Re: [Mediawiki-l] "Go" doesn't search for article title first

2010-10-18 Thread K. Peachey
When searching for something, if its in another namespace that is set to be searched by default, it will find it (eg: searching for Images, and you have a page by that name in another NS such as help) and will list it as the first result but it won't auto redirect to the pae if that is what you're

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Benefits of using wiki in a corporate environment-how to convience?

2010-10-18 Thread Tech Geek
Thanks Dan! That's exactly sort of stuff that I have been looking for. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Main Page

2010-10-18 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 13:35, Graham wrote: >  Hello, > > There is a wiki that is setup without Ldap authentication, and when you > go to the page it doesn't of course prompt you for Login. I could create > a page with the login, and have it as the main page, however, I was > questioning if that

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Main Page

2010-10-18 Thread Tech Geek
If you are talking about mediawiki then usually you have a "Log in/create account" link at the top right corner of the Main page (and all other existing pages). Does that help? ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wi

[Mediawiki-l] Book to PDF not updating automatically

2010-10-18 Thread Raymond M
Upon saving a book, I can find it in User:username/Books/bookname and there are links to each page but no buttons, menu items, or links to regenerate the .pdf output nor to get back to the manage book window. It appears that the "Download" button of the Manage Books page does not go out and

[Mediawiki-l] Main Page

2010-10-18 Thread Graham
Hello, There is a wiki that is setup without Ldap authentication, and when you go to the page it doesn't of course prompt you for Login. I could create a page with the login, and have it as the main page, however, I was questioning if that is the recommend method. Thanks ___

Re: [Mediawiki-l] "Go" doesn't search for article title first

2010-10-18 Thread trueskew
Use $wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault in LocalSearch.php as explained here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault This article is also useful, and explains how to change the search defaults of existing users: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Retrieving a thumbnail of an image file

2010-10-18 Thread Brion Vibber
The imageinfo query module can give you a thumbnail; pop up http ://en.wikipedia/w/api.php and pull up the online help entry for the parameters. -- brion On Oct 18, 2010 7:06 AM, "Gabriel Sandor" wrote: ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wi

Re: [Mediawiki-l] "Go" doesn't search for article title first

2010-10-18 Thread Brion Vibber
"Go" should work just fine for pages in other namespaces, as long as you're writing the full title - eg "Talk:Foo" not just "Foo". If you want it to check the given text portion against *all* namespaces, that may require a little work. I don't recall if we fixed it up to check plain titles agains

[Mediawiki-l] "Go" doesn't search for article title first

2010-10-18 Thread Ross Xu
Hi there, As we know, the difference between "Go" and "Search" buttons beside the search box is that "Go" first looks for article's title and first lists search results found in titles, and immediately goes to the indicated article if one is found. If "Go" fails to find an article, it then autom

[Mediawiki-l] Anyone using Clickheat?

2010-10-18 Thread Sarel Wessels (Agri Wiki)
Anyone using Clickheat on their wiki? I'm having trouble getting it to work. I've installed the script in the wiki page using the tags (which works), but no clicks are logged. Can any please assist? Thanks. Regards, Sarel Clickheat: ClickHeat is a visual heatmap of clicks on a HTML page

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Benefits of using wiki in a corporate environment-how to convience?

2010-10-18 Thread Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]
I have given out many a wiki in my organization and want to echo Dan's point that wikis do not do all the work alone. You cannot put one up and expect it to self-organize all the information put into it, nor expect people, on their own, to put in the proper information and follow directions on

[Mediawiki-l] Retrieving a thumbnail of an image file

2010-10-18 Thread Gabriel Sandor
Hi everyone, Is it possible to retrieve via the Wikipedia API (or index.php) a thumbnail of a picture given its file name ? All i know currently is that there's the ...index.php?title=Special:FilePath/ page but i do not know how i could use it to get in my application a thumbnail with the specifie

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Benefits of using wiki in a corporate environment-how to convience?

2010-10-18 Thread Daniel Barrett
Our successful, corporate MediaWiki site has been written up in various places. Here's one article: http://www.northeastexecutive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=198 and one book (we are one of the major case studies): http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-2-0-Colla

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Monitoring new Liquid Threads

2010-10-18 Thread Siebrand Mazeland
Hi Anne, You can self close it, or if for some reason you would not be able to do that, drop me the issue number in a private mail and I'll take care of it. Siebrand -Original Message- From: mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Beh

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Monitoring new Liquid Threads

2010-10-18 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 17 Oct 2010 22:44:40 Siebrand Mazeland wrote: > Hey Anne. > > This can be done without a problem. > > Example: > http://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Special:NewPages&feed=atom&namespa > ce=90 > > Use Recent changes to also include changes to existing posts: > http://userbase.kde.or

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Change look of a page depending on "page type"

2010-10-18 Thread Clayton
On 10/15/10 16:21, Adam Meyer wrote: > Basically I want to have different page types that look a little different > (mainly a header and footer) in my wiki. > > I know I can do this by using different name spaces, or full page templates, > but I would rather not have to do that. > > Is there any