With certain extensions using MediaWiki you may need to use composer. Two examples are Semantic Compound Queries and Maps. This example is using Windows Server 2012 R2 running WAMPserver. Obviously you will need to have composer installed in the PHP version you are using. To install this using composer open the compose.json in the root …
You can find instructions on Semantic MediaWiki site on how to install on Windows, but it is advised that Semantic MediaWiki is not supported for Windows environments. It also misses a few areas that need to be included to ensure it installs. This is how I did it: Ensure you have composer installed and it …
So a friend has an issue with an issue where his MacBook Pro late 2011 was not booting. Looking at the issue and finding information online, it turns out the AMD card seems to fail on MacBook Pros. But thankfully it can be programatically bypassed. A lot of information I was finding insisted on using …
So I was asked to add an events calendar to a SharePoint site that is being used as a portal. This would display the calendar as a WebPart on a SharePoint Wiki page. But, obviously, as with anything SharePointy, this wasn’t as straight forward as just sticking the WebPart in. The issue I encountered was …
So, I was asked to install MediaWiki on a Windows Server 2012 R2. This example shows you to install when using the server with a GUI. You can transfer the files using your control panel if you don’t have a GUI, and in theory it should also work the same with a Linux
So, for work I was provided with a Windows Server. To run the scripts I wanted I had to install WAMP. I did this on my own personal server initially for testing purposes. But I had a small issue, it came with the error where the WAMP sign refused to change from Red or Orange …
I used to be a Joomla! type of person. That was until 2014 when things kept breaking and simply not working. I started using WordPress instead when a company I worked for decided to switch from Joomla! to WordPress. This was really the first experience I had with WordPress, since I have primarily used WordPress …
So, I wanted to install WordPress onto my localhost, but I didn’t have phpMyAdmin installed. Please note: cheekyfactor.com or the owners of this site cannot be held responsible if things go wrong. You perform these tasks at your own risk. This is for advanced users only. To install phpMyAdmin, open your terminal and input: sudo su
I have had several computers come to me where when I have opened a browser it defaults to search-startpage.com. This is a nasty piece of adware and should be removed as soon as it is detected. This can be used to remove any adware that you may have got, just replace search-startpage.com with the adware …
In previous versions of Windows it was fairly straightforward to get into diagnostic mode with F8, but Microsoft have decided to change this. You can’t get into Safe Mode as you used to be able to, but you can still get into an area where you can re-install Windows or perform diagnostic checks. Please note: cheekyfactor.com …
