Re: [Mediawiki-l] Use MySQL for User Login

2009-11-24 Thread Ross Xu
Thank you Platonides for your help, but it seems the auth plugin is for a website which already has authentication. However, my MW is on another machine/website which does NOT have authentication.   MachineA is my customer portal website, and is using a mysql database for user login. MachineB is

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Odd issue with hosted MediaWiki

2009-11-24 Thread Ray Van Dolson
> Hmm... maybe something like Zend/Turk is caching a compiled version of > LocalSettings.php -- but would the web server exhibit the behavior > we're seeing above if LocalSettings.php was changed I wonder? FYI, I set: php_value zend_optimizer.optimization_level 0 In our .htaccess file and so f

[Mediawiki-l] Odd issue with hosted MediaWiki

2009-11-24 Thread Ray Van Dolson
We're running an instance of MediaWiki 1.15.0 on an A2 Hosting server (runs CentOS 5.4 + Apache/PHP5 I believe). When we modify our LocalSettings.php file, several subsequent requests (usually six or so) to the wiki come up blank. After these initial requests, everything comes up normally again.

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Use MySQL for User Login

2009-11-24 Thread Platonides
Ross Xu wrote: > Greetings, > > I have an existing MySQL database for my customer portal website which > includes customers' account info (usernames, and passwords). > > Now, I am configuring my MediaWiki on another machine in the same LAN for > customers. How could I make use of the existing

Re: [Mediawiki-l] How to Add ContactUs (mailto) to Footer

2009-11-24 Thread Platonides
Ross Xu wrote: > Greetings, > I'd like to add "Contact Us" to the footer. When a user click "Contact Us", > it will open a email client and mailto feedb...@mycompany.com. > > I have tried add 'ContactUs' to the line of "$footerlinks" in > ./skins/MonoBook.php, and created a page called MediaWik

[Mediawiki-l] Use MySQL for User Login

2009-11-24 Thread Ross Xu
Greetings,   I have an existing MySQL database for my customer portal website which includes customers' account info (usernames, and passwords).   Now, I am configuring my MediaWiki on another machine in the same LAN for customers. How could I make use of the existing customer portal MySQL databa

[Mediawiki-l] How to Add ContactUs (mailto) to Footer

2009-11-24 Thread Ross Xu
Greetings, I'd like to add "Contact Us" to the footer. When a user click "Contact Us", it will open a email client and mailto feedb...@mycompany.com.   I have tried add 'ContactUs' to the line of "$footerlinks" in ./skins/MonoBook.php, and created a page called MediaWiki:ContactUs in which the c

Re: [Mediawiki-l] First adventures with Category

2009-11-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 24 November 2009 01:45:41 Bri wrote: > This is actually correct. > > If you click on the red category, it gives you the option of explaining > the category. I usually add: > > ==Usage== > This category is for articles relating to ... > > > > It also allows you to create sub-categori