WikiServer - Configuring the Wiki

Little snippets of configuration to add to LocalSettings.php...

To add any of them:

• sudo vim /var/www/wiki/LocalSettings.php

Uploadable File Types

search for $wgFileExtensions

If you don't find it, you can add it.

on my wiki, it looks like:

#########################################
# Uploadable File Types
#########################################
$wgFileExtensions = array( 'png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'pdf', 'epub', 'ino', 'c', 'cpp', 'h', 'zip', 'gz', 'mp3', 'txt' );

You likely don't want ino, c, cpp, h

Open external links in new window

Internal links will always open in parent window. If you want to change that, follow the next setup instruction...

#########################################
# Open external links in new window.
#########################################

$wgExternalLinkTarget = '_blank';

Assign how links are opened by 'groups'

If you would like to have some links open in the parent window ( '_self' ) and some open in a new window ( '_blank' ), you can identify a link as part of a group (foo or bar in this case) and tell the wiki how the group is to be treated.

Install Extension:LinkTarget by first downloading the file and pasting it into your Extensions folder of your wiki install. Then paste the following into your LocalSettings.php file below the default installed code:

require_once "$IP/extensions/LinkTarget/LinkTarget.php";
$wgLinkTargetParentClasses = ' /*ENTER SOME CLASSES HERE*/ ';

This sets up the extension and creates classes for filtering. Place the following below that:

$wgExternalLinkTarget = '_blank';
$wgLinkTargetParentClasses = array( 'foo', 'bar' );
$wgLinkTargetDefault = '_self';

The above will default all INTERNAL links to open in a new window unless specified like below...In the wiki:

[[This link]] will open in a new window, but not <span class="foo">[[this one]]</span>.

You can change the the default behavior by changing '_self' to '_blank' or vice-versa.

InterWiki Links

#########################################
# InterWiki configuration
#########################################

// To grant sysops permissions to edit interwiki data
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['interwiki'] = true;

// To create a new user group that may edit interwiki data
// (bureaucrats can add users to this group)
# $wgGroupPermissions['developer']['interwiki'] = true; // delete the comment indicator # as appropriate

See InterWiki Linking for a little bit more detail