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This page links instructions for commonadministrative tasks which you may wish to perform once yourinstallation of MediaWiki is completed.
If you installed MediaWiki through the web interface, then you already ran theinitial configuration script that sets common configuration variables.
MediaWiki has several configuration settings.They must be modified inLocalSettings.php.SeeManual:Configuration settings for the whole list.
The default skin can be adjusted by modifying the$wgDefaultSkin variable inLocalSettings.php.
A few other settings can alsobe adjusted regarding skins.
There are also some custom skins, seeSpecial:AllPages/Skin:.
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For a list of configuration settings, see:
If you have downloaded binary packages ofMySQL (orPostgres), theApache HTTP Server, andPHP, chances are that they came with an installation script that set them up for your system. To tweak them further, see:
MediaWiki is a permissions-based wiki system.That means that users will only be able to perform the actions they are allowed to do.
As declaring permissions individually for every user would be tedious and impractical, severalUser rights are pre-defined in MediaWiki.
You are also allowed to declare new user groups, as your needs require.
Individualextensions may also require creating new user rights.
Regardless of how they are created, user groups are fully customizable, by modifying the$wgGroupPermissions associative array in yourLocalSettings.php file.
The most common use.A user marked as 'sysop' can delete and undelete pages, block and unblock IPs and use a shortcut revert-to-previous-contributor's-revision feature in contribs, seeManual:Administrators for more information.
Users in this group can change user rights throughSpecial:UserRights.
A registered bot account.Edits by an account with this set will not appear by default in Recent changes; this is intended for mass imports of data without flooding human edits from view.(Add&hidebots=0 to list changes made by bots e.g.like this)
Extensions are compilations of PHP code that add new features or enhance functionality of the main MediaWiki core.
If you simply want to change the language of a wiki on a per-user basis, this can be done viaSpecial:Preferences.If you selected the wrong language when setting up the wiki simply change the$wgLanguageCode inLocalSettings.php.
MediaWiki has some maintenance script to help do administrative tasks.
It is important to make regular backups of the data in your wiki. This includes the database, uploaded files and extensions.
If you want a local copy of a Wikimedia wiki, see the overview atmeta:Data dumps and thedownload site.
Some scripts exist to import data from other wiki engines.
Much of the appearance and messaging of MediaWiki is determined by messages that administrators can edit like regular wiki pages.
