MediaWiki

Installation

Global CSS

Edit page: MediaWiki:Common.css

See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ

Clear cache

Sometimes you need to clear the cache to see the changes ; especially the UI changes (favicon, CSS, logo, ...)

Use the &action=purge command.

ex: http://www.daxiongmao.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=purge

Special content

Sidebar

Just edit MediaWiki:Sidebar

Source: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual_talk:Interface/Sidebar

Ex: http://www.daxiongmao.eu/wiki/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar

Copyright note

To adjust the text edit MediaWiki:Copyright

To configure the copyrights, adjust your LocalSettings.php

Source: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRightsText

$wgRightsPage = ""; # Set to the title of a wiki page that describes your license/copyright
$wgRightsUrl = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/";
$wgRightsText = "Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike";
$wgRightsIcon = "$wgScript/wiki/skins/common/images/creative_commons.png";

Image

Enable upload

Great tutorial: Enable user image uploads See: http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/mediawiki/adding-content-mediawiki/enable-uploads-wiki

Insert images

Great tutorial: How to insert images into a wiki article ? See: http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/mediawiki/adding-content-mediawiki/insert-images-wiki