Archive for November 18th, 2005

Posted on November 18, 2005 - by jono

MediaWiki hacking and LRL

Today I have been fiddling with MediaWiki. For quite some time I have wanted to learn how to customise it for use as a normal site. It seems that MediaWiki is pretty ideal for those people who just want to put up a simple site in which a number of people can edit the content. Sure, it stops becoming a wiki, but the fact that a closed group of people can collaborate on it is pretty cool.

To do this, I downloaded an existing theme and basically hacked it into oblivion. Most of the general configuration for MediaWiki is done in LocalSettings.php and then you need to hack the general theme file in skins/ and edit the stylesheet in the theme’s folder. Unfortunately, the current state of MediaWiki requires some hackery to get all this working. You need to comment out the sidebar blocks, upload your own logos, ponce around with the CSS and more.

I plan on revealing the results of my efforts sometime over the next week or so.

Oh, and before I forget, LUGRADIO LIVE 2006 IS CONFIRMED!!!! It takes place at the Wolverhampton Students’ Union in Wolverhampton on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd July 2006. A two day extravaganza and a party on the Saturday night. More details to follow…