MediaWiki
From Eugene Neighbors
{{#if:|Other languages:}} Template:H-langs: {{#if: ||}} Template:MediaWiki header MediaWiki is wiki software, released under the GPL, that is used by Wikimedia projects and others. It is an implementation of a wiki, a content pool that anyone can freely edit. It is developed using MediaZilla (our version of BugZilla).
[[MediaWiki Template:Latest major version of MediaWiki|MediaWiki Template:Latest version of MediaWiki]] is the latest stable version, and is recommended for third-party users. Those running their own servers should upgrade for security reasons. Special:Version shows what version a site is running. You can play around in the local Sandbox to see this version in action.
[[MediaWiki Template:Latest major version of MediaWiki|MediaWiki Template:Latest version of MediaWiki]] is available for download from [1]. [[MediaWiki Template:Current major development version of MediaWiki|MediaWiki Template:Latest development version of MediaWiki]] is currently running on all Wikimedia sites. Third-party users should probably not run the alpha/beta versions of MediaWiki on publically-accessible servers at this time, unless you really keep up with fixes.
Contents |
[edit] About
- Introduction
- Handbook learn how to use mediawiki
Technical developers section
- Mailing lists, especially wikitech.
- IRC channel
[edit] Miscellaneous
- MediaWiki features
- Installation and configuration
- MediaWiki hosting with simplified installation and implementation; updated shortly after each new version release to make the most current MediaWiki version available to clients
- MediaWiki Tutorial with screenshots: how to install and configure Mediawiki, how to change skins; how to add extensions
[edit] Technical
[edit] Versions
Here are releases with major feature changes, detailed changelogs are linked to from these pages. Also upgrade instructions might be available. 1.2 - 1.3 - 1.4 - 1.5 - 1.6 - 1.7 - 1.8 - 1.9 - 1.10
[edit] MediaWiki 1.10.0
MediaWiki 1.10.0 was released as a stable version on May 09, 2007.
[edit] Wikimedia sites
- During the period 21-29 May 2004, all Wikimedia sites were upgraded to version 1.3.
- In December 2004 all Wikimedia sites were upgraded to version 1.4.
- In June 2005 Wikimedia sites were upgraded to version 1.5.
- In August 2005 Wikimedia sites were upgraded to version 1.6alpha.
- From April 2006 Wikimedia sites were using the continuous development version, it's called using the Subversion, which are using the version 1.11alpha.
[edit] Database dump
For downloadable dumps of Wikipedia's article database, see Wikipedia:Database download. For a description of the database format and fields, see schema.doc.
To create your own dump of a local Mediawiki site, you can use the dumpBackup.php script found in the maintenance directory of your Mediawiki installation tree. Make sure that AdminSettings.php has been configured. By default, Mediawiki ships with an AdminSettings.sample file that needs to be edited to suit your configuration and renamed to AdminSettings.php
An example invocation to perform a full backup might look like:
php maintenance\dumpBackup.php --full > full.xml
Command line options for dumpBackup.php are explained by running it with no parameters, i.e.
php maintenance\dumpBackup.php
However, there are some extra undocumented options in its source code.
[edit] See also
- My MediaWiki Site was hacked. How? What should I do?
- chronological list of software changes
- MediaWiki FAQ
- mw:Sites using MediaWiki
Other languages: Template:MediaWikiMultiLingual
