Manual:Configuring MediaWiki

Basic configuration
When you first install MediaWiki, you should run the supplied configuration script via your web browser. This will perform the basic configuration required to get the wiki up and running. See config-script>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Config script|Manual:Config script for full details running the script.

Further configuration
Once the wiki has been installed and configured using the above configuration script, any further customizations need to be made by configuring  

For help with more advanced technical configuration, see sys-admin>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:System administration|Manual:System administration, config>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration|Manual:Configuration, and admin>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators|Manual:Administrators.

For a brief overview that addresses certain empty pages, see pages>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Page customizations|Page customizations.