======How to upgrade user rights to bureaucrat, sysop======



=====Manual approach=====

<code>

log in to phpMyAdmin

select wikidb

select user

Find user_id of user to be promoted

select user_groups



For full powers, insert two records:



	user_id

	bureaucrat

	

	user_id

	sysop



Or you may just make the user a bureaucrat or

a sysop.

</code>


=====Automated=====

  * Special Pages

  * User rights management

  * select 
sysop and/or bureaucrat

	

====== Backup Everything ======
[[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Flominator/Backup_MW|backup.sh]]

======Images======

skins/common/images



======WikiMedia default settings======

See /var/www/html/aw/mediawiki/LocalSettings.php



======SEF / SEO======

This makes nicer-looking URLs.



In httpd.conf:

<code>

Alias /wiki /path/to/your/wiki/index.php

Alias /wiki /var/www/html/aw/mediawiki/index.php

</code>



======add new button to MediaWiki toolbar:======

[[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Customizing:Edit_Toolbar#Simple_way_modifying_default_toolbar_settings]]



Had to edit two system files.  Will probably get wiped out in updates. :o(			



/var/www/html/aw/mediawiki/includes|EditPage.php

<code>

/* 

* Added by MXM, SJ--table button for editing

*   NB: The blank line at the end of the sample 

*       is critical.  The web page showed it

*       as |- but that didn't work right.

*

*   NB: The substitution begins with the

*       comma up above after the closing paren.

*/			

array(

'image' => $wgLang->getImageFile('button-table'),

'id' => 'mw-editbutton-table',

'open' => "{|",

'close' => "|}",

'sample' => ' class=wikitable border=1 cellpadding=5

|+ table name

|-

! header 1

! header 2

! header 3

|-

| row 1, cell 1

| row 1, cell 2

| row 1, cell 3

|-

| row 2, cell 1

| row 2, cell 2

| row 2, cell 3

',

'tip' => wfMsg('table_tip'),

'key' => 'A'

)			

/*

 * end inserted section -- MXM

 */

</code>	

/var/www/html/aw/mediawiki/languages/messages|MessagesEn.php

<code>

$imageFiles = array(

	'button-bold'     => 'button_bold.png',

	'button-italic'   => 'button_italic.png',

	'button-link'     => 'button_link.png',

	'button-extlink'  => 'button_extlink.png',

	'button-headline' => 'button_headline.png',

	'button-image'    => 'button_image.png',

	'button-media'    => 'button_media.png',

	'button-math'     => 'button_math.png',

	'button-nowiki'   => 'button_nowiki.png',

	'button-sig'      => 'button_sig.png',

	'button-hr'       => 'button_hr.png',

/*

 * Added by MXM, SJ -- no capital B on Button

 */ 	

'button-table' => 'button_table.png',	

);



# Edit page toolbar

'bold_sample'     => 'Bold text',

'bold_tip'        => 'Bold text',

'italic_sample'   => 'Italic text',

'italic_tip'      => 'Italic text',

'link_sample'     => 'Link title',

'link_tip'        => 'Internal link',

'extlink_sample'  => 'http://www.example.com link title',

'extlink_tip'     => 'External link (remember http:// prefix)',

'headline_sample' => 'Headline text',

'headline_tip'    => 'Level 2 headline',

'math_sample'     => 'Insert formula here',

'math_tip'        => 'Mathematical formula (LaTeX)',

'nowiki_sample'   => 'Insert non-formatted text here',

'nowiki_tip'      => 'Ignore wiki formatting',

'image_sample'    => 'Example.jpg', # only translate this message to other languages if you have to change it

'image_tip'       => 'Embedded file',

'media_sample'    => 'Example.ogg', # only translate this message to other languages if you have to change it

'media_tip'       => 'File link',

'sig_tip'         => 'Your signature with timestamp',

'hr_tip'          => 'Horizontal line (use sparingly)',

/* 

 * Added by MXM, SJ

 */

'table_tip' => 'Insert table (3 by 3)',

</code>



======change wiki skin======



php userOptions.php skin --old "monobook" --new "tighar"





=======SpecialUploadLocal======

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



Problem: it's looking for special upload php in the wrong folder.



MediaWiki has changed where that file is.



Find it, rewrite require_once in the .php looking for it.



This is where the file is that it is seeking:



/var/www/html/aw/mediawiki/includes/specials



get $watch declared in some #@$&%@# php component ...



======template for TIGHAR copyright notice======

%%{{tcbug}}%%



======YouTube======

[[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:YouTube_(Iubito)]]



===== Modify toolbox for all pages =====

http://tighar.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js