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edit] Can I use commons.wikimedia.org in my installed version of mediawiki ?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
No, remote loading is discouraged. If you're really keen, you can set up a mirror of it and use that.
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edit] Are "Wikimedia" and "MediaWiki" the same thing?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
No. Wikimedia is the name of a group of wiki-based open-content projects managed by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. MediaWiki is the software developed to meet the needs of these projects. edit] I tried that but it didn't work I had a problem, I came to this page and it told me how to fix it. But it didn't work, the problem is still there! Nine times out of ten this is because you didn't clear your cache. The simple test for this is to request a page that hasn't been requested before.
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edit] How do I set the timezone for my MediaWiki?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
There are two timezone-related settings: $wgLocaltimezone and $wgLocalTZoffset. Set both in LocalSettings.php. $wgLocaltimezone is used for formatting the timezone in signatures, and should be set to the locale name, for example "Europe/Berlin". $wgLocalTZoffset sets the default user preference the number of hours your local time differs from server time, and is used for timestamps seen in recent changes and history views.
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edit] How do I put MediaWiki into Read Only mode?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
Set $wgReadOnlyFile in LocalSettings.php to the name of a file, then put the reason for read-only mode inside the file. The contents of the file will be displayed to anyone trying to edit the wiki. Since 1.5 you can set $wgReadOnly to a string describing the reason for read-only mode, instead of creating a file. (Usual wiki markup is allowed in this string).
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How can I edit / remove the Powered by MediaWiki image in the footer?

Manual:FAQ - MediaWiki
You can hide the Powered by MediaWiki image by adding the following to your wiki's MediaWiki:Common.css: If you want to remove it completely, you could alter /skins/MonoBook.
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edit] Is it possible to install more than one wiki (MediaWiki) on a server? How?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
Yes, MediaWiki can be installed multiple times in different directories using either the same database with a different set of table prefixes (configurable upon install) or using different databases altogether. Additionally, you may want to make some settings common for all the installations, and have a central place where changes to these can be made. Since the configuration file (LocalSettings.
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edit] MediaWiki is slow, how can I make it faster?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
First you should try a PHP cache engine such as eAccelerator or APC. It will save the parsed PHP scripts and enhance performance a lot (this is something you should use anyway on any PHP installation with non-trivial traffic). Zend Platform also contains a bytecode cache, however its "dynamic content caching" is not supported in MediaWiki at the current time. Memcached will provide some performance benefit, especially for heavily viewed sites.
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edit] How do I change the look and feel of MediaWiki for my own site?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
Under 1.5, to disable all view top tabs, create a new skin according to the instructions in MediaWiki look and feel#Skin and name this MonoBookNoViews. Set this as the default theme. Logged in users will need to change their default theme to see the tabs to edit pages, however. You will need to remove the section of code in the MonoBookNoViews.php file which generates the views (top tabs).
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edit] Is there a way to easily install all Help Documentation after a mediawiki installation?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
There is a project at mw:Project:PD help that is creating a self-contained help system, with links to an experimental pywikipedia bot that can mirror that. Mediawiki has problems with autostarting sessions. Check your php.ini (you can run phpinfo() to find where it is located) and look for session.auto_start. It should be '0'. Also, session.use_cookies should be '1'. If you don't have access to php.ini and you're using Apache try to create a .
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edit] How can I tell what version of BioPerl is installed?

FAQ - BioPerl
We have a universal version number for a release. This is set in the module Bio::Root::Version which is universally applied to every module which inherits from Bio::Root::RootI. To check the version, just use the following one liner: perl -MBio::Root::Version -e 'print $Bio::Root::Version::VERSION,"\n"' Now when we use version tuples that are not just decimal numbers, Perl converts these silently to Unicode representations.
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Where do I download MediaWiki?

Manual:FAQ - MediaWiki
The latest stable release of MediaWiki can be downloaded from download.wikimedia.org or sourceforge.net. Files are supplied in a .tar.gz archive. MediaWiki can also be obtained direct from our Subversion repository. See also Download
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How do I install MediaWiki?

Manual:FAQ - MediaWiki
Installing MediaWiki takes between 10 and 30 minutes, and involves uploading/copying files, and running the installer script to configure the software.
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edit] What version of ALSA should I use?

FAQ - Amarok Wiki
This is not known, but old versions of ALSA have caused plenty of crashes, and have caused plenty of wrongly attributed crash-reports. edit] I'm often getting drop-outs (stuttering sound) under heavy system load. How can I prevent this? Increase the device buffer_size in your ~/.asoundrc (Alsa config file) to 32768 or 65536. If the file .asoundrc does not exists on your system, you can simply create it, as described here.
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edit] How can I exclude a few Pages from GroupPermissions control ?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
on my local mediawiki 1.5.6 installation I've set GroupPermissions so that only logged in Users can edit (works well). Now I want to set a few (really just < 10) pages to be editable by anonymous. I tried hacks in index.php and Title.php, without success. It' exactly the feature wgWhitelistEdit had done till version 1.4 - but this doesn't work in 1.5 - please help.
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edit] What is the latest version? What version should I use?

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Embedding builds and source tarballs are produced nightly and may be obtained here. If you require stability then Mozilla builds from the 1.7.x branch are currently recommended.
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Q:  How do I use DermaSeptic?

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions -- DermaSeptic -- Transderm...
A:  DermaSeptic is an electronic skin care device.  You simply apply a very small amount of KlearGel (special conductive gel) to the sore and the pure silver tip and hold the device against your skin.  The only thing you will notice that the green LED light will begin to flash.  The flashing green light indicates that you have made proper contact with the skin and that the device is working. 
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edit] What if I can't run rebuild Messages.php from the command line ?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
If you don't have access to a shell/command line (usually the case with third party hosting services) then you may find you can use Martin Geisler's phpShell software to achieve the desired result (unless SAFE MODE is not set for php). Installation problems are sometimes weird and hard to diagnose.
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edit] How do I install Imagemagick for Thumbnails on Windows - MAR 2006 ?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
Installation - ImageMagick - Download from http://www.imagemagick.org/download/www/binary-releases.html - or look at http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ - DLL-version ImageMagick-6.2.6-1-Q8-windows-dll.exe - e.g. install in e:\usr\bin\sysexec (do not use any space in the install path) (no 'Program Files' allowed nor 'progra~1') - set PATH to e:\usr\bin\sysexec (normally, this is automatically done during installation) Environment - LocalSettings.
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What's the best way to learn how to use MediaWiki?

Help:FAQ - PanoTools.org Wiki
Use it! When you see a page that you like, click on the "edit" link on top to learn its anatomy. It is intuitive and you can just copy the features you want into your own page. As long as you do not click on "save", no changes will be recorded so there is nothing that can go wrong if you click on "edit". Use it! When you see a page that you like, click on the "edit" link on top to learn its anatomy.
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Why do you use PmWiki instead of MediaWiki or $wiki?

gNewSense Official Website | FAQ / FAQ
PmWiki is a very easy to setup wiki that is highly extendable and configurable, with a community that provides lots of code and good documentation. While MediaWiki is used by many popular projects such as Wikipedia, it doesn't have the features we need.
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What version of Music Book Deluxe is now installed on your Computer ?

Music Book Deluxe FAQs
If you are not running the current version 1.04.6008 then you must upgrade prior to registration. The registration process will prevent registration until upgrades have been performed. If the upgrade failed due to you not being connected to the Internet try running the software as a Demo and Upgrade from inside the software. Start Music Book Deluxe without keying in the serial number and checking the run as demo check box. Once the program has opened go to Maintenance > Settings > Flash Upgrade.
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How do I know which version of Windows Media Player I have installed?

RecordedBooks - Help
There are two ways you can determine which version of Windows Media Player you have installed: Press the F1 key anywhere on the Windows Media Player window. The version displays. Press the Alt key anywhere on the Windows Media Player window. The standard menu bar displays. Then click on Help and About Windows Media Player.
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How do I install MediaWiki using a package?

Manual:FAQ - MediaWiki
Many Linux distributions provide MediaWiki in a packaged format for that distribution. The MediaWiki development team refers you to your Linux distribution for assistance with installing, configuring or using them. The individual communities & companies who maintain such packages should provide installation instructions.
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can't I download MediaWiki 1.12?

Manual:FAQ - MediaWiki
MediaWiki 1.12 is in a development state at present, and has not been packaged into a general release. The code can be downloaded from Subversion if desired. Wikipedia and other Wikimedia web sites use the current version of the code in development; at present, this is MediaWiki 1.12alpha. Coupled with the use of several extensions, this means that functionality between these wikis and your particular setup may differ.
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edit] When will the next version be out?

FAQ - Aegisub Wiki
The file is most likely encoded as Shift_JIS. Go to File->Open with Charset and open the file selecting Shift_JIS. After that, save it and it'll be saved as UTF-8, which can be read on any machine, regardless of its local setting, as long as the program supports Unicode (Medusa and Substation Alpha don't, but Aegisub and Sabbu do).
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edit] How do I install more than one Wiki-Server with SSL on Windows - MAR 2006 ?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
Installed Mar 2006, W2K3-Server, Apache 2.0.54, PHP5.04 (xampp-win32-1.4.14), MediaWiki 1.5.6 Solution : Shared VirtualHost with SSL, one IP-Address, one SSL-Certificate Install MediaWiki e.g. 2 Wiki-Server, installed in real DocumentRoot, first in /DocumentRoot/wiki1 second in /DocumentRoot/wiki2 Rename index.php and add entries (alias, ...) to httpd.conf Rename index.php e.g. in wiki1ix.php and wiki2ix.php # GLOBAL AREA httpd.
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edit] How do I activate HTML-Tags, e.g. "<input>" or "<form>" ?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
if you need those HTML-tags for one action only (e.g. this PayPal-Button), but don't want HTML to be activated generally, write your own MediaWiki_Extension which outputs your HTML-needs (e.g. PayPal extension). the more "dirty"-way is to add $wgRawHtml = true; to your LocalSettings.php. If you do so, HTML-tags are activated on every page. Note: even after adding $wgRawHtml = true;, it appears you must surround your html tags with <html> and </html>.
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Q13: Can I still use the site if I am running Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4?

Mining Reports FAQs
You may still use the service to check if a mining report is required when running Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 and above. Customers with invoiced accounts can use the service to order and receive reports online, when using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4. However our site is currently only fully compatible for the purchasing of reports online (via WorldPay) with Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.0 and above.
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My server has an earlier version of Python installed, can I still run DenyHosts?

DenyHosts Frequently Asked Questions
DenyHosts requires Python v2.3 or later. If you are using an earlier version of Python then you should install a newer version of Python on your system. Multiple versions of Python can safely co-exist on your server so you do not need to worry about breaking any dependencies. You should obtain the latest version of Python and install it on your system. Depending on the method of download, your latest Python executable is typically installed in /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin.
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