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Frankly speaking, when I started working with wiki I doubted my original choice. But gradually I've made sure that it was the best decision made.
 
Frankly speaking, when I started working with wiki I doubted my original choice. But gradually I've made sure that it was the best decision made.
First of all you need to download the wiki installation from the net. The best source of mediawiki installation is http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download
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First of all you need to download the wiki installation from the net. The best source of mediawiki installation is '''http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download'''
  
 
Once it it downloaded to your PC, you need to upload it to your hosting account via FTP. If you want to create a site for your main domain then you need to upload it to 'public_html' folder (different hosting providers have different root folder, so you'd better check this with them). Alternatively you can install it into a sub-folder (e.g. 'wiki').  
 
Once it it downloaded to your PC, you need to upload it to your hosting account via FTP. If you want to create a site for your main domain then you need to upload it to 'public_html' folder (different hosting providers have different root folder, so you'd better check this with them). Alternatively you can install it into a sub-folder (e.g. 'wiki').  
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To center your site skin you need to edit the file called 'main.css' located in skins/your_skin/ folder and replace the code:
 
To center your site skin you need to edit the file called 'main.css' located in skins/your_skin/ folder and replace the code:
  
#globalWrapper {
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#globalWrapper {
font-size: 127%;
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font-size: 127%;
width: 100%;
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width: 100%;
margin: 0; padding: 0;}
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margin: 0; padding: 0;}
  
  
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#globalWrapper {
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#globalWrapper {
position:relative;
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position:relative;
font-size: 127%;
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font-size: 127%;
width: 900px;
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width: 900px;
margin-left:auto;
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margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
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margin-right:auto;
padding: 0;
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padding: 0;
}
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}
  
 
This will set the width of your site to 900px. This can be replaced with the proper value for each particular site.
 
This will set the width of your site to 900px. This can be replaced with the proper value for each particular site.
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1. add the following line to your main.css file:
 
1. add the following line to your main.css file:
  
#p-tb { display: none !important; }
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#p-tb { display: none !important; }
  
 
2. Remove the following line from your_skin.php file located within 'skins' folder:
 
2. Remove the following line from your_skin.php file located within 'skins' folder:
  
if ( !isset( $sidebar['TOOLBOX'] ) ) $sidebar['TOOLBOX'] = true;
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if ( !isset( $sidebar['TOOLBOX'] ) ) $sidebar['TOOLBOX'] = true;
  
 
Note: replace 'your_skin' with your actual skin name (e.g. MonoBook.php)
 
Note: replace 'your_skin' with your actual skin name (e.g. MonoBook.php)

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