[Mediawiki-l] RE: Desperate for help installing MediaWiki on win 2k

[Aldon Hynes]

I ran into similar problems when I set up Media Wiki on one of my win 2k
machines
http://ahynes1.homeip.net:8180/mw/index.php?title=Main_Page

In my case, I was setting up a 1.3.8 site.  It gave me all kinds of weird
errors, and when I hit install, nothing seemed to happen.  However, I did
find that a properly configured LocalSettings.php file had been created in
my config subdirectory.  I moved the LocalSettings.php file to the main
directory and everything started working fine.

I would check to see if your database is created and populated and if the
LocalSettings.php file has been created.  If they are, you can probably
safely move the LocalSettings.php file and you may be on your way.

Aldon

-----Original Message-----
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 19:41:06 +1000
From: tim marshall <timmarshall.australia at gmail.com>
Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Desperate for help installing MediaWiki on win
	2k
To: mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org
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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!