[Mediawiki-l] Setting up a new wiki with pre-known user categories and namespaces

[revansx at cox.net]

> 1.6 through 1.10 have the same MySQL version requirements, as far as I
> know. (1.7 and later require *PHP* 5; 1.6 and later require *MySQL*
> 4.0.x or later..)

yeah, but we're stuck with PHP 4 something for now (I mis-spoke). Thats the real restriction.

> There is no category data in LocalSettings.php; categories are created
> simply by use in a wiki page.

so, are you saying that there is nothing in the MySQL wikidb structure that enumerates the categories? That would be easy for me then, if thats the case. Presumebaly I would just generate the XML file for the importDump to contain the right Category Links. Is that right?

> Namespaces must be set up in LocalSettings.php with $wgExtraNamespaces
> before they are used. If you have to add namespaces after importing data
> with importDump.php, you will need to run namespaceDupes.php to fix up
> the database entries.

ok..thanks!
That's excactly what I wanted to know.

> Unsupported hacks may exist which may
> or may not work, and may or may not contain security flaws which expose
> your protected data.

Actually, let me restate the goal. I'm only trying to protect against the honest, clumsy, signed-in user - not a malicious user. The wiki will only be accessible to authenticated domain users.

- rich