:13, Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]
> wrote:
>
>> As for whether its MySQL I don't see how since Mediawiki, or the extensions,
>> control
>> what goes in and what comes out.
>
> Well, it is technically possible, it could be MySQL, since MySQL can
> be set t
aWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Weird page capitalization issues on my wiki
On 25 April 2011 15:24, Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]
wrote:
> I agree. If you disabled all extensions (make sure you also changed back any
> Mediawiki files
> you may have mod
ration might cause this.
-Jim
On 20 April 2011 15:22, Kilian wrote:
> On 04/20/2011 04:12 PM, Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C] wrote:
>> The "All pages" special page shows just one of the pages: BioWiki,
>> which was indicated as the true page name in the original post.
>
The "All pages" special page shows just one of the pages: BioWiki, which was
indicated as the true page name in the original post.
Just a guess but there are a lot of extensions installed. I agree with the
earlier person who suggested deactivating the extensions one at a time and
seeing if the
I employ the "cgi_img_auth.php" method of securing the images directory. I
believe the "image_auth.php" method is similar. With this method a .htaccess
is placed in the /images directory containing "Deny from All". Another
.htaccess in the wiki's main directory contains a rewrite rule that ta
A blank page usually means a php error (check your php and web server logs).
Also check permissions on the extension software and make sure your web service
can execute.
-Jim
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From: Henny Savenije [mailto:webmas...@henny-savenije.pe.kr]
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12
$wgReadOnly only needs a text string to enable it. My experience is that
editing is still allowed but when you go to save you will get the $wgReadOnly
string above the editor telling you that the wiki is readonly. I understand
why that may be frustrating for some who spend time editing only to
This is a known problem but I'm not sure where Mediawiki.org is on fixing it or
whether they are attempting to fix it, though I have heard rumors of a fix in
1.17. The problem stems from Microsoft (surprise!) having changed its format
for Office 7 documents. Its format gives its files a mime-t
Check out this link which is a discussion about this topic:
http://www.mwusers.com/forums/showthread.php?8872-Want-to-set-up-a-moderated-wiki-what-is-the-best-way
There are a few extensions that probably will do the moderation but who wants
to moderate spam? I would take the advice given in the
I've run into a strange issue whereby logging into a wiki as an externally
authenticated user from one computer, then logging into the wiki from a second
computer as the same user (also externally authenticated) will log the user out
of the wiki on the first computer. This only happens with use
onf['class'], array(
$wgParserConf ) );
And add this one:
+ $wgParser = new $wgParserConf['class'] ($wgParserConf);
I'm not sure..
Núria
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Also ...
http://www.mail-archive.com/wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org/msg06625.html has a
fix noted at the end of the message that may fix your problem...
-Jim
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From: Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:49 AM
To: 'MediaWiki announce
/Article.php on line 3387, referer:
http://bioinfold/wiki/config/index.php
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] En nombre de Sullivan, James
(NIH/CIT) [C]
Enviado el: jueves, 17 de febrero de 2011 16:26
>From a quick glance I see a few problems:
You said:
[...] and deleted the config directory and changed LocalSettings.php permission
to 600.
The log says:
[error] ... referer: http://bioinfold/wiki/config/index.php
Since the config directory was deleted how can the referrer be from the config
>Good idea! Though FCK kindly makes it impossible even to properly
>create the *template*. I had to comment it out in LocalSettings.php,
>create {{Create an article}} then uncomment it. Still, it's there now
>... sort of a workaround :-)
>- d.
To set a page, like your template, to not use the FCKe
: David Gerard [mailto:dger...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 2:35 PM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Least-worst present WYSIWYG solution?
On 10 February 2011 19:24, Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]
wrote:
> The FCKeditor does not handle the
te admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Least-worst present WYSIWYG solution?
On 10 February 2011 17:02, Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]
wrote:
> I've been using the FCKeditor with our wikis and it is fine for regular use.
> So if your users will just be entering text and an occasional t
I've been using the FCKeditor with our wikis and it is fine for regular use.
So if your users will just be entering text and an occasional table or image it
is more than fine. But, if they plan to do things a little more fancy such as
adding links or alt-text to images or using templates they
Extension:Inputbox (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:InputBox) has the
ability to preload a newly created page with content from a template or another
page. Check out the "preload=" feature.
Also, check out
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Creating_pages_with_preloaded_text which
i
Just to be sure the correct extension is installed, where did you obtain the
FCKeditor extension? There are two FCKeditors, one for regular web
applications and one specifically for Mediawiki. The Mediawiki+FCKeditor
extension can be found here: http://mediawiki.fckeditor.net/index.php/Main_Pa
Logs are you friends :-)
If the file is there then there could be a permissions problem somewhere in the
directory path. Even though you may have permission to find the file, the web
server, which is calling it, may not. Check the permissions of each directory
in the file's path and the filena
You still need to find the log files and look at them, but since placing the
require_once statement for FCKeditor did not break the wiki (e.g., a blank page
when you go to the wiki), I would lean towards another extension interfering
with the FCKeditor.
Try disabling (comment out) all other e
Try setting the following after your require_once statement for FCKeditor:
$wgFCKUseEditor = true;
This should set the FCKeditor to be the default editor according to some old
notes I have, but I think it is true by default, so not sure if this will help.
Also, set
$wgUseAjax = true;
after the
Have you specified:
require_once('$IP/extensions/FCKeditor/FCKeditor.php');
toward the end of the LocalSettings.php file?
If there is no mention of the FCKeditor in the Special:Version output, then
Mediawiki is not seeing the extension at all. The fact that the wiki was
accessible shows that t
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From: mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Sullivan,
James (NIH/CIT) [C]
Sent: 06 January 2011 15:39
To: 'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Upload Problem
I have tried many w
I have tried many ways to get around this problem unsuccessfully and am very
glad to hear it (may) be fixed in 1.17. If you do find a solution please post
it. One thing to note, if you save a file in Office7 as a "doc" file, instead
of "docx", it is still going to have the docx mime type (zip)
Hello wikiers!
I have discovered something that I am hoping is not a problem, but I cannot get
a good determination on whether this is a problem or not from the online
documents, so I thought I'd throw it out there...
I have many wikis, some were installed over three years ago and some recently
Found this via a google search. It looks simple and looks like it does what
you want but I have not tested it.
http://www.mwusers.com/forums/showthread.php?14438-How-can-I-modify-Special-Allpages-to-exclude-redirects
-Jim
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From: Tech Geek [mailto:techgeek12...@gmail.co
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
A few issues with the sidebar.
I'm trying to get alt text on links that I place in the navigation menu but it
is not apparent how to do this. Alt text exists for the links that come by
default in the navigation menu, such as the "Current events" page, but if I
want to place a link to one of
I'm not familiar with safe mode, just saw the notice so I passed it along.
Glad it helped.
-Jim
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From: orsch...@googlemail.com [mailto:orsch...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:37 PM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Med
I use the following:
## Set Default Timezone
$wgLocaltimezone = "America/New_York";
$oldtz = getenv("TZ");
putenv("TZ=$wgLocaltimezone");
$wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 60;
putenv("TZ=$oldtz");
That's east coast time by the way.
Also, are you running PHP in "safe mode"? If so you need to see th
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From: Platonides [mailto:platoni...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 7:25 PM
To: mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] installation issue with 1.16.0 - mysql user privilege
That's what bug 20634. In some cases there were problems in updat
From: Benjamin Lees [mailto:emufarm...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 2:16 PM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] installation issue with 1.16.0 - mysql user privilege
>Right. Users created through the installer pre-1.16 only had
>DELETE,INSERT,
.0 - mysql user privilege
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]
wrote:
> Have the privilege requirements for the database user privileges changed from
> 1.15 to 1.16 for installing mediawiki? I did not see any mention of this in
> the release notes.
Yes, it&#
Hi all,
I have been installing many mediawiki wikis over the past few years using a
remote mysql server. I do not use the mysql "root" account but instead use
another user, which has had the proper privileges to install the database,
until version 1.16.0. When I install the mediawiki version
are expert but do want to
contribute. Thank you. Regards, Nevio
2010/7/30 Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]
> You can argue that software is like cars. Problems are found after, and
> sometimes long after, the product is in the hands of a customer. In both
> cases the developers will loo
You can argue that software is like cars. Problems are found after, and
sometimes long after, the product is in the hands of a customer. In both cases
the developers will look at the problem and decide if the problem is serious
enough for a recall or patch. Software is unique in that it is on
Howdy,
I'm trying to reset the values on the Special:Statistics page to 0. After
banging my head against the Mediawiki website and google for an answer I have
not been able to find a way. The maintenance script "clear_stats.php" says it
resets the values, but when I run it they are not change
I agree. The latest version that I use (2.6.4) has a (C) menu button that
allows you to add Categories to your page, bringing up a dialog box and showing
existing categories to choose from or to create a new one. Nice feature since
I always hate, while editing in wikitext, to have to start up
adoption, but it also makes the
>advanced features difficult to use (and too easy for end-users to break by
>accident). I think it'll be a while before both audiences can be served
>excellently.
DanB
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From: Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]
If the wysiwyg edi
nt to have to learn Dreamweaver simply to edit a
wiki page. And if we're not carefull that's exactly what we'll end up
with.
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From: "Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]"
To: 'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 0
I've been following the CKeditor effort and their promises, once version 3.0
was out, to work on a CKeditor+Mediawiki. Version 3.2 is now out and no sign
of a CKeditor+Mediawiki effort, and most concerning is the lack of any recent
responses to direct questions about the previously promised eff
For the backup we use:
mysqldump -u username --password=password --opt --quote-names
--default-character-set=latin1 databasename > backupfile.sql
and for the restore we use:
mysql -u username --password=password databasename < backupfile.sql
Hope this helps...
-Jim
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When I do the same "find" on my 1.15.1 wiki I get the correct number of images
shown in the statistics page. Number of users is accurate too. Actually I'm
glad you brought this up because I gave up on the statistics page many versions
ago because the data was very unreliable. A first glance i
Why not create a Sandbox wiki, where the entire wiki is available to play in?
I teach a hands-on class on using Mediawiki and have a wiki set up for everyone
to login to and create their own pages, edit, make templates, etc. It allows
more than just editing a single page since they can play a
I have not actually tried this but I've read that this can be done by adding
the extension:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree
and then you can transclude one or more category pages into another page using
the syntax:
{{#categorytree:Foo}}
Where Foo is a category page.
So, fo
09 at 16:50, nevio carlos de alarcão
wrote:
>
> Try writting [[:Category:"the one you wants"|name of the wanted category]]
> and edit this link wherever you want on the page. I don´t know if that is
> what you mean, but...
> regards
>
> 2009/11/10 Sullivan, Ja
n Lev)
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 16:50, nevio carlos de alarcão
wrote:
>
> Try writting [[:Category:"the one you wants"|name of the wanted category]]
> and edit this link wherever you want on the page. I don´t know if that is
> what you mean, but...
> regards
>
> 2009
s link wherever you want on the page. I don´t know if that is
what you mean, but...
regards
2009/11/10 Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C]
> Hi All,
>
> I have a user who wants to have the name of the category that is specified
> in a page to appear at the top of the page. Currently it seems tha
Hi All,
I have a user who wants to have the name of the category that is specified in a
page to appear at the top of the page. Currently it seems that no matter where
the category is edited in the page it will always appear at the bottom. I have
checked the magic words but they only allow hid
I've been searching the web for an answer to allowing MS2007 files to be
uploaded into Mediawiki. When an upload is attempted, for say a docx file, and
is allowed via $wgFileExtensions in LocalSettings.php, the upload fails with
the notorious "corrupt file" error. From what I've read this is d
As a workaround you can try modifying includes/mime.types and add the line:
application/x-zip oxt
since I don't see a application/x-zip line in the version 1.15.1 mime.types
file, in which case you could just add "oxt" to the line.
This will fool Mediawiki into matching the x-zip mime type wit
site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Searching for short words
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Sullivan, James (NIH/CIT) [C] <
sulli...@mail.nih.gov> wrote:
> When using the search field in the past I was limited to searching for
> words with 4 or more letters due to the MySQ
When using the search field in the past I was limited to searching for words
with 4 or more letters due to the MySQL configuration. When 1.14.0 came out
the release notes (bug 7726) say that the 4 letter limit is worked around and
all words can be searched, and this seems to be the case, all th
I also install Mediawiki in separate paths but use separate databases so no
need for prefixes. I prefer this since I can backup and restore the databases
separately, making each wiki independent of the other should something like
corruption happen.
-Jim
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From: mediaw
I completely agree with you that if you need the full features of Word a wiki
WYSIWYG editor will not likely match those of Word, at least those editors
available today. But most people do not use all of those features. Most are
simply text with attributes like bold, italics, etc. You must up
I just realized that your users who refuse to use the wiki and want to use Word
are probably doing so because of the wikitext editor, which can be a real pain
for people to switch to from Word. Over a year ago we installed the FCKeditor
extension (FCKeditor+Mediawiki) which provides a WYSIWYG e
Well, you are absolutely correct for many of the reasons people have already
mentioned. But, your users are still asking to upload Word files. For
whatever reason they want to use Word to edit their content and have multiple
people read and edit it. Maybe they are old fashioned. Maybe they a
If its getting read as zip couldn't you just add "pptx" to the
includes/mime.types file on the application/zip line? This is how I get ppt to
be recognized since it is read as "msword" and so I add "ppt" to the
applications/msword line.
-Jim
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From: mediawiki-l-boun
I run into this all the time with xls, and ppt files as well. Its due to the
mime encoding in the files, which Mediawiki compares with in its list of mime
types in the file includes/mime.types. I'm not sure if this is a problem on
Microsoft's end or with Mediawiki but the fix is pretty simple
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