The zip file that you downloaded from MediaWiki is everything you need laid out in a folder?

You need a web server installed and working, you need php setup and you need MySQL You should be able to use Microsoft's PWS for the web server although Apache would be a whole lot better. Have you got these three things working?

You said you get gobbledygook, what exactly do you get?

How are you planning on using the Wiki as a content generation tool, it is an entirely dynamic site? The only way you possibly could do it is to use Wiki cache, view all the pages and then copy the generated pages from the cache.

Arthur Guy

arthur@astarsolutions.co.uk www.astarsolutions.co.uk

-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of tim marshall Sent: 03 July 2005 10:41 To: mediawiki-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Desperate for help installing MediaWiki on win 2k

Hi folks, I really want to install wikimedia on my computer so I can use it as a simple way of creating content for a website.

I only need to install it on my own machine - not on a website (ie. remote server), because I just want to use it as an easier way to create the text and links for a website (and transfer them to a proper web-creation tool later).

(It's for a good cause - it's a website about spirituality and psychology).

I'm using Windows 2000 and I was wondering if anyone was willing to volunteer to help me install it!

I've followed the instructions on the site (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_on_a_stick), but I've run into a problem.

When I get to the section called "Initial wiki configuration", section 2.1, where it says "Fill out the form..." I find that there is no proper form on the page - just alot of gobbledygook.

When I click "INSTALL" it's supposed to "write" a file, but it does nothing. Also I don't think i'm doing the earlier section about the batch file properly either.

I really need a little help on this. Or - perhaps someone might even be so kind as to create a readymade folder with all the stuff in it for me...?! (Alot to ask, I know!)

But I'm really stumped.

If any brave soul was willing to volunteer for this Arthurian task I'd really appreciate it! _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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