Help talk:Contents/Archive 1

Download Help
How can I download all the Help pages so that I can install them on a intranet wiki? --Magick 12:11, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * This feature is not yet available, but we are working on it. --HappyDog 12:47, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Quick Introduction
What about having a quick introduction page that explains what a wiki is, how to edit, and has a description that explains the purpose of the wiki instance. First time users of a wiki may have trouble getting started, or understanding the purpose of the wiki, this could help answer both those questions.

Coffeyman11 18:07, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree - I've been meaning to do this for a while. I won't get round to it for a little while, so if someone wants to step up to the bat then go ahead! --HappyDog 03:27, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Monobook.css
I want help editing monobook.css. Where can I get? I searched for monobook.css, and I didn't find nothing. Smiddle 15:04, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


 * 'MediaWiki skin tweaks' on wikidev.net looks like a good explanation.
 * From a user perspective, on some wikis you can create your own 'User Style' by creating a page "User:Username/monobook.css". That's explained on meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_styles
 * As for where this information should be found... It should probably be built from the Manual:Skins page. ...which needs some work -- Harry Wood 13:42, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Linking out of help
Shouldn't we try to avoid linking to pages that are outside of the help namespace? Or are namespaces like Manual: planned to be in the final export as well?


 * Our current plan for the export process is that any links outside of the Help: namespace (whether on-wiki or interwiki) will be replaced with full URLs to the content at MediaWiki.org. For example, when we automate the export, the link   would be replaced with  .  Therefore any links out of the Help: namespace will continue to work as expected.
 * That said, you should consider whether it would be better to add the information to the Help: namespace (being careful to adhere to the PD license) and if not, whether it is actually useful to link to it at all.
 * So I guess the short answer is: external links are discouraged but not disallowed. Please see Automating help page export for more details. --HappyDog 15:40, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

FCKEditor installed...
Has anyone been able to import pages with wiki text into a Wiki with the FCKEditor extension installed? It fails to format the wiki text and won't allow for any transclusions.--CWPPWiki 22:25, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You might want to ask at the Support desk, or is this question related to Help:Contents? -- :Bdk: 13:30, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

We need THE administrator's guide.
While there is a lot of documentation on installing and customizing MediaWiki, I think we can all agree that finding exactly what you need, especially for a newbie, is quite difficult. Compounding the problem is that documentation is spread across numerous sites (here, wikimedia, wikipedia, etc.). Is anyone else interested in working with me to create THE administrator's guide? I would like to see a complete walk-through of the entire installation, configuration, and customization process, organized in a reasonably chronological order. This page would be a portal for all of the administrator's help documentation.


 * Installing Wikimedia
 * one
 * two
 * 1) three


 * Customizing and configuring Wikimedia
 * one
 * two
 * 1) three

I think this is sorely needed. Jonathan Kovaciny 20:04, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * A noble idea. The problem is that things are not quite as neat as all that, and you're more likely to end up with the following:


 * Installing Wikimedia
 * one
 * two, except in certain situations three.
 * four on linux, five on windows
 * six, or if you don't have command line-access, seven, or alternatively eight which is easier but a bit slower.


 * However, you're right our docs are teh suck. Please feel free to get stuck in and fix them up!
 * For your information, this page (Help:Contents) is for user-directed help. See Manual:Contents for administrator help (and you may particularly be interested in Manual:Contents/To_do).  Note that references to 'administration' on this page are about wiki administration from within the interface (i.e. as a user) not system administration. --HappyDog 01:25, 2 May 2007 (UTC)