On 07/09/2007, Alex Le Bek alex@alexlebek.com wrote:
I am moving a wiki from one server to another and would like to upgrade at the same time (from mediawiki-1.9.3 to mediawiki-1.10.1). Can this be done by using the special page Export to XML of the old site and then using the special page Import facility on 1.10.1 or will there be problems with the XML tagging? (Would the HTML markup be fully preserved also?)
Don't use an XML dump to back stuff up and assume it's a done deal; it's not. An XML dump includes *only* the page content, without site configuration, users, preferences, watchlists, recent change lists, other goodies, etc.
Read http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki for instructions on migrating a wiki, then perform the upgrade procedure documented at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading_to_1.10; the upgrader will notice that certain tables, etc. are missing and will upgrade the database.
For future reference; when making a backup of a wiki, take a full database dump (or back up the database using another tool), and then back up the configuration files, any uploaded images, skin customisations, etc. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki for more information.
Rob Church