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<h1>Self-hosted Wikipedia Style Wiki with MediaWiki on Windows</h1>
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<li>Download XAMPP <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
<li>Download MediaWiki <a href="https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/releases" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
<li>Download the Vector skin <a href="https://extdist.wmflabs.org/dist/skins/Vector-REL1_35-e3d48bc.tar.gz" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
<li><label for="cb_li_917989_0">Download Microsoft Visual C++ </label><label for="cb_li_917989_0"><a href="https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe" target="_blank">Download</a></label></li>
<li><label for="cb_li_917989_0">Download Composer <a href="https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe" target="_blank">Download</a></label></li>
<li>Install Microsoft Visual C++</li>
<li>Right click the downloaded XAMPP .zip file &gt; Extract All...</li>
<li>Right click the downloaded MediaWiki .zip file &gt; Extract All...</li>
<li>Rename the extracted folder wiki</li>
<li>Extract the Vector skin inside XAMPP/htdocs/wiki/skins</li>
<li>Cut the wiki folder inside the XAMPP/htdocs directory</li>
<li>Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example</li>
<li>Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location</li>
<li>Install Composer</li>
<li>Navigate to the XAMPP/htdocs/wiki folder &gt; Right click in the white space &gt; Open PowerShell window here...</li>
<li>Run the following command to download dependencies
<div class="codeBlock">composer i --ignore-platform-reqs</div>
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<li>Navigate to XAMPP/php and edit php.ini</li>
<li>Find the following lines and remove the ; to uncomment them
<p>extension=intl</p>
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<li>Run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe</li>
<li>Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL</li>
<li>Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin</li>
<li>Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space &gt; Open PowerShell window here...</li>
<li>Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the mediawiki database
<div class="codeBlock">.\mysql -u root<br />
CREATE DATABASE wikidb;<br />
GRANT ALL ON wikidb.* TO &#39;wikiuser&#39;@&#39;localhost&#39; IDENTIFIED BY &#39;WikiW1k1Wh@t!!&#39;;<br />
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<br />
EXIT;<br />
exit</div>
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<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/wiki</li>
<li><label for="cb_li_138017_24">The WikiMedia setup screen should be displayed</label></li>
<li>Click the set up the wiki first link</li>
<li>Select a language &gt; Click Continue</li>
<li>Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Continue</li>
<li>Enter the database host, name, username and password &gt; Click Continue
<p>Host: localhost<br />
Name: wikidb<br />
Username: wikiuser<br />
Password: WikiW1k1Wh@t!!</p>
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<li>Leave Use the same account as for installation checked and click Continue</li>
<li>Give the Wiki a name and create an administrator username and password</li>
<li>Uncheck the Share data about this installation with MediaWiki developers box</li>
<li>Check the I&#39;m bored already, just install the wiki box</li>
<li>Click Continue and the Continue again to begin the installation</li>
<li>After the installation completes click Continue</li>
<li>Download the generated LocalSettings.php to the XAMPP/htdocs/wiki directory</li>
<li>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
<p>wfLoadSkin(&#39;Vector&#39;);</p>
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<li>Back in the browser click the enter your wiki link</li>
<li>Click the Log In link at the top right</li>
<li>Log in with the administrator account created during the installation </li>
<li>Welcome to WikiMedia</li>
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