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Checking <strong>the</strong><br />

system<br />

environment<br />

Naming your<br />

Wiki<br />

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Unpack <strong>the</strong> compressed wiki archive to your hard drive, on a temporary<br />

directory called mediawiki. This creates a directory structure,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> data will be directly stored in <strong>the</strong> correct location. Now load<br />

<strong>the</strong> entire folder via FTP to <strong>the</strong> web folder of your web host. This is<br />

usually <strong>the</strong> folder you first access when you connect to your FTP<br />

server.<br />

Now check <strong>the</strong> properties of <strong>the</strong> mediawiki/config folder on your<br />

web server. It must authorize writing capabilities for all users. If this<br />

is not set properly, you can change <strong>the</strong> properties directly with most<br />

FTP programs and make <strong>the</strong> folder writable.<br />

For fur<strong>the</strong>r installation, you will also need <strong>the</strong> access data to your<br />

database. This data includes information on <strong>the</strong> URL of <strong>the</strong> MySQL<br />

server, <strong>the</strong> name of <strong>the</strong> database, <strong>the</strong> database username and <strong>the</strong> accompanying<br />

password. If you have this information at hand, you can<br />

start <strong>the</strong> browser-supported installation by entering <strong>the</strong> URL of your<br />

homepage followed by “mediawiki,” such as in this example:<br />

http://www.wiki-tools.de/mediawiki<br />

2.2.3<br />

Completing <strong>the</strong> Installation in <strong>the</strong> Browser<br />

You still have to complete a few settings before being able to work<br />

with your wiki. MediaWiki is very user-friendly in this regard, since<br />

all entries can be made via <strong>the</strong> browser. Just follow <strong>the</strong> link “Set <strong>the</strong><br />

wiki up” with which you can access <strong>the</strong> installation page (see<br />

Fig. 2.3).<br />

The script will first test your system environment to determine<br />

whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> existing software and its settings are suitable for <strong>the</strong> operation<br />

of MediaWiki. A warning is now issued to <strong>the</strong> test environment<br />

you have already set up, which relates to a PHP security setting.<br />

This is not a problem, however, as long as we are in a test system.<br />

You can change this setting by switching XAMPP to safe<br />

mode.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> next section of <strong>the</strong> installation page, you will be asked to<br />

provide some information on your new wiki. Some of <strong>the</strong>se settings<br />

cannot be subsequently changed. This especially applies to <strong>the</strong> name<br />

of <strong>the</strong> wiki. It should thus be selected well. Good names are relatively<br />

short and to <strong>the</strong> point, e.g. TribeWiki. If you wish to use more<br />

than one word, you can use a WikiWord, by writing <strong>the</strong> words toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />

with <strong>the</strong> initial letters capitalized.<br />

2 The Installation

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