Hello,
Topic 1: This seems like the sort of question that could be immediately referred to documentation, FAQ's or letters in a forum, but I have just spent several hours fruitlessly seeking a solution. I hope someone might tell me how to import the Help files into my newly installed version of Mediawiki.
The only thing I have been able to find on the meta site is a one- line suggestion to dump what appears to be the whole database, but even that--which surely is not the right answer--contained no suggestion as to what to do with it.
There are a number of unanswered queries on the same question on the Help talk pages, too.
Topic 2: Following the configuration instructions, I'm trying to make some changes in the Language.php file, such as changing "portal" to "- ", but they have no effect. I have cleared the cache, too. Any suggestions?
Thank you for your help on questions that surely must have been asked already!
B. Magilavy
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B. Magilavy wrote:
Hello,
Topic 1: This seems like the sort of question that could be immediately referred to documentation, FAQ's or letters in a forum, but I have just spent several hours fruitlessly seeking a solution. I hope someone might tell me how to import the Help files into my newly installed version of Mediawiki.
The only thing I have been able to find on the meta site is a one- line suggestion to dump what appears to be the whole database, but even that--which surely is not the right answer--contained no suggestion as to what to do with it.
There is no special provision for help files because the documentation is not international-friendly, nor generic enough (i.e., non-Wikipedia-centric). What I am doing is using Special:Export on the pages I want, modifying descriptions to point to a placeholder user and point the revision comment to the original article, and searching for broken links as I tailor the files so I can go back for more pages.
Topic 2: Following the configuration instructions, I'm trying to make some changes in the Language.php file, such as changing "portal" to "- ", but they have no effect. I have cleared the cache, too. Any suggestions?
See includes/rebuildMessages.php in your wiki. What you really want to do is to edit the messages which are in the MediaWiki namespace. These are all listed under Special:Allmessages. The script I mentioned will refresh the database with the current state of the Language.php file.
Hínandil
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