{"product_id":"mediawiki-wikipedia-and-beyond-paperback","title":"Mediawiki: Wikipedia and Beyond - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A good book! It's a nice overview of wiki editing and administration, with pointers to handy extensions and further online documentation.\" -Brion Vibber, Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This book is filled with practical knowledge based on experience. It's not just spouting some party line.\" -Rob Church, a developer of MediaWiki\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e MediaWiki is the world's most popular wiki platform, the software that runs Wikipedia and thousands of other websites. Though it appears simple to use at first glance, MediaWiki has extraordinarily powerful and deep capabilities for managing and organizing knowledge. In corporate environments, MediaWiki can transform the way teams write and collaborate.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This comprehensive book covers MediaWiki's rich (and sometimes subtle) features, helping you become a wiki expert in no time. You'll learn how to: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFind your way around by effective searching and browsing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate and edit articles, categories, and user preferences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse advanced features for authors, such as templates, dynamic lists, logical parser functions, and RSS, to organize and maintain large numbers of articles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInstall and run your own wiki, and configure its look and behavior\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelop custom wiki features, called extensions, with the PHP programming language and MySQL database\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book also provides special guidance for creating successful corporate wikis. For beginners who want to create or work on collaborative, community-driven websites with this platform, \u003cem\u003eMediaWiki\u003c\/em\u003e is the essential one-stop guide.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"I was a MediaWiki newbie before reading this book. Now, many aspects of the platform that were murky before are crystal clear.\" -JP Vossen, author of O'Reilly's \u003cem\u003eBash Cookbook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel J. Barrett has been immersed in Internet technology since 1985. Currently working as a software engineer, Dan has also been a heavy metal singer, Unix system administrator, university lecturer, web designer, and humorist. He is the author of O'Reilly's Linux Pocket Guide, and he is the coauthor of Linux Security Cookbook, and SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 377\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.92 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 18, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491610652979,"sku":"9780596519797","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aXFLR3JkN25nNXpIWWNNU05vQ08xZz09.webp?v=1759921104","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/mediawiki-wikipedia-and-beyond-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}