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For audience: The Wiki Administration Tool (formerly known as Deployment Framework) allows the convenient management of extensions and Wiki Apps of a wiki installation. New in this version are the server administration and the access of the LocalSettings.php from within the web interface.
| Release details |
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| Release of product |
| Help:Wiki Administration Tool no other releases. |
| Release date |
| 2012/04/25 |
| License |
| GNU General Public License |
| Distributed by |
| ontoprise GmbH |
| Owner User:Kai
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| Description | |
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| Administration and installation of the Wiki Administration Tool 1.7.0 | This section describes the installation of the Wiki Administration Tool 1.7.0 on top of a MediaWiki installation. |
| Using the Wiki Administration Tool 1.7.0 | The Wiki Administration Tool is primarily a tool for Wiki administrators - it helps them manage the MW extensions and content bundles of a wiki installation easily. Using the Wiki Administration Tool, they can install, update or uninstall packages i.e. MW extensions and content bundles, from a dedicated repository with ease and total convenience. |
Introduction
The Wiki Administration Tool, you can easily and almost effortlessly install, de-install and update MediaWiki extensions and content bundles from a repository of your choice.
You can even publish and provide your own extensions and content via the framework if you so wish.
The Wiki Administration Tool simplifies the complicated installation processes and helps you extend your wiki thereby sparing you a lot of effort and time by ensuring that you do not encounter issues such as version conflicts amongst other typical issues.
The Wiki Administration Tool is a tool which can be used at different levels:
- Wiki administrators can apply it to easily install, de-install and update packages i.e. MediaWiki extensions and content bundles, from a repository of their choice. Since this version you may also use the new web interface to administrate your wiki.
- MediaWiki extension developers can use it to distribute and publish extensions trough the ontoprise repository or from their repositories.
- MediaWiki content providers can also use it to create and distribute a bundle (using the ontoprise repository).
This article gives detailed information about the Wiki Administration Tool features and answers to some of the Frequently Asked Questions.
Information for Wiki administrators
Where do I get the Wiki Administration Tool?
The Wiki Administration Tool is already pre-configured and ready to use with SMW+ package - no installation is necessary in this case.
It is also contained in the Halo core extension zip file - if you are using this option, you first need install the Wiki Administration Tool. For a detailed description of the process of installing the Wiki Administration Tool on your MW installation, refer to installing the Wiki Administration Tool 1.7.0 user guide.
Once you have installed the Wiki Administration Tool's Administration tool, you can immidiately start using it. This maintaining a wiki installation with the Wiki Administration Tool user guide, gives information on how to use the SMW+ Administration tool to install, de-install, update packages, list installed (and available) packages, and check dependencies between packages.
With the Wiki Administration Tool, you can proceed to acquire and install MW extensions (and content bundles) from ontoprise's pre-configured repository for the Wiki Administration Tool automatically.
What are the contents of the ontoprise repository?
The contents of the ontoprise repository are contained in this Ontoprise's repository for the Wiki Administration Tool page - it gives details about the contents of the ontoprise repository, i.e. the MW extensions and content bundles available in addition to their version or release status.
What do I require to install/update/remove packages using a repository?
The requirements are described in the documentation of the SMW+ admin tool and are mentioned in this maintaining a wiki installation with the Wiki Administration Tool user guide - it describes the actual commands for installing, de-installing, updating packages and so on.
How can I change the pre-configured ontoprise repository?
The Wiki Administration Tool can be configured to use other repositories other than our pre-configured repository. For details about this, refer to this adding and changing repositories user guide- it gives information on how to modify, change or add new repositories as source for obtaining MW extensions and content bundles.
Information for MediaWiki extension developers
As a developer of MW extensions you can employ the Wiki Administration Tool to distribute and publish your own extensions. Details about this are mentioned in this distributing a MediaWiki extension using the Wiki Administration Tool user guide - it gives you information on how to prepare and actually distribute your extension (using the ontoprise repository).
You can also set-up your own repository as a source for extensions and content bundles that are accessible via the Wiki Administration Tool as described in this setting up your own repository user guide - it mentions details on how to set up a repository for distributing extensions or content bundles with the Wiki Administration Tool.
Information for Wiki content providers
Have you created a useful wiki content bundle e.g. a wiki application based on semantic queries, templates and forms and wish to avail it to other users? You can distribute it easily as described in this distributing a content bundle using the Wiki Administration Tool user guide which explains how to distribute your bundle (using the ontoprise repository).
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