ISFDB:Full Linux Website

Setting up an ISFDB Web server

1. Follow the instructions at ISFDB:Personal Linux Website. This will handle everything except the Wiki setup.

2. Download the versions of the PHP and MediaWiki packages listed on Special:Version.

3. Install PHP.

4. Place the MediaWiki package in the Apache directory. In a typical install this would be /var/www. Extract the files by executing: tar -xvf mediawiki-version.tar . Rename the directory: mv mediawiki-version wiki

5. Modify wiki/LocalSettings.php. Make the following changes/additions:

$IP = "/var/www/wiki";
$wgSitename        = "ISFDB";
$wgScriptPath      = "/wiki";
$wgLogo            = "$wgStylePath/common/images/isfdb.gif";
$wgEmergencyContact = "somebody@email_account.com";
$wgPasswordSender   = "postmaster@your_host_name";
$wgDBserver         = "localhost";
$wgDBname           = "isfdb";
$wgDBuser           = "root";
$wgDBpassword       = "";
$wgDBprefix         = "mw_";
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
$wgSpamRegex = "/\<.*style.*?(display|position|overflow|visibility|height)\s*:.*?>/i";
$wgEnableCreativeCommonsRdf = true;
$wgRightsPage = ""; # Set to the title of a wiki page that describes your license/copyright
$wgRightsUrl = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/";
$wgRightsText = "Attribution";
$wgRightsIcon = "http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif";
$wgAllowExternalImages = true;
$wgServer = "http://www.isfdb.org";
$wgExtraNamespaces[100] = "Author";
$wgExtraNamespaces[101] = "Author_talk";
$wgExtraNamespaces[102] = "Bio";
$wgExtraNamespaces[103] = "Bio_talk";
$wgExtraNamespaces[104] = "Fanzine";
$wgExtraNamespaces[105] = "Fanzine_talk";
$wgExtraNamespaces[106] = "Magazine";
$wgExtraNamespaces[107] = "Magazine_talk";
$wgExtraNamespaces[108] = "Publication";
$wgExtraNamespaces[109] = "Publication_talk";
$wgExtraNamespaces[110] = "Publisher";
$wgExtraNamespaces[111] = "Publisher_talk";
$wgExtraNamespaces[112] = "Series";
$wgExtraNamespaces[113] = "Series_talk";
require_once( "$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/ConfirmEdit.php" );

6. Upgrade the Wiki if necessary.

• Modify AdminSettings.php with the mysql username and password
• In wiki/extensions install the ConfirmEdit extension
• cd wiki/maintenance execute: php update.php