Infrastructure/MediaWiki

MediaWiki Documentation

Information on how wiki.blender.org is configured. Check out Special:Version for the full configuration.

Extensions

We run a small number of extensions to improve the user experience:

• BacktickCode allows to show text as <code> between backticks (`)
• DeleteBatch Delete a batch of pages

Bootstrap Skin

We use a Bootstrap 4 based skin.

Templates

We use some custom templates that leverage Bootstrap elements:

• Template:Card
• Template:Lead

Development Setup

In order to test out new extensions or contribute to the the Skin, you can use the following instructions:

• Set up a Docker Compose file featuring:

  mediawiki:
    image:                   mediawiki
    container_name:          mediawiki
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 8085:80
    links:
      - mysql
    # After initial setup uncomment this
    # volumes:
    #  - /data/mediawiki/html/LocalSettings.php:/var/www/html/LocalSettings.php  
    #  - /data/mediawiki/html/skins/Bootstrap:/var/www/html/skins/Bootstrap

• Go through the MediaWiki installation process
• Move the generated LocalSettings.php to /data/mediawiki/html/LocalSettings.php
• Clone the Bootstrap 4 skin in /data/mediawiki/html/skins/Bootstrap
• Uncomment the volumes in the docker-compose.yml file
• Add wfLoadSkin( 'Bootstrap' ); to LocalSettings.php
• Restart the wiki container