#Mediawiki plugin how to
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You have to upload that folder with its content into the MediaWiki /extensions directory on your hosting account. Inside that folder are the files of the extension. If you unpack it on your local computer, a folder with the name of the extension will be automatically created.

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You can then unpack that archive on your local computer and upload the unpacked content on your hosting account, or you can first upload the archive on your account and unpack it there.

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The files of the extension that you download on your local computer are packed into an archive. To use any of them you only have to enable it as described in the next section. In the /extensions directory of your MediaWiki you'll find the folders of the extensions that come prepackaged with the application. public_html/extensions/name-of-extension where you have to replace name-of-extension with the actual name of the extension). Normally, this subfolder is labeled with the name of the extension (e.g. The files and folders of the extension have to be put in a subfolder inside the /extensions folder. If, for example, the application is installed directly in the root web-accessible public_html directory on your hosting account (making the frontend accessible at ), then you have to upload the extension in public_html/extensions. After you download the extension you have to upload it on your MediaWiki hosting account in the /extensions folder.In any case, from there you can go to the page of the extension on which you can find a link for downloading it, and you'll also find specific information about the extension, including any additional things that you need to know about its installation. You can check the alphabetical list with extensions on the official site, or you can go to the page where the extensions are grouped into categories according to their functions. On the official MediaWiki website there are a lot of extensions that you can download for free. After you find the extension that you want, download it on your local computer. Enabling the extension can also be considered part of the installation process we've included that in the next section of this tutorial. Some extensions however may have some additional requirements.īasically, you have to download the extension and put it in the correct location on your hosting account. For some extensions you may need to perform some additional tasks, or the installation procedure might be different, so you should always check the information about the particular extension.Īs we mentioned, most extensions are installed in the same way. This is generally done in the same way for most extensions.

#Mediawiki plugin how to

In this tutorial we'll explain how to install and enable extensions, and respectively how to disable and uninstall them. If you want to, you can enable/disable them at any time after the installation is complete.

During the installation of MediaWiki you can choose which ones you want to be enabled. MediaWiki comes prepackaged with some extensions. If you have too many extensions, the site becomes more difficult to maintain, and it may also become more vulnerable in terms of security. It's recommended that you install and use only extensions that you need. There are many different extensions for all sorts of things. You can find the distribution file here Extensions Tutorial How to install and manage extensions in MediaWikiĮxtensions are used to add some options or functionalities to your MediaWiki that are not included in the core options that come with the application. How to download the Freemind Extension for MediaWiki You can not embed a map including images located on external server. You can neither link to nor embed an external map.

Check that the images are shown properly.

Copy the links and insert them in your local mind map files.

All images listed there are linked to the image position e.g. using wiki special page Special:Imagelist.

Every image in the FreeMind wiki becomes it own path.

If you want to include pictures in your map, they should be referenced by absolute paths to the images previoulsy uploaded to this site

If a given option does not match any of the other possibilities, it is assumed to be the link text. Consult flash browser documentation as a mind map for more info. They are transferred to the browser showing the map.

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The full syntax for embedding an map in the wiki page is: Link to special page with the map in applet

Link to special page with the map in flash

Activate both and reload to view the mindmap Flash plugin or Javascript are turned off.