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== Solution for MediaWiki 1.35 upgrade == | == Solution for MediaWiki 1.35 upgrade == | ||
Disable output compression in ''LocalSettings.php'': | |||
<pre> | |||
## Uncomment this to disable output compression | |||
$wgDisableOutputCompression = true; | |||
</pre> | |||
== Solution for MediaWiki 1.36 upgrade == | == Solution for MediaWiki 1.36 upgrade == | ||
Revision as of 22:40, 4 June 2021
The Problem
My wiki is hosted on GoDaddy. I used Installatron to create the original installation.
When I upgraded to version 1.35 and 1.36 of MediaWiki, all I saw on the welcome page was undecipherable strings of ASCII characters and symbols. The page was completely illegible and unintelligible.
Solution for MediaWiki 1.35 upgrade
Disable output compression in LocalSettings.php:
## Uncomment this to disable output compression $wgDisableOutputCompression = true;