MediaWiki Deployment Notes
From Quincy Garage
Great model:
- https://wiki.claremontmakerspace.org/wiki/Main_Page
- https://wiki.claremontmakerspace.org/wiki/Tools_List
TODO - consider splitting this into multiple pages based on what makes sense. Most of this will end up on a page like the IT
- [ ] Demonstrate an SOP, test with visual editor, uploading images, etc
- [ ] If Kirstin thinks it will work, make SOP area that is limited in editing scope
- [ ] Consider how to secure pages for editing, including approval workflows (list of approvers?)
- [ ] Work on print stylesheet, including last edit date, QR code, last editor
Open-ended tasks
- Figure out the best way to embed a map of the space. The following two ideas are competing:
- Use the ImageMap extension with some home brew import from a master map
- TBD - mobile experience may be quite poor unless the image can be interactively zoomed.
- Consider a slippy map like Leaflet but with a custom CRS. We can pre-compile the tiles and serve them from the same domain as they will be small. Zoom level can be constrained.
- This may have a better mobile experience
- Use the ImageMap extension with some home brew import from a master map
- Deploy a dashboard that can display on a screen in the space, and make sure it is powered off when there would be no attention on it
- mockup at https://wiki.quincygarage.org/dashboard/index.html as of this writing
Semantic MediaWiki usage
The SMW plugin is used to collect metadata. For example, here is a list of everyone's projects:
| Foaf:nameA name for some thing or agent. | Working onthe name of a project that someone is working on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Alex | Alex Hirzel | Quincy Garage |
here is a link that gives the same as CSV
Handy scripts
For use in the shell, in /home/public/w:
php maintenance/runJobs.php
Quick links
- Edit permissions for a wiki user (or view the list of all users)
- Edit the sidebar
- Edit the site-wide CSS stylesheet
- Edit the QR code placed in the bottom right (note this is configured in
LocalSettings.php)