I am working on a todo list / post install punch list for after getting mediawiki up and running. I am wondering if there are other efforts akin to this. Things such as:
Specific pages that need initial love on most installs mw:sidebar, mw:monobook, mw:disclaimer, mw:about, help:editing, mw:privacy ... etc As well as getting key templates installed for helping with editing triage from the beginning like Template:Disambig, Template:Wikify, Template:Delete, etc.
Obviously this differs from purpose to purpose and admin style to admin style. But with a large install base and the amazing effort it takes to get the ball rolling with formatting and then a big reformatting with respect to templates and boilerplates it seems like such a such a document would exist already. Especially with some templates and pages being referred to in monobook but not existing after the initial install push.
Something like this is my list: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Gmillerd obviously inspired from the good people at the helm of wowwiki. It is also somewhat of a bookmark for extensions that I look for.
And I cracking out some simple script in perl to make pages quick with various [[Cateogory:Todo]] on a newly installed wiki.
In my todo list I have: - adding the logo - modifying the sidebar to the client's specs
As for templates and such I point people to the newly updated Wikipedia editing help (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page, especially the Editing Menu on the right hand side of the page). I also give a short seminar on how to get started with a wiki.
I'm currently having one of our wiki users experiment with the FCKeditor extension. A WSIWYG editor is sorely needed in Mediawiki and would be a benefit to Wikipedia IMHO. The ability to make a nice table with a few clicks sure beats making a table with wikitext! But as for todos, adding extensions as needed should definitely be on that list. Oh yea, and don't forget to update all your code over time. And backup your database, which I shouldn't have to mention... .
-Jim
-----Original Message----- From: Gabriel Millerd [mailto:gmillerd@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:05 AM To: MediaWiki Subject: [Mediawiki-l] post install todo list
I am working on a todo list / post install punch list for after getting mediawiki up and running. I am wondering if there are other efforts akin to this. Things such as:
Specific pages that need initial love on most installs mw:sidebar, mw:monobook, mw:disclaimer, mw:about, help:editing, mw:privacy ... etc As well as getting key templates installed for helping with editing triage from the beginning like Template:Disambig, Template:Wikify, Template:Delete, etc.
Obviously this differs from purpose to purpose and admin style to admin style. But with a large install base and the amazing effort it takes to get the ball rolling with formatting and then a big reformatting with respect to templates and boilerplates it seems like such a such a document would exist already. Especially with some templates and pages being referred to in monobook but not existing after the initial install push.
Something like this is my list: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Gmillerd obviously inspired from the good people at the helm of wowwiki. It is also somewhat of a bookmark for extensions that I look for.
And I cracking out some simple script in perl to make pages quick with various [[Cateogory:Todo]] on a newly installed wiki.
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