[Mediawiki-l] Personal wiki

[Sy Ali]

On 4/1/06, John Wiedenhoeft <wiedenhoeft at gmx.net> wrote:
> I'd very much appreciate some "mediawiki for idiots" instructions about
> how to make my personal wiki run.

Download and install xampp.  It's very easy to set up.  Also run the
xampp security script.  After that's all done, test it by visiting
localhost.

Once it works, go into your sbin and delete or chmod -x the services
you don't want to use.

Move the htdocs folder to htdocs-backup.  Make a new htdocs folder.

Untar mediawiki in the htdocs folder.

Point your browser to localhost, and follow the mediawiki install instructions.

To stop others from using your wiki, use the firewall suggestions and
also consider requiring logins to view your wiki.


I have done this myself and it was very easy.  I was frustrated with
all the other tools I had to learn and this was great.