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1. About WikiConfig

This extension (and utility) helps do a MediaWiki Setup that includes NameSpace based protections for Pages and Attachments/Files.

Following these instructions, you can set up your own templated MediaWiki platform that includes these features and many other niceties.

For information about NameSpace Protection, see [MediaWiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NSFileRepo)

Table of Contents Useful Links Get MediaWiki Special Extensions OpenID Validator (required for all the SMW stuff) Captcha Setup Local Settings Copy and Change Standard Local Settings For Individual Modules Remove a submodule Refresh Everything Additional Requirements (for Ubuntu) Install VisualEditor For Ubuntu Install nodes Install Parsoid RHEL 6

Useful Links

http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git

Get MediaWiki

This assumes you want to get a specific version of the mediawiki.

First, download the core objects:

git clone -n https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git <Your Directory>

# or if you want to get a development version:

git clone -n ssh://[email protected]:29418/mediawiki/core.git <YourDirectory>

Now checkout the mediawiki:

cd <YourDirectory>

git checkout -b REL1_22 origin/REL1_22

git clone -b master https://github.com/jdpond/WikiConfig.git "extensions/WikiConfig"

git submodule add -f https://github.com/jdpond/WikiConfig.git "extensions/WikiConfig"

chmod +x "extensions/WikiConfig/gitallextensions.sh"

"extensions/WikiConfig/gitallextensions.sh" -b REL1_22

Note: Use "HEAD" for the current development version.

Special Extensions

OpenID

pushd "extensions/OpenID"

git clone git://github.com/openid/php-openid.git

cp -Rp php-openid/Auth/ Auth

rm -rf php-openid

popd

Validator (required for all the SMW stuff)

rm -rf extensions/Validator

vim .gitmodules

#

# [submodule "extensions/Validator"]

#        path = extensions/Validator

#        url = https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Validator.git

git clone https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Validator.git extensions/Validator

pushd extensions/Validator

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

php composer.phar install

popd

Captcha

If you're using recaptcha, you need to go out and get from [

]Setup Local Settings

pushd extensions

cp WikiConfig/CleanLocal.php [$wgScriptPath]LocalSettings.php

popd

Copy and Change Standard Local Settings

cp WikiConfig/CleanLocal.php [$wgScriptPath]LocalSettings.php

popd

Then change the local settings in the [$wgScriptPath]

require_once( "$IP/extensions".$wgScriptPath."LocalSettings.php" )&#59;

You may want to change the logo and the favicon in extensions/[$wgScriptPath]LocalSettings.php

For Individual Modules

For an individual extension, add to the .conf file in WikiConfig or:

Remove a submodule

To remove a submodule, you need to:

1. Delete the relevant section from the .gitmodules file.
2. Stage the .gitmodules changes git add .gitmodules
3. Delete the relevant section from .git/config.
4. Run git rm --cached path_to_submodule (no trailing slash).
5. Run rm -rf .git/modules/submodule_name
6. Commit
7. Delete the now untracked submodule files
   1. rm -rf path_to_submodule

Refresh Everything

git fetch

Additional Requirements (for Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get install php5-MySQL

sudo apt-get install php5-intl

sudo apt-get install php-apc

sudo service apache2 restart

Install VisualEditor

Visual Editor requires the installation of Parsoid - which is a server and varies by platform.

For Ubuntu

Followed the instructions here.

Install nodes

sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties python g++ make

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nodejs

nodejs --version # should now print v0.10.x

Install Parsoid

sudo git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/services/parsoid

cd parsoid/

sudo npm install

cd api

sudo cp localsettings.js.example localsettings.js

sudo vim localsettings.js

# Modify 

#         parsoidConfig.setInterwiki( 'localhost', 'http://localhost/mw/api.php' )&#59;

#

RHEL 6

You're going to have compile your own git, so, check here for the latest

I recommend you use

cd git

make prefix=/usr/local all

sudo make prefix=/usr/local install