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).

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...

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...

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. See similar questions...

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...

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...

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...

No, remote loading is discouraged. If you're really keen, you can set up a mirror of it and use that. See similar questions...

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...

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...

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...

REM "By thomas@csshome.net"; nsfpath := @ReplaceSubString(@SubSet(@DbName;-1); "\\"; "/"); "[http://www.company.com/" + nsfpath + "/$DefaultView/" + @Text(@DocumentUniqueID) + "?OpenDocument]" See similar questions...

Read mode means being able to see everything that is posted on an eBoard but not being able to make any changes, except for being able to leave comments on an iNote (see What is an iNote?). When you go to your eBoard, you start out in read mode. See similar questions...

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. See similar questions...

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. See similar questions...

For units that have been purchased after 2000, when you open the cap (not the battery end) there will be 4 switches on the opposite side of the circuit board from where the cap snaps in. The 1st switch from the right (or the 4th switch from the left) is the continuous read switch. To change to continuous read mode, pull the switch forward (towards you). See similar questions...

Unless there is a problem with the system, it is probably because you didn't supply a valid e-mail address when you signed up. The way edit mode works is that when you submit an article, the moderators can't then submit it to GNE, but can e-mail you suggestions through a form at the bottom of your article. So if your e-mail address is not valid, you won't receive a thing! If you're sure your e-mail address was valid, then please do e-mail us with the problem. See similar questions...

We've made things simpler! Instead of having a separate "Edit" and "Display" mode for user pages, we've made it so that you're ALWAYS in edit mode when you are viewing your own User Pages. You'll see all the same game resource links that you used to see only in Display mode, along with "edit" links to make changes to the games in your lists. If you want to see your page without the edit tools, just log out of IGN! See similar questions...

Upload a file named test.php to your NetPBM or ImageMagick directory. The contents of this file should be <?php print getcwd(); ?> View this file via the web (for example: http://www.example.com/gallery/netpbm/test.php). It will tell you the absolute path to specify. See similar questions...

Take a look at the “Writing Edit Modes” section of the User's Guide. Basically, you have to write an XML file containing data on the mode's file extensions and buffer and syntax highlighting properties, then add information about the new mode file to a second XML file containing a catalog of modes. The application contains editing modes for both SGML and XML. Using jEdit abbreviations, you can quickly insert commonly-typed tags with a couple of keystroke. See similar questions...