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How do you search for a specific word on Wikipedia?
On the left-hand side of your screen there is a search box with two buttons under it labeled “Go” and “Search”. Put your keyword in the searchbox. Go – (or Enter on keyboard) will take you to the article, if it exists. Search – will search the text of all pages on the wiki (with some restrictions, see below).
How do I edit MediaWiki?
How to edit the main page
- Log into MediaWiki.
- Select the main page from the navigation if you are not there already.
- Click the Edit tab at the top of the Main page screen.
- Here is where you can edit the content at the top of the Main Page. Add the text you want for the main page and click Save Changes.
How can we search in Wikipedia?
To perform a search, just type ‘wiki’ in your browser’s address bar, then a space, then the name of the article you want. Live suggestions from Wikipedia are displayed as you type. You can also highlight any word or phrase on the web, and an option to search in Wikipedia will appear in the context menu.
How do I change my MediaWiki homepage?
To change which page is the main page, in the search bar, type MediaWiki:Mainpage . Then edit it so its content is the name of the page you want to be the main page.
What is MediaWiki used for?
MediaWiki is the free open-source wiki software used to power Wikipedia and thousands of other wikis. The contributions of hundreds of individual developers have helped make it a feature-rich, secure and scalable platform capable of powering some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world.
How do I remove search suggestions from Wikipedia?
Or go to Preferences → Appearance and see “Disable the suggestions dropdown-lists of the search fields”.
How do you search for information in MediaWiki?
The quickest way to find information in MediaWiki is to look it up directly. On every page there is a search box. Enter key words and phrases and press Enter or Return or click the magnifying glass icon or Search or Go button.
How can I change the default page in MediaWiki?
By default, MediaWiki looks for a page with the title Main Page and serves this as the default page. This can be changed by altering the contents of MediaWiki:Mainpage to point to a different title. If this does not change the ‘Main Page’ link included on the sidebar at install time, edit MediaWiki:Sidebar.
How to hide the title of a MediaWiki page?
MediaWiki does not have a built-in option to hide the main page title (see task T8129), but you can use CSS to hide the title. Alternatively, you can use the NoTitle extension. Add the following to MediaWiki:Common.css on your wiki:
Where do I find the skin files in MediaWiki?
This tutorial outlines how to create a MediaWiki skin. The files for each skin are in the skin’s directory, which itself is in the skins/ folder of your MediaWiki installation. You use the wfLoadSkin() in LocalSettings.php to “activate” the skin, or in other words, let your MediaWiki instance know of the skin’s existence.