Re: [MediaWiki-l] What PHP version do you use?

2015-12-07 Thread Boris Steipe
ried to keep everything up to date. I >> must now admit that the advantages of doing so are rapidly vanishing. Too >> often this ends in a time consuming trial and error, leading into fault >> messages and malfunction, hence a loss of confidence. I think I will change &g

Re: [MediaWiki-l] What PHP version do you use?

2015-12-07 Thread Boris Steipe
Just to counter that, you are overlooking a crucial point ... On Dec 7, 2015, at 11:44 AM, Ray Paseur wrote: > I believe that using the latest software is almost always a good idea. We > are going to upgrade eventually - why deny ourselves the benefits of the > latest software by putting off t

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Infobox formatting

2015-02-05 Thread Boris Steipe
Try re-opening the page in a new browser window. The CSS gets cached, changes to MediaWiki:Common.css don't necessarily affect the rendering of the page immediately. B. On Feb 5, 2015, at 5:09 PM, Brenton Horne wrote: > Did that (not sure if that was meant to be under infobox in > MediaWik

Re: [MediaWiki-l] [mwstake] What should we focus on?

2015-01-27 Thread Boris Steipe
See - that's exactly the kind of argument I mean. Chad - you just happen to be the one expressing this "idea of a wiki"; there's this odd underlying sentiment in the community that the tool comes with a philosophy. Many of us have our own, professional, very valid reasons why we need it to work

Re: [MediaWiki-l] [mwstake] What should we focus on?

2015-01-27 Thread Boris Steipe
Chris has made some excellent points and I agree emphatically with all but one: IMO for the advanced user not all is good. Maintaining and customizing a Wiki is a pain and always has been. Some of the pains have been listed by Chris, but consider: to be effective you need to have at least a wor

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Where are to be located the [[File:xxxx.jpg]] ?

2014-11-05 Thread Boris Steipe
Does it have to be the [[File: ... ]] syntax? If not, you could link externally (cf. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAllowExternalImages) and write a template that expands your "" to the full path. B. On Nov 5, 2014, at 9:18 AM, John wrote: > I would still recommend the same appr

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Restoring MediaWiki after the Drupal exploit?

2014-11-02 Thread Boris Steipe
2014 23:20, Bartosz Dziewoński wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:53:28 +0100, Boris Steipe >>> wrote: >>> >>> If I understand the Drupal advisory correctly, backdoors could have been >>>> installed in the database. I don't know n

[MediaWiki-l] Restoring MediaWiki after the Drupal exploit?

2014-11-02 Thread Boris Steipe
Dear all - As most of you will know, Drupal has recently announced a critical vulnerability and automated MySQL injection attacks in the wild have compromised servers(1). Our sysadmins are wiping affected machines, in order to reinstall data from pre Oct. 15 backups. We users need to figure out

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki virtual file system. Call for feedback.

2013-09-23 Thread Boris Steipe
ote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:23 AM, Boris Steipe wrote: > >> Find/replace would be one. Working in a fixed-width font another ... >> B. >> >> > You should already have a fixed width font by default in our edit > windows... (unless you are using

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki virtual file system. Call for feedback.

2013-09-23 Thread Boris Steipe
Find/replace would be one. Working in a fixed-width font another ... B. On 2013-09-23, at 11:13 AM, Wjhonson wrote: > What is the advantage of that? > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Camponez > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > > Sent: Mon, Sep 23, 2013 7

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Parser function to test if "this" page is being transcluded?

2012-12-20 Thread Boris Steipe
#ifeq: {{PAGENAME}} | | |}} ... {{#ifeq: {{PAGENAME}} | | |}} work for you? B. On 2012-12-20, at 6:54 PM, Al Johnson wrote: > Yes. > > From: Boris Steipe > To: Al Johnson ; MediaWiki announcements and site admin > list > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:49 PM > Subject

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Parser function to test if "this" page is being transcluded?

2012-12-20 Thread Boris Steipe
Then would something like (untested): {{#ifeq: {{PAGENAME}} | | |}} ... {{#ifeq: {{PAGENAME}} | | |}} work for you? B. On 2012-12-20, at 6:54 PM, Al Johnson wrote: > Yes. > > From: Boris Steipe > To: Al Johnson ; MediaWiki announcements and site admin > list &

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Parser function to test if "this" page is being transcluded?

2012-12-20 Thread Boris Steipe
... but you realize it would be visible both in the WikiSource and the HTML source of the page, yes? B. On 2012-12-20, at 6:41 PM, Al Johnson wrote: > I know I'm asking some off-the-wall questions, but I'm trying to do something > special. Thanks ahead of time for your patience /^) > > I wou

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Save Page?

2012-03-23 Thread Boris Steipe
Guys, seriously ... Its just a label for a button. If you don't like it, you can change it in Special:AllMessages - it's called: "savedarticle" :-) B. On 2012-03-23, at 6:17 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: > > Correction: > > This can happen concurrently. Hence, Person X changes the section, but all

Re: [Mediawiki-l] GeSHI keyword links?

2012-02-12 Thread Boris Steipe
Could anyone kindly confirm whether linked keywords (as in: you can click on the keyword to access language specific documentation) works or doesn't work for them with the SyntaxHighlight extension? B. On 2012-02-11, at 7:21 AM, Boris Steipe wrote: > I am using SyntaxHighlight

[Mediawiki-l] GeSHI keyword links?

2012-02-11 Thread Boris Steipe
I am using SyntaxHighlight 1.0.8.10 (GeSHI 1.0.8) on MediaWiki 1.18.1 Keywords are coloured as they should but no links to the specified URLs are created. How can I enable keyword linking? Thanks, Boris ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wi

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Article upload issue??

2012-02-09 Thread Boris Steipe
Have you tried: - editing an existing article by overwriting it with your contents (is it an issue with the contents?) (you can undo he change in your history) - creating a new article with a different name and contents (is it an issue with your create-article rights? Can you create articles at

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Übermittlung der Daten aus dem Formular

2012-01-16 Thread Boris Steipe
to:mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Boris Steipe > Gesendet: Montag, 16. Januar 2012 13:28 > An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > Betreff: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Übermittlung der Daten aus dem Formular > > Das liegt vielleicht an Deinen PHP Einstellun

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Übermittlung der Daten aus dem Formular

2012-01-16 Thread Boris Steipe
Das liegt vielleicht an Deinen PHP Einstellungen - MediaWiki hat da keine Beschränkungen. Sieh mal unter: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads#Set_maximum_size_for_file_uploads B. On 2012-01-16, at 7:16 AM, Timo Brandt wrote: > Liebe Leute, > > > > ich habe ei

[Mediawiki-l] Req. help installing jquery.makeCollapsible for MW 1.18

2012-01-10 Thread Boris Steipe
I am trying to use the PubmedParser extension on my Wiki (1.18) but have not been able to get the jquery.makeCollapsible plugin to work. Simply adding the class "mw-collapsible" to a page element appeared not to be sufficient for an out-of the box MW 1.18 installation. The manual page for colla

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Wiki migration

2011-12-05 Thread Boris Steipe
I recently posted my experience migrating from 1.5.3 (MySQL 3.23) to 1.17 (MySQL 5.1). If you can't find it in the archive, contact me off-list. Boris On 2011-12-05, at 1:01 PM, Daniel Friesen wrote: > On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:45:40 -0800, Stephen Berg (Contractor) > wrote: > >> On 12/05/2011

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Migration from MW 1.5 (MySQL 3.23) to 1.17 (MySQL 5.1) ?

2011-11-08 Thread Boris Steipe
$wgHashedUploadDirectory was used. php maintenance/rebuildall.php That should be all. Boris On 2011-11-08, at 2:21 PM, Boris Steipe wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying to migrate an old but important Wiki from its current server to a > new machine. > > The old machine

[Mediawiki-l] Migration from MW 1.5 (MySQL 3.23) to 1.17 (MySQL 5.1) ?

2011-11-08 Thread Boris Steipe
Dear all, I am trying to migrate an old but important Wiki from its current server to a new machine. The old machine is a RH Linux running MW 1.5.3 with MySQL 3.23. The new machine is VMware Linux running with MySQL 5.1. My mysql usernames are not identical on the two machines. I would prefer

Re: [Mediawiki-l] 2 domains on 1 Installtion?

2011-10-28 Thread Boris Steipe
Same thing except there are VirtualHost directives for both domains - that's how your shared hosting works in the first place. No? B. On 2011-10-28, at 11:19 AM, Isabell Alcott wrote: > i have shared webhosting > > > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Boris Steipe w

Re: [Mediawiki-l] 2 domains on 1 Installtion?

2011-10-28 Thread Boris Steipe
So just put a VirtualHost directive into apache httpd.conf on the domain1 server and point the logical name for domain2 to the IP of domain1. B. On 2011-10-28, at 11:04 AM, Isabell Alcott wrote: > *if someone > goes to domain2, all their urls should stay domain2. ditto for > domain1.* > > y

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help with External Images Display

2011-10-08 Thread Boris Steipe
403? See where in your directory structure the image ends up and check whether the access privileges for the folders look different from the ones where it works B. On 2011-10-08, at 19:26, "Bruce Whealton" wrote: > I get a 403 > Forbidden error. _

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Kapuneipu - help wanted

2011-02-08 Thread Boris Steipe
It seems to me you are proposing a hierarchical vetting system. This is not a new idea, but many failed attempts show that it is really, really hard in practice to identify experts and it does not get easier by making the process work from majority rules. In fact, the very Dunning-Kruger Effect

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Kapuneipu - help wanted

2011-02-08 Thread Boris Steipe
Hm. Try: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Dunning+Kruger :-) On 2011-02-08, at 8:17 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: > - Original Message - > From: >> In the sidebar, under "In anderen Sprachen", you'll find "English" - works >> for me! ;-) > > I will? Which one of these is that under? > >* Haupt

Re: [Mediawiki-l] mais page

2010-04-14 Thread Boris Steipe
But that would serve the code with every loaded page, not just the main page ..., I thought he had asked for main page only. On 14-Apr-10, at 5:50 PM, nevio carlos de alarcão wrote: > Thank you vert much, Geo > > 2010/4/14 George Alexandru Dudău > >> >>> Hello, I'd like to insert the code pro

Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki uses PHP

2010-03-31 Thread Boris Steipe
Would an online unzip server help? Something like http://wobzip.org/ perhaps; you can point it directly to your source URL. You would still need to save and untar the result though... B. On 31-Mar-10, at 2:17 PM, Tyler wrote: > For more information, go to: > > http://www.humanware.com > They

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Capital Letters in navigation etc.

2010-03-11 Thread Boris Steipe
- and you made sure neither the page nor the css were still cached? B. On 11-Mar-10, at 2:29 AM, Peter Velan wrote: > am 11.03.2010 07:48 schrieb Katharina Wolkwitz: >> since I'm suffering the same problem I tried your tipp and >> commented out all >> occurrences of "text-transform:lowercase;

Re: [Mediawiki-l] wiki page trough email

2010-02-09 Thread Boris Steipe
The question isn't completely defined: do you want the links in your static page to resolve? Or do you want them removed? Do you care about styles? Or do you simply want the text? A wikipage is dynamically created from database contents, but even if it is then displayed in your browser, it

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source

2010-01-18 Thread Boris Steipe
: > Boris Steipe wrote: >> In my area of work (bioinformatics) I have not seen convincing >> business models that were based on charging for code. Integration, >> customization, consulting - yes, it needs a lot of expertise to get >> that right and people are willin

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source

2010-01-18 Thread Boris Steipe
pool advertises your organization's capacity to understand real-world issues and address them in a viable way. $0.02 - B. On 18-Jan-10, at 1:21 PM, bern...@bernardhulsman.nl wrote: > Boris Steipe wrote: >> Also: in the information-based economy, an increasingly important

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Please convince me to make my software open source

2010-01-18 Thread Boris Steipe
Also: in the information-based economy, an increasingly important part of the revenue of your activities is "mind-share". No better way to demonstrate your expertise to the world than to contribute something useful. B. On 18-Jan-10, at 11:46 AM, Robert Cummings wrote: > Hi Bernard, > > By

Re: [Mediawiki-l] mediawiki 1.93, force comment before saving.

2009-04-29 Thread Boris Steipe
It's part of the preferences - in the "Editing" tab: "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" B. On 29-Apr-09, at 10:37 AM, Uwe Brauer wrote: > Hello > > I think this is implemented in some wikipedias. > When I modify an article and try to save it I am forced to write a > comment. > > Is t

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Who do you use for Hosting?

2008-11-27 Thread Boris Steipe
Yes, but that box pretends to be several different boxes all at the same time. Each of those is "virtual". On 27-Nov-08, at 10:35 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: > I don't understand how any software could run on anything other than a > computer I can point at. How is this in any way virtual? There'