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*Read the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for other usage and configuration help.
*Read the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for other usage and configuration help.
*Add your wiki to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Map_of_wikis map of wikis]
*Add your wiki to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Map_of_wikis map of wikis]
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== Google maps ==
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* Google maps support:
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<googlemap lat="40.78990" lon="-74.478799" zoom="15" controls="small" width="500" height="300">
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40.78990, -74.478799, [http://www.editthis.info/wiki  EditThis.info]
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41.719398, -087.947617, [http://www.editthis.info/Wikitheus  Wikitheus]
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40.807, -73.962, [http://www.editthis.info/Columbia_Review_of_Books Columbia Review of Books]
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140.00074803829193, 35.767355586087135, [http://www.editthis.info/Ars_Magica]
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39.449414, -75.691564, [http://www.editthis.info/team1370/index.php/Main_Page FIRST Robotics Team1370]
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</googlemap>

Revision as of 22:43, 30 April 2006

Wiki successfully set up.

First Steps

The username and password for the administrative account is admin, admin.

  1. Important: Log in as admin and go to Preferences to change your password!
  2. Write down your password.
  3. On this page: image_logo_url put just the url for the logo.

Other optional things to do

  • Add the url for your wiki to the Categorized wiki list. Simply edit that page and put your wiki under the appropriate category.
  • To increase the amount of space you have for uploads, add links to http://editthis.info from external sites, and go to the Link Quota Page to increase your uploads quota.
  • Edit MediaWiki:Sidebar to change the navigation menu
  • Add this wiki to some external wiki indexes:
  1. Wikipedia list of wikis
  2. WikiIndex
  • If you are feeling adventurous and know a little about web design you can edit the javascript and css to the Header to change the look of your wiki.
    • You must log as admin to do this
    • Whatever you enter in this page will be added to the html in the header after the standard style sheet, so you can override styles.
  • Read the User's Guide for other usage and configuration help.
  • Add your wiki to the map of wikis

Google maps

  • Google maps support:

<googlemap lat="40.78990" lon="-74.478799" zoom="15" controls="small" width="500" height="300"> 40.78990, -74.478799, EditThis.info 41.719398, -087.947617, Wikitheus 40.807, -73.962, Columbia Review of Books 140.00074803829193, 35.767355586087135, [1] 39.449414, -75.691564, FIRST Robotics Team1370

</googlemap>
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