Add Wiki Images and Other Files

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Introduction

This page explains how to install images and arbitrary data files in this MediaWiki.

How-To Upload Wiki Images

This procedure assumes that you have CLI access to the wiki host box. Other procedures may be documented in the future.

01) Start with a set of 1 to 50 image files. Note: You'll be able to upload the full set easily in one go.

02) Rename the image files:

• Make every filename unique.
• In most cases, though this is optional, make the filenames lower-case.
• Don't use spaces or most other punctuation characters in the filenames. Limit period to the filename extension. Dash, underscore, and plus are O.K.

03) Log-in as "root" or do "sudo bash".

04) Create a new empty temporary directory. Important: Make sure that it is empty.

05) Copy the image files into the temporary directory. Keep the directory flat; i.e., no subdirectories.

06) Execute the following but replace "/somedir/" with a directory path for the temporary directory.

cd /var/www/wiki.minetest.org/maintenance/
php importImages.php /somedir/

There you go. The temporary directory may now be removed.

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