{"id":231,"date":"2017-03-03T17:17:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knight.domains\/support\/?p=231"},"modified":"2022-06-03T16:06:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T16:06:49","slug":"installing-mediawiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knight.domains\/support\/installing-mediawiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Mediawiki"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li class=\"vspace\">\n<div class=\"li\">To get started you&#8217;ll need to login to your control panel (<a class=\"urlextern\" title=\"https:\/\/knight.domains\/dashboard\" href=\"https:\/\/knight.domains\/dashboard\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/knight.domains\/dashboard<\/a>) using your SNC email\u00a0and password.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Once logged in you&#8217;ll be at the homepage of your control panel. Navigate the<strong>\u00a0Applications<\/strong>\u00a0section of the cPanel and click <strong>All\u00a0Applications<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232\" src=\"https:\/\/knight.domains\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4.4-all-applications.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"816\" height=\"304\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Find and select\u00a0<strong>MediaWiki<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233\" src=\"https:\/\/knight.domains\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4.4-all-mediawiki-installer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1144\" height=\"727\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">The next page gives you more information about the MediaWiki software. To begin the install, click\u00a0<strong>install this application\u00a0<\/strong>in the upper-righthand corner.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-234\" src=\"https:\/\/knight.domains\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/4.4-MediaWiki-installatron-window.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1239\" height=\"682\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">On the next page, the installer will ask for some information about this install. The first thing you&#8217;ll want to do is decide where to install it. If you&#8217;re wanting to install MediaWiki on your main (the root) domain, you can leave the directory area empty. If you created a subdomain, you can select it from the drop-down menu. You also have the option of installing MediaWiki in a subfolder by typing in the folder name in the\u00a0<strong>Directory<\/strong>\u00a0field. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/knight.domains\/support\/uncategorized\/subdomains-vs-subdirectories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for more information about\u00a0subdomains and subfolders.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-235\" src=\"https:\/\/knight.domains\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-03-at-1.07-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1372\" height=\"682\" \/><br \/>\n(By default the installer will automatically backup your MediaWiki website and update it anytime a new version comes out. While we recommend you keep this option, it is possible to only do minor updates, or turn them off completely. The installer will also create a database for you automatically, but if you&#8217;ve already created one for this website you can choose\u00a0<strong>Let me manage the database settings<\/strong>\u00a0and enter the details.)<\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Finally, you&#8217;ll need to create an initial username and password for the MediaWiki install. Enter those credentials in the <strong>Settings<\/strong> section and click\u00a0<strong>Install<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-236\" src=\"https:\/\/knight.domains\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-03-at-1.09.23-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1370\" height=\"715\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">The installer will take just a few moments to install MediaWiki and a progress bar will keep you updated. When it is complete you will see a link to your new MediaWiki site as well as a link to the back-end administrative section for your MediaWiki site.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-237\" src=\"https:\/\/knight.domains\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-03-at-1.16-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1374\" height=\"539\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations, you have now completed the installation of MediaWiki! You can now start to create collaborative documents on your own domain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To get started you&#8217;ll need to login to your control panel (https:\/\/knight.domains\/dashboard) using your SNC email\u00a0and password. Once logged in you&#8217;ll be at the homepage of your control panel. Navigate the\u00a0Applications\u00a0section of the cPanel and click All\u00a0Applications. Find and select\u00a0MediaWiki. 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