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You don't. Mambo user become WIki users as soon as they contribute to the Wiki while logged in to Mambo.
How can I block a user?

Wiki pages are open by design and therefore open to having abusive content added. If a user is spamming your Wiki pages you can block them in one of two ways:

* Setup the Wiki so that only Mambo registered users have access. You can then block a user by revoking their registration in Mambo. However if that is a bit drastic, you can block a user from just the Wiki.
* An administrator is able to block a user from the Wiki. In the backend select MamboWiki->Configure. From the list of options presented select Block User (at the bottom of the list) and enter the name of the person to block and how long the block should be effective. Leave the expiry time box empty if the block is to be indefinite (you'll see what I mean when you get there).

This tip again assumes that you are only allowing registered users access to Wiki pages.

Why use an IFRAME?

When MediaWiki processes a page for presentation it really commandeers the request and response objects. As a result, if MediaWiki is ?included? in a component table, as component content usually is, the process of both Mambo and MediaWiki is ruined. By keeping the two separate, both get the opportunity to run without affecting the other.

It would be good to understand MediaWiki processing model better to see if it is possible to make it co-operate with Mambo more directly in a future release. I think the code causing the problem is in includes/outputpage.php


Does MamboWiki support searching?

Although the underlying Wiki tool supports searching, Mambo does not search Wiki test by default. To include wiki pages in your Mambo searches, use Paul Harvey's search bot at Mamboforge (http://mamboforge.net/projects/wiki-searchbot).

Or, to give your users access to the underlying Wiki search function:

* create a menu option (we suggest you add it to the WikiOptions menu)
* Select the "Other" page type
* Enter the page name Special:Search&search=
* Save

When this menu option is used, the Wiki search page will be presented and the user can enter their search term(s).

NOTE: The search term used in the menu option cannot be empty (it can but nothing useful will happen). We will try to correct this in a future release but in the meantime use a search terms like the one suggested above.
How can I change the way the Wiki content is presented?

The way Wiki content is present is controlled by a MediaWiki skin called MamboWiki. To change this skin you can edit the file called components/com_mambowiki/skins/MamboWiki.php and its associated CSS files in the MamboWiki sub-folder. For more information about creating and editing MediaWiki skins, see the MediaWiki web site.
What Platforms have been tested?

This version of the MediaWiki component has been tested using the following configurations:

* Windows XP, PHP 4.3/5.0, IIS 5.0
* Windows 2003 PHP 4.3, IIS 6.0
* RedHat Linux 8.0, PHP 4.3, Apache

How can I prevent anonymous users editing pages?
By default, an anonymous user is able to edit any Wiki page. If you want to restricted editing to just those users who are signed in, edit the file components/com_mambowiki/LocalSettings.php and add the following line:

$wgWhitelistEdit = true;

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fyi:author info
Bill Seddon
Lyquidity Solutions Limited
mailto:bill.seddon@lyquidity.com

Lyquidity solutions represents Rivet Software in Europe. Rivet Software is the author of Dragon Tag, an application that provides accounting and finance professionals an easy way to turn existing Microsoft Office-based documents containing financial information into XBRL compliant documents for submission to regulators or to exchange information between entities.