The manual offers about 45 minutes of How-to movies, and helps the end-user to get started, format texts, make links, add content, search, manage contributors, and much more.

And what is MediaWiki in the first place?

MediaWiki is the collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and other projects.

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We will focus on these aspects:

• What does this plugin do?
• What’s the use of it for you?
• And we’ll create a short video tutorial, to give you an overview of the main features of the plugin.

Our MediaWiki Plugin reviews will help:

• Internet agencies in advising their clients on these plugins, and
• End-users of MediaWiki to get a quick grasp of these plugins.

All in our quest to help end-users get the most out of their open source applications.

We offer the best Manual for MediaWiki, the collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and other projects.
This manual offers excellent and professional video tutorials, helping end-users to work with MediaWiki.

Our MediaWiki Manual offers video tutorials on:

1. Basic principles MediaWiki [Free demo!]

Watch this movie if you’d like to know what MediaWiki is, what it does and what it can do for you. (03:36 min)

2. Interface MediaWiki

Using the interface of a Wiki in the right way will help you quickly find, edit and add information.
Topics: sidebar | page tabs | user links (03:42 min)

3. Changing your preferences
This movie will teach you how to create a new account, and change various settings.
Topics: create account | change password | email functions (03:52 min)

4. Searching [Free demo!]

Wiki’s can contain a lot of information. Luckily there are different ways to conduct a smart search.
Topics: go | search | special search page (02:41 min)

5. Editing your pages

Editing a page in a Wiki is not difficult. But it is important that you do it correctly and that other users can track your changes.
Topics: changing a page | edit summary | preview a page | save page | recent changes (02:31 min)

6. Organizing your pages

Wiki’s can contain a lot of information. Therefore, it is vital that the information is organized well, on a page and within the Wiki.
Topics: sections | table of contents | categories (03:43 min)

7. Making your pages look good

In this movie you will learn how to make your pages look better so that they really stand out.
Topics: text style | new paragraph | bulleted lists | horizontal lines (02:46 min)

8. Creating a new page [Free demo!]

One of the main features of a Wiki is that everyone can contribute. And if you want to add a new page, there are different ways to do that.
Topics: using WikiLinks | from the searchpage | using an URL (04:08 min)

9. Making redirects

By using redirects, you can make sure that users of a Wiki always find what they are looking for. Even if they misspell a word or if an entry exists under different names.
Topics: making a redirect | viewing a redirect | changing a redirect (03:30 min)

10. Using internal links

Linking to other pages within the Wiki allows you to show how pages are related.
Topics: internal links | different label | links to anchors | links to images (04:01 min)

11. Using external links

Linking to pages outside the Wiki adds a lot of value, if it’s done properly. Luckily, the syntax for creating external links isn’t that difficult.
Topics: using external links | different label | numbered links | mailto links
(04:01 min)

12. Using images

After watching this movie you will know how to upload images and how to use them in a Wiki.
Topics: uploading an image | format | alignment | size (03:55 min)

13. Moving a page [Free demo!]

Page names are important in a Wiki. By moving a page you can give a page a new name, for example if the scope of a page has changed.
Topics: moving a page | undoing a move | recent changes (03:02 min)

14. More sources for help

In this PDF, you will find useful links to other sources of help.

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