Customize Your Wiki
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Change Logo
There are a few methods to change the logo. I preferred uploading an image to the public folder for the wiki site rather than referencing a web link. The image must be 135x135 pixels and then all you need to do is add/edit the following line at the end of the LocalSettings.php file:
$wgLogo = "{$wgScriptPath}/photoname.jpg";
These instructions including other methods can be found here
Add Favicon (Icon)
Your icon does not have to be the same image as you logo. To change the icon, add/edit the following line in LocalSettings.php: $wgFavicon = "{$wgScriptPath}/iconname.ico";
Edit Sidebar
You can add/delete links from the navigation sidebar by going to the Special edit sidebar page. To do this, after "title=" in your wiki URL, add "MediaWiki:Sidebar" so the URL reads:
For more information: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar
Wiki Skin
To change the appearance of your site, you may select from the skins included in the MediaWiki download (under my preferences and then skins) or you may find online sites offering free skin downloads. After downloading the skin, move the new folder to /skins in your MediaWiki file structure. Inside the new skin folder are two files, one with a .php extension and one with a .des.php extension. Move both of these files out of their individual skin folder and into /skins. If you want to make your own skin, here are instructions for making your own skin.
Configurations
From user settings to security to database settings, this site contains a comprehensive list of many configuration options. Any setting that you want to employ must be added to LocalSettings.php.
Add Forms/Change Page Templates
See Wiki Extensions
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