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I have both a locally hosted and a "cloud" hosted Mediawiki install. The cloud hosted one is a one-click install on DreamHost. I am pleased with DreamHost as a hosting service and use it for other things including Wordpress and dotProject. Incidently, I also manage a Hostmonster hosted wordpress install and have had no problem with them although I haven't used Mediawiki on their service. Edward On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Derek Merleaux <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Jeremy, > I was recently recommended to Digital Ocean for simple low-cost hosting and > have been quite pleased with the service. They also have some very > easy-to-follow documentation and instructions for setting up all sorts of > basic server-side software including mediawiki > https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-ubuntu-12-04 > (this is for Ubuntu Linux, but there are many other OS available too. > Good luck w/ your wiki! > -Derek > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Sylvain Machefert < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Hello Jeremy, >> as Craig said, I think you mean Mediawiki : >> - Wikipedia : the well-known encyclopedia project >> - Wikimedia Foundation : the foundation running the servers of the >> previous project (+ some others) and managing infrastructure / legal / >> funds and so on >> - Mediawiki : the open source software running all Wikimedia Foundation >> projects, available as an open source product. >> >> Mediawiki is built on PHP/Mysql and can easily be installed on almost any >> hosting provider, but depending of the plugins you want, maybe you will >> reach limitations of the lowcost hosting offers. For example, if you want >> to use one of the biggest Mediawiki improvement of the last year, >> VisualEditor which allows your user to contribute to the wiki without >> knowing the wikicode ([[link]], '''bold''', == Title == ...) you have to >> install an extra tool and that can be tricky on some hosts : >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor ) >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Sylvain >> >> Le 16/12/2014 01:28, Jeremy C. Shellhase a écrit : >> >> Does anybody have a recommendation for a hosting service for Wikimedia? >>> I'd normally think of installing something like this locally, but our >>> centralized IT isn't up to the task and I have no staff or servers >>> anymore. >>> >>> I'd like to be able to use plug-ins that I find and be able to use our >>> campus' CAS/LDAP for authentication instead of host-based. >>> >>> We're just looking to replicate the internal communication services of an >>> intranet web server for a small (31 person) Library. >>> >>> Happy holidays to all. >>> >>> Jeremy C. Shellhase >>> Systems Librarian *and* >>> Bibliographer/Instructor for Business, Economics, Education, Child >>> Development, Psychology, Social Work >>> Humboldt State University Library >>> One Harpst Street >>> Arcata, California 95521 >>> 707-826-3144 (voice) >>> 707-826-3441 (fax) >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>