THCCwiki:Setup of MediaWiki
Setup of the MediaWiki software on the THCC web site.
MediaWiki Installation
Version 1.14.0
Added favicon.ico and thcc.gif from old web site
Set $wgLogo = "";
MediaWiki config changes
Allow tidy URL like http://thcc2009.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page rather than long and messy ones like http://thcc2009.co.uk/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Change home page to be http://thcc2009.co.uk/wiki/Home rather than http://thcc2009.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page. Set Main page to transclude Home page.
Alter left side menu to reflect our needs rather than defaults.
Enable uploads.
Disable page editing for unauthenticated users.
Protect Project namespace.
Define Namespace alias for THCCwiki as Club
MediaWiki extensions
Link user accounts to phpBB
Core MediaWiki
Problems and bugs
User name case
User names are forced to start with an uppercase letter. This is standard for Mediawiki by policy.
- \includes\User.php Line 498 in function isValidUserName
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_name#Case-sensitivity_of_the_first_character
- See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgCapitalLinks
Unable to create thumbnail images
Error creating thumbnail: Warning: passthru() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/thcczzzz/public_html/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2131