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well, i have spent the past few hours installing MediaWiki, which is the same wiki engine that Wikipedia uses. a comment by Dave Cormier in my previous blog entry suggested i try it out. i like the look and feel of Wikipedia so i figured I’d give this thing a shot. the problem i encountered is that most of the tools i try are easy to install and uninstall using Fantastico. MediaWiki had to be done by hand. i haven’t installed a database in over a year, so i had a bit of relearning curve . . . but, i was successful.

so, if you want to preview what i have, here’s a preview of the very beginnings: http://integratetech.net/wikitext/ — i registered integratetech.net a few years ago and it’s largely gone unused. i have to play around with the subdomain features because i notice when you click on the link, the URL gets shifted so that atticmooses.com appears as well. hmmm. shouldn’t be too hard to fix when i have a little more time. and, eventually i want to move it to take over integratetech.net without being a directory down . . . but, not until i fiddle first. and, at some point i want to talk about the installation process and why it could be quite daunting for a newbie.

anyway, i just wanted to pat myself on the back for installing the MediaWiki tool and even updating the little logo. if only i had some artistic skills to match my desire.

EDIT - UPDATE: i think i fixed the subdomain issue. oh, and i have already found how easy it is for a random poster to just post anything unrelated on the wikitext site (thanks Dave). ;~) i really need to learn how to manage the mediawiki site, but there’s much i have yet to figure out and understand behind the scenes.