Install, manage, and customize your own MediaWiki-based sites to Install and set up MediaWiki to build a successful wiki site Master many administrative tasks associated with running and securing your wiki Clear focus on the beginner with a lot of instructions step-by-step explanations clear Up-to-date with 1:15 MediaWiki version, released in June 2009 In Detail MediaWiki is free open-source software wiki engine which powers Wikipedia and many other wikis are popular all over the Web. Did you create a public wiki for open contributions, a private wiki to collaborate on your work team or group of friends, or even a wiki for personal use, this book will give you all the necessary steps you need to achieve this. This book covers how to manage users, backup and restore content safely, migrate your installation to another server or database, and even make hacks to the code. This book covers the open source MediaWiki wiki engine from installation and start through the collaborative structure of your website, advanced formatting, images, and multimedia to migrate your installation and creating new MediWiki template. While you will be introduced by using many of the wiki, you also will be taken through the exercises step-by-step that will help you master the many administrative tasks associated with running and securing your wiki. What you will learn from this book Install MediaWiki on your server and start a quick new Create and configure MediaWiki MediaWiki templates to suit your personal taste Secure your wiki against malicious users Integrate your multimedia files into your wiki Add extensions to extend the functionality of your wiki MediaWiki Get your site up and running quickly even if you are not sure how to work the wiki wiki Keeping you through backup and other tasks manage users and protect halaman vandalism in Dug into a file that runs your site using MediaWiki MediaWiki Learn how to Understand what collaborationa be a good administrator requires Integrating MediaWiki Your wiki software collaboration with other Approach This book is written with beginners in mind.