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 <mediawiki_install_loc>/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.