{"product_id":"mediawiki-daniel-j-barrett-9780596519797","title":"Mediawiki: Wikipedia and Beyond","description":"\"A good book! It's a nice overview of wiki editing and administration, with pointers to handy extensions and further online documentation.\" -Brion Vibber, Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This book is filled with practical knowledge based on experience. It's not just spouting some party line.\" -Rob Church, a developer of MediaWiki\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e MediaWiki is the world's most popular wiki platform, the software that runs Wikipedia and thousands of other websites. Though it appears simple to use at first glance, MediaWiki has extraordinarily powerful and deep capabilities for managing and organizing knowledge. In corporate environments, MediaWiki can transform the way teams write and collaborate.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This comprehensive book covers MediaWiki's rich (and sometimes subtle) features, helping you become a wiki expert in no time. You'll learn how to: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFind your way around by effective searching and browsing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate and edit articles, categories, and user preferences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse advanced features for authors, such as templates, dynamic lists, logical parser functions, and RSS, to organize and maintain large numbers of articles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInstall and run your own wiki, and configure its look and behavior\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelop custom wiki features, called extensions, with the PHP programming language and MySQL database\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book also provides special guidance for creating successful corporate wikis. For beginners who want to create or work on collaborative, community-driven websites with this platform, \u003cem\u003eMediaWiki\u003c\/em\u003e is the essential one-stop guide.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"I was a MediaWiki newbie before reading this book. Now, many aspects of the platform that were murky before are crystal clear.\" -JP Vossen, author of O'Reilly's \u003cem\u003eBash Cookbook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Barrett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0596519796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780596519797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Reilly Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.14w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 165\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel Barrett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119967662335,"sku":"9780596519797","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29a766c7-9dfb-4eb7-a860-2b6f15dbdf49.jpg?v=1687411865","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mediawiki-daniel-j-barrett-9780596519797","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}