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