Manual:Contents

From MediaWiki.org

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This is a technical manual for the MediaWiki software. It contains information about installing, running and developing for the MediaWiki software. We also have a set of public domain help pages for users of the software. Currently much content is still on meta. This manual will be expanded to include all the other nitty-gritty bits of info that are useful to developers and sysadmins.

Note: There are still a lot of holes in our documentation! Please see the 'to do' page for details.

Main sections

Installation

Guide to setting up a new MediaWiki installation

Configuration

Alphabetical list of settings | Settings listed by function

Information about the various parameters that can be used to customize the MediaWiki software.

Database layout

Details about the database architecture behind MediaWiki.

Code

Details about the PHP program.

Global object variables

Details about the global objects variables used throughout the MediaWiki code.

Hooks

Software hooks that allow you to extend the built-in MediaWiki functionality.

Parameters to index.php

Details about parameters passed to the wiki via the URL.

MediaWiki FAQ

Frequently asked questions about the software.

API

In-depth description of the external API.

Help on meta

Lots of help about various things - in the process of being moved here.

Doxygen documentation of MediaWiki code.

External API

Browsing the manual

The manual is not particularly developed yet, and the content we do have is not always organised well. These other methods of browsing our content may help:

Improving the manual