[Mediawiki-l] Any leads on a basic wiki setup-and-configure instruction manual?

[Jim Hu]

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On Apr 6, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Monahon, Peter B. wrote:

> Hi fellow wiki-admins,
>
> We all gotta start someplace ... here's where I'm at now:
>
> I presume there's something painfully simple I'm missing, but I can't
> for the life of me find a reference anywhere simply on how to
> setup-and-configure a wiki!
>
> For example, all I wanna do is:
>
> 1 - Sign in as admin.  Is that so hard?  How do I sign in as admin?
>
> 2 - Make others sign-in as lesser-editors and contributors.  I need to
> see how hierarchies of user-capabilities work before I go live.
>
> 3 - Lock parts of article contents so users can add to them but not
> delete the locked part, admins can change anything.
>
> 4 - Change/customize a few visual things, like the sidebar.
>
> Now, I'm not askin' you all to answer my detailed questions above
> (unless you want to!).
>
> I'm asking if anyone knows of a reference where I can look up these
> kinds of (must be) precedented things.  Does anyone have any leads  
> on a
> BASIC (as in "initial") MediaWiki setup-and-configure instruction
> manual?
>
> Thank you so much (conversations so far have been ... interesting - I
> can't wait to understand what you're all talking about and see how you
> respond here!).
>
> - Peter Blaise Monahon, USPTO/OTPC, 571-272-3950, MDE 4D68, WS01419
>
>
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Jim Hu
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Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
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Texas A&M Univ.
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