JoomlaMediaWikiBridgeInstallation Guide

Follow the Installation Steps:

1. Download and Install Media Wiki2. Install Component (com_jtagwiki)3. Install Module (mod_jtagwikimenu)4. Install Plugin(mediawikilogin) 5. Create external link to menu6. Set The plugin Settings:

6.1. Set Directory Path6.2. Set Cookie prefix

7. Copy AuthJoomla.php8. Rename “index.php”9. Copy Other Files (index.php, joomwiki_engine.php, joomlawiki.css)10. Set variable in joomwiki_engine.php11. Add your settings to LocalSettings.php

1. Download and Install Media Wiki

Download latest release of MediaWiki from:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki, after downloading, upload the folder to your domain try opening website from the original location i-e http://www.example.com/mediawiki, then you will be taken to:

Click the provided link, you will be taken to page where you might find these instructions, so you should then follow the instructions and make the directory be writeable to do this, open your ftp either from cpanel or from any ftp client, set permissions to config directory to 777.

When this successfully runs it will take you to the following page in figure where you have to fill information in the form, making database and user on the server setting the hostname and other settings.

When installation finished successfully you will see this message on your screen near at the bottom of the page.

After completing installation don’t forget to move the config/LocalSettings.php to the root location and then even you can delete the config folder which is no longer needed.

2. Install Component (com_jtagwiki)

After installing mediawiki, go to joomla administration panel, go to Install/Uninstall tab from top menu choose the file from location you have it, then click Upload File & Install

3. Install Module (mod_jtagwikimenu)

Afterwards install jtagwikimenu module, from the location you have saved it. Then go to module manger to enable the module.

4. Install Plugin(mediawikilogin)

After that install the mediawikilogin plugin from the location you have it, then go to plugin manger to enable the plugin.

5. Create external link to menu

After installing the plugin, go to menus from the top menu of joomla administration panel, create an external link for your media wiki webpage, provide the URL for the media wiki you have installed on your server.

Click on new button to make link, then click on external link button from that page, thereafter you will be taken to the following page where you be asked to provide the link you are going to make for:

After setting all required information, click on save button to make changes.

6. Set The plugin Settings:

To set plugins go to plugin manager from the top menu of the joomla administration panel.

6.1. Set Directory Path

First set the directory path to original location of the directory/ folder on your server( important – with slash at end), example “/home/vhost/public_html/mediawiki1/”

6.2. Set Cookie prefix

Then after set cookie prefix to: “mw_”

7. Copy AuthJoomla.php

Please try to find the “AuthJoomla/AuthJoomla.php” from your joomlawikibrige folder. And upload that to the “MediaWiki_Directory/extensions/”.

8. Rename “index.php”

After doing all these please make sure to rename the “index.php” to “inc_index.php” file on the main directory of the MediaWiki

9. Copy Other Files (index.php, joomwiki_engine.php, joomlawiki.css)

Please find these files from the installation folder you have provided to: upload all these files to main folder of the MediaWiki.

10. Set variable in joomwiki_engine.php

Set the variables in joomwiki_engine.php which is located on main folder of MediaWiki, download the file, and set the “$wgAuthJoomla_domain” on line number “3”, you have to provide the joomla installation location URL i-e (http://yourdomain.com/joomla/), then upload the file again to server.

11. Add your settings to LocalSettings.php

Download the LocalSettings.php from the main folder of the MediaWiki, set the following variables:

$wgAuthJoomla_MySQL_Host = 'localhost';

Set your hostname for your joomla location, replace 'localhost' with your 'yourjoomla_hostname'

$wgAuthJoomla_MySQL_Username = 'user_name_db_joomla';

Set your mysql username for your joomla; replace 'user_name_db_joomla' with your 'yourjoomla_db_username'

$wgAuthJoomla_MySQL_Password = 'password_joomla_db';

Set your mysql password for your joomla; replace 'password_joomla_db' with your 'yourjoomla_db_password'

$wgAuthJoomla_MySQL_Database = 'NameDBJoomla';

Set your mysql database name for your joomla; replace 'NameDBJoomla' with your 'yourjoomla_db_name'

$wgAuthJoomla_TablePrefix = " jos_";

Set your joomla table prefix for your joomla; replace " jos_" with your "yourjoomla_prefix", one blank sing before jos - important!

$wgAuthJoomla_Path = '/home/vhost/Joomla';Set your joomla path; replace '/home/vhost/Joomla' with your '/home/yourdomain/public_html/joomla'

That’s all, try opening external link from the joomla website.