- #Mediawiki logo install#
- #Mediawiki logo update#
- #Mediawiki logo software#
- #Mediawiki logo password#
- #Mediawiki logo download#
In your new installation, the User’s Guide link is at the top of the Main Page, and it should be your first stop for learning more about using MediaWiki.
#Mediawiki logo install#
While the initial MediaWiki install is simple and straightforward, as far as management and configuration are concerned, there is a lot of ground to cover - much more than we can address here. That’s the purpose of a wiki to allow anyone to contribute or improve the information. If the URL is publicly accessible, visitors can edit or create pages. What’s Next?Īs soon as your installation is complete, the wiki is up and running. There are a lot of other configuration settings you can add as well. Now when I go back to the wiki, my logo should be there.Īdditional LocalSettings.php ConfigurationĪs you no doubt noticed, LocalSettings.php controls many aspects of the MediaWiki installation. If you upload your new logo to a different location, you have to change the path here to point to that location.Īfter updating the image file name in LocalSettings.php, I save the file and upload it to /public_html/wiki, overwriting the existing LocalSettings.php file. You can see that all I changed in that line was the image name. Now we’ll go back to the text editor and change the image name in the LocalSettings.php $wgLogo line. The recommended image size for the logo is 135×135 or 150×150 pixels, so we’ll stick to one of those to avoid any forced resizing of the image.įTP to /public_html/wiki/resources/assets. But make sure your image does not have the same name as the default image, “wiki.png.” The easiest way to replace the logo is to upload your image file to that directory, /resources/assets/. When you find it, you’ll see that there’s a path to the logo image file in that line: $wgResourceBasePath/resources/assets/wiki.png What we’re looking for in the LocalSettings.php file is the line that begins with $ wgLogo. Again, you can edit the file directly using the cPanel file manager if you’re not familiar with or comfortable using an FTP program.
#Mediawiki logo download#
I’ll download LocalSettings.php to my computer and open it with a text editor. For this tutorial, I’ve installed MediaWiki in a directory called “wiki.” So the path to LocalSettings.php is: /public_html/wiki/LocalSettings.php LocalSettings.php is located in the root directory of your MediaWiki installation. We’ll do that by editing the LocalSettings.php file. One of the first things you’ll want to change may be the default logo. You can do that using the cPanel file editor, or an FTP program.įor this MediaWiki tutorial, I’ll be using FTP, but if you prefer a web-based file editor, check out our comprehensive guide to using the cPanel file editor. Some changes that you will make to MediaWiki are done by directly editing the program’s files.
#Mediawiki logo password#
Log in to MediaWiki with the username and password that you specified in the setup. However, I’ve seen it work in less than 10 minutes. For some web hosts and ISPs, this can take up to 48 hours. If clicking the link doesn’t open the MediaWiki page, wait a bit. NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the URLs to propagate throughout the Internet.
On the installation success page, click the “Administrative URL” link. Scroll down and click the install button. In the “Admin Account” section, make sure to change the default password.Īnd make sure your Admin Username is unique. Unless the wiki is going to be the home page of your site, on the “Choose Installation URL” line, enter the name of the directory in which you want to install MediaWiki. Most of the options can be left as-is, but you should change the following. On the MediaWiki installation page, configure the options to suit your installation. Otherwise, log into cPanel and go to the “Softaculous Apps Installer” section. If your hosting provides a direct login to Softaculous, log in there. We’ll go through the Softaculous MediaWiki installation, and then I’ll show you a couple of configuration options that you may want to use.
#Mediawiki logo software#
That’s a valuable perk when working with software like MediaWiki, which can be inconvenient to maintain otherwise.
#Mediawiki logo update#
Softaculous can alert you when a new version is available and do the update for you. One of the advantages of using Softaculous is the ability to track updates. The best piece of software for wikis is MediaWiki, and the easiest way to install MediaWiki is through Softaculous. Wikis are the best platform to use when you want to set up a site that allows collaborative editing and contribution by website users.
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