Success!
Hi, and thanks so much for the help in getting MediaWiki running. I ended up using the Linspire Laptop since it was suggested I stick with Linux... and it went very smoothly. It took me only a few minutes to download the updates and then ran the webscripted install from the browser at the wiki´s directory... Right away things were configured, I moved the file over from the config to the parent directory and refreshed my browser... the Main_Page popped up and the cute flower logo looked great!
I have a question about the address to the page... it seems to be
http://localhost/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
or
http://linspiron/wiki/index.php/Main_Page (The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1150)
somehow the ¨index.php¨ part doesn´t seem right... did I goof somehow on the setup?
Again thanks for all the suggestions and the excellent support pages I found on setting up MediaWiki on Linux.
With regards, Jay B.
CC: wikitech-l