Difference between revisions of "Using MediaWiki for organizing your personal website"
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'''How can I insert images?''' | '''How can I insert images?''' | ||
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Insert $wgRawHtml = true; into the file LocalSettings.php in your main MediaWiki directory and the wiki will allow you to insert raw unchecked HTML. However, you must embed your html within the <html>...</html> tags so that MediaWiki can differentiate it. | Insert $wgRawHtml = true; into the file LocalSettings.php in your main MediaWiki directory and the wiki will allow you to insert raw unchecked HTML. However, you must embed your html within the <html>...</html> tags so that MediaWiki can differentiate it. | ||
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Add the following entry to LocalSettings.php file in order '''to open external links in a new window / tab.''' | Add the following entry to LocalSettings.php file in order '''to open external links in a new window / tab.''' | ||
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| + | $wgExternalLinkTarget = '_blank'; | ||
I asked about this at hte help desk. | I asked about this at hte help desk. | ||
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Create a new page in your wiki called MediaWiki:Common.css. On my wiki, its address is | Create a new page in your wiki called MediaWiki:Common.css. On my wiki, its address is | ||
| − | https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css | + | https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css <br> |
That page should consist of the CSS HTML command | That page should consist of the CSS HTML command | ||
| − | + | P { text-indent: 2em } | |
Put [[Mediawiki:common.css]] on your main page, or wherever you want to use for your administrator page so you can easily find it again. | Put [[Mediawiki:common.css]] on your main page, or wherever you want to use for your administrator page so you can easily find it again. | ||
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$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; #anonymous users cannot edit | $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; #anonymous users cannot edit | ||
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$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; #no new self-registered users | $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; #no new self-registered users | ||
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'''How can I put in a comment?''' | '''How can I put in a comment?''' | ||
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<pre> | <pre> | ||
<!-- This is a comment --> | <!-- This is a comment --> | ||
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http://tmbw.net/wiki/Basic_Wiki_Formatting | http://tmbw.net/wiki/Basic_Wiki_Formatting | ||
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Revision as of 19:36, 23 September 2020
How can I insert images?
Insert $wgRawHtml = true; into the file LocalSettings.php in your main MediaWiki directory and the wiki will allow you to insert raw unchecked HTML. However, you must embed your html within the ... tags so that MediaWiki can differentiate it.
Add the following entry to LocalSettings.php file in order to open external links in a new window / tab.
$wgExternalLinkTarget = '_blank';
I asked about this at hte help desk.
How can I indent paragraphs?
Create a new page in your wiki called MediaWiki:Common.css. On my wiki, its address is
https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.css
That page should consist of the CSS HTML command
P { text-indent: 2em }
Put Mediawiki:common.css on your main page, or wherever you want to use for your administrator page so you can easily find it again.
How can I insert a divider line? Use 4 dashes
How can I stop viewers from editing my pages?
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; #anonymous users cannot edit
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; #no new self-registered users
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access#Restrict_account_creation
How can I put in a comment?
<!-- This is a comment -->
How can I add to the editing menu so I can do quotations and make quotations be indented with a smaller font?
Use a "template" for this. A template is a file like Template:Quotation that is a page on your wiki. Once you create a page that starts "Template:xxxx", whenever a page on your wiki has the command Template:Xxx, the phrase "here is some text" will be formatted according to whatever commands are on the Template:xxxx page.
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for multipline preformatted text.
http://tmbw.net/wiki/Basic_Wiki_Formatting
