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== Implementation Tricks==
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== Languages ==
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Initially, I thought using mediawiki would be a very easy way to build my site.  But it turned out that it really called upon many of my nerdy skills.
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# Wikitext -- the mediawiki markup language; the bulk of the work is in this.
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# HTML -- needed intermittently in conjunction with wikitext.
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# DPL -- Dynamic Page List, an extension that allows more complicated lists than mediawiki categories.
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# PHP -- mediawiki is implemented in and configured with PHP.
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# javascript -- I use it primarily for forms that generate wikitext for new articles.
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# XML -- I use dumps from Delicious Library in XML.  Typing in hundreds of books is much more tedious than scanning them.
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# Python -- I use it primarily to generate wikitext for new articles about books from XML dumps.
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# Various extensions: DPL, Nuke, Interwiki, ParserFunctions, StringFunctions
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# CSS -- not yet used, but fundamental to the display of a wiki.
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== Implementation Tricks ==
 
Producing indexes using categories is simple, but had several ugly drawbacks:
 
Producing indexes using categories is simple, but had several ugly drawbacks:
 
* Their titles all start with "Category:".
 
* Their titles all start with "Category:".
* Categories tend to be single level.
 
 
* Categories do not let you add extra information beyond the title of a page.
 
* Categories do not let you add extra information beyond the title of a page.
 
* Categories do not let you mix wiki pages with external links.
 
* Categories do not let you mix wiki pages with external links.
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I solved these problems with several tricks.
 
I solved these problems with several tricks.
* Extensions ParserFunctions, StringFunctions, DynamicPageList.
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* Extensions ParserFunctions, MyVariables, DynamicPageList.
 
* [[:Template:DES]] which allows me to associate descriptions with each page.
 
* [[:Template:DES]] which allows me to associate descriptions with each page.
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* [[:Template:URL]] which allows me to optionally associate an external URL with a page.
 
* Index templates [[:Template:List]] and [[:Template:Quotations]].  These let me list categories with DPL and display descriptions with each page.  If a page is for an external link, that link is used rather than the internal wiki link.
 
* Index templates [[:Template:List]] and [[:Template:Quotations]].  These let me list categories with DPL and display descriptions with each page.  If a page is for an external link, that link is used rather than the internal wiki link.
 
* Link templates, [[:Template:Link]], let me treat internal and external links uniformly, relying on the single URL stored on a page.   
 
* Link templates, [[:Template:Link]], let me treat internal and external links uniformly, relying on the single URL stored on a page.   
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* External text can be searched within the wiki because it is in the database.
 
* External text can be searched within the wiki because it is in the database.
 
* Categories can be combined for listing by making them subcategories of each other.  Category:Friedrich Hayek is a subcategory of Category:Friedrich von Hayek, so listing the latter includes the former.
 
* Categories can be combined for listing by making them subcategories of each other.  Category:Friedrich Hayek is a subcategory of Category:Friedrich von Hayek, so listing the latter includes the former.
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== Interwiki ==
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* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpecialInterwiki
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* [[Special:Interwiki]] to edit interwiki table
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* Use <nowiki>[[wikipedia:pagename]]</nowiki>
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* I use huben, hybridize, and critiques for mine
  
 
== Other Notes ==
 
== Other Notes ==
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When upgraded to version > 1.17:
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NavFrame
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Collapsing
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* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Collapsible_elements to revise structure to collapse and expand
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<code>
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible">
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Header
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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; First
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: test
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible-content">
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;sfgarg
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:sfwf
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;regregter
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:ertwert
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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; Second
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: test
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible-content">
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;sfgarg
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:sfwf
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;regregter
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:ertwert
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</code>
  
 
Investigate using:
 
Investigate using:

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