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| − | + | MediaWiki | |
| − | + | * ... Is a content management software for | |
| + | ** Richly formatted hybertext documents | ||
| + | ** Structured data | ||
| + | * ... based on the "wiki way": | ||
| + | ** User-governed | ||
| + | ** Collaborative | ||
| + | ** Easy to use | ||
| + | |||
| + | =Mediawiki definitions= | ||
| + | == Namespaces== | ||
| + | * Prefixes, separated from title by colon ":" | ||
| + | * '''Not all prefixes that end with ":" are namespaces!''' | ||
| + | **Available prefxes provided by MediaWiki, more can be added in configuration | ||
| + | ***Default:''Main''(empty) | ||
| + | ***User | ||
| + | ***Category | ||
| + | ***Template | ||
| + | ***Help | ||
| + | ***MediaWiki | ||
| + | ***File | ||
| + | ***Special | ||
| + | ***Project(sitename) | ||
| + | **The purpose is to distinguish basic "content types" | ||
| + | *Namespaces can have aliases (ex. File: and Image:) | ||
| + | *Special: is for pages that has fixed functionality, Editing is '''NOT''' possible here. | ||
| + | *Every namespace has a talk version; Talk User talk,... | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Subpages== | ||
| + | * Postfixes, seperated from title bt slash "/" | ||
| + | * '''Not all postfixes after "/" are subpages!''' | ||
| + | ** Enable for certain namespaces | ||
| + | ** By default only for User and all Talk pages | ||
| + | * Often not appropriate for organising pages (rigid, hierarchical content structure) | ||
| + | * Small difference to pages with "/" in title | ||
| + | ** For exsample when moving pages | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Category== | ||
| + | * Preferred way to organise pages in MediaWiki | ||
| + | * "Links" to Category pages mean: "page is in category" | ||
| + | ** Example: <nowiki>[[Category:City]]</nowiki> on page of Copenhagen | ||
| + | * Categories can be described by pages | ||
| + | * Category "Links" on Category pages mean: "page is subcategory of" | ||
| + | ** Example: <nowiki>[[Category:Settlement]]</nowiki> on Category:City | ||
| + | * Category "hierarchy" can be any graph (multi-inheritage, cycles,...) | ||
| + | * Used for browsing, but not for search | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Redirects== | ||
| + | * A page can redirect to any other page | ||
| + | * It should contain one line only | ||
| + | ** Example <nowiki>#REDIRCT [[Target page name]]</nowiki> | ||
| + | * Very useful for creating synonyms and search hints | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Templates== | ||
| + | * Transclusion: Insert the content of one page into another | ||
| + | * Parameters can be given: Use given values to substitute place holders in transcluded page. | ||
| + | * Wikitext to transclude a page with parameters: <nowiki>[[Page to transclude|parameters1=value1|...]]</nowiki> | ||
| + | * Wikitext for place holders <nowiki>{{{parameter1}}}</nowiki> | ||
| + | |||
[[Category:Wiki]] | [[Category:Wiki]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Help]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:52, 5 February 2015
MediaWiki
- ... Is a content management software for
- Richly formatted hybertext documents
- Structured data
- ... based on the "wiki way":
- User-governed
- Collaborative
- Easy to use
Contents
Mediawiki definitions
Namespaces
- Prefixes, separated from title by colon ":"
- Not all prefixes that end with ":" are namespaces!
- Available prefxes provided by MediaWiki, more can be added in configuration
- Default:Main(empty)
- User
- Category
- Template
- Help
- MediaWiki
- File
- Special
- Project(sitename)
- The purpose is to distinguish basic "content types"
- Available prefxes provided by MediaWiki, more can be added in configuration
- Namespaces can have aliases (ex. File: and Image:)
- Special: is for pages that has fixed functionality, Editing is NOT possible here.
- Every namespace has a talk version; Talk User talk,...
Subpages
- Postfixes, seperated from title bt slash "/"
- Not all postfixes after "/" are subpages!
- Enable for certain namespaces
- By default only for User and all Talk pages
- Often not appropriate for organising pages (rigid, hierarchical content structure)
- Small difference to pages with "/" in title
- For exsample when moving pages
Category
- Preferred way to organise pages in MediaWiki
- "Links" to Category pages mean: "page is in category"
- Example: [[Category:City]] on page of Copenhagen
- Categories can be described by pages
- Category "Links" on Category pages mean: "page is subcategory of"
- Example: [[Category:Settlement]] on Category:City
- Category "hierarchy" can be any graph (multi-inheritage, cycles,...)
- Used for browsing, but not for search
Redirects
- A page can redirect to any other page
- It should contain one line only
- Example #REDIRCT [[Target page name]]
- Very useful for creating synonyms and search hints
Templates
- Transclusion: Insert the content of one page into another
- Parameters can be given: Use given values to substitute place holders in transcluded page.
- Wikitext to transclude a page with parameters: [[Page to transclude|parameters1=value1|...]]
- Wikitext for place holders {{{parameter1}}}
