Koch Lab:Research/MediaWiki for Open Science/How To Install Mediawiki Windows

Installation
Download the latest version of Mediawiki from http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download

Download the latest version of XAMPP for windows from http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html


 * Note: Be sure to download the "Installer" package for the easiest installation.
 * Note: Select to install Apache and MySQL as a service.
 * Warning: |Do not install FileZilla as a service unless you are ready to configure it properly.
 * Note: There is no need to start the XAMPP control panel after installation.

Browse to http://127.0.0.1/security/xamppsecurity.php and set the mysql root password.
 * Note: Select cookie authentication and not http



Extract mediawiki installation files using 7-zip into C:\xampp\htdocs\wiki
 * Update this Need to add instructions on how to properly extract files for the mediawiki installation. Not quite sure how since it is a tar file wrapped in a gunzip archive...

Browse to http://127.0.0.1/wiki, and click on "set up the wiki"

Follow through the installation instructions provided. Some important notes about the installation instructions
 * Select "No Caching" unless you are sure that you will be using Memcached (If you don't know what Memcached is, select "No Caching")
 * Only enable email features if you have configured PHP to support email
 * Select MySQL as the database type
 * The database name can be anything you want
 * Database table prefix is not required
 * The superuser account and password are the ones you set before at the http://127.0.0.1/security/xamppsecurity.php page.
 * Be sure to check "Use superuser account" so that the database and user can be created.
 * Warning: Do not use the same password for the wiki database and the root user as this poses a significant security risk.

Move config/LocalSettings.php to wiki/LocalSettings.php



Known Issues

 * Math rendering does not work in windows. This extension looks like a promising solution, will try soon: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Windows/math.php