I am trying to find concise, direct instructions on how to create templates (not skins, templates) for MediaWiki and I'm coming up short. While Google has tons of hits, many incorrectly identify skins as templates, and the rest spread the information out through so many other topics that it is simply frustrating.
Is there a resource out there that will help me develop MediaWiki page templates in a step-by-step fashion?
posted by arniec
on Apr 10, 2009 -
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An organizationally obsessed GM wants to create a wiki-like site to house information on his created world. Challenge: he also wants a way to limit what information users can see on a given page, on a user by user basis.
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posted by elfgirl
on Feb 11, 2009 -
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I am managing research on a book. The author and I live 2800km apart and I think I want to work through a wiki. As I gather data and articles and she writes her chapters, I want all our source material and links to be building momentum, stored in one hooded online space. So I THINK that what I want is a wiki to share/organize research for the book. Do I?
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posted by Mrs Hilksom
on Feb 5, 2009 -
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I want to start a wiki. Help me decide how best to go about it with long-term planning and goals in mind.
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posted by arniec
on Jan 22, 2009 -
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What is the best way to build a user-modifiable website these days? I want to make a website organized around a certain theme (the DRM associated with given PC games), and would like to set it up so users can easily add or modify information about specific games.
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posted by JZig
on Dec 29, 2008 -
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What is a good IRC bot to run on an internal IRC server used by programmers in a software development company?
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posted by butterstick
on Dec 16, 2008 -
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I need to transform a big HTML table into something easier to update and maintain. Bonus: I'd like to put it (or its display widget) onto our staff wiki page.
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posted by lillygog
on Nov 12, 2008 -
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I need a basic private wiki for only a few (presently 2; max 5) users. These users need editing rights and live in very different time zones. This is to be an information database for non technical people. Not looking to publish anything just information sharing.
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posted by adamvasco
on Nov 7, 2008 -
10 answers
I'm trying to find an online database or wiki that is devoted solely to music in film. I'm looking for a site where I can either search for a piece of music and find out what films that piece of music appeared in, or search for a film and find out what music appeared in that film. Does this site exist?
posted by al_fresco
on Nov 2, 2008 -
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I have a MediaWiki wiki that I've started. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to automatically generate meta keywords and meta descriptions from the articles. What is the best solution for this? I tried to find out how Wikipedia does it, but my Google Fu is weak.
posted by entropicamericana
on Oct 2, 2008 -
1 answer
Years ago I saw a website that displayed authors' names in a rotatable 3D space, with genre, style, and theme indicated by proximity.
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posted by BitterOldPunk
on Aug 27, 2008 -
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I'd like to reconstitute a years-defunct wiki I used to collaborate on. I've contacted the principals, & our searches for the database backup have come up empty so far. Without having the original database, the simplest path appears to be taking the html & transforming it into, say, an sql dump. So - how do I do that? Are there any MediaWiki, database, or Perl trails to follow?
posted by Pronoiac
on Aug 6, 2008 -
10 answers
I hate MediaWiki, and am looking for an alternative. Problem: My MediaWiki site has tons of data.
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posted by jbickers
on Jul 15, 2008 -
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I need a Wiki or CMS that has a WYSIWYG editor for a site with about a 100 static pages, sorted into categories.
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posted by andrewzipp
on Jul 11, 2008 -
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The company I work for is growing by leaps and bounds. We've gone from 3 folks in the same office to 10 folks in 4 offices, the US and Asia. We need a communication solution. Looking for suggestions, experiences and thoughts. More inside.
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posted by GilloD
on Jul 9, 2008 -
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Halp! I need a new host for a wiki. My RPG has a wiki, because we're wordy and five years old and ... well, we're dorks. Our current host is not so good for us anymore for reasons of database size.
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posted by FritoKAL
on May 23, 2008 -
8 answers
Mediawiki infoboxes. I'd like to use a Wikipedia-style infobox in my own personal Mediawiki. Help? Please?
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posted by Otis
on May 23, 2008 -
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Yet another wiki question. I would like to migrate away from using TiddlyWiki as a personal wiki to one capable of handling a lot more data, but I need one specific function.
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posted by i_am_a_Jedi
on May 8, 2008 -
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Cutting edge strides and theories in neo-psychology - does an up and running, active Wiki exist?
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posted by watercarrier
on Apr 22, 2008 -
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Open source Wiki software!
I'm looking to setup an open source wiki service very similar to wikipedia.org (but slightly different). However I know there is open source software available to download...
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posted by spinko
on Apr 20, 2008 -
6 answers
Are there any statistics available regarding the number of lurkers versus contributors on sites with community-generated content?
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posted by moift
on Mar 23, 2008 -
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I work in a subdivision of a large music entity. There are many high-level ideas and challenges that float around every week. I'm trying to research a system that would allow for our staff of several hundred people to be able to both post ideas and solicit feedback on improving our products, our relationships, etc to a central website as well as being able to respond to others ideas. (for example: "how do we better provide value to cd purchasers" or "what can we do to optimize communication between department")
Challenges:
- Many of the people involved are not computer-savvy (not sure they'd be able to figure out how to use a wiki)
- The individual items will need to be easily categorizable and accessible (this is why i hesitate to use something like Wordpress or Blogger, because after something's no longer on the home page, its out of peoples heads)
- There will need to be an intuitive 'global' view
I guess I'm kind of asking for something like AskMeFi, actually. But with an additional summary layer.
Ideas would be greatly appreciated!
posted by softlord
on Jan 18, 2008 -
7 answers
Calling all architects! How to revolutionize the field of architecture?
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posted by lou
on Nov 9, 2007 -
20 answers
Looking for a relatively easy way for a group of people to collaboratively write a book, online.
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posted by jak68
on Nov 6, 2007 -
8 answers
Any information organization tools out there (OneNote, TiddlyWiki, etc.) that support mouse-over,
PHPXref-style popups / tooltip windows?
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posted by blahtsk
on Sep 25, 2007 -
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WikiFilter: Can I do for Deki Wiki what's worked so well for MediaWiki?...
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posted by mjklin
on Sep 20, 2007 -
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Is there wiki software that is specifically designed for writing books? By "book" I mean a long piece of writing designed to be read from start to finish, possibly broken up into chapters, and possibly with a TOC at the start and index at the end.
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posted by alms
on Sep 14, 2007 -
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I have a book on a wiki (mediawiki). I will be laying out that book in InDesign. Is there any way to whoooosh the content straight from mediawiki to the InDesign template (via XML or something)?
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posted by Tlogmer
on Aug 9, 2007 -
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Is there any way to import OpenWiki data to MediaWiki other than manually? I'd hate to have to do it by hand.
posted by jopreacher
on Jun 27, 2007 -
2 answers
Hosted (free?) CMS to contain a directory of online resources and organizations for a college student population. Is there something better than blogspot for what we are doing? Also, is there a way to allow people to rate each post?
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posted by andoatnp
on Jun 18, 2007 -
6 answers
I want to set up a multi-user blog / wiki resource for sharing information privately. What's the best way?
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posted by TrashyRambo
on Jun 9, 2007 -
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I'm trying to set up a collaborative community for writers where we could edit, revise and comment on each other's writing behind the scenes and "publish" finished pieces to a blog-like front page.
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posted by JeremiahBritt
on Jun 7, 2007 -
11 answers
I run a personal
MediaWiki that I organize a lot of academic, business, and project related notes in. I also keep a journal, and all entries are in one category. The entries take the (automatic) form of "June 4 2007". So far so good, except when I look at the journal category page, I get an alphabetized listing, which is essentially useless. Finding a particular date isn't hard, but I'd like to see them all (or, you know, paginated to 60 or so) listed in reverse chronological order. How can I do this?
posted by martinX's bellbottoms
on Jun 4, 2007 -
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