MediaWiki 1.1 -- Table of Contents -- MediaWiki 1.1 -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Time for action - heading -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - heading -- Have a go hero - heading -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. About MediaWiki -- Before we get started -- An introduction to wikis -- The history of the wiki -- Introducing Wikipedia -- What can you do with a wiki? -- When wikis are not the best choice -- Strict access control -- E-commerce -- Static content sites -- Users are unwilling to learn something new -- What are wikis good for? -- Community information sharing -- Project collaboration -- Creating a user manual/FAQ page -- Building an entire website -- Company policies and documents -- Learning management -- Comparing wikis to content management systems, blogs, and forums -- MediaWiki -- MediaWiki's features -- MediaWiki and other wiki engines -- How MediaWiki fits your needs -- Summary -- 2. Installing MediaWiki -- MediaWiki requirements -- PHP -- Software version -- Extensions -- Database -- Database management -- Web server -- Hardware requirements -- The bare minimum -- One final decision -- Subdomains -- Subdirectories -- Installing to the root folder -- Pop quiz - MediaWiki requirements quiz -- Using the Fantastico installer -- Installing MediaWiki with Fantastico -- Time for action - installing the software -- What just happened? -- Username and password choices -- Downloading MediaWiki -- Uploading files using cPanel -- Time for action - uploading MediaWiki files with cPanel -- What just happened? -- Uploading MediaWiki files with an FTP client -- Time for action - uploading the files -- What just happened? -- Completing the installation.

Time for action - getting everything ready -- Have a go hero - use phpMyAdmin -- Setting permissions -- What just happened? -- Time for action - finishing up -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 3. Getting to Know Your Wiki -- Navigating the Main Page -- Have a go hero -- Navigation -- Community portal -- Current events -- Recent changes -- Random page -- Help -- Pop quiz - the navigation box -- Search -- Toolbox -- What links here -- Related changes -- Special pages -- Printable version -- Permanent link -- Pop quiz - the toolbox -- Body section -- Pop quiz - the body -- Footer -- Have a go hero - make some changes -- Account section -- Time for action - creating a user account -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - explore the user preferences -- The logo -- Time for action - changing the logo method one -- What just happened? -- Time for action - changing the logo method two -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 4. Creating Content -- Planning for new content -- Creating a new page -- Editing the Main Page -- Time for action - editing the Main Page -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Protect the Main Page -- Time for action - protect the Main Page -- What just happened? -- Create a new page using the search feature -- Time for action - create a new page using the search feature -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Creating a new page using a wikilink -- Time for action - creating a new page using a link -- What just happened? -- Creating a new page using a URL -- Time for action - creating a new page using a URL -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - creating pages -- Deleting a page -- Time for action - deleting a page -- What just happened? -- Formatting pages -- Wiki syntax -- The edit toolbar -- Time for action - editing text with the edit toolbar -- What just happened? -- The nowiki tag -- Formatting with HTML.

Have a go hero -- Links -- Internal links -- Interwiki links -- External links -- Time for action - creating external links -- What just happened? -- Fixing your external links -- Have a go hero -- Summary -- 5. Advanced Formatting -- Anchor links -- Time for action - creating anchor links -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Lists -- Unordered lists -- Time for action - creating an unordered list -- What just happened? -- Ordered lists -- Time for action - creating an ordered list -- What just happened? -- Using HTML for ordered lists -- Have a go hero -- Definition lists -- Time for action - creating a definition list -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Using tables -- Table syntax -- Time for action - creating a table -- What just happened? -- Styling your table -- Time for action - formatting our table -- What just happened? -- Nested tables -- Time for action - creating a nested table -- What just happened? -- Creating the main table -- The Featured Software table -- FLOSS News -- Top Downloads -- Pop quiz - tables -- Mathematical formulas -- Time for action - enabling TeX -- What just happened? -- Magic words -- Time for action - inserting a magic word -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 6. Putting the Media in MediaWiki -- File uploading -- Time for action - enabling file uploads -- What just happened? -- Uploading images -- Time for action - uploading an image -- What just happened? -- Existing file names -- Inserting an image onto a page -- Time for action - uploading an image onto a page -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Creating an image gallery -- Time for action - creating a gallery -- What just happened? -- Video files -- Time for action - installing the Flash extension -- What just happened? -- Time for action - uploading a Flash file -- What just happened? -- Audio files.

Time for action - installing the OggHandler extension -- What just happened? -- Time for action - embedding Ogg files -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - multimedia -- Summary -- 7. Organizing Your Wiki's Content -- Namespaces -- Time for action - creating a page in a namespace -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - namespaces -- Creating a custom namespace -- Time for action - creating a new namespace -- What just happened? -- Categories -- Time for action - creating a category -- What just happened? -- Adding a page to a category -- Time for action - add a page to a category -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Page templates -- Time for action - creating a template -- What just happened? -- Templates with parameters -- Time for action - using parameters in a template -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Page redirection -- Time for action - redirecting a page -- What just happened? -- Moving a page -- Time for action - moving a page -- What just happened? -- Swapping pages -- Time for action - a more creative way to move a page -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 8. The MediaWiki Administrator -- User types in MediaWiki -- Sysop group -- Bureaucrat group -- Bot group -- Additional groups -- The Developer group -- Autoconfirmed -- Emailconfirmed -- User group -- The all users group -- Pop quiz - user groups -- Changing permissions -- Time for action - editing group permissions -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Creating groups -- Time for action - creating a new group -- Adding users to a group -- Time for action - adding users to a group -- What just happened? -- File uploads -- Time for action - editing the allowed file types for uploading -- What just happened? -- MediaWiki security -- Time for action - stopping bad behavior -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Time for action - checking up on logins.

What just happened? -- Have a go hero - -- Best practices -- Stay up-to-date -- PHP recommendations -- MySQL recommendations -- Summary -- 9. Multi-user Environment -- Users -- Preferences -- User profile -- Time for action - changing the user profile -- What just happened? -- Skins -- Time for action - changing the skin -- What just happened? -- Editing preferences -- Time for action - changing the editing preferences -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Administration -- Page history -- Time for action - viewing the page history -- What just happened? -- Recent changes -- Pop quiz - Recent changes -- Watching pages -- Time for action - watch a page and revert -- What just happened? -- Revert changes -- Time for action - reverting to previous content -- What just happened? -- More administrative tools -- Edit summaries -- Minor changes -- Pop quiz - edits -- Your wiki's community -- Talk pages -- Time for action - starting a conversation on a standard talk page -- Time for action - starting a conversation on a user talk page -- What just happened? -- Conflicts -- Time for action - resolving an edit conflict -- What just happened? -- Discussion extension -- Time for action - installing the Discussion extension -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Summary -- 10. Advanced Customization -- Customizing your wiki's appearance -- Time for action - changing the skin -- What just happened? -- Making changes to the skin -- Time for action - locating and analyzing the CologneBlue.php file -- What just happened? -- Editing CSS -- Time for action - changing the skin's background -- What just happened? -- Time for action - changing the color of the text -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Changing the layout -- Pop quiz - understanding blocks -- Time for action - changing the footer -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero.

Time for action - changing the navigation links.