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This is the '''User's Guide''' for [[MediaWiki]], the software program that runs [[Wikipedia]] and other [[Wikimedia]] projects, in particular about the latest version 1.3, to which, during the period 21-29 May 2004, all Wikimedia sites have been upgraded.
Version 1.3 is a beta version. The latest stable release is version 1.2.6. See [[MediaWiki roadmap]] for an overview of the differences. Earlier versions of the pages in this guide (available from the page histories), in particular the last one before 29 May 2004, may be helpful as guide for version 1.2.6.
This guide often refers to the English versions of link labels and messages. For translations, see [[MediaWiki i18n]].
== Table of contents ==
#[[MediaWiki architecture|Architecture and overview]]
##[[Database layout]]
#[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Installation|Installation]] (see also [[CVS tree installation]])
##[[Running MediaWiki on Linux| on Linux]]
##[[Running MediaWiki on Windows| on Windows]]
##[[Running MediaWiki on Mac OS X|on Mac OS X]]
##[[Running MediaWiki on FreeBSD| on FreeBSD]]
##[[Help:Installation FAQ|Installation FAQ]]
#[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Configuration|Configuration]]
##[[Apache config]]
###[[Robots.txt]] -- how to avoid search engines to index the internals of your wiki
###[[Rewrite Rules]] -- how to get rid of /index.php in URLs
##[[PHP config]]
##[[MySQL config]]
##[[Setting user rights in MediaWiki|Setting user rights]]
##[[MediaWiki i18n]] -- localization and customization for link texts and messages like 'fromwikipedia'
##[[Interwiki links|Configuring interwiki links]]
##[[Skins|Custom skins]]
##[[Timezone adjustments]]
##[[Misc MediaWiki tweaks|More tweaks]]
##[[Help:Configuration tips and tricks|Configuration tips and tricks]]
#Using MediaWiki
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Logging-in | Logging-in]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Setting preferences | Setting preferences]]
###[[User styles]] -- Your own css/js in the monobook skin (1.3)
##Editing pages
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Editing overview | Editing overview]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Starting a new page | Starting a new page]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Adding multimedia | Adding multimedia to pages]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using tables | Using tables]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: EasyTimeline Syntax | EasyTimeline Syntax]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using redirects | Using redirects]]
###[[Help:Link|Link]], [[Help:Interwiki linking | Interwiki linking]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using Categories | Using Categories]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Renaming (moving) pages | Renaming (moving) pages]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Reverting a page to an earlier version | Reverting a page to an earlier version]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Editing mathematical formulae | Editing mathematical formulae]]
###[[Help:Editing toolbar|Editing toolbar]]
###[[Help:Special characters|Special characters]]
####[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters/Turkish | Creating Turkish characters]]
####[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters/Romanian | Creating Romanian characters]]
####[[Help:WikiHiero syntax|WikiHiero syntax]]
###[[MediaWiki namespace#Access | Using predefined text blocks in articles (msg and subst)]]
##Tracking changes
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: The Recent Changes page | The Recent Changes page]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: The enhanced Recent Changes page | The enhanced Recent Changes page]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the Related Changes function | Using the Related Changes function]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the Watchlist | Using the Watchlist]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Page history| Using the page history]]
##Reading
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Searching for pages | Searching for pages]]
###[[Help:What links here|"What links here" feature]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the random page function | Using the random page function]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Administration | Administration]]
#Appendix
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: ISBN links | ISBN links]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide:Common stop words|Common stop words]]
##[[en:wikipedia:Sites using MediaWiki|Sites using MediaWiki]]
##[[Browser issues with MediaWiki]]
##[[URLs]]
##[[Page metadata]]
##[[XML export]]
##[[How to become a MediaWiki hacker]]
##[[How to move a MediaWiki Database]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide:Shortcuts|Shortcuts]]
##[[Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext|Automatic conversion of wikitext]]
#Glossary
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: The Go button | The Go button]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Namespaces|Namespaces]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Edit summary |Edit summary]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Edit conflict |Edit conflict]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Image description page|Image description page]]
##[[Help:Hyperlink|Hyperlink]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Piped link|Piped link]]
##[[Help:Section | Sections]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Talk pages | Talk pages]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: User contributions page|User contributions page]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Diff|Diff page]]
##[[Help:Template|Templates]]
##[[Help:Variable|Variables]]
==See also==
* [[w:Wikipedia-L#Technical_issues_mailing_list|Mailing lists]]
* [[MediaWiki feature request and bug report discussion]]
*[[Documentation]] - on installation, configuration, administration, security; may not be up-to-date
[[Category:English documentation]]
This is the '''User's Guide''' for [[MediaWiki]], the software program that runs [[Wikipedia]] and other [[Wikimedia]] projects, in particular about the latest version 1.3, to which, during the period 21-29 May 2004, all Wikimedia sites have been upgraded.
Version 1.3 is a beta version. The latest stable release is version 1.2.6. See [[MediaWiki roadmap]] for an overview of the differences. Earlier versions of the pages in this guide (available from the page histories), in particular the last one before 29 May 2004, may be helpful as guide for version 1.2.6.
This guide often refers to the English versions of link labels and messages. For translations, see [[MediaWiki i18n]].
== Table of contents ==
#[[MediaWiki architecture|Architecture and overview]]
##[[Database layout]]
#[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Installation|Installation]] (see also [[CVS tree installation]])
##[[Running MediaWiki on Linux| on Linux]]
##[[Running MediaWiki on Windows| on Windows]]
##[[Running MediaWiki on Mac OS X|on Mac OS X]]
##[[Running MediaWiki on FreeBSD| on FreeBSD]]
##[[Help:Installation FAQ|Installation FAQ]]
#[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Configuration|Configuration]]
##[[Apache config]]
###[[Robots.txt]] -- how to avoid search engines to index the internals of your wiki
###[[Rewrite Rules]] -- how to get rid of /index.php in URLs
##[[PHP config]]
##[[MySQL config]]
##[[Setting user rights in MediaWiki|Setting user rights]]
##[[MediaWiki i18n]] -- localization and customization for link texts and messages like 'fromwikipedia'
##[[Interwiki links|Configuring interwiki links]]
##[[Skins|Custom skins]]
##[[Timezone adjustments]]
##[[Misc MediaWiki tweaks|More tweaks]]
##[[Help:Configuration tips and tricks|Configuration tips and tricks]]
#Using MediaWiki
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Logging-in | Logging-in]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Setting preferences | Setting preferences]]
###[[User styles]] -- Your own css/js in the monobook skin (1.3)
##Editing pages
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Editing overview | Editing overview]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Starting a new page | Starting a new page]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Adding multimedia | Adding multimedia to pages]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using tables | Using tables]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: EasyTimeline Syntax | EasyTimeline Syntax]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using redirects | Using redirects]]
###[[Help:Link|Link]], [[Help:Interwiki linking | Interwiki linking]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using Categories | Using Categories]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Renaming (moving) pages | Renaming (moving) pages]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Reverting a page to an earlier version | Reverting a page to an earlier version]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Editing mathematical formulae | Editing mathematical formulae]]
###[[Help:Editing toolbar|Editing toolbar]]
###[[Help:Special characters|Special characters]]
####[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters/Turkish | Creating Turkish characters]]
####[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters/Romanian | Creating Romanian characters]]
####[[Help:WikiHiero syntax|WikiHiero syntax]]
###[[MediaWiki namespace#Access | Using predefined text blocks in articles (msg and subst)]]
##Tracking changes
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: The Recent Changes page | The Recent Changes page]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: The enhanced Recent Changes page | The enhanced Recent Changes page]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the Related Changes function | Using the Related Changes function]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the Watchlist | Using the Watchlist]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Page history| Using the page history]]
##Reading
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Searching for pages | Searching for pages]]
###[[Help:What links here|"What links here" feature]]
###[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using the random page function | Using the random page function]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Administration | Administration]]
#Appendix
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: ISBN links | ISBN links]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide:Common stop words|Common stop words]]
##[[en:wikipedia:Sites using MediaWiki|Sites using MediaWiki]]
##[[Browser issues with MediaWiki]]
##[[URLs]]
##[[Page metadata]]
##[[XML export]]
##[[How to become a MediaWiki hacker]]
##[[How to move a MediaWiki Database]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide:Shortcuts|Shortcuts]]
##[[Help:Automatic conversion of wikitext|Automatic conversion of wikitext]]
#Glossary
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: The Go button | The Go button]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Namespaces|Namespaces]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Edit summary |Edit summary]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Edit conflict |Edit conflict]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Image description page|Image description page]]
##[[Help:Hyperlink|Hyperlink]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Piped link|Piped link]]
##[[Help:Section | Sections]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Talk pages | Talk pages]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: User contributions page|User contributions page]]
##[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Diff|Diff page]]
##[[Help:Template|Templates]]
##[[Help:Variable|Variables]]
==See also==
* [[w:Wikipedia-L#Technical_issues_mailing_list|Mailing lists]]
* [[MediaWiki feature request and bug report discussion]]
*[[Documentation]] - on installation, configuration, administration, security; may not be up-to-date
[[Category:English documentation]]