Took me a while to find the documentation for creating a new page…
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page
Note: It’s a bit odd, but I found I need to go something like this:
http://www.wiki.paulgarth.com/index.php?title=Aquarium
Change the last word, which will be the name of the new article, and click “Create”
Was able to create a page (article), but on the home-page, I’m not seeing any links.
Note: This is definitely not simple blog software
I’ve decided to try using a Wiki for managing knowledge, lessons learned, best practices.
MediaWiki is the open source version of WikiPedia.
Downloaded the installer; unpacked using 7-Zip.
Created a subdomain — wiki.paulgarth.name
Created a folder within WebExplorer so I can upload the installer to it. Called it “wiki”, which may not be advisable if wishing to use that as a short name — not sure what means
Create a Sql Database and recorded the various settings I need.
Upgraded FileZilla and configured account to access files within www.paulgarth.com
Uploaded the installer files using sftp — this process took a while
Went to this site for the initial config documentation — http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Config_script
Went to www.wiki.paulgarth.com/index.php — I made the subdomain point to the specific installer folder, which is why it looks like index.php is not within it’s own folder.
Various info:
PHP 5.5.24 is installed.
Warning: Could not find APC, XCache or WinCache.
Object caching is not enabled.
Found ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert.
Image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads.
Found the Git version control software: /usr/bin/git.
Using server name “http://www.wiki.paulgarth.com”.
Using server URL “http://www.wiki.paulgarth.com”.
So far so good — followed all the prompts, and now I have my on Wiki
Signed up for digests
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/options/mediawiki-announce/mrpaulgarth@gmail.com
Here I am, back into my web-site again…
Got this message from my ISP re: PHP
I want to make you aware that we are planning to end our support of PHP 5.2. We have continued to offer PHP 5.2 because of customer demand, but it has reached its end of life back in 2011, and is no longer supported by the PHP community.
We will begin phasing out PHP 5.2 starting 07/01/2015, and will only offer PHP 5.2 as an add-on, in case you still need more time to update your website or scripts.
Please be aware that we will only offer this extended PHP support as an add-on until 02.01.2017, at which point we will no longer offer PHP 5.2. You can read more about our plan for extended support for older PHP versions in the 1&1 Community Portal.
If you are already using only PHP 5.5 (or later) exclusively, then you don’t need to take any action.
If you still use PHP 5.2 for anything, I highly recommend updating your default PHP version set in the 1&1 Control Panel by following the steps in the “Switching PHP Versions” section from the 1&1 Community Portal link above.
Not all functions and features of PHP 5.2 are available in PHP 5.5 or later, so in certain circumstances, you may encounter errors after switching. I suggest that you update all of your web applications (such as WordPress, Drupal, etc.) to the latest versions so that they are compatible with the newer versions of PHP. You can also ask your Web Developer to investigate if you encounter problems.
I’m not completely understanding the ramifications, but I upgraded everything to version 5.5.
I noticed that version 5.6 is also available.
