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This technical manual is not intended for end users of MediaWiki. If you are looking for documentation to help you use MediaWiki, read the MediaWiki Handbook .
This is a technical manual for the MediaWiki software. It contains information for developers and system administrators on installing, managing and developing for the MediaWiki software.
This manual is not for end users of MediaWiki. If you are looking for documentation to help you use MediaWiki, read the MediaWiki Handbook.
Main sections
For system administrators
- نصبېدنه
- Guide to setting up a new MediaWiki installation.
- ښکته کول | Installing | Initial configuration
- Alphabetical list of settings | Settings listed by function
- System administration
- Guide to do administrative tasks on your wiki.
- Backing up | Maintenance scripts
- Upgrading
- Guide to upgrade your MediaWiki installation.
For developers
- Architecture
- An overview of the key parts of MediaWiki's source code.
- Code | Global object variables | Doxygen-generated documentation
- Database layout
- Details about the database architecture used by MediaWiki.
- MariaDB | MySQL | PostgreSQL | SQLite
- Developing extensions
- An overview of the ways to create a new MediaWiki extension.
- Hooks | Parser functions | Tag | ځانگړی مخ | Skins
- Web access
- Details about query string parameters that can be passed to MediaWiki access scripts.
- index.php | api.php
نور
- MediaWiki FAQ
- Frequently asked questions about MediaWiki.
Browsing the manual
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- Category:Manual — the top-level Manual category.
Improving the manual
- There are still a lot of holes in this manual!
See the Wikimedia technical documentation: friends of the docs for details (page in English).
- Project:Manual — A place to discuss and co-ordinate the development of the Manual: namespace.