MediaWiki
Dec 18th, 2006 by John Gerber
Installing MediaWiki and Apache 2 with SSL is not Hell. I just liked the cartoon. Dealing with podcast playlists to allow you to listen to podcasts in a particular order might be. You see, I have over forty podcasts that I listen to. I operate on the firehouse method, by which I mean that I have information thrown at me constantly with the idea that some will stick. If I waited until I had time to sit down and listen with my full attention, I never would listen to any podcasts. Now some podcasts are more important to listen to then others. So, I like to set up an order, which is basically a priority, in which to listen. Not easily done.
Today posting is not about listening to podcasts, but getting MediaWiki installed. Before doing anything, a few references that make life easier when trying to install any software under Mac OS X:
- http://www.macdevcenter.com
- http://hivelogic.com
- http://developer.apple.com
- http://archive.macosxlabs.org
- http://macosxhints.com
- http://www.apple.com/support/downloads
- http://afp548.com
- http://www.macenterprise.org
- http://www.secureosx.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com
I did get MediaWiki installed on www.gloriad.org. I setup an SSL Apache server to run on another port then our current production server. The server requires a user to login, providing some security as we configure. I am going to want to do some reconfiguration of the Apache PHP module to specify some additional paths. I got the MediaWiki database and everything setup so Greg can continue on and get content started. The start of the week generally results in me having no time. With Christmas coming, time is limited. It is a start.
