Wikimedia Commons: Difference between revisions

    (updating as per infos from #mediawiki)
    Line 2: Line 2:


    Since it is successfully run by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] on a large scale we can be assured that this is a solution that will scale up.
    Since it is successfully run by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] on a large scale we can be assured that this is a solution that will scale up.
    == Including media from the Wikimedia Commons ==
    * [[w:Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia|Wikimedia Commons on using its conent outside of Wikimedia]]


    To include media from the Wikimedia Commons to your own wiki you must activate it in LocalSettings.php by setting  
    To include media from the Wikimedia Commons to your own wiki you must activate it in LocalSettings.php by setting  
    * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos if you need to source media from many [[wikis]] or  
    * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos if you need to source media from many [[wikis]] or  
    * By setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true  
    * By setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true to use only the Wikimedia Commons as external image source
     




    == See also ==
    == See also ==
    * [[Consumerium Commons]]
    * [[Consumerium Commons]]