User:Cwells/Manual:Preview/Overview of basic steps to building a MediaWiki

This page will cover some of the basic steps to take/consider when building a MediaWiki wiki.

Basic Steps for Setting up a MediaWiki Website

 * 1) Define Purpose
 * 2) * Publicly accessible?
 * 3) * Internally accessible only?
 * 4) Install MediaWiki (required)
 * 5) Configure MediaWiki (required)
 * 6) * Global Wiki Settings
 * 7) * User Permissions
 * 8) Install MediaWiki Extensions (recommended)
 * 9) * Semantic Bundle
 * 10) * Widgets
 * 11) Add Content (required)
 * 12) * Main_Page
 * 13) * About
 * 14) * etc..
 * 15) Include Social Media Widgets (optional, requires the Widgets extension)
 * 16) * YouTube
 * 17) * Twitter
 * 18) * Google Maps
 * 19) * etc..
 * 20) Add Useful Tools (optional)
 * 21) * http://www.google.com/analytics
 * 22) * http://www.addthis.com
 * 23) * http://www.sharethis.com
 * 24) Important Features
 * 25) * anti-spam
 * 26) * anti-vandalism
 * 27) * wiki importing
 * 28) * preventing access