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This is only relevant for the IALA Dictionary Site Administrator(s).[edit]

This page contains an overview of how Mediawiki has been customized to suit the IALA Dictionary


Problems with the "monobook" skin[edit]

The monobook skin would not display the IALA logo (or the MediaWiki default logo).

Problem solved by replacing the Mediawiki v. 13.4 monobook skin with the MediaWiki 13.3 monobook skin


Installed Plugins[edit]

CategoryTree

ParserFunctions

Changes to LocalSettings.PHP[edit]

Enable Uploads

$wgEnableUploads = true;

'Install the IALA Logo

$wgLogo = "IALA_Logo.jpg";

Install Parserfunctions Extension - needed for the Language template

require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php");

Enable Ajax which is needed to run the the Categorytree Extension

$wgUseAjax = true;

Install the CategoryTree Extension

require_once( 'extensions/CategoryTree/CategoryTree.php' );

Make sure that Anonymous users do not edit content and define other user permissions

$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createpage'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createtalk'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['edit'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['createpage'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['createtalk'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['createaccount'] = false;

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop' ]['edit'] = true;

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop' ]['createpage'] = true;

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop' ]['createtalk'] = true;

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop' ]['createaccount'] = true;

Uploaded Images[edit]

"20080412_135pixels_high_IALA_Logo.jpg"
"25px-Geographylogo.png"


Changes to Mediawiki:Sidebar[edit]

Quite a few changes have been made to the Mediawiki:Sidebar page.

Original (default) Content was

   *  navigation
         o mainpage|mainpage-description
         o portal-url|portal
         o currentevents-url|currentevents
         o recentchanges-url|recentchanges
         o randompage-url|randompage
         o helppage|help 
   * SEARCH
   * TOOLBOX
   * LANGUAGES


Changes related to CategoryTree[edit]

Message (Page) MediaWiki:Categorytree-member-num content was changed from ($5) to ($4)

This makes the CategoryTree displays the number of pages in each category ie. (91)



Original Mediawiki Help on getting started using this Wiki[edit]

Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.