MediaWiki 1.1 Beginner’s Guide

MediaWiki 1.1 Beginner’s Guide (Packt, ISBN: 1847196047) by Jeff Orlof and Mizanur Rahman, is a comprehensive guide to MediaWiki, which I was invited to act as a technical reviewer for. The book consists of 12 chapters and 4 appendices, guiding the reader through common and uncommon tasks you may come across whilst using the MediaWiki platform:

• Chapter 1: About MediaWiki
• Chapter 2: Installing MediaWiki
• Chapter 3: Getting to Know Your Wiki
• Chapter 4: Creating Content
• Chapter 5: Advanced Formatting
• Chapter 6: Putting the Media in MediaWiki
• Chapter 7: Organizing Your Wiki’s Content
• Chapter 8: The MediaWiki Administrator
• Chapter 9: Multi-user Environment
• Chapter 10: Advanced Customization
• Chapter 11: Maintaining MediaWiki
• Chapter 12: Integrating MediaWiki
• Appendix A: The Best Extensions for MediaWiki
• Appendix B: The Best of MediaWiki in Use
• Appendix C: Where to Turn to
• Appendix D: Quiz Answers

I’ve posted a review of MediaWiki 1.1 Beginner’s Guide in my blog, too.

About the reviewer of MediaWiki 1.1 Beginner’s Guide

Richard Carter, a technical reviewer on the MediaWiki 1.1 Beginner’s Guide book, is author of MediaWiki Skins Design and is available for MediaWiki consultancy.