Katlas installation notes

On July 14, 2007 we've upgraded MediaWiki to version 1.10.1. The pre-upgrade installation notes are at MediaWiki 1.4 installation notes.

Fixing search

In file /www/html/w/skins/MonoBook.php change <form ... id="searchform"> to <form method=post ... id="searchform">.

Rendering PNG

Follow the instructions at http://mywiki.ncsa.uiuc.edu/wiki/MediaWiki_Servers#Problems_Rendering_PNG_Images:

• Add to LocalSettings.php

$wgMimeDetectorCommand = "file -bi"; 

• then rebuild images

# cd /www/html/w/maintenance
# php rebuildImages.php 
Processing image...
Finished image... 3 of 4 rows updated
Processing oldimage...
Finished oldimage... 2 of 2 rows updated
#

Modifying the navigation box

Edit MediaWiki:Sidebar.

Add "tour" sidebar box

In skins/MonoBook.php, right above the lines

<?php
                if( $this->data['language_urls'] ) { ?>

add lines as follows:

        <div class="portlet" id="p-tour">
          <h5><a href="/wiki/Tour_of_the_Knot_Atlas">tour</a></h5>
          <div class="pBody">
            <ul>
            <li><a href="/wiki/5_2">5 2</a> (edit me!)
            <li><a href="/wiki/5_2_Quantum_Invariants">5 2 Quantum Invariants</a>
            <li><a href="/wiki/L10n85">L10n85</a>
            <li><a href="/wiki/The_Multivariable_Alexander_Polynomial">Multivariable Alexander</a>
            <li><a href="/wiki/Knot_Atlas:About">About</a>
            <li><a href="/wiki/Data:5_2/Bridge_Index">Data:5_2/Bridge_Index</a>
            <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mathematica_Package_KnotTheory%60">Knot Theory`</a>
            <li><a href="/wiki/How_to_Edit_this_Manual...">How to Edit Manual...</a>
            <li><a href="/wiki/Modifying_Knot_Pages">Modifying Knot Pages</a>
            <li><a href="/wiki/Special:Recentchanges">Recent changes</a>
            <li><a href="/wiki/To_Do">To Do</a> (history!)
            </ul>
          </div>
        </div>