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I was working with MediaWiki Gallery extension named “Smooth Gallery” which is based on JonDesign’s SmoothGallery . It was almost the thing i was looking for but not the exact one for my purpose. As a result I had to hack the code and modify it to fit my needs. You can download the extension [...]

Currently I am working with Mediawiki version 1.11 and lots of things have changed and new things emerged during last 1 year. So i feel that my book “Mediawiki administrator’s tutorial guide” requires some additional writings as well. From April 2008, i will be writing new tutorials every week on Mediawiki including some hacks, extensions [...]

Have you ever tried to put headers in MediaWiki and tried to edit them from page view? You might have been forwarded to template edit section instead of section edit. If you want to go to section edit section rather than template edit section then this small hack is for you.
here are the steps you [...]

Note: The content is written for the “MediaWiki Administrators’ tutorial guide” book readers. So you will find some reference of the book here. Ignore those references if you do not have the book. You can download the PDF at the bottom of the article.

Sometime it might require for you to setup multiple MediaWiki site on [...]

After waiting for a month, finally i got the printed copy of my book on my hand. It’s a feeling that i can’t express in few words. Though i was baffled by the wrong address posting of the book byPackt, but finally it arrived to the right place.
The book just look awesome to me. I [...]

So far the journey of wiki has been very pleasant to me. I liked the wiki concept and technology it focuses. Mediawiki comes with lots of features and extensions which are really cool. But still i feel that there should be some very good features included in future MediaWiki. Here are my few thoughts:
1. More [...]

Today my book has been published. It has been a long waiting for me. Finally it’s on the hands of the readers. I can’t wait to receive my copies. Lets hope that it will be well accepted by readers.
here are few pics from David, my development editor at Packt Publishing.

Today my interview has been posted to a blog in Netherlands. Marcel de Ruiter maintains the weblog named Shaping Thoughts. It was very nice to know about him personally and i hope we will share our thougths to shape up something new. Here is the full interview you can read….
http://www.shapingthoughts.com/2007/03/15/interview-with-mizanur-rahman-author-of-mediawiki-administrators-tutorial-guide

This extension is the popular “Whos Online extension” of ChekMate Security Group(http://www.chekmate.org/). This extension is modified version in order to make it work with MediaWiki version 1.8.2 and above. In order to work it with previous versions earlier than 1.8.2 , please visit their site to download the code.
URL: http://www.chekmate.org/wiki/index.php/MW:_Whos_Online_Extension
here are the steps that you [...]

Today I received the cover page of my first book “MediaWiki Administrators’ Tutorial Guide” from Packt Publishing. I knew it is going to publish at the end of February or early march and was expecting to see the cover of the book beforehand. Adding to my surprise I was invited by Nikhil to discuss the [...]