[MediaWiki-l] How to delete erroneous file 'Common.css'?

2018-07-21 Thread Sharon Kimble
I'm setting up 2 localhost-only wikis for development purposes and trying out new ideas. One called 'wiki-drugfacts' and the other called 'wiki-tgmeds'. They both share the same mariadb database although 'wiki-tgmeds' does have a prefix of 'tg-' first in the database. whilst endeavouring to set u

[MediaWiki-l] Problems installing mediawiki, please, help!

2018-03-14 Thread Sharon Kimble
I'm trying to set up a localhost-only wiki for development which will not be web-facing. I've been following here [1] and also [2], and have got as far as 'Configure MediaWiki', and navigating to http://localhost and there I'm stuck. The browser shows - ╭ │MediaWiki 1.30.0 │ │LocalSetting

Re: [MediaWiki-l] "You don't have permission to access /wiki-tgmeds/index.php/Main_Page on this server"

2017-10-08 Thread Sharon Kimble
"Greg Rundlett (freephile)" writes: > On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Sharon Kimble > wrote: > >> >> I've been trying to find a solution to this problem but my googling is >> failing me. >> >> I am trying to set up 2 local mediawiki blo

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Another Moving a Mediawiki Question

2017-10-05 Thread Sharon Kimble
mdou...@pclink.com writes: > Hello > > I've been discussing a relocation of the Placeography mediawiki > with the Minnesota historical society. > > They are contacting orgs similiar to themselves. > > Would like to know options for moving Placeography to a server > and keeping it running. > > http

Re: [MediaWiki-l] setting up a wiki-farm

2017-07-14 Thread Sharon Kimble
8--- So how can I get it to display properly please? Thanks Sharon. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 6, 2017, at 02:07, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> >> I'm trying to set up a wiki-farm using the instructions at [fn:1] which >> I know are a bit old,

[MediaWiki-l] setting up a wiki-farm

2017-07-05 Thread Sharon Kimble
I'm trying to set up a wiki-farm using the instructions at [fn:1] which I know are a bit old, but I like using sequential installation instructions. However, wiki-1 installs perfectly with no problems, but if I try and install wiki-2 it states "A LocalSettings.php file has been detected. To upgra

[MediaWiki-l] Mediawiki installation asking for already provided components

2017-06-14 Thread Sharon Kimble
After installing Debian 9 after a hard-drive died I'm now having problems getting my local installation of mediawiki up and running. I'm using this page as my guide [1] and copied and pasted the stanza "sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php php-xml php-mbstring

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Debian packages for a localhost installation?

2017-05-05 Thread Sharon Kimble
Bartosz Dziewoński writes: > You'll need these: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_or_Ubuntu#Install_LAMP_Stack Thanks Bartosz. But what do I need to run mariadb please? Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.

[MediaWiki-l] Debian packages for a localhost installation?

2017-05-05 Thread Sharon Kimble
After a reinstall of my Debian 8 I'm having great difficulties in getting my own mediawiki instance (just available as a local instance and not web serving) working. Can anyone tell me please what Debian packages I need to install that will allow me to use mariadb with a downloaded mediawiki.tar.

Re: [MediaWiki-l] How to get the statcounter extension working?

2017-04-13 Thread Sharon Kimble
reground devs hopefully, and see if they can help further. Thanks Sharon. > > 3) Enable debugging and see if you get an error. > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:How_to_debug > > Regards, > Nischay Nahata > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Sharon Kimble > wr

[MediaWiki-l] How to get the statcounter extension working?

2017-04-13 Thread Sharon Kimble
Has anyone been able to get the 'statcounter' extension to work with mediawiki and foreground please? I have it installed and the only thing that it seems to do is to add 'Site statistics' into the sidebar. There are no calls to its home site, nothing! I've set it up as per the extensions homepage

Re: [MediaWiki-l] How to set up and use columns?

2017-04-06 Thread Sharon Kimble
Bartosz Dziewoński writes: > On 2017-04-06 03:29, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> - How can I get rid of 'From DrugFacts' under every level one heading >> please? Does anyone know please? > > You can change or remove this text by editing the page "MediaWiki:Tagline

Re: [MediaWiki-l] How to set up and use columns?

2017-04-06 Thread Sharon Kimble
link to a section heading on a page from the sidebar please? Thanks Sharon. > Sent from my iPad > >> On Apr 2, 2017, at 3:32 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> >> I'm developing a new site using mediawiki and want to use columns on the >> MainPage in place of a t

[MediaWiki-l] How to set up and use columns?

2017-04-02 Thread Sharon Kimble
I'm developing a new site using mediawiki and want to use columns on the MainPage in place of a table which isn't displaying things as I really want. But how do I do it please? I can't find any reference to columns showing how its done in the mediawiki documentation, so I'm at a loss. Can somebody