><span id="How_do_I_require_an_email_address_be_specified_at_registration.3F"></span>How do I require an email address be specified at registration?</h4></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgEmailConfirmToEdit" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgEmailConfirmToEdit">Manual:$wgEmailConfirmToEdit</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgEmailConfirmToEdit" title="Manual:$wgEmailConfirmToEdit"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_put_MediaWiki_into_Read_Only_mode?"><span id="How_do_I_put_MediaWiki_into_Read_Only_mode.3F"></span>How do I put MediaWiki into <i>Read Only</i> mode?</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r4199130">.mw-parser-output .mw-version{border:1px solid #72777d;font-size:80%;line-height:1.2;border-collapse:collapse}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-ltr{float:right;margin:0 0 .5em .5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-rtl{float:left;margin:0 .5em .5em 0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .mw-version td{padding:.1em .3em}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-versionbox{border:5px solid #00af89;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-versionnumber{font-weight:bold;font-size:180%}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#c8ccd1}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2 .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#c8ccd1;border-right-color:#c8ccd1;border-left-color:#c8ccd1}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-unsupported .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-unsupported .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#d33;border-right-color:#d33;border-left-color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-legacy .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#f93}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-legacy .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#f93;border-right-color:#f93;border-left-color:#f93}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-stable .mw-version-versionbox,.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version.mw-version-and-later .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#00af89}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-stable .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#00af89;border-right-color:#00af89;border-left-color:#00af89}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-future .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#8080c0}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-future .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#8080c0;border-right-color:#8080c0;border-left-color:#8080c0}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-alpha .mw-version-versionbox{border-style:dotted}</style> <table class="mw-version mw-version-ltr mw-version-version mw-version-version-unsupported mw-version-and-later"><tbody><tr> <td>MediaWiki version:</td> <td class="mw-version-versionbox" title="The latest stable version is 1.42"><div class="mw-version-versionnumber"><small>≥</small> 1.5</div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgReadOnly" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgReadOnly">Manual:$wgReadOnly</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgReadOnly" title="Manual:$wgReadOnly"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_default_user_preferences?"><span id="How_do_I_change_default_user_preferences.3F"></span>How do I change default user preferences?</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4199130"> <table class="mw-version mw-version-ltr mw-version-version mw-version-version-unsupported mw-version-and-later"><tbody><tr> <td>MediaWiki version:</td> <td class="mw-version-versionbox" title="The latest stable version is 1.42"><div class="mw-version-versionnumber"><small>≥</small> 1.4</div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>The MediaWiki default user preferences are in <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MainConfigSchema.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:MainConfigSchema.php">MainConfigSchema.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:MainConfigSchema.php" title="Manual:MainConfigSchema.php"> </a></span> Don't edit that file, just use it for reference. </p><p>Say if you want to hide minor edits in recent changes by default. DefaultSettings.php says: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">const</span> <span class="no">DefaultUserOptions</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="s1">'hideminor'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> </pre></div> <p>To change the preference, put this in your <code>LocalSettings.php</code>: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgDefaultUserOptions</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"hideminor"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div> <p>To change the default namespaces to be searched, in any version of MediaWiki, set <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault">$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault" title="Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault"> </a></span> in LocalSettings.php to an array mapping namespace indexes to boolean values. For example, to search the main namespace and the category namespace, use: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="nx">NS_MAIN</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="k">true</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">NS_CATEGORY</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="k">true</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">];</span> </pre></div> <p>In some cases, after you change a default user preference, you may also want to change the user preferences of all existing user accounts. </p><p>If so, use the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:userOptions.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:userOptions.php">userOptions.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:UserOptions.php" title="Manual:UserOptions.php"> </a></span> script in the <code>maintenance</code> directory. Use the <kbd>--dry</kbd> option for the first run, assess the impact and go from there. (<kbd>--dry</kbd> does not write the database.) </p> <pre>php userOptions.php --dry --nowarn hideminor --old 0 --new 1 </pre> <p>Also, always backup your database before making these kinds of changes (you do not need to if you are just using <kbd>--dry</kbd>). </p> <dl><dd><i>See also:</i> <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDefaultUserOptions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDefaultUserOptions">Manual:$wgDefaultUserOptions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgDefaultUserOptions" title="Manual:$wgDefaultUserOptions"> </a></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_make_MediaWiki_run_faster?"><span id="How_can_I_make_MediaWiki_run_faster.3F"></span>How can I make MediaWiki run faster?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See: <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></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_enable_a_drop-down_list_of_search_suggestions?"><span id="How_do_I_enable_a_drop-down_list_of_search_suggestions.3F"></span>How do I enable a drop-down list of search suggestions?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Enabling_autocomplete_in_search_box" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Enabling autocomplete in search box">Manual:Enabling autocomplete in search box</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Enabling_autocomplete_in_search_box" title="Manual:Enabling autocomplete in search box"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_MediaWiki_and_GDPR_go_together?"><span id="How_do_MediaWiki_and_GDPR_go_together.3F"></span>How do MediaWiki and GDPR go together?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/GDPR_(General_Data_Protection_Regulation)_and_MediaWiki_software" title="GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and MediaWiki software">GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and MediaWiki software</a></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Upgrading">Upgrading</h2></div> <dl><dd><i>See <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></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Moving">Moving</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Is_it_possible_to_move_my_wiki_to_a_different_machine?"><span id="Is_it_possible_to_move_my_wiki_to_a_different_machine.3F"></span>Is it possible to move my wiki to a different machine?</h3></div> <p>Yes. It should be. In essence, you will be backing up your old installation and then "restoring" it onto the new machine. Finally, you will have to make additional modifications to update the wiki configuration so that everything points to the new location. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_move_my_wiki_to_a_different_server?"><span id="How_do_I_move_my_wiki_to_a_different_server.3F"></span>How do I move my wiki to a different server?</h3></div> <p>Follow the instructions at <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Moving_a_wiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Moving a wiki">Manual:Moving a wiki</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki" title="Manual:Moving a wiki"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Changing_the_interface">Changing the interface</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_the_logo?"><span id="How_do_I_change_the_logo.3F"></span>How do I change the logo?</h3></div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin-top:0.5em; border:1px #d33 solid; padding:0.5em; background-color:#fee7e6"><tbody><tr><td nowrap="true" valign="top"><span class="mw-valign-text-bottom" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Caution!" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> <b>Caution:</b> </td><td valign="top" style="padding-left:0.5em"> Do not simply overwrite the default logo installed within MediaWiki (<code>/resources/assets/wiki.png</code>); this file will be overwritten when you upgrade the software.</td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6651107">.mw-parser-output .note{background-position:left 7px top 50%;padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 40px;margin:0.5em 0;overflow:hidden;background-color:#f8f9fa;color:#333;background-repeat:no-repeat;border:1px solid #ddd}.mw-parser-output .note-inline{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .note-info{background-color:#eaf3ff;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/OOjs_UI_icon_information-progressive.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#a3caff;padding-left:40px;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-reminder{background-color:#fff9ea;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#fc3;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-warn{background-color:#fff9ea;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-warning.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#fc3;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-error{background-color:#fee7e6;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#c33;min-height:25px}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .note{background-color:transparent;color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .note{background-color:transparent;color:inherit}}</style><div role="note" class="note note-reminder">A larger size can be used by modifying the site’s CSS, but MediaWiki will not resize a logo that is too large. Instead, only part of the image (specifically the upper left-hand corner) will be displayed, and if this corner is white, it may seem like the image is not displaying.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651107"><div role="note" class="note note-info">The recommended size for a square logo is 135 × 135px, though the logo doesn’t have to be square, especially if it includes text below an image. The maximum logo size in the Vector skin is ~160 × 160px, while in MonoBook it’s ~155 × 155px.</div> <p>The logo that appears in the top left of each page is determined by the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLogos" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLogos">$wgLogos</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgLogos" title="Manual:$wgLogos"> </a></span> configuration line in the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php">LocalSettings.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Manual:LocalSettings.php"> </a></span> file. MediaWiki installations prior to <a href="/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_configuration_settings_introduced_in_version_1.35.0" title="Category:MediaWiki configuration settings introduced in version 1.35.0">MediaWiki 1.35.0</a>, used <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLogo" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLogo">$wgLogo</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgLogo" title="Manual:$wgLogo"> </a></span>. </p><p>There are two ways to change the logo: </p> <ol><li>Upload a picture to your wiki using the normal file uploading interface. This allows the logo to be replaced easily, so you may want to protect the page if you use this method. <dl><dd>Then add the <code>$wgLogos</code> line to <code>LocalSettings.php</code>, for example:</dd> <dd><div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgLogos</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="si">{</span><span class="nv">$wgUploadPath</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">/6/62/mylogo.png"</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div></dd></dl></li> <li>Upload an image to your server by other means (such as FTP). <dl><dd>Add the <code>$wgLogo</code> line to <code>LocalSettings.php</code>, for example:</dd> <dd><div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgLogos</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="si">{</span><span class="nv">$wgScriptPath</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">/mylogo.jpg"</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div></dd> <dd>(In this example, the image is in the same folder as the <code>LocalSettings.php</code> file.)</dd></dl></li></ol> <p>If you only want to change the logo on specific pages, override #p-logo CSS's background-image property or use a third-party extension like <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:LogoFunctions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:LogoFunctions">Extension:LogoFunctions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:LogoFunctions" title="Extension:LogoFunctions"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_edit_the_wiki's_CSS?"><span id="How_do_I_edit_the_wiki.27s_CSS.3F"></span>How do I edit the wiki's CSS?</h3></div> <p>You shouldn't edit the CSS files (such as common.css) directly, because it will make upgrading harder if you need to apply your customizations each time you upgrade the software. Instead you need to edit a wiki page called <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css" title="MediaWiki:Common.css">MediaWiki:Common.css</a> if you want to apply your CSS changes for all skins, or a wiki page called <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Vector.css" title="MediaWiki:Vector.css">MediaWiki:Vector.css</a> if you want to apply the customizations only for the Vector skin. </p><p>The content of the MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Vector.css pages always overrides the default CSS styles specified in the skin files. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_hide_the_left_vertical_navigation_toolbar?"><span id="How_do_I_hide_the_left_vertical_navigation_toolbar.3F"></span>How do I hide the left vertical navigation toolbar?</h3></div> <p>In other words, how do you make the main content div take up 100% of the display, hiding the logo, toolbox, navigation and search engine? </p><p>To hide it permanently, copy and paste the following into the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css" title="MediaWiki:Common.css">MediaWiki:Common.css</a> page: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">column-content</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">margin</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">.6</span><span class="kt">em</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">content</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">margin</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">2.8</span><span class="kt">em</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">p-logo</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">generated-sidebar</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">p-lang</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">p-tb</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">p-search</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">p-cactions</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">left</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">.1</span><span class="kt">em</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>To instead hide the toolbar when the user presses F11, enter this in your wiki's <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js" title="MediaWiki:Common.js">MediaWiki:Common.js</a>: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">document</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">onkeydown</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">e</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">e</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">null</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">e</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">event</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">testKey</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">e</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">122</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">//F11</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">appendCSS</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'#column-content {margin: 0 0 .6em 0;} #content {margin: 2.8em 0 0 0;} #p-logo, .generated-sidebar, #p-lang, #p-tb, #p-search {display:none;} #p-cactions {left: .1em;} #footer {display:none;}'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">testKey</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">e</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">intKeyCode</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">window</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">createPopup</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">e</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">keyCode</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">intKeyCode</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">else</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">e</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">which</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">intKeyCode</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_hide_the_categories_at_the_bottom_of_each_page?"><span id="How_do_I_hide_the_categories_at_the_bottom_of_each_page.3F"></span>How do I hide the categories at the bottom of each page?</h3></div> <p>You can hide display of the categories on each page by modifying your <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css" title="MediaWiki:Common.css">MediaWiki:Common.css</a> and adding: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">catlinks</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_customize_the_link-URL_of_the_site-logo_in_the_top_left_corner_of_all_pages_that_activates_when_the_site-logo_is_clicked_upon?"><span id="How_do_I_customize_the_link-URL_of_the_site-logo_in_the_top_left_corner_of_all_pages_that_activates_when_the_site-logo_is_clicked_upon.3F"></span>How do I customize the link-URL of the site-logo in the top left corner of all pages that activates when the site-logo is clicked upon?</h3></div> <p>By default, clicking the site-logo takes you to the main site-page. If you want to change which internal site-page is the "main" site-page, edit <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage" title="MediaWiki:Mainpage">MediaWiki:Mainpage</a>. </p><p>To make the link of the site-logo link externally to any other arbitrary URL, you can use jQuery code within MediaWiki:Common.js: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"a.mw-wiki-logo"</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">attr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"href"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"http://www.example.com"</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"a.mw-wiki-logo"</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">attr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"title"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Go to example.com website"</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_the_icon_in_the_browser's_address_line_(favicon)?"><span id="How_do_I_change_the_icon_in_the_browser.27s_address_line_.28favicon.29.3F"></span>How do I change the icon in the browser's address line (favicon)?</h3></div> <ul><li>Simply upload your favicon.ico to the root of your domain/subdomain, make sure file name is in lower case and its name is favicon.ico</li> <li>Alternatively edit the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFavicon" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFavicon">$wgFavicon</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgFavicon" title="Manual:$wgFavicon"> </a></span> setting in LocalSettings.php and add <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgFavicon</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="si">$wgScriptPath</span><span class="s2">/path/to/your/favicon.ico"</span><span class="p">;</span></code></li></ul> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFavicon" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFavicon">Manual:$wgFavicon</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgFavicon" title="Manual:$wgFavicon"> </a></span> for more details. </p><p><i>Tip: The favicon image should be either 16 x 16 pixels or 32 x 32 pixels.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rewrite_Rule">Rewrite Rule</h4></div> <p>If you are using a rewrite rule in .htaccess to remove "index.php" from the URL, you will also need to add an exception for .ico files. Simply add the following rule to your .htaccess: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-apacheconf mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">RewriteRule</span><span class="w"> </span>.*\.ico$<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>[L] </pre></div> <p>This rule must appear <i>before</i> the index.php rule. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Case_sensitivity">Case sensitivity</h4></div> <p>When uploading the favicon file, be sure the filename is in lowercase. (That is, "favicon.ico", not "Favicon.ico".) A lot of servers (e.g., those on UNIX-like operating systems) will not be able to find the file unless its name is in lowercase. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_customize_the_navigation_bar?"><span id="How_do_I_customize_the_navigation_bar.3F"></span>How do I customize the navigation bar?</h3></div> <p>The contents of the navigation bar which appears to the left of each page using the Vector or the Monobook skin are determined by the <b><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Sidebar" title="MediaWiki:Sidebar">MediaWiki:Sidebar</a></b> page there on your wiki. For information on customising these, please see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interface/Sidebar" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interface/Sidebar">Manual:Interface/Sidebar</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar" title="Manual:Interface/Sidebar"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_put_a_text_message_(sitenotice)_on_every_page?"><span id="How_do_I_put_a_text_message_.28sitenotice.29_on_every_page.3F"></span>How do I put a text message (sitenotice) on every page?</h3></div> <p>Put a text in the <b><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Sitenotice" title="MediaWiki:Sitenotice">MediaWiki:Sitenotice</a></b> page. It will be displayed on top of every article page. </p><p>You can also add text to <b><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Anonnotice" title="MediaWiki:Anonnotice">MediaWiki:Anonnotice</a></b> to create a message that only displays for logged-out users. It is often a good idea to transclude the site notice on the anon notice to make sure that logged-out users still get the information on the site notice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_which_page_is_the_main_page?"><span id="How_do_I_change_which_page_is_the_main_page.3F"></span>How do I change which page is the main page?</h3></div> <p>By default, MediaWiki looks for a page with the title <i>Main Page</i> and serves this as the default page. This can be changed by altering the contents of <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Creating_a_MediaWiki_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/Creating a MediaWiki page">MediaWiki:Mainpage</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Creating_a_MediaWiki_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Creating a MediaWiki page"> </a></span></b> to point to a different title. If this does not change the 'Main Page' link included on the sidebar at install time, edit <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Creating_a_MediaWiki_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/Creating a MediaWiki page">MediaWiki:Sidebar</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Creating_a_MediaWiki_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Creating a MediaWiki page"> </a></span></b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_the_Main_Page_title?"><span id="How_do_I_change_the_Main_Page_title.3F"></span>How do I change the Main Page title?</h3></div> <p>Simply click on the "Move" tab, and move the page to the desired page title. </p><p>Usually you also want to <a href="#How_do_I_change_which_page_is_the_main_page?">change which page is the configured as "main page"</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_hide_the_main_page_title?"><span id="How_do_I_hide_the_main_page_title.3F"></span>How do I hide the main page title?</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="MediaWiki_1.38+"><span id="MediaWiki_1.38.2B"></span>MediaWiki 1.38+</h4></div> <p>The displayed title of the main page can be changed using the MediaWiki messages <span style="color:#0645AD;">MediaWiki:mainpage-title</span> and <span style="color:#0645AD;">MediaWiki:mainpage-title-loggedin</span> (for logged-out and logged-in users respectively). The main page title can be hidden by setting both messages to empty (or only either of them if the title should still be displayed to logged-out or logged-in users). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="MediaWiki_1.37_and_below">MediaWiki 1.37 and below</h4></div> <table class="warning-message" style="background-color: var( --background-color-error-subtle, #ffe9e5 ); color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border: 1px var( --border-color-error, #9f3526 ) solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.5em;"><tbody><tr><td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;"><span style="position: relative; top: -2px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Warning" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></span></span></span> <b>Warning:</b> </td><td style="padding-left: 0.5em vertical-align: top;">This is not the recommended way to do this for Wikimedia projects as it may cause integration problems with extensions, gadgets and skins.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>MediaWiki does not have a built-in option to hide the main page title (see <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T8129" class="extiw" title="phabricator:T8129">task T8129</a>), but you can use CSS to hide the title. Alternatively, you can use the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:NoTitle" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:NoTitle">NoTitle</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:NoTitle" title="Extension:NoTitle"> </a></span> extension. </p><p>Add the following to <span style="color:#0645AD;">MediaWiki:Common.css</span> on your wiki: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">page-Main_Page</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">action-view</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">firstHeading</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">page-Main_Page</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">action-submit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">firstHeading</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>If your main page uses a localized name or you have renamed the main page you need to change the <code>page-Main_Page</code> part. You can find a correct parameter by viewing HTML source of the main page and searching for the <code>body</code> tag. </p><p>For example, if your language is Lojban, the body tag looks like this: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-html mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">body</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr ns-4 ns-subject page-uikipedi_as_ralju skin-vector action-view"</span><span class="p">></span> </pre></div> <p>Therefore you should put this line in your <span style="color:#0645AD;">MediaWiki:Common.css</span> instead: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">page-uikipedi_as_ralju</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">action-view</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">firstHeading</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">page-uikipedi_as_ralju</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">action-submit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">firstHeading</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>If you would like to hide the title of a "Main Page" in a specific namespace like "Help:Main_Page" add the following to <span style="color:#0645AD;">MediaWiki:Common.css</span> on your wiki: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">page-Help_Main_Page</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">action-view</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">firstHeading</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">page-Help_Main_Page</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">action-submit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">firstHeading</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>Note the difference: <code>body.page-Help_Main_Page</code> in comparison to <code>body.page-Help:Main_Page</code>. The latter will not work. </p><p>If this doesn't work, you may be using a skin that doesn't support this, or you moved your main page without updating <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage" title="MediaWiki:Mainpage">MediaWiki:Mainpage</a>, or you have a really old MediaWiki version. </p><p>If the skin uses a different element for the title than a <code>h1</code> element with class <code>firstHeading</code>, you'll need to find the appropriate CSS selector to apply for that skin. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_hide_the_table_of_contents?"><span id="How_can_I_hide_the_table_of_contents.3F"></span>How can I hide the table of contents?</h3></div> <p>The table of contents (<a href="/wiki/TOC" class="mw-redirect" title="TOC">TOC</a>) is automatically shown once there are four or more headings in the article. There are multiple ways to hide it. </p> <dl><dt>For one page</dt> <dd>Place the magic word <code><b>__NOTOC__</b></code> in the page's wikitext.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>For all pages</dt> <dd>Install <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:NoTOC" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:NoTOC">Extension:NoTOC</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:NoTOC" title="Extension:NoTOC"> </a></span></dd> <dd><i>or</i></dd> <dd>Add the following rule to <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css" title="MediaWiki:Common.css">MediaWiki:Common.css</a>: <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">toc</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">toc</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Per user</dt> <dd>Users can add the same CSS rule to their <a href="/wiki/Special:MyPage/common.css" title="Special:MyPage/common.css">common.css</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interface/Stylesheets" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interface/Stylesheets">personal stylesheet</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_the_interface_text?"><span id="How_do_I_change_the_interface_text.3F"></span>How do I change the interface text?</h3></div> <p>Interface text is altered using the MediaWiki namespace. For each deviation from the default in the site language there is a page MediaWiki:<i>Englishmessagename</i>, and for each deviation from the default in each other language a page MediaWiki:<i>Englishmessagename</i>/<i>languagecode</i>. (Since release 1.9 there are no pages for messages equal to the default.). On creation of a page the edit box autofills with the default. When creating a page to override the default it is useful to first save the default version, to allow diffs with it. See also <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>. </p> <ul><li>For a list of system messages, see <b><a href="/wiki/Special:AllMessages" title="Special:AllMessages">Special:Allmessages</a></b></li> <li>To switch <i>off</i> the MediaWiki namespace, see the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgUseDatabaseMessages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgUseDatabaseMessages">$wgUseDatabaseMessages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgUseDatabaseMessages" title="Manual:$wgUseDatabaseMessages"> </a></span> configuration setting</li> <li>To remove the <i>Privacy policy</i> or <i>Disclaimers</i> links at the bottom of each page, set the content of pages <b><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Privacy" title="MediaWiki:Privacy">MediaWiki:Privacy</a></b> or <b><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Disclaimers" title="MediaWiki:Disclaimers">MediaWiki:Disclaimers</a></b> respectively to a single hyphen (<code>-</code>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_edit_error_messages?"><span id="How_do_I_edit_error_messages.3F"></span>How do I edit error messages?</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Special:AllMessages" title="Special:AllMessages">Special:Allmessages</a> contains a complete list of messages (error or otherwise), that can be edited. </p><p>You may also add ?uselang=qqx or &uselang=qqx to a URL which will display the name of each messages in the interface. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_the_interface_language?"><span id="How_do_I_change_the_interface_language.3F"></span>How do I change the interface language?</h3></div> <p>To change the default interface language, alter the value of <code><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:$wgLanguageCode"> </a></span></code> in <code>LocalSettings.php</code>, for example </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgLanguageCode</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"fr"</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div> <p>You may also need to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:Bypass your cache">bypass your browser's cache</a> to see the changes. </p><p>The new default interface language will be applied to all users who haven't ever customised it. </p><p>If you want to provide users the possibility to create and choose pages and interface elements in languages other than the default one of the wiki, you need the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate">Translate</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Translate" title="Extension:Translate"> </a></span> extension, which can make your wiki multilingual. </p><p>If you want to change the language settings for all existing users, use the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:userOptions.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:userOptions.php">userOptions.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:UserOptions.php" title="Manual:UserOptions.php"> </a></span> <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance_scripts" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance scripts">maintenance script</a>. For instance, to have all users with English set use French instead, run: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">php</span> <span class="nx">userOptions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">php</span> <span class="nx">language</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="nx">old</span> <span class="nx">en</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="k">new</span> <span class="nx">fr</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_remove_the_article/edit_etc_tabs?"><span id="How_do_I_remove_the_article.2Fedit_etc_tabs.3F"></span>How do I remove the article/edit etc tabs?</h3></div> <p><i>For a little more control see: <a href="/wiki/User:Subfader/Hide_page_tabs" title="User:Subfader/Hide page tabs">User:Subfader/Hide_page_tabs</a></i> </p><p>Edit <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css" title="MediaWiki:Common.css">MediaWiki:Common.css</a> on your wiki, and add this: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">ca-edit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>See the page source for the various #ca-* ids used in the content tabs. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651107"><div role="note" class="note note-info">This will only work for Monobook and derived skins such as Modern and Vector (the default skin), and doesn't actually stop people from editing. To do that, see <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>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_add/remove_tabs_throughout_my_wiki?"><span id="How_do_I_add.2Fremove_tabs_throughout_my_wiki.3F"></span>How do I add/remove tabs throughout my wiki?</h3></div> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User_group_CSS_and_JavaScript" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User group CSS and JavaScript">Manual:User group CSS and JavaScript</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:User_group_CSS_and_JavaScript" title="Manual:User group CSS and JavaScript"> </a></span> or write your own extension (See: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/SkinTemplateNavigation" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/SkinTemplateNavigation">Manual:Hooks/SkinTemplateNavigation</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/SkinTemplateNavigation" title="Manual:Hooks/SkinTemplateNavigation"> </a></span>): </p><p>For example, to remove the talk tab and then add a tab that always goes to the main page you would save this code in <code>extensions/AR-Tabs.php</code>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4199130"> <table class="mw-version mw-version-ltr mw-version-version mw-version-version-unsupported mw-version-and-later"><tbody><tr> <td>MediaWiki version:</td> <td class="mw-version-versionbox" title="The latest stable version is 1.42"><div class="mw-version-versionnumber"><small>≥</small> 1.21</div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="cp"><?php</span> <span class="k">if</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="o">!</span><span class="nb">defined</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'MEDIAWIKI'</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">){</span> <span class="k">die</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s2">"This is not a valid access point.</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s2">"</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="nv">$wgHooks</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'SkinTemplateNavigation'</span><span class="p">][]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'replaceTabs'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">replaceTabs</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="o">&</span><span class="nv">$skin</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">&</span><span class="nv">$links</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="c1">// Remove the talk action</span> <span class="nb">unset</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$links</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'namespaces'</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s1">'talk'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$maintitle</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">Title</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="na">newFromText</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'mainpage'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">inContentLanguage</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">text</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// Add an additional link</span> <span class="nv">$links</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'namespaces'</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s1">'main'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'class'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="k">false</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1">// false or 'selected', defines whether the tab should be highlighted</span> <span class="s1">'text'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'sitetitle'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">text</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="c1">// what the tab says</span> <span class="s1">'href'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="nv">$maintitle</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">getFullURL</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="c1">// where it links to</span> <span class="s1">'context'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'main'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="k">true</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>and then add </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="k">require_once</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"extensions/AR-Tabs.php"</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <p>to the bottom of <code>LocalSettings.php</code> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="How_do_I_remove_a_tab_on_only_one_page?"><span id="How_do_I_remove_a_tab_on_only_one_page.3F"></span>How do I remove a tab on only one page?</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4199130"> <table class="mw-version mw-version-ltr mw-version-version mw-version-version-unsupported mw-version-and-later"><tbody><tr> <td>MediaWiki version:</td> <td class="mw-version-versionbox" title="The latest stable version is 1.42"><div class="mw-version-versionnumber"><small>≥</small> 1.9</div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>For example, to remove the Discussion (talk) page tab from the Main Page, on the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css" title="MediaWiki:Common.css">MediaWiki:Common.css</a> page add: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">page-Main_Page</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">ca-talk</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="cp">!important</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>To modify <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css" title="MediaWiki:Common.css">MediaWiki:Common.css</a> you must be an <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:interface_administrator" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:interface administrator">Interface administrator</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Interface_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Interface administrator"> </a></span>. </p> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hide_page_tabs" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hide page tabs">Manual:Hide page tabs</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hide_page_tabs" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Hide page tabs"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="How_do_I_remove_a_tab_on_all_pages">How do I remove a tab on all pages</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4199130"> <table class="mw-version mw-version-ltr mw-version-version mw-version-version-unsupported mw-version-and-later"><tbody><tr> <td>MediaWiki version:</td> <td class="mw-version-versionbox" title="The latest stable version is 1.42"><div class="mw-version-versionnumber"><small>≥</small> 1.9</div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>For example, to remove the Discussion (talk) page tab on all wikipages, on the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css" title="MediaWiki:Common.css">MediaWiki:Common.css</a> page add: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">ca-talk</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="cp">!important</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>Other tabs to remove are <b>#ca-history</b>, <b>#ca-viewsource</b>, <b>#ca-view</b> (Read tab), <b>#ca-nstab-main</b> (Page tab). </p><p>Other drop down menu items you can remove are <b>#ca-watch</b>, <b>#ca-move</b>, <b>#ca-delete</b>. </p><p>To modify <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css" title="MediaWiki:Common.css">MediaWiki:Common.css</a> you must be an <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:interface_administrator" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:interface administrator">Interface administrator</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Interface_administrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Interface administrator"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_remove_the_"Talk_for_this_IP"_link_at_the_top_right_(e.g._when_$wgDisableAnonTalk_is_true)?"><span id="How_do_I_remove_the_.22Talk_for_this_IP.22_link_at_the_top_right_.28e.g._when_.24wgDisableAnonTalk_is_true.29.3F"></span>How do I remove the "Talk for this IP" link at the top right (e.g. when <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDisableAnonTalk" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDisableAnonTalk">$wgDisableAnonTalk</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgDisableAnonTalk" title="Manual:$wgDisableAnonTalk"> </a></span> is true)?</h3></div> <p>One option is to hide the link using the following CSS in the wiki page <i>MediaWiki:Common.css</i> in your wiki: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">p-personal</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">pt-anonuserpage</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>Another option is, inside your <code>LocalSettings.php</code> file, to use the PersonalUrls hook to remove the link to the talk page of anonymous users: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgHooks</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'PersonalUrls'</span><span class="p">][]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'lfRemoveAnonUserpageLink'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">lfRemoveAnonUserpageLink</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="o">&</span><span class="nv">$personal_urls</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$title</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nb">unset</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$personal_urls</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'anonuserpage'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="k">true</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_remove_the_"Create_an_Account_or_Login"_link_at_the_top_right_of_the_screen?"><span id="How_do_I_remove_the_.22Create_an_Account_or_Login.22_link_at_the_top_right_of_the_screen.3F"></span>How do I remove the "Create an Account or Login" link at the top right of the screen?</h3></div> <p>To remove the login / create account links from the personal_urls you can use this code in your <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php">LocalSettings.php</a> to hook in and remove them: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgHooks</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal'</span><span class="p">][]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$skinTemplate</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">&</span><span class="nv">$links</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nb">unset</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$links</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'user-menu'</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s1">'login'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">unset</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$links</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'user-menu'</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s1">'login-private'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">unset</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$links</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'user-menu'</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s1">'createaccount'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">};</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_suppress_actions_and_special_pages?"><span id="How_can_I_suppress_actions_and_special_pages.3F"></span>How can I suppress actions and special pages?</h3></div> <p>There are two different ways: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Using_.htaccess_file">Using .htaccess file</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651107"><div role="note" class="note note-info">MediaWiki is not designed for this kind of usage! Not all servers support .htaccess file. Note also that this system is not foolproof, it's just one step further than hiding the links (see above).</div> <p>Suppressing actions and special pages can be useful when you want to create the illusion of a static website via a particular URL or VirtualHost, but also have an 'internal' view that is a true wiki. i.e. if you have an inward facing 'view' of your wiki that users can edit, and an outward facing 'view' that should appear like a static website (no history, no discussion, etc., etc.). </p><p>After hiding all the appropriate links (see above), if you are using the Apache web server, you can disable actions and special pages using the following <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_rewrite.html">rewrite rules</a>: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-apacheconf mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="c"># Lock down the site (disable MediaWiki commands)</span> <span class="nb">RewriteEngine</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">On</span> <span class="c">#RewriteLog /tmp/rewrite.log</span> <span class="c">#RewriteLogLevel 9</span> <span class="c">## See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php#Actions</span> <span class="nb">RewriteCond</span><span class="w"> </span>%{QUERY_STRING}<span class="w"> </span>(.*action=.*) <span class="nb">RewriteRule</span><span class="w"> </span>.*<span class="w"> </span>http://www.my.domain.com? <span class="nb">RewriteCond</span><span class="w"> </span>%{REQUEST_URI}<span class="w"> </span>!^/index.php/Special:Search <span class="nb">RewriteCond</span><span class="w"> </span>%{REQUEST_URI}<span class="w"> </span>^(.*Special:.*) <span class="nb">RewriteRule</span><span class="w"> </span>.*<span class="w"> </span>http://www.my.domain.com? <span class="c">## Catch a trick...</span> <span class="nb">RewriteCond</span><span class="w"> </span>%{QUERY_STRING}<span class="w"> </span>^(.*Special:.*) <span class="nb">RewriteRule</span><span class="w"> </span>.*<span class="w"> </span>http://www.my.domain.com? </pre></div> <p>Above, a request for <code>'http://www.my.domain.com/wiki/Page_name?action=edit'</code>, for example, will be simply rewritten to <code>'http://www.my.domain.com'</code>. Similarly any page in the Special namespace (except for Special:Search) will be rewritten to <code>'http://www.my.domain.com'</code>. </p><p>Alternatively, you may also serve a "403 Forbidden" for all such requests using: <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-apacheconf mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="nb">RewriteRule</span><span class="w"> </span>.*<span class="w"> </span>-<span class="w"> </span>[F]</code>. <b>Remember</b>, this is only a hack, and isn't intended as a solution for a secure CMS. </p><p>Note that you will need to adjust the above rules to match your specific URL naming schema. </p><p>Other issues to consider when trying to lock down a site like this is the API and POST requests for the wiki content (rather than GET). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Using_LocalSettings.php">Using <code>LocalSettings.php</code></h4></div> <p>To disable a specific special page (such as Special:SpecialPages), you may use: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgSpecialPages</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'Name'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">DisabledSpecialPage</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="na">getCallback</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'Name'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'message'</span> <span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <p>where <code>Name</code> is the canonical (English) name of the special page to disable, and <code>message</code> is the message to be shown to users when they try to access the special page. </p><p>To disable an action (such as edit), you may use: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgActions</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'edit'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">false</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Restricting_API_usage" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Restricting API usage">API:Restricting API usage</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Restricting_API_usage" title="API:Restricting API usage"> </a></span> to disable an API module. </p><p>This is only the basic usages. Usually you may want to disable special pages, actions or API modules conditionally. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_the_footer?"><span id="How_do_I_change_the_footer.3F"></span>How do I change the footer?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Footer" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Footer">Manual:Footer</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Footer" title="Manual:Footer"> </a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings#Copyright" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration settings">Manual:Configuration settings#Copyright</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings#Copyright" title="Manual:Configuration settings"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <p><span class="anchor" id="powered-by-mw-image"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_edit_/_remove_the_Powered_by_MediaWiki_image_(and_possible_other_images)_from_the_footer?"><span id="How_can_I_edit_.2F_remove_the_Powered_by_MediaWiki_image_.28and_possible_other_images.29_from_the_footer.3F"></span>How can I edit / remove the Powered by MediaWiki image (and possible other images) from the footer?</h3></div> <p>You can hide the Powered by MediaWiki image by adding the following to your wiki's <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css" title="MediaWiki:Common.css">MediaWiki:Common.css</a>: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">footer-poweredbyico</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">display</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>If you want to remove it completely, you can use <code><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFooterIcons" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFooterIcons">$wgFooterIcons</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgFooterIcons" title="Manual:$wgFooterIcons"> </a></span></code> to remove it using this in your <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php">LocalSettings.php</a>: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">unset</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$wgFooterIcons</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'poweredby'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <p>Note that this will also remove <i>other</i> powered-by icons, e.g. also the one coming from BlueSpice. </p><p>If you wish to change the icon images, urls, alt text, or add new icons please see <code><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFooterIcons" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFooterIcons">$wgFooterIcons</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgFooterIcons" title="Manual:$wgFooterIcons"> </a></span></code>' documentation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_add_a_reply_link_to_default_signature_tildes_(~~~~)_template?"><span id="How_do_I_add_a_reply_link_to_default_signature_tildes_.28.7E.7E.7E.7E.29_template.3F"></span>How do I add a reply link to default signature tildes (~~~~) template?</h3></div> <p>You can customize signatures in <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Signature" title="MediaWiki:Signature">MediaWiki:Signature</a> / <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Signature-anon" title="MediaWiki:Signature-anon">MediaWiki:Signature-anon</a>. </p><p>For example, changing the entries to <code>[[{{ns:user}}:$1|$2]] ([[{{ns:user_talk}}:$1|talk]])</code> will put a link to users' talk pages and <code>[[{{ns:user}}:$1|$2]] ([{{fullurl:{{ns:user_talk}}:$1|action=edit&section=new}} Reply])</code> would give a more direct link. </p><p>Users can change their signature in their preferences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_change_what_the_<title>_of_each_page_is?_Where_do_I_make_changes?"><span id="How_can_I_change_what_the_.3Ctitle.3E_of_each_page_is.3F_Where_do_I_make_changes.3F"></span>How can I change what the <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">title</span><span class="p">></span></code> of each page is? Where do I make changes?</h3></div> <p>Most of the text that you want to change can be found in the namespace of MediaWiki. </p><p>In order to change titles, texts, announcements, etc., go to <a href="/wiki/Special:AllMessages" title="Special:AllMessages">Special:AllMessages</a>, where you will see the text associated with the pages you wish to change. You need to log in as an administrator to edit the protected entries in the MediaWiki namespace. </p><p>If you want to change the title in your browser, you need to edit <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Pagetitle" title="MediaWiki:Pagetitle">MediaWiki:Pagetitle</a>. Go there and edit it just like you would any other page in your wiki. </p><p>In recent versions of MediaWiki, <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Pagetitle" title="MediaWiki:Pagetitle">MediaWiki:Pagetitle</a> is $1 - {{SITENAME}} by default. If {{SITENAME}} is producing the wrong text for you, you need to set <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSitename" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSitename">$wgSitename</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgSitename" title="Manual:$wgSitename"> </a></span> in your LocalSettings.php. </p><p>Don't forget to clear your browser cache after you change your settings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Does_MediaWiki_automatically_capitalize_the_first_letter_of_$wgSitename?"><span id="Does_MediaWiki_automatically_capitalize_the_first_letter_of_.24wgSitename.3F"></span>Does MediaWiki automatically capitalize the first letter of $wgSitename?</h3></div> <p>Yes. This can be changed using the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgCapitalLinks" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgCapitalLinks">$wgCapitalLinks</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgCapitalLinks" title="Manual:$wgCapitalLinks"> </a></span> configuration setting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_make_external_links_open_in_a_new_window?"><span id="How_do_I_make_external_links_open_in_a_new_window.3F"></span>How do I make external links open in a new window?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgExternalLinkTarget" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgExternalLinkTarget">Manual:$wgExternalLinkTarget</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgExternalLinkTarget" title="Manual:$wgExternalLinkTarget"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_suppress_MediaWiki_from_formatting_URLs,_tags,_etc?"><span id="How_can_I_suppress_MediaWiki_from_formatting_URLs.2C_tags.2C_etc.3F"></span>How can I suppress MediaWiki from formatting URLs, tags, etc?</h3></div> <p>Put "<code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">nowiki</span><span class="p">></span><span class="p">‎</</span><span class="nt">nowiki</span><span class="p">></span></code>" tags around the URL or tag. </p><p><i>Example:</i> </p> <pre>svn co <nowiki>http://svn.example.com/myproject/</nowiki> </pre> <p><i>Produces:</i><br /> svn co http://svn.example.com/myproject/ </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_force_users_to_preview_before_they_save?"><span id="How_can_I_force_users_to_preview_before_they_save.3F"></span>How can I force users to preview before they save?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Force_preview" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Force preview">Manual:Force preview</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Force_preview" title="Manual:Force preview"> </a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:ForcePreview" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:ForcePreview">Extension:ForcePreview</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:ForcePreview" title="Extension:ForcePreview"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_add_more_buttons_on_the_edit_page?"><span id="How_do_I_add_more_buttons_on_the_edit_page.3F"></span>How do I add more buttons on the edit page?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Custom_edit_buttons" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Custom edit buttons">Manual:Custom edit buttons</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Custom_edit_buttons" title="Manual:Custom edit buttons"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_get_more_special_characters_or_tags_clickable_on_the_edit_page?"><span id="How_can_I_get_more_special_characters_or_tags_clickable_on_the_edit_page.3F"></span>How can I get more special characters or tags clickable on the edit page?</h3></div> <p>For adding more selectable special characters, etc., below the edit field, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CharInsert" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CharInsert">Extension:CharInsert</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:CharInsert" title="Extension:CharInsert"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_use_a_different_skin_on_my_wiki?"><span id="How_can_I_use_a_different_skin_on_my_wiki.3F"></span>How can I use a different skin on my wiki?</h3></div> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDefaultSkin" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgDefaultSkin">Manual:$wgDefaultSkin</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgDefaultSkin" title="Manual:$wgDefaultSkin"> </a></span> for more information on configuring your default skin. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_disable_external_links_from_showing_in_the_printable_version_of_a_page?"><span id="How_do_I_disable_external_links_from_showing_in_the_printable_version_of_a_page.3F"></span>How do I disable external links from showing in the printable version of a page?</h3></div> <p>Edit the page <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Print.css" title="MediaWiki:Print.css">MediaWiki:Print.css</a> on your wiki and add the following code there: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">content</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">a</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">external</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">text</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nd">after</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">content</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">a</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">external</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">autonumber</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nd">after</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">content</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">none</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>This will override the styles defined in the CSS files coming with the MediaWiki source code. For more information, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:CSS" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:CSS">Manual:CSS</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:CSS" title="Manual:CSS"> </a></span>. </p><p>If instead you want to have the external links <i>underlined</i> in the printable version, then also add the following code: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">content</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">a</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">external</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">text-decoration</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">underline</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="cp">!important</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_print_footnotes_at_the_bottom_of_each_printed_page?"><span id="How_do_I_print_footnotes_at_the_bottom_of_each_printed_page.3F"></span>How do I print footnotes at the bottom of each printed page?</h3></div> <p>Try this StackOverflow solution: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/23622470">Printed HTML per-page footnotes</a> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="How_do_I_change_the_text_of_the_tab_of_my_wikis_main_page?"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_the_text_of_the_article_(page_name)_tab_of_my_wiki's_main_page?"><span id="How_do_I_change_the_text_of_the_article_.28page_name.29_tab_of_my_wiki.27s_main_page.3F"></span>How do I change the text of the article (page name) tab of my wiki's main page?</h3></div> <p>To change the text of the tab, as one example used in Wikipedia, you first open the page "<code>MediaWiki:Mainpage-nstab</code>". </p><p>After you've done that, click Edit and type in the edit box the text you want to be seen later on the main page - that's it. Don't forget to save the page as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_the_background_color?"><span id="How_do_I_change_the_background_color.3F"></span>How do I change the background color?</h3></div> <p>To change the background color of the MediaWiki interface outside of the page content and tabs, add the following CSS to the MediaWiki page <code>[[MediaWiki:Common.css]]</code>: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="c">/* Changes the background color of the bottom and left of each page, up to behind half of the logo: */</span> <span class="nt">body</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">background</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">red</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="c">/* Changes the background color behind the top half of the logo and at top of each page: */</span> <span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">mw-page-base</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">background</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">red</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>This will change the background color outside of the tabs, search, and page content to <span style="color:red">red</span>. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:CSS" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:CSS">Manual:CSS</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:CSS" title="Manual:CSS"> </a></span> for more information. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_load_external_fonts?"><span id="How_do_I_load_external_fonts.3F"></span>How do I load external fonts?</h3></div> <p>This example refers to Google Fonts, a repository of free open-source fonts that you can use with MediaWiki. Go to <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://fonts.google.com/">https://fonts.google.com/</a>, find fonts that you like, and select them by clicking the "plus" (+) icon. Select one or more fonts to be added. Click the tab for the pop-up notification, and then select "@IMPORT". Copy and paste the resulting CSS into <code>[[MediaWiki:Common.css]]</code>. The examples below use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noto_Sans" class="extiw" title="w:Noto Sans">Noto Sans</a> and Noto Serif. They are default fonts for Android operating system and have good support for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode" class="extiw" title="w:Unicode">Unicode</a> text. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-css mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">@</span><span class="k">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">url</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Noto+Sans|Noto+Serif '</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="c">/* Changes the default font used for MediaWiki to Noto Sans (does not include headings or monospaced text): */</span> <span class="nt">body</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">font-family</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Noto Sans"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">sans-serif</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="c">/* Changes the default font used for MediaWiki headings to Noto Serif: */</span> <span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">content</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="w"> </span> <span class="p">#</span><span class="nn">content</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">h2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">font-family</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Noto Serif"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">serif</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_to_hide_the_"Your_edit_was_saved"_notification?"><span id="How_to_hide_the_.22Your_edit_was_saved.22_notification.3F"></span>How to hide the "Your edit was saved" notification?</h3></div> <p>Edit the wiki page <code>MediaWiki:Common.css</code> on your wiki to include the line <code>.postedit {display: none;}</code>. See <a href="/wiki/Manual:Interface/Stylesheets" title="Manual:Interface/Stylesheets">Manual:Interface/Stylesheets</a> for more information. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Basic_usage">Basic usage</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_edit_a_page?"><span id="How_do_I_edit_a_page.3F"></span>How do I edit a page?</h3></div> <p>To edit a page, simply click the <b>edit</b> link that appears on each page. Using the default Vector skin, this is in the form of a tab at the top of the page. A form will appear, containing the existing markup. When you have finished making modifications, click the <b>Save</b> button to commit your changes. </p> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Editing_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Editing pages">Help:Editing pages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Editing_pages" title="Help:Editing pages"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_create_a_new_page?"><span id="How_do_I_create_a_new_page.3F"></span>How do I create a new page?</h3></div> <p>There are several ways to create a new page: </p> <ul><li>Create a link to the page on another page, then click on the red link which appears</li> <li>Browse to the intended location of the page, e.g. <code>http://www.example.com/index.php?title=New_page</code> and click on the "<b>Edit</b>", "<b>Create</b>" or "<b>Create source</b>" link.</li></ul> <p>On some wikis, a failed search for a page will contain a link which allows you to edit that page. </p> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Starting_a_new_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Starting a new page">Help:Starting a new page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page" title="Help:Starting a new page"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_delete_an_old_version_of_a_page?"><span id="How_do_I_delete_an_old_version_of_a_page.3F"></span>How do I delete an old version of a page?</h3></div> <p>Old versions of page data are retained in the database and can be accessed via the page history features. This is useful for reviewing changes and correcting or reverting undesirable ones, but in some cases, administrators might want to make this information unavailable, for legal reasons, or to reduce the size of the database. </p> <ul><li>Administrators can delete an old revision of a page by deleting the page, and then selectively undeleting revisions to be kept</li> <li>For newer MediaWikis (1.14+), you can enable the core <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/RevisionDelete" title="Special:MyLanguage/RevisionDelete">RevisionDelete</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/RevisionDelete" class="mw-disambig" title="RevisionDelete"> </a></span> feature that allows privileged users to remove single revisions from page histories.</li> <li>The <code>maintenance/<a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:deleteOldRevisions.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:deleteOldRevisions.php">deleteOldRevisions.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:DeleteOldRevisions.php" title="Manual:DeleteOldRevisions.php"> </a></span></code> <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance_scripts" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance scripts">maintenance script</a> can mass-delete all old revisions of pages and their associated text records.</li></ul> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Removing_embarrassment" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Removing embarrassment">Manual:Removing embarrassment</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Removing_embarrassment" title="Manual:Removing embarrassment"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_use_oversight/delete_revisions_in_the_page_history?"><span id="How_do_I_use_oversight.2Fdelete_revisions_in_the_page_history.3F"></span>How do I use oversight/delete revisions in the page history?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/RevisionDelete" title="Special:MyLanguage/RevisionDelete">RevisionDelete</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/RevisionDelete" class="mw-disambig" title="RevisionDelete"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <p>You can also delete a page, and then restore only the revisions you want. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Are_there_any_editing_tutorials_available?"><span id="Are_there_any_editing_tutorials_available.3F"></span>Are there any editing tutorials available?</h3></div> <p>There are several editing tutorials available, mostly on Wikimedia sister projects, such as Wikipedia. There are also markup references, etc. available on <i>Meta</i>. </p> <ul><li>The page <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Editing_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Editing pages">Help:Editing pages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Editing_pages" title="Help:Editing pages"> </a></span> on this site</li> <li>The <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:How to edit a page">How to edit a page</a></i> guide on the English Wikipedia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_view_the_printable_form_of_a_page?"><span id="How_do_I_view_the_printable_form_of_a_page.3F"></span>How do I view the printable form of a page?</h3></div> <p>MediaWiki includes stylesheets which automatically style a page appropriately when it is printed; using the print or print preview function within your browser ought to render the page in a printable form. </p><p>You can also view this printable form using the <i>printable version</i> link in the sidebar under <i>Toolbox</i> or <i>Print/export</i> if using the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Collection" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Collection">Collection</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Collection" title="Extension:Collection"> </a></span> extension. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_use_templates?"><span id="How_do_I_use_templates.3F"></span>How do I use templates?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See <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></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Can_I_use_media_(images,_video,_audio,_etc.)_from_Wikimedia_Commons_in_my_installed_version_of_MediaWiki?"><span id="Can_I_use_media_.28images.2C_video.2C_audio.2C_etc..29_from_Wikimedia_Commons_in_my_installed_version_of_MediaWiki.3F"></span>Can I use media (images, video, audio, etc.) from <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Commons" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a> in my installed version of MediaWiki?</h3></div> <p>Yes, this is encouraged through the use of <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgUseInstantCommons" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgUseInstantCommons">Manual:$wgUseInstantCommons</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgUseInstantCommons" title="Manual:$wgUseInstantCommons"> </a></span>. </p> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/InstantCommons" title="Special:MyLanguage/InstantCommons">InstantCommons</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/InstantCommons" title="InstantCommons"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_use_a_template_as_a_signature?"><span id="How_do_I_use_a_template_as_a_signature.3F"></span>How do I use a template as a signature?</h3></div> <p>When you look at your preferences, you see a check box for "raw signature." But the field will only take a certain number of characters. What if you want more? </p><p>You will need to create two pages, possibly in your userspace. </p> <ol><li>Create the first page (FIRST PAGE)</li> <li>Go to your preferences, check "raw signature" and put {{FIRST PAGE}} in the signature. Save</li> <li>Create a second page (SECOND PAGE) (possibly a sub-page of the first)</li> <li>Go back to the first page (FIRST PAGE) and do {{SECOND PAGE}}</li> <li>Go to the second page (SECOND PAGE) and place the code you wish to have for your signature.</li></ol> <p>If you don't have this structure, you will still be inserting all your signature code into the raw code wherever your signature is used, because the software will insert "SUBST" in your preferences. You may not mind this, in which case you only need one page. If you want the raw code to only display {{FIRST PAGE}}, which looks a lot cleaner, then you need to use the two-page structure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_add_the_sandbox_functionality_to_my_installation_of_the_wiki?"><span id="How_do_I_add_the_sandbox_functionality_to_my_installation_of_the_wiki.3F"></span>How do I add the sandbox functionality to my installation of the wiki?</h3></div> <p>In wiki terms, a <i>sandbox</i> is simply a "play pen"; a page which users can mess about in. This is an ordinary page created in the normal manner, and can be located wherever you like. There is no special sandbox functionality built into MediaWiki. </p><p>Users often inquire about the Wikipedia sandboxes, which seem to be self-emptying. This is not quite correct; there are a number of volunteers who run <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots">bots</a> to clean these up and return them to a certain state at regular time intervals. </p><p>See also <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SandboxLink" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SandboxLink">Extension:SandboxLink</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:SandboxLink" title="Extension:SandboxLink"> </a></span> which will add a link to user's personal sandbox (i.e. a subpage of personal user page) to personal tools menu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_add_a_"Sandbox"_link_to_personal_tools_(top_right)?"><span id="How_do_I_add_a_.22Sandbox.22_link_to_personal_tools_.28top_right.29.3F"></span>How do I add a "Sandbox" link to personal tools (top right)?</h3></div> <p>You need to install the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SandboxLink" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SandboxLink">SandboxLink</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:SandboxLink" title="Extension:SandboxLink"> </a></span> extension. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_make_my_wiki_serve_all_languages?"><span id="How_do_I_make_my_wiki_serve_all_languages.3F"></span>How do I make my wiki serve all languages?</h3></div> <ul><li>To allow user to switch the language of the interface, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector">Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector" title="Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector"> </a></span></li> <li>To allow translation of pages and of the custom interface (like the sidebar), use the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Translate">Translate</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Translate" title="Extension:Translate"> </a></span> extension; there's <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:Translate">extensive documentation</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wiki_importing">Wiki importing</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Importing_from_MediaWiki_XML_dumps">Importing from MediaWiki XML dumps</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See: <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></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Importing_from_other_types_of_wiki_software">Importing from other types of wiki software</h3></div> <p>This section lacks information - please feel free to add it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Importing_from_other_types_of_files">Importing from other types of files</h3></div> <p>There are a variety of tools available to help convert content from HTML (and other formats) to MediaWiki markup. </p> <dl><dt>Developer and SysAdmin tools</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-WikiConverter-MediaWiki">HTML::WikiConverter::MediaWiki</a> - a Perl module for converting from HTML to MediaWiki markup.</li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikificator" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikificator">Wikificator</a> - a JavaScript MediaWiki extension that converts XHTML to MediaWiki markup.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Edit.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Edit.php">Edit.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Edit.php" title="Manual:Edit.php"> </a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:importImages.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:importImages.php">importImages.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:ImportImages.php" title="Manual:ImportImages.php"> </a></span> <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance_scripts" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Maintenance scripts">maintenance scripts</a> can be used to import text and images into MediaWiki.</li></ul> <dl><dt>End-user tools</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cacycle/wikEd" class="extiw" title="w:User:Cacycle/wikEd">wikEd</a> - a text editor for MediaWiki that can import HTML (including Microsoft Word-generated HTML.)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Instructions</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/language/wiki/wikimedia/wkm07-MediaWikiImport/ar01s04.html">Brief notes on converting from Microsoft .chm help files to MediaWiki</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/Converting_documents_to_mediawiki_markup#Word_Documents">Notes on converting from Microsoft Office formats to MediaWiki</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Templates_imported_from_other_wikis_(such_as_Wikipedia)_don't_work_for_me"><span id="Templates_imported_from_other_wikis_.28such_as_Wikipedia.29_don.27t_work_for_me"></span>Templates imported from other wikis (such as Wikipedia) don't work for me</h3></div> <p>You probably need to install some extensions used on the source wiki, such as <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Scribunto" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Scribunto">Scribunto</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Scribunto" title="Extension:Scribunto"> </a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:TemplateStyles" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:TemplateStyles">TemplateStyles</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:TemplateStyles" title="Extension:TemplateStyles"> </a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:ParserFunctions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:ParserFunctions">ParserFunctions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions" title="Extension:ParserFunctions"> </a></span> or sometimes <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Cite" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Cite">Cite</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Cite" title="Extension:Cite"> </a></span>. Also, make sure that you copied all <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interface/Stylesheets" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interface/Stylesheets">site CSS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interface/JavaScript" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Interface/JavaScript">JavaScript</a> required by the template. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Customising_further">Customising further</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I_want_to_have_multiple_wikis,_but_only_require_registration_once"><span id="I_want_to_have_multiple_wikis.2C_but_only_require_registration_once"></span>I want to have multiple wikis, but only require registration once</h3></div> <ul><li>If you're starting from scratch or you're switching from one wiki to multiple, you can use <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSharedDB" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSharedDB">$wgSharedDB</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgSharedDB" title="Manual:$wgSharedDB"> </a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSharedTables" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSharedTables">$wgSharedTables</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgSharedTables" title="Manual:$wgSharedTables"> </a></span> to have all wikis share the <code>user</code> table of the "main" wiki. You can share other tables as well, as long as they don't contain any data dependent on non-shared tables or data specific to one wiki. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Shared_database" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Shared database">Manual:Shared database</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Shared_database" title="Manual:Shared database"> </a></span> for examples and more information.</li> <li>If your wikis are already established and you want to switch to a single sign-on, you can use the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CentralAuth" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CentralAuth">CentralAuth</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:CentralAuth" title="Extension:CentralAuth"> </a></span> extension. It has a few more features than a shared <code>user</code> table, but it's more difficult to configure and it's tailored toward a Wikimedia-style setup. However, it is easier than attempting to completely merge multiple <code>user</code> tables into one.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_can_I_allow_use_of_HTML_tags?"><span id="How_can_I_allow_use_of_HTML_tags.3F"></span>How can I allow use of HTML tags?</h3></div> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgRawHtml" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgRawHtml">Manual:$wgRawHtml</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgRawHtml" title="Manual:$wgRawHtml"> </a></span> as well as <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgGroupPermissions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgGroupPermissions">Manual:$wgGroupPermissions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgGroupPermissions" title="Manual:$wgGroupPermissions"> </a></span> and <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>. </p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin-top:0.5em; border:1px #d33 solid; padding:0.5em; background-color:#fee7e6"><tbody><tr><td nowrap="true" valign="top"><span class="mw-valign-text-bottom" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Caution!" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_alert-destructive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> <b>Caution:</b> </td><td valign="top" style="padding-left:0.5em"> This can be easily abused to attack users</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Secure_HTML" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Secure HTML">Extension:Secure HTML</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Secure_HTML" title="Extension:Secure HTML"> </a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:HTMLets" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:HTMLets">Extension:HTMLets</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:HTMLets" title="Extension:HTMLets"> </a></span> for ways to make this safer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_fix_problems_or_add_features_to_MediaWiki?"><span id="How_do_I_fix_problems_or_add_features_to_MediaWiki.3F"></span>How do I fix problems or add features to MediaWiki?</h3></div> <p>The basic steps to improving MediaWiki (that is, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker" title="Special:MyLanguage/How to become a MediaWiki hacker">becoming a MediaWiki developer</a>) are: </p> <ul><li>Install <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit">Git</a></li> <li>Download the Git "clone" of the MediaWiki source code</li> <li>Get a server, a database, and PHP running on your computer (this can be annoying, so please ask for help if something isn't working)</li> <li>Get MediaWiki running on your computer off that Git checkout (can be annoying as well, so, ditto)</li> <li>Fix the problem or add the feature you were thinking of</li> <li>Edit the source code of the relevant file(s) to fix the problem</li> <li>Follow <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Tutorial" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Tutorial">Gerrit/Tutorial</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Gerrit/Tutorial" title="Gerrit/Tutorial"> </a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_run_a_bot?"><span id="How_do_I_run_a_bot.3F"></span>How do I run a bot?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots">Manual:Bots</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Bots" title="Manual:Bots"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <p>You might want to use the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Pywikibot" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Pywikibot">Pywikibot</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot" title="Manual:Pywikibot"> </a></span> framework. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_change_noindex_nofollow">How do I change noindex nofollow</h3></div> <p>Set <code class="mw-highlight"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgNoFollowLinks" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgNoFollowLinks">$wgNoFollowLinks</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgNoFollowLinks" title="Manual:$wgNoFollowLinks"> </a></span> = <span class="k">false</span>;</code> 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-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_create_a_small_wiki_farm?"><span id="How_do_I_create_a_small_wiki_farm.3F"></span>How do I create a small <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_farm" class="extiw" title="w:Wiki farm">wiki farm</a>?</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>See: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Wiki_family" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Wiki family">Manual:Wiki family</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family" title="Manual:Wiki family"> </a></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_add_meta_tags?"><span id="How_do_I_add_meta_tags.3F"></span>How do I add <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_element" class="extiw" title="w:Meta element">meta tags</a>?</h3></div> <p>The OutputPage class includes an addMeta method which can be used to add meta tags. The <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/RequestContext" title="Special:MyLanguage/RequestContext">RequestContext</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/RequestContext" class="mw-redirect" title="RequestContext"> </a></span> can be used to get the relevant OutputPage object. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$out</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">addMeta</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'description'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'This is a meta description.'</span> <span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Why...?"><span id="Why....3F"></span>Why...?</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="…is_the_Help_namespace_empty?"><span id=".E2.80.A6is_the_Help_namespace_empty.3F"></span>…is the Help namespace empty?</h3></div> <p>The Help namespace currently ships in a blank state. It's up to you how much or how little help you give to your site visitors and whether this relates to other aspects of your site. Obviously you can easily link your visitors to help resources elsewhere. </p><p>We don't currently have a clean, internationalised set of help pages under a free license. However, if you want to copy in some help information onto your site, about how to use a wiki (a MediaWiki powered wiki) you are free to copy the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents">Help:Contents</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Help:Contents"> </a></span> from this wiki. This set of pages have been deliberately created for this purpose, with wiki-neutral information, and no license restrictions. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Project:PD_help" title="Special:MyLanguage/Project:PD help">Project:PD help</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Project:PD_help" title="Project:PD help"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="…are_some_of_my_images_not_showing_up_after_an_upgrade?"><span id=".E2.80.A6are_some_of_my_images_not_showing_up_after_an_upgrade.3F"></span>…are some of my images not showing up after an upgrade?</h3></div> <p>Several users have reported that, following an upgrade or a moving of their wiki, several images fail to be shown inline. The files exist, and the image description pages show a MIME type of <code>unknowncode>/unknown</code> and, in some cases, a warning about potentially dangerous files. </p><p>To fix this, run the <code>maintenance/rebuildImages.php</code> script from the command line. This will set MIME information for each file in the database. </p><p>MediaWiki 1.21 and newer implements <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgResponsiveImages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgResponsiveImages">responsive images</a>. Due to <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T181987" class="extiw" title="phab:T181987">a bug</a>, if the server locale is set to one that uses commas instead of dots for representing a decimal point, images may not render on some browsers/devices. This can be confirmed by inspecting a thumbnail of a medium or big image on a page with the browser tools, looking at the HTML code, and see if the <code>srcset</code> attribute contains commas instead of dots when representing the <code>1.5x</code> value. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="…are_all_PNG_files_not_being_turned_into_thumbnails?"><span id=".E2.80.A6are_all_PNG_files_not_being_turned_into_thumbnails.3F"></span>…are all PNG files not being turned into thumbnails?</h3></div> <p>After upgrading to a more recent version of PHP, it is possible a different MimeMagic.php function is being used to detect file MIME types, particularly the built-in PHP function mime_content_type, which fails to detect PNG files. Search the web for <i>mime_content_type png</i> for information on fixing this bug at the PHP level, possibly by editing your magic.mime file. </p><p>See <a href="#"File_is_corrupt_or_has_an_invalid_extension"">File is corrupt or has an invalid extension</a> for more info. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="…can't_I_download_MediaWiki_1.43?"><span id=".E2.80.A6can.27t_I_download_MediaWiki_1.43.3F"></span>…can't I download MediaWiki 1.43?</h3></div> <p>MediaWiki 1.43 is in a development state at present, and has not been packaged into a general release. The code can be <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Download_from_Git" title="Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git">downloaded from Git</a> if desired. Or, if you want the latest development version packaged as an archive, get it at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/archive/master.tar.gz">mediawiki-master.tar.gz</a> (GitHub). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="…doesn't_this_work?_It_works_on_Wikipedia!"><span id=".E2.80.A6doesn.27t_this_work.3F_It_works_on_Wikipedia.21"></span>…doesn't this work? It works on Wikipedia!</h3></div> <p>Wikipedia and other Wikimedia web sites use the current version of the code in development; at present, this is MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4 (a8dd895), pulled from the current development branch. Coupled with the use of several extensions, this means that functionality between these wikis and your particular setup may differ. </p> <ul><li>To obtain the current development code, read <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Download_from_Git" title="Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git">Download from Git</a></li> <li>To check what version a Wikimedia wiki is running, as well as what extensions are installed, visit the <a href="/wiki/Special:Version" title="Special:Version">Special:Version</a> page for that wiki</li> <li>You may also be missing several <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Extensions">Extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Extensions" title="Manual:Extensions"> </a></span> that are installed on Wikipedia, see <a href="#Templates_imported_from_other_wikis_(such_as_Wikipedia)_don't_work_for_me">#Templates imported from other wikis (such as Wikipedia) don't work for me</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="…do_I_get_a_403_Forbidden_error_after_setting_permissions_on_my_Fedora_system?"><span id=".E2.80.A6do_I_get_a_403_Forbidden_error_after_setting_permissions_on_my_Fedora_system.3F"></span>…do I get a <b>403 Forbidden</b> error after setting permissions on my Fedora system?</h3></div> <p>Fedora enables <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/SELinux" title="Special:MyLanguage/SELinux">SELinux</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/SELinux" title="SELinux"> </a></span> by default. Instructions for setting SELinux permissions for MediaWiki <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/SELinux" title="Special:MyLanguage/SELinux">are available</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="…do_I_get_Installing_some_external_dependencies_(e.g._via_composer)_is_required?"><span id=".E2.80.A6do_I_get_Installing_some_external_dependencies_.28e.g._via_composer.29_is_required.3F"></span>…do I get <i>Installing some external dependencies (e.g. via composer) is required</i>?</h3></div> <p>Many hosting providers only handle zip archives, and we only provide gz compressed tar archives, thus the archives has to be recompressed before uploading. This should not be a hurdle, but it seems like some archive tools occasionally fail to include all files in large archives. When this happen the vendor folder is left out, leaving the user with the rather non-explanatory error message. </p><p>Use a command line tool when recompressing the tar archive into a zip archive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="…do_I_get_logged_out_constantly?"><span id=".E2.80.A6do_I_get_logged_out_constantly.3F"></span>…do I get logged out constantly?</h3></div> <p>This is probably related to cookies or session data. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Logging_in#Log_in_problems" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Logging in">Log in problems</a> for information. </p><p>If this is happening constantly to all users, it probably means that caching is misconfigured. Setting <code>$wgSessionCacheType = CACHE_DB;</code> can be used to determine if caching is the cause of the problem. If that solves the problem, you should still investigate what is wrong with your caching configuration. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="…is_it_a_good_idea_to_keep_user_accounts?"><span id=".E2.80.A6is_it_a_good_idea_to_keep_user_accounts.3F"></span>…is it a good idea to keep user accounts?</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6824882">.mw-parser-output table.ambox{margin:0 10%;width:unset;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output table.ambox+table.ambox,.mw-parser-output table.ambox+link+table.ambox,.mw-parser-output table.ambox+style+table.ambox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox td.mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox th.mbox-text,.mw-parser-output .ambox td.mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox td.mbox-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ambox td.mbox-imageright{padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0}.mw-parser-output table.ambox-notice{border-left-color:#36c}.mw-parser-output table.ambox-speedy{background-color:var(--background-color-error-subtle,#fee7e6)}.mw-parser-output table.ambox-delete,.mw-parser-output table.ambox-speedy{border-left-color:var(--background-color-error--active,#b32424)}.mw-parser-output table.ambox-content{border-left-color:#f28500}.mw-parser-output table.ambox-style{border-left-color:#fc3}.mw-parser-output table.ambox-move{border-left-color:#9932cc}.mw-parser-output table.ambox-protection{border-left-color:#a2a9b1}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;box-sizing:border-box;width:238px;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}</style><table class="plainlinks ambox box-Update ambox-content ambox-Update metadata" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div style="width:52px"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Gnome-appointment-soon.svg/45px-Gnome-appointment-soon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Gnome-appointment-soon.svg/68px-Gnome-appointment-soon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Gnome-appointment-soon.svg/90px-Gnome-appointment-soon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">Parts of this page (those related to Manual edits to <code>rev_user</code> fields in the database; MediaWiki uses the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:actor_table" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:actor table">actor</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Actor_table" title="Manual:Actor table"> </a></span> table now) are <b>outdated</b>. <div class="hide-when-compact" style="display:inline;">It was written for an older version of MediaWiki and may not apply to the most recent version. If you have checked or updated this page and found the content to be suitable, please remove this notice.  See the <a href="/wiki/Manual_talk:FAQ" title="Manual talk:FAQ">talk page</a> for a possible discussion on this. </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>At many times you just want to remove a user account out of the wiki either because it belonged to a spammer account or you just feel like it. The appropriate choice is to block the account or rename it if needed. Here is why: </p><p><i>Do I just remove this row from the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:user_table" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:user table">user</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:User_table" title="Manual:User table"> </a></span> table?</i> </p><p><a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2007-June/031566.html" class="extiw" title="mailarchive:wikitech-l/2007-June/031566.html">Rob Church posted the following</a> regarding this issue on the wikitech-l mailing list: </p> <blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="Bug6200">If the user has made edits, then removing rows from the <code>user</code> table cause theoretical loss of referential integrity. <p>Now, to be honest with you, I can't think of any conditions where this would cause an actual problem; "undefined behaviour" is the phrase we use. </p><p>What I'd suggest doing, to be on the safe side, is running a couple of quick updates against the database: </p> <dl><dd><div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-sql mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="k">UPDATE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">revision</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">SET</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rev_user</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">WHERE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rev_user</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o"><</span><span class="n">current_user_id</span><span class="o">></span> </pre></div></dd> <dd><div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-sql mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="k">UPDATE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">archive</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">SET</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ar_user</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">WHERE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ar_user</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o"><</span><span class="n">current_user_id</span><span class="o">></span> </pre></div></dd></dl> <p>What this will do is cause MediaWiki to treat the revisions as having been made anonymously when generating things like page histories, which should eliminate any problems caused by these routines attempting to check user details from other tables. </p><p>If the user has caused log entries, i.e. rows in the <code>logging</code> table, or uploaded images, then the situation becomes trickier, as you'll have to start mopping up all the rows everywhere and it could become a bit of a mess, so if the user's done anything other than edit, I would strongly recommend just blocking them indefinitely. </p> If the username is offensive or undesirable, then you could consider renaming it using the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Renameuser" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Renameuser">RenameUser</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Renameuser" class="mw-redirect" title="Extension:Renameuser"> </a></span> extension.</div></blockquote> <p>Another option is to give Admins the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User_rights" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User rights">'hideuser'</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:User_rights" title="Manual:User rights"> </a></span> right, and indefinitely block the user with the <i>Hide username from edits and lists</i> option selected. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:UserMerge" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:UserMerge">Extension:UserMerge</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:UserMerge" title="Extension:UserMerge"> </a></span> is also useful. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="…is_the_number_of_pages_so_low_on_Special:Statistics?"><span id=".E2.80.A6is_the_number_of_pages_so_low_on_Special:Statistics.3F"></span>…is the number of pages so low on Special:Statistics?</h3></div> <p><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki/browse/master/includes/DefaultSettings.php" class="extiw" title="phab:source/mediawiki/browse/master/includes/DefaultSettings.php">By default</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgArticleCountMethod" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgArticleCountMethod">$wgArticleCountMethod</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgArticleCountMethod" title="Manual:$wgArticleCountMethod"> </a></span> is set to <code>link</code>. This means the number of "Content pages" on the <a href="/wiki/Special:Statistics" title="Special:Statistics">Special:Statistics</a> page only counts pages which include at least one internal link. This can be changed by setting <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgArticleCountMethod</span></code> to <code>any</code>. Afterwards, run <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:UpdateArticleCount.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:UpdateArticleCount.php">updateArticleCount.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:UpdateArticleCount.php" title="Manual:UpdateArticleCount.php"> </a></span> and/or <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:InitSiteStats.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:InitSiteStats.php">initSiteStats.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:InitSiteStats.php" title="Manual:InitSiteStats.php"> </a></span>. (On Wikimedia websites, <code>initSiteStats.php</code> is run on the 1st and 15th of each month.) There might still be wrong behavior, see for example <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T212706" class="extiw" title="phab:T212706">phab:T212706</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anti-spam">Anti-spam</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_use_$wgSpamRegex_to_block_more_than_one_string?"><span id="How_do_I_use_.24wgSpamRegex_to_block_more_than_one_string.3F"></span>How do I use $wgSpamRegex to block more than one string?</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSpamRegex" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgSpamRegex">$wgSpamRegex</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgSpamRegex" title="Manual:$wgSpamRegex"> </a></span> is a powerful filter for page content. Adding multiple items to the regex, however, can be awkward. Consider this snippet: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$wgSpamRegexLines</span><span class="p">[]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'display\s*:\s*none'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$wgSpamRegexLines</span><span class="p">[]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'overflow\s*:\s*auto'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="nv">$wgSpamRegex</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'/('</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="nb">implode</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'|'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$wgSpamRegexLines</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="s1">')/i'</span><span class="p">;</span> </pre></div> <p>This example code allows convenient addition of additional items to the regex without fiddling about each time. It also demonstrates two popular filters, which block some of the most common spam attacks. </p> <dl><dd><i>See also:</i> <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SpamRegex" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:SpamRegex">Extension:SpamRegex</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:SpamRegex" title="Extension:SpamRegex"> </a></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Are_there_additional_ways_to_fight_spam?"><span id="Are_there_additional_ways_to_fight_spam.3F"></span>Are there additional ways to fight spam?</h3></div> <p>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating spam">Manual:Combating spam</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam" title="Manual:Combating spam"> </a></span></b> for an overview of anti-spam measures such as Captcha, content filtering and restricting edition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anti-vandalism">Anti-vandalism</h2></div> <p>See <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_vandalism" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating vandalism">Manual:Combating vandalism</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Combating_vandalism" title="Manual:Combating vandalism"> </a></span></b> for hints and suggestions on how to deal with wiki vandalism. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Where_now?"><span id="Where_now.3F"></span>Where now?</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I've_found_a_bug_or_have_a_feature_request._Where_do_I_post_it?"><span id="I.27ve_found_a_bug_or_have_a_feature_request._Where_do_I_post_it.3F"></span>I've found a bug or have a feature request. Where do I post it?</h3></div> <p>Bugs and feature requests should be posted on <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator" title="Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator">Phabricator</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Phabricator" title="Phabricator"> </a></span>. See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/How_to_report_a_bug" title="Special:MyLanguage/How to report a bug">How to report a bug</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I'm_getting_a_strange_error._What_now?"><span id="I.27m_getting_a_strange_error._What_now.3F"></span>I'm getting a strange error. What now?</h3></div> <ul><li>See if it is covered by <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Errors_and_Symptoms" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Errors and Symptoms">Manual:Errors and Symptoms</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Errors_and_Symptoms" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Errors and Symptoms"> </a></span></li> <li>Try to find out more about the problem, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:How_to_debug" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:How to debug">Manual:How to debug</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:How_to_debug" title="Manual:How to debug"> </a></span></li> <li>See the <a href="#Still_no_luck._Where_can_I_ask_for_help?">section below</a> for information on how to contact <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Developers" title="Special:MyLanguage/Developers">developers</a> and other knowledgable users.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I_tried_that_but_it_didn't_work"><span id="I_tried_that_but_it_didn.27t_work"></span>I tried that but it didn't work</h3></div> <dl><dd><i>I had a problem, I came to this page and it told me how to fix it. But it didn't work, the problem is still there!!!!</i></dd></dl> <p>Nine times out of ten this is because you didn't <a href="#How_do_I_purge_a_cached_page?">clear your cache</a>. The simple test for this is to request a page that hasn't been requested before. Select the part of the URL in the address bar that contains the page title (e.g. Main_Page). Twiddle your fingers on the keyboard for a while, hit enter. Check if the problem is on that page too. </p><p>MediaWiki uses both a server-side cache and a client-side cache, so clearing your browser cache is often not enough. See the <a href="#How_do_I_purge_a_cached_page?">relevant entry above</a> for more details. </p><p>Here are some other things to check: </p> <ul><li>Were you editing the right file? Try inserting some garbage into the file you edited, does it break anything? <ul><li>A great debugging tool in this case is to create a file called phpinfo.php, containing only <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-html mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="cp"><?php phpinfo() ?></span></code>. Upload it into your web directory and invoke it with your browser. Check the document root and the path to php.ini.</li></ul></li> <li>Were you editing the right part of the file? Did you create a duplicate entry in php.ini? Add new settings to the end of <code>LocalSettings.php</code>, not to the beginning.</li> <li>If you created a .htaccess, are you sure AllowOverrides is on? Ask your hosting provider.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I_have_a_question_not_answered_here._Where_do_I_go_next?"><span id="I_have_a_question_not_answered_here._Where_do_I_go_next.3F"></span>I have a question not answered here. Where do I go next?</h3></div> <p>If you've exhausted the FAQ above, please try the following: </p> <ul><li>Check the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Project:Help" title="Special:MyLanguage/Project:Help">other sources of help</a> on this site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:Search" title="Special:Search">Search</a> the rest of this site</li> <li>Search the web</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker" title="Special:MyLanguage/How to become a MediaWiki hacker">Dig into the source</a></li> <li>See the <a href="#Still_no_luck._Where_can_I_ask_for_help?">section below</a> for information on how to contact developers and other knowledgeable users.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Still_no_luck._Where_can_I_ask_for_help?"><span id="Still_no_luck._Where_can_I_ask_for_help.3F"></span>Still no luck. 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