Hi Everyone,
I've used an older version of MediaWiki and I've seen how powerful it can be. I have a few questions, which I've been unable to answer and am hoping that you can do so.
My concerns are chiefly around security and user access.
Since I'm not trying to use it to create a user editable Wiki, I would want to disallow the general user to be able to create any content within the deployed implementation. I would want only my designated personnel to create and maintain documents within it. I don't know if it's possible to restrict it on this level.
Second, I wouldn't want it to look like Wikipedia, and specifically, I would want it to have a visual look and feel in line with the remainder of my website. I know that we can implement skins on MediaWiki, but I don't know how versatile it is.
Third, I would want to be able to restrict certain pages from being viewed without someone having logged in (and I would want those user IDs to be controlled by my personnel so that only if one of my guys provides a user ID will that page be accessible - meaning that perhaps we have private information and we must first validate that the person who wishes to view it is first vetted by my team and then my team member will create a user ID for that person). Is this possible?
Please let me know your thoughts on this.
Thanks,