Wibbit Walkthrough
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Setup

This will be a walkthrough where you build a wiki exhibit from the ground up, hopefully learning about all the features as we go.

In order to get started, be sure you have installed Mediawiki (v1.7.0 or higher), PHP (v5.0 or higher), and the wiki exhibit extension (Wibbit, if you will). Be sure to visit the install page first, if you haven't.

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Putting in the data

The way Wibbit works is by taking in data from tables right there in the page. By default it will then hide those tables, leaving you with just the exhibit, but the data will always be there and editable on the Edit page.

Each table can correspond to one type of item. Each row of that table will turn in to a new item in exhibit's database. Lastly, each column in the table refers to a different property than an item can have.

So let's put in some data. We can make an exhibit about actors. 

 
{|id="actors"
|-
 !Name
 !Birth Year
 !Birth Place
 !Movies
|-
 |Arnold Schwarzenegger
 |1940
 |Austria
 |True Lies; Total Recall; Terminator; Kindergarten Cop
|-
 |Keira Knightley
 |1985
 |England
 |Pirates of the Caribbean; Love Actually
|-
 |Jackie Chan
 |1954
 |Hong Kong
 |Rush Hour; Shanghai Noon
|-
|}

Okay, this should get you a nice basic table in the page as long as there are no syntax errors or anything. Notice the semicolons in the list of movies. This will come in handy later. It basically means that the "Movies" property has several values, not just one long one.

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Creating the Exhibit

To create an exhibit out of that "actors" table, insert this code right before the table: 

 <exhibit>
   <source id="actors" type="Actor" label="Actor" pluralLabel="Actors" />
   <facet facetClass="TextSearch" />
   <facet expression=".birthplace" />
   <facet expression=".movies" />
 </exhibit>

Then save the wiki page and you should see an exhibit. (Here is what it should look like.)

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