Ekompute .info wrote: > Hi, can anyone help me interprete the following passage from > Mediawiki.org:$wgUseSharedUploads<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUseSharedUploads> > : > > If you operate multiple wikis, you can define a shared upload path using > $wgSharedUploadPath<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSharedUploadPath>. > If $wgUseSharedUploads is set, the wiki will look in the shared repository > if no file of the given name is found in the local repository (for > [[Image:..]], [[Media:..]] links). > > Thumbnails will also be looked for and generated in this directory. > > Uploads to the wiki will NOT be put there - they will be put into > $wgUploadDirectory <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUploadDirectory> > . > > Presently, I am operating multiple wikis and I think this is a good idea, > but the above instructions assume some background knowledge and are > incomprehensible for a novice like me. Supposing I create a new wiki and > database just to upload images and article categories (as in Wikipedia). How > should I go about doing it? > > PM Poon
Take a look to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos That's explained with more detail. $wgUploadDirectory will end up setting a ForeignFileRepo property, so you can use $wgForeignFileRepos instead, or take from there the parameters you need. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
