Quick Setup Instructions for MediaWiki

MediaWiki Setup Instructions.

• Install Apache 2.2 or later 
• Install Mysql 5 or later 
• Install PHP from the zip version, just extract the files to a directory. The main directory should contain php5apache2.dll  and similar dll files. 
• Setup PHP to work with MySqL by uncommenting the lines in php.ini file
  
  1. extension_dir="c:\php5.3.5\ext" 
  2. extension=php_mysql.dll
  
  
• Setup PHP and Apache by adding these lines into httpd.conf
  
  1. LoadModule php5_module "c:/php5.3.5/php5apache2_2.dll"
  2. AddType application/x-httpd-php.php 
  3. PHPIniDir "C:/php5.3.5/"

    ** Note to change the Php installation directory to yours.

• Create a database for the Wiki(dc_wiki_db), create a user/pwd and assign privileges for the user to this db. 
• Download mediawiki latest version. 
• Unzip the mediawiki zip file into the root directory of Apache, usually htdocs unless you have changed it. 
• Navigate to the index.php file under the extracted mediawiki folder from the browser and follow the setup instructions. 
• The installation will create a LocalSettings.php file under the root directory of mediawiki, this is the main configuration file for the mediawiki.