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Revision as of 21:33, 14 November 2007


This is a list of guides and single topic help files for the MediaWiki software. It is compiled at meta.wikimedia.org. This page is sorted by user type. This help covers general Wiki-related topics.

Introduction

Detailed Introduction | Help overview

MediaWiki is a free software wiki engine licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is used by many websites, including this one.

For readers

View this alone

Navigating
Search, [ Go ]
What links here
Random page
Special pages
Printable version

Tracking changes
Recent changes
enhanced
Related changes
Watching pages
Page history
Diff   Image page
Contributions

Accounts
Logging in
Preferences
User style


For editors

View this alone
Editing
Start new pages
Page name

Referencing
Links   URLs
Piped links
Interwiki linking
Footnotes

Formatting
Wikitext   CSS
Lists   Tables
HTML in wikitext
Image file upload
Formulae   DPL

Organizing
Sections
Categories
Redirects (forward)
Namespaces
Moving a page
Page size

Fixing mistakes
Reverting edits
Testing
Show preview

Saving effort
Editing shortcuts
Edit toolbar
Magic words
Templates
Variables
Calculation

Communicating
Edit summary
Talk page
Edit conflict
Minor edit

Other
Characters
Sandbox


For moderators

View this alone

Administration
Special:Import
Common.css
Navigation bar
System messages
Special:CheckUser
User rights

Help pages
Guidelines
MediaWiki help
Help page footers


For administrators

View this alone

Admin's Guide
MediaWiki architecture
Database layout
Job queue

Installation
Working with SVN
Installing the SVN tree
OS specific help
on Sourceforge.net
Timezone adjustments

Security techy
Security
Security Checklist
Paranoid Permissions
Setting user rights

Configuration
Preventing Access
Configuration
Help:Configuration
Configuration settings
Apache config
Robots.txt
Shorter URLs
Using a very short URL
PHP config
MySQL config
Tips and tricks

Customization
Layout customization
Set Global Timezone
MediaWiki localization
Interwiki links
Custom navigation bar
Custom skins
Custom namespaces
MediaWiki extensions

Manage the database
Move a database
Reduce the size
Lock the database

Performance
PHP caching
File cache
Squid caching
Cache strategy
Wikimedia servers
As your Site Grows

Maintenance
Maintenance scripts
Upgrade Mediawiki
Math errors
LocalSettings.php


Appendix

  1. ISBN links
  2. Common stop words
  3. Keyboard shortcuts
  4. How to move a wiki to another server

Miscellany

  1. Sites using MediaWiki
  2. Browser issues with MediaWiki
  3. Page metadata

Contact

  1. irc.freenode.net #mediawiki #wikipedia
  2. Mailing lists
  3. MediaWiki feature request

See also