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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.

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. See similar questions...

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. See similar questions...

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). See similar questions...

edit] How do I change the page footer?

MediaWiki FAQ - Meta
This is a dynamic element which is implemented in PHP code. If you are using the default MonoBook skin, the "About" and "Disclaimer" links are being generated by skins/MonoBook.php. You can either modify this file in place (but remember that it will be overwritten by updates) or copy it and make a custom skin (perhaps changing the default skin to the new one). See similar questions...

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. See similar questions...

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. See similar questions...

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). See similar questions...

How do you remove the Domino footer from beta versions of Domino?

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You can add "DOMINONF=1" to your notes.ini file, but you will risk forgetting that you are running a beta version that will expire soon. Released versions of Domino do not have this footer. See similar questions...

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. See similar questions...

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 . See similar questions...

Can I remove the Copyright ? 200X Zen Cart. Powered by Zen Cart from the footer of my cart?

Zen Cart(tm) Tutorials and FAQs - Template Customization/ Bu...
Copyright © 200X Zen Cart covers the design and graphics in the templates. If you are using a stock template with the included graphics you must leave the copyright. If y - 2006-08-06 - Similar Articles See similar questions...

How do I remove/edit the bottom line "Powered by Coppermine" ?

Coppermine Photo Gallery - Documentation & Manual
You mustn't remove the line - it's part of the deal: you're allowed to use and modify Coppermine on your site, but this line must remain! We feel strongly that it is more than a justified demand to give credit where credit is due. We hope that you will agree with us and just be glad that such a great piece of software is available for use at NO COST, with no banner ads or embedded spyware, to you. See similar questions...

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 See similar questions...

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. See similar questions...

How to remove SendFakeMail footer?

FakeMail Service - FAQ
SendFakeMail footer can be removed by upgrading your account to premium services. Premium services come in different packages. See similar questions...

Can I please remove the footer link on one of your templates?

Free Proxy Templates | Free Proxy Themes & Frequently ...
Short answer here, No. Simply because I’ve worked my ass of for these templates and I don’t want people taking credit for what isn’t theirs! See similar questions...

How can I add an image to a header or footer on every page?

dompdf - The PHP 5 HTML to PDF Converter
You can add images and shapes (line, rectangles, etc.) to every page using PDF 'objects'. See similar questions...

Can we remove the ResultsMail logo from the footer of our emails?

Email Marketing Software Solution - ResultsMail
The ResultsMail logo in the footer is a requirement of the service that cannot be removed. One of the key tenets of the U.S. Federal CAN-SPAM act is that it bans false or misleading header information. Since you are sending emails from our servers, recipients can easily discover that while the sender email address refers to your website or domain, the messages was sent from resultsmail.com. Having the logo in place makes this transparent and keeps your email messages in compliance with the law. See similar questions...

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