If you administer a MediaWiki installation and use it as a conference website when you host conferences and conventions, you might be interested in this suggested summer project:
I seek to work on building a Convention extension as part of the Google Summer of Code project.I have set up a proposal for the same , here is the link http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/GSOCProposal(2012) . I haven't found a mentor to work with me for this project yet, so if anyone feels the need for this extension just the way I do, please feel free to add the feedback to the proposal page, or reply here. More information regarding this extension can be found here :- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/ConventionExtension Thanks , Akshay Chugh (irc - chughakshay16)
No skilled MediaWiki administrators or developers have shown interest in mentoring this project, so right now it's unlikely to progress. If you think you could mentor him this summer, please reply to me and cc him at chughakshay16@gmail.com . Mentoring takes about five hours a week (communication, code review, design help, and so on).
(He is applying to participate in Wikimedia Foundation's Google Summer of Code program -- details at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2012/management#GSoC_managemen... and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2012 .)
Madam, I would like to use Mediawiki as a Website Administration Tool ! But, even with some knowledge in Computers, just as an User ! Unfortunately, I loaded it easyly, but did not succed to let it run ! As I told before, providing a mesh of Files is not enough ! A Launcher is compusory, and, in the case of a Computer with Windows as OS, a "setup.exe" or simillar ! The Mediawiki community did not take much part in help for such a "dumb's affair" ! Too bad ! I am sorry to use this contact just for a such stupid fact, but improving Mediawiki begins to let it Start "everywhere" ! Thank you for your attention. Eric Beaussart.
Message du 05/04/12 14:18 De : "Sumana Harihareswara" A : mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org, mediawiki-enterprise@lists.wikimedia.org Copie à : Objet : [Mediawiki-l] Do you use MediaWiki as a conference website?
If you administer a MediaWiki installation and use it as a conference website when you host conferences and conventions, you might be interested in this suggested summer project:
I seek to work on building a Convention extension as part of the Google Summer of Code project.I have set up a proposal for the same , here is the link http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/GSOCProposal(2012) . I haven't found a mentor to work with me for this project yet, so if anyone feels the need for this extension just the way I do, please feel free to add the feedback to the proposal page, or reply here. More information regarding this extension can be found here :- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Chughakshay16/ConventionExtension Thanks , Akshay Chugh (irc - chughakshay16)
No skilled MediaWiki administrators or developers have shown interest in mentoring this project, so right now it's unlikely to progress. If you think you could mentor him this summer, please reply to me and cc him at chughakshay16@gmail.com . Mentoring takes about five hours a week (communication, code review, design help, and so on).
(He is applying to participate in Wikimedia Foundation's Google Summer of Code program -- details at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2012/management#GSoC_managemen... and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2012 .)
-- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation
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On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Eric BEAUSSART wrote:
Madam, I would like to use Mediawiki as a Website Administration Tool ! But, even with some knowledge in Computers, just as an User ! Unfortunately, I loaded it easyly, but did not succed to let it run ! As I told before, providing a mesh of Files is not enough ! A Launcher is compusory, and, in the case of a Computer with Windows as OS, a "setup.exe" or simillar ! The Mediawiki community did not take much part in help for such a "dumb's affair" ! Too bad ! I am sorry to use this contact just for a such stupid fact, but improving Mediawiki begins to let it Start "everywhere" ! Thank you for your attention. Eric Beaussart.
Hi Eric,
I think there may be a slight misunderstanding here. MediaWiki is not a desktop application. You cannot "install" it as a program in Windows or any other OS for that matter. It is a web application (a bit like WordPress.org) and as such is installed on a web server, not in the OS/Windows itself.
If you don't have a web server, read here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_requirements (XAMPP is a good one for Windows)
If you don't like writing computer code, you're still in luck. MediaWiki has a visual installer. Upload the mediawiki package to the public directory on the web server and visit that page in your browser (e.g. http://localhost/mediawiki), from there you can follow instructions on how to install it:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide#Quick_installation_...
-- Kinkle
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