	Installing the WYSIWYG extension manually on top of MediaWiki (v 1.17.x)
	Installing the WYSIWYG extension 1.6.0

Created by: User:Dominika | Status: Final version

For audience: Administrator

Follow these installation instructions to enable the WYSIWYG editor within MediaWiki 1.17.x.

This documentation applies to the latest version. If you are using an earlier version, no other releases.

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Applies to version: Help:WYSIWYG extension 1.6.0,
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Requirements

Installation

Download WYSIWYG extension from our download page
Extract the zip-file
Copy the folder wysiwyg-1.6.0_0\extensions\WYSIWYG into the folder ..\htdocs\mediawiki\extensions
Add the following line to your LocalSettings.php to initialize the extension:
```
require_once("$IP/extensions/WYSIWYG/WYSIWYG.php");
```

Define the group rights, the easiest is to grant all users access:

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['wysiwyg']=true;

or only for registeres users:

$wgGroupPermissions['registered_users']['wysiwyg']=true;

Now the WYSIWYG Extension is installed and ready to use.

Clicking the 'Edit' tab provides editing pages with the WYSIWYG or Wikitext editor.

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Content title	Installing the WYSIWYG extension manually on top of MediaWiki (v 1.17.x) +
Creation dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.	2 December 2011 11:21:40 +
CreatorThis property is a special property in this wiki.	Dominika +
For audience	Administrator +
Has Status	Final version +
Has overview	Follow these installation instructions to enable the WYSIWYG editor within MediaWiki 1.17.x.
Has prerequisites	WYSIWYG extension 1.6.0 +
Last modified byThis property is a special property in this wiki.	Dominika +
Position in subsection overview	2 +
Reviewed by	Dominika +
Subsection of	Installing the WYSIWYG extension 1.6.0 +
TestCaseIDs	SF-32 +
TestCaseURLs	http://smwforum.ontoprise.com/testlink/lib/testcases/archiveData.php?targetTestCase=SF-32&edit=testcase&allow_edit=0 +
Transitive Subsection of	Installing the WYSIWYG extension 1.6.0 +