Self-hosted Wikipedia Style Wiki with MediaWiki on Windows

#MediaWiki #Wiki #Windows

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials...

   01. Download XAMPP  https://sourceforge.net/projects/xamp...
   02. Download MediaWiki  https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawik...
   03. Download the Vector skin  https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skin...
   04. Download Microsoft Visual C++  https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redis...
   05. Download Composer  https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setu...
   06. Install Microsoft Visual C++
   07. Right click the downloaded XAMPP .zip file ≫ Extract All...
   08. Right click the downloaded MediaWiki .zip file ≫ Extract All...
   09. Rename the extracted folder wiki
   10. Extract the Vector skin inside XAMPP/htdocs/wiki/skins
   11. Cut the wiki folder inside the XAMPP/htdocs directory
   12. Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example
   13. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location
   14. Install Composer
   15. Navigate to the XAMPP/htdocs/wiki folder ≫ Right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell window here...
   16. Run the following command to download dependencies
         composer i --ignore-platform-reqs
   17. Navigate to XAMPP/php and edit php.ini
   18. Find the following lines and remove the ; to uncomment them
         extension=intl
   19. Run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe
   20. Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL
   21. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin
   22. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell window here...
   23. Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the mediawiki database
         .\mysql -u root
         CREATE DATABASE wikidb;
         GRANT ALL ON wikidb.* TO 'wikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'WikiW1k1Wh@t!!';
         FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
         EXIT;
         exit
   24. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/wiki
   25. The WikiMedia setup screen should be displayed
   26. Click the set up the wiki first link
   27. Select a language ≫ Click Continue
   28. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Continue
   29. Enter the database host, name, username and password ≫ Click Continue
         Host: localhost
         Name: wikidb
         Username: wikiuser
         Password: WikiW1k1Wh@t!!
   30. Leave Use the same account as for installation checked and click Continue
   31. Give the Wiki a name and create an administrator username and password
   32. Uncheck the Share data about this installation with MediaWiki developers box
   33. Check the I'm bored already, just install the wiki box
   34. Click Continue and the Continue again to begin the installation
   35. After the installation completes click Continue
   36. Download the generated LocalSettings.php to the XAMPP/htdocs/wiki directory
   37. Once LocalSettings.php is in place open it in a text editor and add the following line to the bottom of the file to enable the Vector skin
         wfLoadSkin('Vector');
   38. Back in the browser click the enter your wiki link
   39. Click the Log In link at the top right
   40. Log in with the administrator account created during the installation
   41. Welcome to WikiMedia
 


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