Wikis - MediaWiki (Week IV):

1. Create a template page and include its content in one of your wiki pages.

This is the same as the assignment Ben gave us.  It was a little tricky, but we all got it.

2. Create a template page so that whenever you type ((T1|X|Y)) (use braces instead of parentheses) (X: Task#, Y: StudioSession#) while editing a wiki page, your Wiki automatically displays the following statement after you save the page:

"This is my answer to Task#X in Studio Session#Y:"

e.g.: ((T1|1|7)) (use braces instead of parentheses) -->This is my answer to Task#1 in Studio Session#7:

3. Include the content of a wiki page in another wiki page by using the transclusion feature of your Wiki.

I used the  {{:Sample Page Page hah}} to get it done.

4. Create a wiki page displaying an RSS feed from your blog on www.claremontconversation.org.

Can't seem to get this to work.  Will try again later.

5. Install and test ShareThis (MediaWiki extension):

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ShareThis

Done.  It has cool icons for all the social sharing sites.

6. Select two pages from your Special Pages list and briefly describe the function of each page.

Block user - Very cool for blocking users by name or IP address.  Simple, but useful.

Recetn Changes - I use this to find pages and edit them.  A nice visual way to see what pages you have.

7. Which special page shows all the extensions installed on your Wiki?

Version - Very cool special page.

8. Go over the extensions used by Wikipedia and install one of them to your Wiki.

I installed poem extension.  It allows you to put hyperlinks in quoted text.

9. Create a link on one of your wiki pages to a section of another wiki page.

I created a link to my home page on eric.mysocialtech.com so I could easily get to my blog.

10. Let's think of a scenario where there is a Wiki site that has several pages created by multiple users.  As one of the users of the site, how can you easily find to see if there are any pages that have linkss to your wiki page?

Use the Who Links Here link to find pages linked to your wiki page.

11. Why does your Wiki's current setting permit the use of only a limited number of HTML elements?  Is there a way to re-configure your Wiki to support full HTML coding in your wiki pages?

It's a security issues.  Full HTML would allow hackers to compromise the wiki.  Yes, you can enable full html to work, but it should only be doen for a private system.

12.  Create a link on one of your wiki pages to a Wikipedia page by using your Wiki's InterWiki feature.  Does this feature also work to create a link to a wiki page that is part of another Wiki on MySocialTech.com?