THCCwiki:Setup of MediaWiki
Revision as of 19:16, 17 May 2009 by Ianh (talk | contribs) (→Extra markup: removed UsenetSyntax again)
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 = "http://thcc2009.co.uk/thcc.gif";
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 file uploads.
Disable page editing for unauthenticated users.
Protect Project namespace.
Define Namespace alias for THCCwiki as Club
Added thcc skin - cloned from monobook.
- Set thcc skin as default and altered thcc skin...
- DT not bold
- removed page background image
- added overall background colour = #CADCEB
- added small page margins
Allowed images by transclusion from this site or live THCC web site
MediaWiki extensions
Link user accounts to phpBB
Core MediaWiki
Extra markup
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UsenetSyntax
- alternative B and I tags - test via User:Ianh/youtube
- removed again 17 May 2009 (caused stray root tags in output)
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:YouTubeTag
- embed YouTube video - test via User:Ianh/youtube
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RawMsg
- allow IFRAMEs - test via Current equipment bookings