.htaccess File Reference List

The .htaccess files on your server are for making configuration changes to apache on a per directory basis. For more information on what the .htaccess is see our article on What is the .htaccess file and what do I use it for? The following is a list of articles that explain different uses for the Read More >

How to Display and Log PHP Errors

There are two methods for viewing PHP errors that occur while running your website. You can either display errors directly on your website (viewable from any web browser) or enable error logging to write the errors to a specified file (viewable inside a text file). This article will cover how to turn display_errors On and Read More >

Basic MediaWiki site overview

What is MediaWiki? MediaWiki is a free open source software designed to provide free information on the web. A major website online that uses MediaWiki is Wikipedia. Wikimedia developed MediaWiki by developing Wikipedia and Wiktionary. If you are developing a site that is intended for multiple users to edit the content and to provide free Read More >

Creating an Image Gallery in MediaWiki

Along with adding images in your MediaWiki articles, you can also add an image gallery to you MediaWiki page. Formatting the image gallery in MediaWiki is a little different than formatting individual images. For information on how to insert images into MediaWiki pages, please see our tutorial on How to insert images into MediaWiki. The Read More >

Formatting images in MediaWiki

If you do not know how to insert an image in MediaWiki, please see the previous article on how to insert images in MediaWiki. Formatting images in MediaWiki requires special wiki code to be inserted into your image code. Unfortunately, MediaWiki does not have the code built into their WYSIWYG editor. The following table will Read More >

How to insert images into MediaWiki

Inserting images in MediaWiki takes a few steps to accomplish. First the file needs to be uploaded. Then you will need to insert the code in the page that places the image in the content. This article will explain the steps to upload and insert images into your MediaWiki pages. Important! If you have not Read More >

Adding and removing redirects in MediaWiki

When renaming, deleting and restoring pages in MediaWiki, it is necessary to know how to redirect URL’s that are no longer working. When visitors bookmark pages or Google caches your old pages, they will get a “404 not found” error when looking for the old link. This makes it necessary to create a redirect in Read More >

Adding pages to MediaWiki namespaces

After learning how to create a MediaWiki page, you can organize your pages into namespaces. Namespaces in MediaWiki are similar to categories in that when you create pages and they can be stored in certain page locations. For example, You can have “How to?” pages stored in the “Help” namespace, or you can have discussions Read More >

How to edit MediaWiki pages

MediaWiki by default allows anyone to register and add content to your wiki site. Editing pages is fairly straight forward and is a basic function of managing a wiki. This article will explain the basics of how to edit your MediaWiki pages. How to edit the Main page The Main page is the home page Read More >

Deleting and restoring pages in MediaWiki

Pages can be deleted or removed from MediaWiki when spammers, abusers, and vandals deface pages or create unwanted pages on your site. When “deleting” a page, the page is actually not deleted. MediaWiki will remove the page from the site In the event a page was deleted by accident, you can restore the page from Read More >

Managing passwords and usernames in MediaWiki

In the event you cannot log into MediaWiki due to username or password failure, you can change passwords and/or find the username when the username is lost. This section of the Getting started with MediaWiki course will explain changing passwords, resetting the password, and finding the username. How do I change my password? When the Read More >

How to Align and Float Images with CSS

The formatting of Images and text is done using CSS. They can be aligned and floated to allow the images to be placed in particular locations on the page. Using these options will help you create content that is easier to understand. Aligned images do not wrap text around them. Aligning images will only position Read More >

Javascript failure due to jQuery update

Recently we’ve been made aware that our customer website JavaScript sliders and other related scripts stopped working a few days ago. This is not a server related issue. The JavaScript runs on the Client side which runs from website coding itself. On the 15th of January 2013, jQuery released a new 1.9 version. Any website Read More >

How do I insert a Youtube video in TikiWiki

TikiWiki by default does not have any way of inserting a YouTube video through the WYSIWYG editor. To have YouTube videos displayed on your TikiWIki site, you can use the following code in your page. {YOUTUBE(movie=VIDEO_NUMBER,width=>425,height=>350,quality=>high, allowFullScreen=y)}{YOUTUBE} A typical YouTube video link for sharing YouTube videos looks like the following: https://youtu.be/TzzGPfVx32M The code that identify’s Read More >

Redirecting pages in TikiWiki

When pages are deleted or renamed, there is a chance that Google may have cached the page in their web crawler. Also, someone could have book marked the page. To Keep these deleted and renamed pages from getting a “404 not found error“, you can set up redirects in your Tiki pages to redirect the Read More >

Renaming pages and Structures in TikiWiki

As time goes on with your TikiWiki site, some pages may need to be renamed to better represent your wiki information. “Pages” and “Structures” are the basis of your TikiWiki site structure. The following sections will explain how to rename the pages and structures in TikiWiki. Note! The page name is a part of the Read More >

Allow editing for the TikiWiki anonymous user

  This snapshot shows the edit feature missing from the default TikiWiki installation. Registered users can only edit TikiWiki sites by default. Some wiki software makes it default for “non registered“ or “Anonymous“ users to edit the site. TikiWiki is not set up this way. To allow Anonymous users access to edit your TikiWiki site Read More >

TikiWiki Overview

Before we start with TikiWiki, it’s a good idea to have a clear view of what it takes to make a basic TikiWiki site. A typical wiki site is like Wikipedia. Many different people contribute to Wikipedia content. TikiWiki has the same functionality. These courses are designed to walk you through the basic steps in Read More >

How to add Related Products in OpenCart

When you add products in your OpenCart software, you can have related products appear with them in the product search. (See image to the right) This article will explain how to add related products to your OpenCart products. Adding Related Products in OpenCart Log into your OpenCart admin. Edit the product you want to add Read More >