Re: [MediaWiki-l] File Upload Page - I need to write a custom version of it

2018-03-12 Thread Emanuele D'Arrigo
Thank you Amanda, Stephan and in particular Sam for your replies. I've decided to install MsUpload due to its integration with the editor and the possibility to upload something directly into a specific page: this is quite a valuable feature given the broad range of computer literacy of my users.

Re: [MediaWiki-l] File Upload Page - I need to write a custom version of it

2018-03-12 Thread Stephan Gambke
I had a similar requirement ("Just upload the darn thing.") and wrote SimpleBatchUpload ([0]). It uses a similar approach as MsUpload, but works from its own Special page instead of the editor from. It presents a simple page with an upload button. Just drag and drop files on the button and be d

Re: [MediaWiki-l] File Upload Page - I need to write a custom version of it

2018-03-11 Thread Sam Wilson
I've found the MsUpload extension [1] to be great in these sorts of situations where the metadata of uploaded files isn't of primary importance. It lets you upload files right from the editor, and upload multiple files at once. You can specify file names as you upload them, but not add anything

Re: [MediaWiki-l] File Upload Page - I need to write a custom version of it

2018-03-11 Thread Amanda Quad
Just a thought to consider... UploadWizard was specifically designed for Wikimedia Foundation projects, so it’s a lot more difficult to customize for personal or private enterprise use than most extensions. My advice would be to simply modify the default Special:Upload page which can done with s

[MediaWiki-l] File Upload Page - I need to write a custom version of it

2018-03-11 Thread Emanuele D'Arrigo
Greetings everybody, I am the administrator of a private mediawiki installation for my neighborhood - about 170 inhabitants. Apparently one of the limits to adoption of the wiki is the cumbersome file upload process. I have installed Upload Wizard and customized the licensing options available to

Re: [MediaWiki-l] File upload issue after upgrading to 1.22

2014-01-21 Thread Alex Monk
Might be related to https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/65641/ On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 3:56 PM, chris tharp wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I recently upgraded to 1.22 and after upgrading I'm getting the following > error when I try to upload photos: > > Bad Request > > unknown function SpecialUpload:

[MediaWiki-l] File upload issue after upgrading to 1.22

2014-01-21 Thread chris tharp
Hi everyone, I recently upgraded to 1.22 and after upgrading I'm getting the following error when I try to upload photos: Bad Request unknown function SpecialUpload::ajaxGetExistsWarning And if I ignore the warning and try to upload I get the following error: Could not create directory "mwsto

Re: [MediaWiki-l] File Upload: The file you uploaded seems to be empty

2013-06-06 Thread Dave Humphrey
A few things I can think of that you can check: 1) Make sure all the relevant paths (../public and /srv/www/htdocs/temp_upload in particular) exist and have the proper permissions. Test this by changing to whatever user Apache uses (ex.: "su apache") and make sure you can write to those directori

[MediaWiki-l] File Upload: The file you uploaded seems to be empty

2013-06-06 Thread Michael Hafner
Dear List, has anybody encountered/solved this kind of problem? Michael __ Dear list, sorry for what may turn out a beginner's blunder. With the configuration outlined below, I still get an error message when trying to upload a file (no matter what size or type): "The file y

[MediaWiki-l] File Upload: The file you uploaded seems to be empty

2013-06-03 Thread Michael Hafner
Dear list, sorry for what may turn out a beginner's blunder. With the configuration outlined below, I still get an error message when trying to upload a file (no matter what size or type): "The file you uploaded seems to be empty". I found a lot of stuff on this, but somehow... Any help would

Re: [Mediawiki-l] File Upload asks for logon redundantly

2011-02-09 Thread Brion Vibber
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Bill Traynor wrote: > It turned out to be an issue with the Varnish Cache. Varnish noticed the > .jpg or .png or whatever so it assumed it was an image (because Varnish had > a rule to assume as much) and therefore cached the upload page. > > The admin added an ex

Re: [Mediawiki-l] File Upload asks for logon redundantly

2011-02-09 Thread Bill Traynor
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 16:13, Brion Vibber wrote: > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Bill Traynor wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 15:28, Brion Vibber wrote: > > > Does > > > this happen when following the 'Upload' link on the sidebar as well? > > > > > > No, it does not, but I think our URL

Re: [Mediawiki-l] File Upload asks for logon redundantly

2011-02-09 Thread Brion Vibber
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Bill Traynor wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 15:28, Brion Vibber wrote: > > Does > > this happen when following the 'Upload' link on the sidebar as well? > > > No, it does not, but I think our URL rewrite rules may have something to do > with this issue. A link f

Re: [Mediawiki-l] File Upload asks for logon redundantly

2011-02-09 Thread Bill Traynor
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 15:28, Brion Vibber wrote: > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Bill Traynor wrote: > > > I've noticed that my wiki is asking Users to login to upload a file when > > that user is already logged in. This is triggered when a logged in User > > adds a wikilink to an image suc

Re: [Mediawiki-l] File Upload asks for logon redundantly

2011-02-07 Thread Brion Vibber
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Bill Traynor wrote: > I've noticed that my wiki is asking Users to login to upload a file when > that user is already logged in. This is triggered when a logged in User > adds a wikilink to an image such as [ [image:billy-bob.jpg]] to a page > prior > to the imag

[Mediawiki-l] File Upload asks for logon redundantly

2011-02-07 Thread Bill Traynor
I've noticed that my wiki is asking Users to login to upload a file when that user is already logged in. This is triggered when a logged in User adds a wikilink to an image such as [ [image:billy-bob.jpg]] to a page prior to the image being uploaded, page is saved, and image link is clicked to upl

Re: [Mediawiki-l] file upload

2010-10-11 Thread Jerry Van Suchtelen
Did you restart apache? On Oct 11, 2010 4:59 AM, "Philippe Dhont" wrote: Hi, I would like to change the file upload from 2M to 16M. I changed php.ini but this stays the same in mediawiki. Do I need to change this on another location ? Kind regards, Philippe Dhont. _

[Mediawiki-l] file upload

2010-10-11 Thread Philippe Dhont
Hi, I would like to change the file upload from 2M to 16M. I changed php.ini but this stays the same in mediawiki. Do I need to change this on another location ? Kind regards, Philippe Dhont. ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Mediawiki-l] file upload to pool wiki from wiki family

2010-05-16 Thread Laurent
Hi all, I'm setting up a wiki family in various languages (eng, fra, swe, ...) with all of them uploading media files to a 'pool' wiki. I set up the family as explained in scenario 5 here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family and it works well for regular uploads. Now I am working on