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==Some beginning tips on running a wiki at DreamHost==

I have figured out some stuff but not a whole lot.

==What you get from dream host==

*Seems basically to be a virtual Linux headless ( no graphical user interface ) server. You have a couple of ways of interacting with it:

** Connect via ssh and use a terminal program to operate it in command mode

**Connect via a FTP client and move files back an forth

**Connect via a web browser and use some tools provided by Dreamhost.

== My Environment ==
To understand my use it may help to know what my software environment is:

*Computer

**Notebook i7 processor, 8 gig memory
**OS: Windows 7 pro
**Additional OS's running under Virtual Box 4.1.22 ( out of date )
***Ubuntu 12.04 Set up with some directories shared with the Windows 7 host.

==Tools On Ubuntu==

===SSH===

You need an SSH client program on your computer to interact in the most powerful way ( but not necessarily the most friendly way ) with the Linux virtual machine at DreamHost There seem to be a lot out there, one of the most popular seems to be PuTTY, I do not particularly like it and in general decided that interactions with the Linux server is better using a Linux client, so I do most of my work in a Ubuntu machine under Virtual box. This lets me get pretty much any Linux tool that runs under Linux, and for this purpose there seem to be more:

For my ideal SSH client I want it to remember all the log on settings so that I do not have to remember and type this administrative junk. I also want full cut and paste ability either from the Ubuntu environment or the widows environment. Again there is PuTTY and for me it is still not all I want.

===SecPanel===
is another ssh client and seems more functional for me, it is what I use now.

===FileZilla===
FileZilla is a file transfer program, I have found very useful. Transfer files either way, view, edit text files all gui based.

===LocalSettings.php===
You will get a file from dream host, keep a copy safe some place, it has parameters including passwords you will need to know. Its name is LocalSettings.php

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	*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Welcome to MediaWiki.org] Partarticurlarly see: Developing & Extending		*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Welcome to MediaWiki.org] Partarticurlarly see: Developing & Extending
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		+	* [http://wiki.dreamhost.com/ the DreamHost Web Hosting manual]. In particular, the [http://wiki.dreamhost.com/MediaWiki MediaWiki on Dreamhost] page has a lot of tips for running MediaWiki at DreamHost. (MediaWiki is the software that supports the OpenCircuits, the DreamHost Web Hosting Manual, WikiBooks, etc).

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 **OS: Windows 7 pro
 **Additional OS's running under Virtual Box 4.1.22 ( out of date )
-***Ubuntu 12.04  Set up with some directories shared with the Windows 7 host.
+***Ubuntu 12.04  Set up with some directories shared with the Windows 7 host. [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/VirtualBox/Setting_up_an_Ubuntu_virtual_machine "VirtualBox: Setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine"] has some tips for setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine with VirtualBox.
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 ===FileZilla===
-FileZilla is a file transfer program, I have found very useful. Transfer files either way, view, edit text files all gui based.
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileZilla FileZilla] is a file transfer program, I have found very useful. Transfer files either way, view, edit text files all gui based.
 ===LocalSettings.php===
 You will get a file from dream host, keep a copy safe some place, it has parameters including passwords you will need to know.  Its name is LocalSettings.php
 ==Other References==