Self-hosted Wikipedia Style Wiki with MediaWiki on Windows

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0348.html

   01. Download XAMPP  https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/    02. Download MediaWiki  https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/releases    03. Download the Vector skin  https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-REL1_35-e3d48bc.tar.gz    04. Download Microsoft Visual C++  https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe    05. Download Composer  https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe    06. Install Microsoft Visual C++    07. Right click the downloaded XAMPP .zip file ≫ Extract All...    08. Right click the downloaded MediaWiki .zip file ≫ Extract All...    09. Rename the extracted folder wiki    10. Extract the Vector skin inside XAMPP/htdocs/wiki/skins    11. Cut the wiki folder inside the XAMPP/htdocs directory    12. Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example    13. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location    14. Install Composer    15. Navigate to the XAMPP/htdocs/wiki folder ≫ Right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell window here...    16. Run the following command to download dependencies          composer i --ignore-platform-reqs    17. Navigate to XAMPP/php and edit php.ini    18. Find the following lines and remove the ; to uncomment them          extension=intl    19. Run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe    20. Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL    21. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin    22. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell window here...    23. Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the mediawiki database          .\mysql -u root          CREATE DATABASE wikidb;          GRANT ALL ON wikidb.* TO 'wikiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'WikiW1k1Wh@t!!';          FLUSH PRIVILEGES;          EXIT;          exit    24. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/wiki    25. The WikiMedia setup screen should be displayed    26. Click the set up the wiki first link    27. Select a language ≫ Click Continue    28. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Continue    29. Enter the database host, name, username and password ≫ Click Continue          Host: localhost          Name: wikidb          Username: wikiuser          Password: WikiW1k1Wh@t!!    30. Leave Use the same account as for installation checked and click Continue    31. Give the Wiki a name and create an administrator username and password    32. Uncheck the Share data about this installation with MediaWiki developers box    33. Check the I'm bored already, just install the wiki box    34. Click Continue and the Continue again to begin the installation    35. After the installation completes click Continue    36. Download the generated LocalSettings.php to the XAMPP/htdocs/wiki directory    37. Once LocalSettings.php is in place open it in a text editor and add the following line to the bottom of the file to enable the Vector skin          wfLoadSkin('Vector');    38. Back in the browser click the enter your wiki link    39. Click the Log In link at the top right    40. Log in with the administrator account created during the installation    41. Welcome to WikiMedia  

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