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08:1708:17, 24 December 2025 Terminal (hist | edit) [2,344 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>cPanel Terminal </h3> <p>Many tasks related to the installation or upgrade of MediaWiki involve access to a 'command-line'. </p> <p>In MediaWiki Manuals, when command-line access is required there are usually references to Secure Shell, SSH, a utility called puTTY and other obscure things.</p> <p>The good news is that for account holders for a hosted website there is a much simpler method.</p> <p>In cPanel -->Advanced there is an option called Termina...")
07:0507:05, 24 December 2025 HTTP Code 404 (hist | edit) [5,534 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3> </h3> <p> </p> {{DisplayCategoryTree |Topic= |CatName= |CatTree=<categorytree mode="pages"> </categorytree> }} <h3>Links</h3> <dl> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd>...")
06:2906:29, 24 December 2025 CrawlerProtection (hist | edit) [2,542 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>Extension: CrawlerProtection </h3> <div class="quote;"> <p>he CrawlerProtection extension blocks anonymous users from performing actions and accessing special pages which are most frequently abused by AI crawler bots. </p> </div>  {{DisplayCategoryTree |Topic= |CatName= |CatTree=<categorytree mode="pages"> </categorytree> }} <h3>Links</h3> <dl> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd>...")
02:2802:28, 24 December 2025 Switch (hist | edit) [8,720 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>MediaWiki LocalSettings.php</h3> <p>The LocalSettings.php file contains the configuration for the MediaWiki-based website. </p> <p>If you wanted to put all the namespace configuration in a separate .php file, or keep the database settings more private by putting the configuration in a specific .php file, these could be called from LocalSettings.php using lines like this:-</p> <pre> require_once("$IP/subdir/Namespaces.php"); require_once("$IP/subdir/Da...")

10:5110:51, 23 December 2025 Subdomains and cPanel (hist | edit) [5,600 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>Domains, Subdomains and cPanel </h3> <p>The domain name registered for a website forms part of the URL used by a web browser. The domain portion of a URL is used to query DNS servers so that the browser can direct a query for a webpage to a specific IP Address. </p> <p>However, apart from an insufficient number of IP Version 4 addresses, the hosting service providers share each IP address among several user accounts. At the very least if you have an a...")
10:1810:18, 23 December 2025 Create a Subdomain (hist | edit) [2,883 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <p>This website uses a registered domain mh370.wiki. The prefix mw (MediaWiki) indicates a subdomain. The full name is mw.mh370.wiki.</p> <p>I have seven domains currently registered, and use subdomains on several of them.</p> <p>For example, the MediaWiki installation for the main website {{MH370Site}} does not include files and images which are normally located in /w/images.</p> <p>Instead, all the files and images are stored separately and linked via a...")

10:0810:08, 19 December 2025 Database Management (hist | edit) [6,604 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>Managing MediaWiki Databases </h3> <p>A MediaWiki-based website stores website content in a database. </p> <p>Each version of MediaWiki has a slightly different database table structure. Consequently, if MediaWiki is upgraded to a newer version, the database must be upgraded to meet the new data structure requirements.</p> <p>Databases can be copied to create a backup. But a backup copy cannot be opened if the MediaWiki version is not the same as the...")

08:3408:34, 18 December 2025 Runtime Exception Errors (hist | edit) [1,222 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See image for Runtime Exception Error <p>Add <html><code>$wgShowExceptionDetails = true;M/code></html> at the bottom of LocalSettings.php</p> <p>This gives a more detail about error message.</p>") originally created as "RuntimeException"

09:2109:21, 16 December 2025 Parser Functions (hist | edit) [1,823 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <div class="quote"> <p>Parser functions are dynamic functions that can be used directly in MediaWiki syntax such as localurl: or #if:.</p> <p style="text-align:center"><b>Source</b>: MediaWiki <html><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parser_functions" target="_blank">Parser functions </a></html></p> </div>  <h3>Parser Functions and MediaWiki</h3> <p>The term <i>parsing</i> comes from Latin <i>pars (orationis)</i>, meaning part (of...")
08:0508:05, 16 December 2025 LocalSettings File (hist | edit) [2,160 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>LocalSettings.php </h3> <p> </p> {{DisplayCategoryTree |Topic=LocalSettings.php |CatName=LocalSettings |CatTree=<categorytree mode="pages">LocalSettings</categorytree> }} <h3>Links</h3> <dl> <dt>Manual:LocalSettings.php </dt> <dd><html><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php</a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href="...")
07:3407:34, 16 December 2025 File htaccess (hist | edit) [5,735 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3> </h3> <p> </p> {{DisplayCategoryTree |Topic= |CatName= |CatTree=<categorytree mode="pages"> </categorytree> }} <h3>Links</h3> <dl> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd>...")

05:1505:15, 15 December 2025 Choosing MediaWiki (hist | edit) [7,073 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>Choosing MediaWiki for a Hosted Website </h3> <p> </p> {{DisplayCategoryTree |Topic= |CatName= |CatTree=<categorytree mode="pages"> </categorytree> }} <h3>Links</h3> <dl> <dt>Manual:What is MediaWiki? </dt> <dd><html><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki%3F" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki%3F</a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_b...")

08:3308:33, 14 December 2025 Footer Links (hist | edit) [4,946 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>Footer on a MediaWiki-based Website </h3> <p>Part of the interface on a MediaWiki-based website is styled by the class .mw-footer. On this website it is identified by the colour <span style="background-color:#6C9DC6;"> .mw-footer </span>.</p> {{DisplayCategoryTree |Topic= |CatName= |CatTree=<categorytree mode="pages"> </categorytree> }} <h3>Links</h3> <dl> <dt>Manual:Footer </dt> <dd><html><a href="https://www.medi...") originally created as "Footer"
08:1808:18, 14 December 2025 About this Website (hist | edit) [2,555 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h2>MediaWiki, MH370, and Me</h2> <h3>MediaWiki</h3> <p>MediaWiki is the software used by Wikipedia.</p> <p>Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.</p> <p>The Wikimedia Foundation operates other wiki projects such as Wikimedia Commons.</p> <p>MediaWiki is free, open-source, server-based, uses PHP and databases such as MySQL.</p> <p>MediaWiki is upgraded regularly: a Long Term Support (LTS) version is released every two years; major releases are...") originally created as "About"

07:4707:47, 13 December 2025 FTP (hist | edit) [5,581 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>Using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) </h3> <p>The simplest way to upload files to your hosted account is with an FTP utility. I use FileZilla.</p> <p>The cPanel documentation mentions Cyberduck, CoreFTP and WinSCP which can use SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol or Secure File Transfer Protocol) but then has a warning 'You cannot use an FTP account to connect via SFTP.' So this page is for normal people who have a MediaWiki-based website on a hosting...")
04:3004:30, 13 December 2025 Analytics (hist | edit) [6,426 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3> </h3> <p> </p> {{DisplayCategoryTree |Topic= |CatName= |CatTree=<categorytree mode="pages"> </categorytree> }} <h3>Links</h3> <dl> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd> <dt> </dt> <dd><html><a href=" " target="_blank"> </a></html></dd>...")

05:3505:35, 12 December 2025 Domains and DNS (hist | edit) [7,675 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>Website Domains, and the Domain Name System (DNS) </h3> <p>When planning a new website there are a number of decisions to make and actions to take:-</p> <ol> <li>Define the purpose of the website and decide on a suitable Site Name.</li> <li>Search for a Domain Name which is an exact or close match to the Site Name.</li> <li>Select a hosting service provider, where the website will be located.</li> <li>Decide whether to register the domain...")

09:3109:31, 11 December 2025 Skins (hist | edit) [2,700 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3> </h3> <p> </p> {{DisplayCategoryTree |Topic= |CatName= |CatTree=<categorytree mode="pages"> </categorytree> }} <h3>Links</h3> <dl> <dt>Help:Skins</dt> <dd><html><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Skins" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Skins</a></html></dd> <dt>Manual:Skins </dt> <dd><html><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Skins" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wik...")
09:1409:14, 11 December 2025 Extensions (hist | edit) [2,608 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3> </h3> <p> </p> {{DisplayCategoryTree |Topic=MediaWiki Extensions |CatName=Extensions |CatTree=<categorytree mode="pages">Extensions </categorytree> }} <h3>Links</h3> <dl> <dt>Manual:Extensions</dt> <dd><html><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions</a></html></dd> <dt>Manual:Extensions/Installation and upgrade</dt> <dd><html><a href="...")
08:0208:02, 11 December 2025 Complex Templates (hist | edit) [3,647 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <p>An example of a complex template is provided on the page Templates.</p> <p>The example below includes a parser function If <pre> <onlyinclude>  <span class="suptxt">[[{{{Link|-}}}|{{{RefID|-}}}]]</span>  <includeonly> {{#ifexpr:{{NAMESPACENUMBER}}=0...")
06:2206:22, 11 December 2025 Templates (hist | edit) [7,163 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <p>Templates are stored in the Template namespace, or NS_Template:</p> <p>Templates are intended to be transcluded. When using a template it is not necessary to prefix the template name with the template namespace.</p> <br /> <h3>Templates and the {{MH370Site}} website</h3> <p>Templates have been developed for many purposes, separated here into simple and complex examples:-</p> <h5>Simple Templates</h5> <p>Templates with no variables. The content is tra...")

11:2611:26, 8 December 2025 Variables (hist | edit) [395 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <p>MediaWiki variables are generally prefixed $wg</p> <p>The LocalSettings.php file contains the configuration settings for the MediaWiki-based website. This includes many settings defined by variables.</p> <br /> {{DisplayCategoryTree |Topic=MediaWiki Variables |CatName=Variables |CatTree=<categorytree mode="pages">Variables</categorytree> }}")

10:0410:04, 13 October 2025 Search Engine Optimisation (hist | edit) [4,389 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <h3>Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)</h3> <p>I was searching the Internet on a topic related to Malaysia Airline flight MH370 one day and my own website {{MH370Site}} was listed on the first page of the search results. I was looking for additional content but the search engine returned an article I had already published! That day was memorable because it is not often that my own website will be shown on page one. For most searches using MH370 as the searc...")

06:0306:03, 5 October 2025 Robots.txt (hist | edit) [5,324 bytes] GrantM (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{PageHeader}} <p>A text file robots.txt is placed in the website root directory.</p> <p>The robots.txt file tells search engine robots where to find a Site Map, and instructions which allow or disallow robot's access to parts of the website. For example, some Namespaces may be accessible and search is allowed; others are disallowed.</p>")

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