[Mediawiki-l] How to change site name

[Frank Fulchiero]

Thanks for the answer, that helps. For the rest of the questions:

1. Is the site name used anywhere in the MySQL database?

2. Will changing the site name make it any more complex to upgrade  
from 1.5.4 to 1.1.x?

Appreciate the help.

Frank Fulchiero
Digital Media Specialist
Connecticut College


> From: "Gary Kirk" <gary.kirk at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] How to change site name
>
> The sitename that displays in the title bar, {{SITENAME}} et al is
> controlled by $wgSiteName, yes.
> Hope this helps.
>
> On 9/7/07, Frank Fulchiero <fful at conncoll.edu> wrote:
>> I wanted to change our site name from acorn, to wiki.
>> I know this is generic, but have reasons to do it...
>>
>> The root is already "wiki"
>>
>> http://nutmeg.conncoll.edu/wiki/
>>
>> Running MediaWiki 1.5.4
>>
>> How can this be done?
>> Is it enough to change $wgSitename in LocalSettings.php?
>> Do any changes need to be made to the MySQL database?
>> Will this mess anything up when I upgrade to 1.1x in a few months?