Drummonds, Scott B wrote:
Namespaces appear to be the beginning of what I'm
looking for, as they
help organize content. However, I want to be sure that if someone is
using a page in one namespace and they create a new link that it will be
created in the same namespace.
This isn't what namespaces in MediaWiki do; they are markers of
functional distinctions, not separate universes. Create separate wikis,
and use interwiki links when you want to link between them.
(For those of you that know TWiki, they call
this organization component a "web".)
If TWiki does what you want, why switch? This is a serious question, not
an accusation; I'm curious what your reasons are for wanting to migrate
to MediaWiki.
Do I have to duplicate the
directory structure and make different SQL DBs for each?
You do not actually need to duplicate the directory structure;
LocalSettings.php could use different databases based on hostname, for
instance. We run 150 or so Wikipedias from one directory.
To create separate wikis, you must create separate databases (or in 1.4+
a separate set of tables with a different prefix within the same database).
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)