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Quote from: Yusei on September 20, 2010, 10:44:32 PM
Not sure where to post this, but does anyone know how to add a background-image to a table like Mario Wiki has it? >_<;

Either thread will do, really... but this thread leans more towards MediaWiki in the form of PHP, MySQL, etc.

tacopill








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tacopill

Quote from: Laurus on September 21, 2010, 12:19:30 AM
(Credit to 2257 for the answer)

You add
Quotestyle="background-image:url("blablabla");


Actually, i was referring to the style-based tip, rather than css.

But thank you for the expansion on the explanation.







DarkGriffon

Hi,

I have a question about MediaWiki.

I wanted to make my own wiki, but when I downloaded MediaWiki and PHP, they both came with a bunch of folders with files I couldn't open.

Can someone help me understand what they are, maybe make a tutorial on MediaWiki?

Because I wanted to make a wiki of "The Legendary Starfy"...

Moydow

Have you installed 7-Zip? 7-Zip is needed on Windows to open .tar.gz files, which is what they are contained in.
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DarkGriffon

Quote from: Moydow on November 08, 2010, 01:00:57 AM
Have you installed 7-Zip? 7-Zip is needed on Windows to open .tar.gz files, which is what they are contained in.

No, but I used WinRAR to extract it, and the folders and files were what I extracted. Should I have been more specific on that?

Moydow

Yes, WinRAR works too. But if you want this to go online, you'll need to arrange hosting (at a price, of course). If this is just a test install for your own personal use, you'll need more than just the MediaWiki files and PHP, namely the Apache server, and an SQL server, either Postgres or MySQL.
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DarkGriffon

Quote from: Moydow on November 08, 2010, 01:13:28 AM
Yes, WinRAR works too. But if you want this to go online, you'll need to arrange hosting (at a price, of course). If this is just a test install for your own personal use, you'll need more than just the MediaWiki files and PHP, namely the Apache server, and an SQL server, either Postgres or MySQL.

Okay, so how do I do that?

Is there some sort of tutorial for this I could find?

tacopill

Are you looking to run it off your computer, or off of a webhost like Blue host or Dream host?







DarkGriffon

Quote from: tacopill on November 08, 2010, 01:56:22 AM
Are you looking to run it off your computer, or off of a webhost like Blue host or Dream host?

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that... I just want to make a wiki...

Moydow

He means, A. do you want to be the only person who can use it, or B. do you want it to be live, online, on the internet? If A, you don't need a hosting service. If B, you need to purchase hosting from a company like those Tacopill mentioned.
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tacopill

Exactly. I pay about $100 a year to host wikis (in 2 year intervals). If renting a webhost is not an option for you, maybe ask around and see if anyone is interested in offering free services to wikis?








DarkGriffon

Quote from: tacopill on November 08, 2010, 02:16:37 AM
Exactly. I pay about $100 a year to host wikis (in 2 year intervals). If renting a webhost is not an option for you, maybe ask around and see if anyone is interested in offering free services to wikis?



Okay, thanks, I'll see what I can do to start up my first wiki.

tacopill

Quote from: DarkGriffon on November 08, 2010, 02:48:46 AM
Quote from: tacopill on November 08, 2010, 02:16:37 AM
Exactly. I pay about $100 a year to host wikis (in 2 year intervals). If renting a webhost is not an option for you, maybe ask around and see if anyone is interested in offering free services to wikis?



Okay, thanks, I'll see what I can do to start up my first wiki.

By the way, if you need help with anything, feel free to contact me here, on skype or aim (if you have one of them), or email at bud0011[at]gmail[dot]com.







dantman

Quote from: DarkGriffon on November 08, 2010, 02:48:46 AM
Quote from: tacopill on November 08, 2010, 02:16:37 AM
Exactly. I pay about $100 a year to host wikis (in 2 year intervals). If renting a webhost is not an option for you, maybe ask around and see if anyone is interested in offering free services to wikis?



Okay, thanks, I'll see what I can do to start up my first wiki.
What's the topic?

tacopill

Quote from: dantman on November 08, 2010, 01:55:06 PM
Quote from: DarkGriffon on November 08, 2010, 02:48:46 AM
Quote from: tacopill on November 08, 2010, 02:16:37 AM
Exactly. I pay about $100 a year to host wikis (in 2 year intervals). If renting a webhost is not an option for you, maybe ask around and see if anyone is interested in offering free services to wikis?



Okay, thanks, I'll see what I can do to start up my first wiki.
What's the topic?

Sorry, but what's what topic? This thread? Currently: It's informing Darkgriffin of what options there are out their for hosting a wiki.







dantman

Quote from: tacopill on November 08, 2010, 05:29:17 PM
Quote from: dantman on November 08, 2010, 01:55:06 PM
Quote from: DarkGriffon on November 08, 2010, 02:48:46 AM
Quote from: tacopill on November 08, 2010, 02:16:37 AM
Exactly. I pay about $100 a year to host wikis (in 2 year intervals). If renting a webhost is not an option for you, maybe ask around and see if anyone is interested in offering free services to wikis?



Okay, thanks, I'll see what I can do to start up my first wiki.
What's the topic?

Sorry, but what's what topic? This thread? Currently: It's informing Darkgriffin of what options there are out their for hosting a wiki.
No, what's the topic of the wiki he's trying to start up?

Moydow

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Miles of SmashWiki

All of the templates on SmashWiki that use Template:Navbox are currently generating a redlink in the top-left corner because the link is being made without the Template: namespace prefix.

For example, Template:SSBMStages has a useless redlink to "SSBMStages" where there should be a link to "Template:SSBMStages".

However, after trying to figure out what in Template:Navbox was causing the issue, I was stumped.  Anybody know how to fix this?


Srsbsns is always lurking (?_?)