This page is part of the article
and describes the Setup.
After copying into another Wiki the new name of the page can be found commented out in the sorce code:
<!-- [[{{ns:project}}:Configuration/Setup]] -->
Delete the lines above and below containing the following characters:
<nowiki><!-- --></nowiki>
Finally in the source code the line should be look like this:
[[{{ns:project}}:Configuration/Setup]]
Using this link the new page can be created and the whole source code should be copied and pasted there.
Customizing the chapter Setup[]
Some of the specifications have to be customized for the setup:
[Domain] [Domain for e-mails] [Subdomain of the Wiki] [OU ICT] (Organizational unit for information and communication technologies) [Script directory] [Museum documentation]
Formatting and square brackets (''[]'') have to be removed after the import of the source code into another Wiki to make the links work.
Setup[]
- The specified links refer to a installation of MediaWiki in English. Other language versions might differ.
- The Installation was executed for a wiki with the URL http://testwiki.[Domain].de/wiki.
First Setup[]
- No. 1-27
Setup of a second wiki[]
- No. 28-51
Many media files in Wikipedia are stored in the Wikimedia Commons. According to this example all media files shall be stored in a second wiki.
In the different language versions of Wikipedia it is possible to manage media files as well. This will be avoided in Museums in order to enable managing large amounts of data separately.
- Name: Museumsmedia
- Interwiki prefix: Museumsmedia
Further setup[]
- No. 52-60
Change to the final domain[]
- No. 61-63
The existing intranet pages had to be available for the users during the setup of the wiki. Therefore the wiki was installed in the subdomain http://testwiki.[Domain].de/wiki initially. The previous HTML pages were converted into wiki syntax using a HTA script (Conversion from HTML to MediaWiki). Afterwards the Domain Name System of the intranet was adjusted to refer to the new home page. This home page forwards to the main page of the wiki.
Further setup[]
- No. 64-75
Overview[]
The following overview shows the single steps of the setup.
- Date: the dates correspond with the actual progress of the project. Because the setup was not executed continuously, it is not possible to derive details on the effective expenditure of time.
- Admin: In many cases it is necessary to have administrative rights (sysop) to execute the regarding tasks. The two abbreviations wikiadmin and mediawikiadmin refer to the different wikis (see: Setup of a second wiki). The webadmin needs the respective rights for the web server.
| No. | Date | Sort key | Administrator | Manual | Purpose | Test | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31.08.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Short URL | shortening of the URL | successful | also .httpd.conf has to be edited by the webadmin |
| 2 | 31.08.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | User rights | allow no editing before setup is completed | successful | |
| 3 | 31.08.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extensions | required for the use of extensions | successful | |
| 4 | 31.08.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: Cite | extension: footnotes | successful | |
| 5 | 03.09.2007 | MediaWiki: Common.css | wikiadmin | Common.css in Wikipedia | table formatting wikitable/prettytable, standard colors, footnotes | successful | |
| 6 | 03.09.2007 | MediaWiki: Common.js | wikiadmin | Common.js in Wikipedia | table sort | successful | |
| 7 | 03.09.2007 | namespace Museums | wikiadmin | Wikipedia sandbox | testing area for Museums | successful | Wanted pages |
| 8 | 13.09.2007 | Ploticus | webadmin | EasyTimeline activation | activation of timeline function | partially successful | see also: Installation Ploticus; umlauts in timelines are not displayed properly |
| 9 | 13.09.2007 | ImageMagick | webadmin | Image thumbnailing with ImageMagick | automatic creation of thumbnails | see also: Installation ImageMagick | |
| 10 | 13.09.2007 | phpMyAdmin | webadmin | Quick Install | administration of MySQL databases | successful | see also: Installation phpMyAdmin |
| 11 | 20.09.2007 | User login: ICT staff as new users | wikiadmin | familiarization, skills for later user support, support for developing the operational concept and setup | successful | e-mails to new users were sent repeatedly, probably because the composed address includes the user name (user name includes a comma which seems to be interpreted as a separator); can be ignored, because e-mails are sent at least once correctly | |
| 12 | 21.09.2007 | MediaWiki: Passwordremindertext | wikiadmin | System message | correction and customization | ||
| 13 | 21.09.2007 | MediaWiki: Sitenotice | wikiadmin | Interface: Sitenotice | customization of user interface | successful | |
| 14 | 22.09.2007 | MediaWiki: Anonnotice | wikiadmin | Interface: Sitenotice | customization of user interface | successful | |
| 15 | 22.09.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Changing the Interface, $wgLogo | customization of user interface | successful | own logo |
| 16 | 22.09.2007 | MediaWiki: Sidebar | wikiadmin | Interface, Sidebar | customization of navigation | successful | [[Portal:[Museum documentation]]] added, Donate removed |
| 17 | 22.09.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: Cite/ Special: Cite.php | Cite (provides citation info), setup: MediaWiki:Cite text | successful | from the HTML files of the installation directory the PHP files in the column Rev. have to be selected and downloaded using the download link |
| 18 | 22.09.2007 | MediaWiki: Sitesubtitle | wikiadmin | Extra Subtitle | used in Cite | successful | also used in the skin Cologne Blue (cf. Wiki on a stick) |
| 19 | 22.09.2007 | MediaWiki: Sidebar | wikiadmin | Interface, Sidebar | customization of user navigation | successful | Cite added |
| 20 | 27.09.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Using custom namespaces | creating namespace for portals and corresponding talk namespace | successful | [[Portal:[Museum documentation]]] and more portals for projects or organizational units |
| 21 | 27.09.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | $wgNamespacesWithSubpages | allow subpages in portal namespace and corresponding talk namespace | successful | |
| 22 | 27.09.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | $wgNamespacesWithSubpages | allow subpages in project namespace (Museums) | successful | |
| 23 | 27.09.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | protected namespace for [OU ICT]: [[[OU ICT]:Portal]] | successful | Security issues with authorization extensions; see also: [[[OU ICT]:Portal/Security|Security in namespace [OU ICT]]] | |
| 24 | 28.09.2007 | SpecialSearch.php | wikiadmin | rev:21821 | don't show excerpts from non-readable articles on search results | successful | installation file renamed in SpecialSearch_installed.php; see also: [[[OU ICT]:Portal/Security#Table of common security extension limitations|Table of common security extension limitations]] |
| 25 | 28.09.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: ParserFunctions (extended) | required for Parser functions in templates | partially successful | see also: Extension: Parser function extensions, ParserFunctions, additionally: SprintfDateCompat.php; some parser functions seem not to work |
| 26 | 28.09.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: Linksearch, Linksearch | special page to search for external links | External links | cf. Wikipedia: External links |
| 27 | 02.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: NamespacePermissions | only sysops can create and move portals | successful | rights in namespace for portals and corresponding talk namespace restricted |
| 28 | 04.10.2007 | Wiki Installation | webadmin | Wiki family (EN) | pool-wiki for Mediapool | successful | [Domain.de/p Museumsmedia] |
| 29 | 04.10.2007 | .httpd.conf | webadmin | Short URL | shortening of the URL | successful | /p (for pool) |
| 30 | 04.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php (Museumsmedia) | wikiadmin | Short URL | shortening of the URL | successful | |
| 31 | 04.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Passwordremindertext | mediawikiadmin | correction and customization | successful | see System messages | |
| 32 | 05.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: Special page to work with the interwiki table, Interwiki linking | manipulation of the interwiki table | successful | View and manipulate interwiki data |
| 33 | 05.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: Special page to work with the interwiki table, Interwiki linking | Museumsmedia (Mediapool) in interwiki table | successful | Log |
| 34 | 05.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php (Museumsmedia) | mediawikiadmin | Extension: Special page to work with the interwiki table, Interwiki linking | manipulation of the interwiki table | successful | |
| 35 | 05.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php (Museumsmedia) | mediawikiadmin | Extension: Special page to work with the interwiki table, Interwiki linking | Museumsmedia (Mediapool) in interwiki table | successful | |
| 36 | 05.10.2007 | Interwiki, Interwiki (Museumsmedia) | wikiadmin | Wiki family (EN) | upload files for Museums to the Mediapool (Museumsmedia) and include files from Museumsmedia in Museums | successful | Upload in Museumsmedia |
| 37 | 05.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | allow upload of files only in Museumsmedia | successful | upload deactivated, otherwise there is still a link for upload visible in the (skin) CologneBlue in Museums, also the Special page still can be used | |
| 38 | 05.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Image thumbnailing with ImageMagick | automatic creation of thumbnails | successful | |
| 39 | 05.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Sidebar | wikiadmin | link for upload of files | successful | ||
| 40 | 05.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Sharedupload | wikiadmin | Wiki family (EN) | remark about inclusion from Museumsmedia | successful | |
| 41 | 05.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Shareddescriptionfollows | wikiadmin | separator above description from Museumsmedia for included file | successful | ||
| 42 | 05.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php (Museumsmedia) | mediawikiadmin | user rights like in Museums, temporary sysop until organizational review | successful | ||
| 43 | 05.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php (Museumsmedia) | mediawikiadmin | Configuring file uploads, Image Administration | checking file types, determine permitted file types | partially successful | appending to existing array of permitted types doesn't work, therefore different solution |
| 44 | 05.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Sidebar (Museumsmedia) | mediawikiadmin | like in Museums, additional link to Museums | successful | see System messages | |
| 45 | 05.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Sitesubtitle (Museumsmedia) | mediawikiadmin | successful | see System messages | ||
| 46 | 05.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Common.css (Museumsmedia) | wikiadmin | copy source code from Museums | successful | ||
| 47 | 05.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Common.js (Museumsmedia) | wikiadmin | copy source code from Museums | successful | ||
| 48 | 11.10.2007 | PHP | webadmin | Configuring file uploads, Set maximum size for file uploads | define maximum size for upload | successful | $wgUploadSizeWarning in LocalSettings.php not changed |
| 49 | 11.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php (Museumsmedia) | mediawikiadmin | Extension: ParserFunctions (extended) | copy from Museums | successful | |
| 50 | 11.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Uploadtext (Museumsmedia) | mediawikiadmin | instructions for upload of files | successful | see also: Template: Information, Template: Information/info, Template: Information/usage, Template: Description missing; not successful: automatic paste (JavaScript) of Template Information in the summary during Upload of files (see versions dating 11.10.2007 of Upload.js and Common.js) | |
| 51 | 12.10.2007 | PHP | webadmin | Exif Functions, $wgShowEXIF | display of Exif data for image files | successful | display is activated (DefaultSettings.php), when supported by PHP |
| 52 | 12.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | EasyTimeline activation | activation of timeline function | partially successful | umlauts in timelines are not displayed properly |
| 53 | 12.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: CategoryTree | dynamic display of categories (Category Tree and more functions) | successful | cf. Category tree in Wikipedia |
| 54 | 12.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Timezone | determination of the standard timezone | ||
| 55 | 12.10.2007 | postmaster | availability of the addresses wiki-admin@[Domain for e-mails].de and wikipool-admin@[Domain for e-mails].de | successful | created earlier, test: 12.10.2007 | ||
| 56 | 19.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Mediawarning | wikiadmin | customization according to Security rules for the mediapool | successful | ||
| 57 | 19.10.2007 | MediaWiki: Mediawarning (Museumsmedia) | mediawikiadmin | customization according to Security rules for the mediapool | successful | ||
| 58 | 19.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Site customization: $wgPageShowWatchingUsers | display number of watching users | successful | |
| 59 | 19.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Recent changes: $wgRCShowWatchingUsers | display number of watching users (recent changes, watchlist) | successful | UPO (user-preference option): only when selected in user preferences (recent changes), the display is activated |
| 60 | 29.10.2007 | directory | wikiadmin | directory for scripts not permitted for upload in Museums: [Script directory/ /wiki/[Script directory]/] | successful | [Script directory/ html_to_mediawiki.HTA] | |
| 61 | 31.10.2007 | DNS | webadmin | setup for intranet in the domain [http://[Subdomain of the Wiki].[Domain].de [Subdomain of the Wiki].[Domain].de] | successful | see also: setup for intranet | |
| 62 | 31.10.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | see no. 36 | setup for intranet in the domain [http://[Subdomain of the Wiki].[Domain].de [Subdomain of the Wiki].[Domain].de] | successful | see also: setup for intranet |
| 63 | 31.10.2007 | Interwiki, Interwiki (Museumsmedia) | wikiadmin | see no. 36 | setup for intranet in the domain [http://[Subdomain of the Wiki].[Domain].de [Subdomain of the Wiki].[Domain].de] | successful | Log Museums, Log Museumsmedia |
| 64 | 02.11.2007 | [[[OU ICT]:Toolserver|Toolserver]] | wikiadmin | availability of CGI scripts ant other tools in the new domain | successful | see also: [[[OU ICT]:Toolserver/Documentation|Documentation for Toolserver]] | |
| 65 | 08.11.2007 | Confirmemail subject, Defemailsubject, Emailccsubject, Passwordremindertitle, Confirmemail subject (Museumsmedia), Defemailsubject (Museumsmedia), Emailccsubject (Museumsmedia), Passwordremindertitle (Museumsmedia) | wikiadmin | standard subject field for automated e-mails | Museums email address confirmation; Museums email from user "$1" Copy of your message to $1: $2 New temporary password for Museums | ||
| 66 | 08.11.2007 | Passwordremindertext, Passwordremindertext (Museumsmedia) | wikiadmin | link to Help page for logging in in e-mail with password | Someone (from IP address $1) requested a new
password for Museums ($4). A temporary password for user "$2" has been created and was set to "$3". If this was your intent, you will need to log in and choose a new password now. Your temporary password will expire in $5 days. If someone else made this request, or if you have remembered your password, and you no longer wish to change it, you may ignore this message and continue using your old password. | ||
| 67 | 08.11.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: Random Selection | enable random selection from different options | successful | see: Current recommendation |
| 68 | 20.11.2007 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | see no. 27 | rights changed, see Namespaces Portal and Portal Talk | ||
| 69 | 21.11.2007 | Summary | wikiadmin | link to help page Edit summary added | successful | Wiki syntax is not applicable, therefore use HTML syntax, variable {{FULLURL}} and class=internal necessary | |
| 70 | 31.01.2008 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: EditCount | statistic summary of use (edits) | partially successful | parser function (Parser) works, special page not available |
| 71 | 31.01.2008 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: TopTenPages | statistic summary of use (ranking) | successful | |
| 72 | 31.01.2008 | LocalSettings.php | wikiadmin | Extension: TransformChanges | Special:Recentchanges organized as table | successful | allows export in CSV or similar |
| 73 | 31.01.2008 | MediaWiki: Common.css | wikiadmin | see no. 5 | special CSS styles for Extension: TransformChanges | successful | see: Extension: TransformChanges, CSS Styles |
| 74 | 08.02.2008 | MediaWiki: Copyright | wikiadmin | copyright limitations for distribution and use outside of Museums | successful | see no. 69 | |
| 75 | 20.02.2008 | MediaWiki: Nolinkstoimage (Museumsmedia) | mediawikiadmin | reference to the copy of the description in Museums, if no file links in Museumsmedia exist (as a rule) | successful | see no. 69 |