Re: [pmwiki-users] Using variable in skin template

2009-10-23 Thread DaveG
Sven Hartenstein wrote: > Hi Hans, > >> Then maybe it is easiest to use div markup for those quotes, with a >> specific class name, and use css to set the div where you want it. >> But you would need to absolutely position it. > > That's what I currently do. I am not very happy with it. I would

Re: [pmwiki-users] Using variable in skin template

2009-10-23 Thread DaveG
Sven Hartenstein wrote: > Hi Hans, > >> Then maybe it is easiest to use div markup for those quotes, with a >> specific class name, and use css to set the div where you want it. >> But you would need to absolutely position it. > > That's what I currently do. I am not very happy with it. I would

Re: [pmwiki-users] Using variable in skin template

2009-10-23 Thread DaveG
Sandy wrote: > in config.php > $FmtPV['$color1'] = '"#00cc00"'; > > > then in the .tmpl file: >

Re: [pmwiki-users] editing pmwiki.org

2009-10-23 Thread DaveG
adam overton wrote: > hi > pmwiki.org isn't permitting editing right now - it just times out. > any way to smack the server? There was a spate of spam, so my guess is Pm or Petko is working on the servers. ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pm

Re: [pmwiki-users] Using variable in skin template

2009-10-23 Thread DaveG
Sven Hartenstein wrote: > Dear pmwiki-users, > > I have a lot of fun discovering pmwiki and I already like it very > much. > > One thing I can't figure out, even after reading many pages on > pmwiki.org: > > I would like to use a variable in my skin template. Ideally, this > would be similar t

Re: [pmwiki-users] Per group customizations -- I'm missing something silly

2009-10-23 Thread DaveG
Sandy wrote: > I put a file called > testgroup.php > > in my /local directory, right beside config.php. > > The contents of testgroup.php are: > in test group config > > That should break something, right? The eventual goal is > $Skin = 'testgroupskin'; > > but the first step is proof it's r

Re: [pmwiki-users] Line Breaks in Skin, using

2009-10-23 Thread DaveG
Sandy wrote: > DaveG wrote: > >> So the question is really how to split an anchor text across two lines? So: >>"this is a really long" >> >> becomes: >>"this is a >> really long" > > Thanks for the tip. Turns out that

Re: [pmwiki-users] Line Breaks in Skin, using

2009-10-22 Thread DaveG
Sandy wrote: > I'm using the directive for the menu in a skin. > > > > > Most of the menu items are two lines long, but a few are a bit too short > to break, and look odd. So the question is really how to split an anchor text across two lines? So: "this is a really long" becomes: "th

Re: [pmwiki-users] More beginner skinnier questions....

2009-10-22 Thread DaveG
~Jami wrote: > Good day, > > I would like to have category headings in the left nav bar not linked - > how would I do this? The sidebar is stored in a file called Site.Sidebar. So you could edit that file, and remove the linking brackets, so "%sidehead% [[PmWiki/PmWiki]]" becomes: %sidehead%

Re: [pmwiki-users] Cookbook/Flash - splitting the page into two?

2009-10-20 Thread DaveG
adam overton wrote: > one consolidation that could happen would be to add all the extra > sprawling recipes (teachertube, audioo, godtube, slidehare) to the > youtube/vimeo/googlevideo/flickr recipe, adding new players as they come > along. one argument against that would be to keep the more obsc

Re: [pmwiki-users] Cookbook/Flash - splitting the page into two?

2009-10-20 Thread DaveG
adam overton wrote: > hi there > i'm about to upload a major update to the swf-sites.php recipe hosted at > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Flash, plus i plan to majorly overhaul > the page, as it's cluttered with comments, and it's can be confusing to > navigate. Just a little :) > before

Re: [pmwiki-users] Page save performance issue

2009-10-20 Thread DaveG
Forward response to list. Laatz, Erek wrote: > Hi Dave, > > sorry for my bad description: 2 independent hosts (where one is backup) > with same content. Both will have 353 files in wiki.d directory. > > DaveG schrieb: >> Laatz, Erek wrote: >>> Here some basi

Re: [pmwiki-users] Just starting out....

2009-10-20 Thread DaveG
~Jami wrote: > Hello all, I have a dumb newbie question - > > I have installed pmwiki, everything seems to be fine. > However, any changes I make to local/config.php do not show up when I > load pmwiki.php in my browser. > > latest change was to install a skin and reference it in config.php -

Re: [pmwiki-users] Page save performance issue

2009-10-20 Thread DaveG
Laatz, Erek wrote: > Here some basic informations about the Wiki and the systems: > > Wiki: 348 sites / 353 files in ./wiki.d What do you mean here by sites here? Do you have 348 farms? And each farm has 353 files in wiki.d? ___ pmwiki-users mailing l

Re: [pmwiki-users] New Skin -- Colorimetry

2009-10-19 Thread DaveG
Stphane Heckel wrote: > "DaveG" wrote : > >> http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Colorimetry > > Colorimetry in action : http://wiki.noteit.free.fr/ > > One question : I combine the toggle cookbook with some predefined 'gif' > picture (it is

[pmwiki-users] ANN: New Skin -- Colorimetry

2009-10-19 Thread DaveG
A simple, 2-column interface, with a few color variations. http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Colorimetry Hope you like it. ~ ~ Dave ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users

Re: [pmwiki-users] pagelist and pages beginning with Index

2009-10-16 Thread DaveG
On 10/16/2009 10:01 AM, Eric Grange wrote: > As for the SearchPatterns, I'm using the french localization recipe, > which includes some $SearchPatterns indeed, and one them is: > > $SearchPatterns['default'][] = '!\\.Index!'; > > is this line correct? (I'm not sure what the SearchPatterns does >

Re: [pmwiki-users] Changing $PageLogoUrl variable based on Group

2009-10-15 Thread DaveG
On 10/15/2009 9:19 AM, Graham Archer wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to change the Wiki logo ( top left hand corner) , > $PageLogoUrl, variable depending on the Group. I am using the monobook skin. > I guess I should be able to do this in config.php - but my php knowledge > isn't up to knowing how

Re: [pmwiki-users] Forcing a new list

2009-10-13 Thread DaveG
On 10/13/2009 7:28 PM, Chris Cox wrote: > On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 17:22 -0400, DaveG wrote: >> # Item 1 >> >> # Item 1 >> # Item 2 >> # Item 3 >> >> # Item 1 >> >> > > # %item value=1% Item 1 Whilst this restarts the numbering, what I

[pmwiki-users] Forcing a new list

2009-10-13 Thread DaveG
How do I force the creation of a new list, without actually putting text between the lists? So in the case below, what needs to be between each list to force it to become another list? # Item 1 # Item 1 # Item 2 # Item 3 # Item 1 ~ ~ Dave ___ pm

Re: [pmwiki-users] Php5 -- MMCache in plain English wanted, for timid webmasters

2009-10-08 Thread DaveG
I'm running on php5, and mmcache is enabled. I've not noticed any issues. If you wanted to disable it, from what I can see on my php settings page, you'd have to set eaccelerator.enable to 0 to disable the cache. It seems like you can do this from htaccess like this: php_flag eaccelerator.ena

Re: [pmwiki-users] cvs names list as pagelist input

2009-10-05 Thread DaveG
On 10/5/2009 6:18 AM, noskule wrote: > Hans wrote: >> Saturday, October 3, 2009, 6:38:57 PM, noskule wrote: >> >> >>> Is there a way to use a csv list of pagenames and use it as input for a >>> pagelist, or just process pagelisttempaltes with it (I don't have to use >>> pagelist if there's anothe

Re: [pmwiki-users] Image Gallery questions

2009-10-04 Thread DaveG
If you want to host pics on Picasa you could try PmGallery. ~ ~ Dave On 10/4/2009 5:14 AM, Mike wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I am successfully using pmwiki as a CMS for a private webpage, which is > readable only to a restricted number of users. Doing that, I wrote > myself some very basic, but

[pmwiki-users] ANN: New Skin -- Choice

2009-10-04 Thread DaveG
A beautifully simple, 2-column interface, with a total of 9 variations (blue, green, orange, all in bold or muted, with light or dark background). http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Choice Hope you like it. ~ ~ Dave ___ pmwiki-users mailing list

Re: [pmwiki-users] How to protect usernames?

2009-10-03 Thread DaveG
On 10/3/2009 4:43 PM, Kollektivmail . wrote: > Hi all! > > I recently started to build a wiki with no prior experience of php or > css, but with help from the cookbook and other documentation it's not > that hard.. > But there is one problem I haven't been able to solve: > > I would like to have

Re: [pmwiki-users] Reinstall

2009-10-02 Thread DaveG
On 10/2/2009 9:40 AM, paul badger wrote: > If I reinstall pmwiki - can I just copy files to the wiki.d folder? > > Or is this a bad idea, because lots of other files need to be changed? > Unless you have a complex farm setup, \local and \wiki.d and \pub\skins are the only directories that may c

Re: [pmwiki-users] Setting page privs from config.php

2009-10-02 Thread DaveG
On 10/2/2009 2:33 AM, Christian Bartolomaeus wrote: > * On 2009-10-01 DaveG (pmw...@solidgone.com) wrote: >> [...] >>> 1. if you need it, include the group customization file with >>> include_once() >>> >>> 2. set your password >> >

Re: [pmwiki-users] PMwiki login issue

2009-10-02 Thread DaveG
On 10/2/2009 6:58 AM, paul badger wrote: > I have a wiki I use for college classes and the participants in the > wiki are limited. > > I just use the admin password for editing. > > Currently I have to enter the password between every change. > > Can anyone tell me how to set permissions so that

Re: [pmwiki-users] [pmwiki-devel] check authorization requirements for a given page

2009-10-01 Thread DaveG
<> On 10/1/2009 4:25 PM, Frank Schweickert wrote: > >> In order to check for edit access to a page use RetrieveAuthPage(): >> RetrieveAuthPage($pagename, 'edit', true, 0) > Yes, but this test would enable a malicious

Re: [pmwiki-users] Setting page privs from config.php

2009-10-01 Thread DaveG
On 10/1/2009 3:06 AM, Christian Bartolomaeus wrote: > > 1. if you need it, include the group customization file with > include_once() > > 2. set your password That's the problem -- there are ways to set the edit/admin password but not the passwords for a page. As others have noted I'll take

Re: [pmwiki-users] Setting page privs from config.php

2009-10-01 Thread DaveG
On 10/1/2009 3:06 AM, Hans wrote: > Thursday, October 1, 2009, 4:28:29 AM, DaveG wrote: > >> Is there a way to set the permissions for a particular page from within >> config.php? I'd like to change the permissions of a single page in a >> group that is secured with

Re: [pmwiki-users] Setting page privs from config.php

2009-10-01 Thread DaveG
On 10/1/2009 8:36 AM, Peter Bowers wrote: > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:28 AM, DaveG wrote: >> Is there a way to set the permissions for a particular page from within >> config.php? I'd like to change the permissions of a single page in a >> group that is secured with an

Re: [pmwiki-users] clean urls problem

2009-09-30 Thread DaveG
Where are the .htaccess files stored? It might help to know the *paths* that you installed pmwiki under rather than the domain-names, but reading the .htaccess it seems it should be stored in the root -- ie, above where pmwiki is stored. This would be tricky if you have something like this (whi

Re: [pmwiki-users] Setting page privs from config.php

2009-09-30 Thread DaveG
On 9/30/2009 11:37 PM, Randy Brown wrote: > Change the page's attributes using "?action=attr" to your edit password. > The page attributes override the group attributes for that page only. I'm actually looking for a way to do this from config.php, rather than ?action=attr.

[pmwiki-users] Setting page privs from config.php

2009-09-30 Thread DaveG
Is there a way to set the permissions for a particular page from within config.php? I'd like to change the permissions of a single page in a group that is secured with an admin password, so the one page is secured with an edit password (ie, if I login with an edit password I can edit the page).

Re: [pmwiki-users] double logon

2009-09-30 Thread DaveG
On 9/30/2009 12:09 PM, Tegan Dowling wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Peter Bowers wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Tegan Dowling wrote: >>> Just for clarity, do you mean that as soon as you log in, it asks you >>> to log in again, or is it that you log in, then try to do som

Re: [pmwiki-users] Function to strip all markup?

2009-09-26 Thread DaveG
On 9/26/2009 1:45 PM, DaveG wrote: > Is there a built-in function to strip all pmwiki markup from a string, > leaving just the text? I searched around but didn't see anything > built-in. If no built-in is there a recipe that I could look at the > provides this? As usual, af

[pmwiki-users] Function to strip all markup?

2009-09-26 Thread DaveG
Is there a built-in function to strip all pmwiki markup from a string, leaving just the text? I searched around but didn't see anything built-in. If no built-in is there a recipe that I could look at the provides this? Background: BlogIt shows the last 8 (or whatever) user comments in the side

Re: [pmwiki-users] Pagelist again

2009-09-23 Thread DaveG
DaveG wrote: > > pmw...@911networks.com wrote: >> This time I'm trying to make a pagelist sorted as most recent first, >> but does NOT contain specific wording in name: >> >> I want all the pages without "-Draft". >> >> My existing pagel

Re: [pmwiki-users] Pagelist again

2009-09-23 Thread DaveG
pmw...@911networks.com wrote: > This time I'm trying to make a pagelist sorted as most recent first, > but does NOT contain specific wording in name: > > I want all the pages without "-Draft". > > My existing pagelist was: > > (:pagelist fmt=#news order=-ctime count=15 :) this works fine but i

[pmwiki-users] Ignore entries with PTV in search

2009-09-23 Thread DaveG
You can explude pages from search results by setting $SearchPatterns. But this works for pagenames. Is there an equivalent for use with PTVs? So exclude all pages with PTV abc equal to "not_show"? I can achieve an equivalent effect from pagelists using the format: $:abd=not_show ~ ~ Dave __

Re: [pmwiki-users] Printing and GroupHeaders

2009-09-20 Thread DaveG
Petko Yotov wrote: > On Sunday 20 September 2009 05:31:52 DaveG wrote: >> It seems that when action=print $GroupHeaderFmt is not applied. >> According to a note on PmWiki/GroupHeaders, the work-around is to create >> a page YourGroup.GroupPrintHeader. >> >>

[pmwiki-users] Printing and GroupHeaders

2009-09-19 Thread DaveG
It seems that when action=print $GroupHeaderFmt is not applied. According to a note on PmWiki/GroupHeaders, the work-around is to create a page YourGroup.GroupPrintHeader. Is there a way to programatically change the Group or Page header for action=print? Specifically, I have an issue in BlogI

Re: [pmwiki-users] Main.homepage asks for login..

2009-09-14 Thread DaveG
Obviously a dearth of people using UserAuth. What functionality are you using that would prevent you moving over to something more commonly used? Perhaps AuthUser? You might get more input under that environment. ~ ~ Dave Sofia M wrote: > all right... - I can't figure this out and tomorrow (

Re: [pmwiki-users] Can I set default home page name to HomePage instead of {$Group}?

2009-09-12 Thread DaveG
I believe you can do this by setting $DefaultName. ref PmWiki/BasicVariables. ~ ~ David Tegan Dowling wrote: > If I create a link to the home page of a group that doesn't yet exist: > [[NewGroup/]] and click it, the wiki takes me to > NewGroup.NewGroup?action=edit. I want it to take me to > N

Re: [pmwiki-users] Missing items in 2.2.5 zip file?

2009-09-07 Thread DaveG
Mark Timothy Rooze wrote: > I just unzipped the PmWiki 2.2.5 zip file, and it seems like the > cookbook folder is empty. Should it be? Or is something missing from > the download? It should be empty, or rather it used to contain only a .htacess file. ~ ~ David ___

[pmwiki-users] Internationalization approaches

2009-08-29 Thread DaveG
When adding an XL internationalization layer what is the approach to inclusion of punctuation? For example the phrase "By:". Should the XL text phrase be "By" or "By:"? I'd think the first, but don't really know if other languages use the colon as a common separator. ~ ~ Dave _

Re: [pmwiki-users] Recipe to allow use of javascript: links?

2009-08-28 Thread DaveG
Hans wrote: > You mean a markup to run arbitrary javascript? Yes. > This has not been done for security reasons. > Only some specific javascript has been implemented in some recipes, > for instance (:fontsizer:) to give buttons for resizing text font > with javascript. In my case, it's only me p

[pmwiki-users] Recipe to allow use of javascript: links?

2009-08-28 Thread DaveG
Is there a recipe, or a simple setting I can use that will allow links to be created on a wiki page of the format: javascript:some javascript here Something like [[javascript:some javascript here | the link to javascript]] I'm a little confused about the existing recipes. ~ ~ Dave __

Re: [pmwiki-users] Not including minor changes in RSS

2009-08-18 Thread DaveG
pmw...@911networks.com wrote: > I have changed the diffclass to: > > if (!...@$_post['diffclass'] != 'minor') { > $RecentChangesFmt['$SiteGroup.AllRecentChanges'] = '*[[{$Group}.{$Name}]] > . . . $CurrentTime: {$LastModifiedSummary}'; } > > It still does update the Site.AllRecentChanges with

Re: [pmwiki-users] includeurl and redirection

2009-08-15 Thread DaveG
Hans wrote: > Saturday, August 15, 2009, 2:25:28 PM, adam overton wrote: > >> i've a quick question related to (:includeurl:). >> is there a way to prevent redirection to external sites? >> i've noticed that when trying to include external pages, some of them >> automatically redirect to the act

Re: [pmwiki-users] Problems with PHP 5.3.0

2009-08-09 Thread DaveG
There were a few posts on this topics back around the 4-Jul-2009. Not sure if there was a real solutions except this: edwin marte: "Be aware of the Explorer Security if you are behind any kind of proxy/Intranet. Be aware specially in IE in the bottom right there should be (if that is the proble

Re: [pmwiki-users] Drop Shadow and pagelist with PTV in the SideBar

2009-08-07 Thread DaveG
Thanks for letting me know. I uploaded a new version which corrects this. (Note the documentation -- an addition to config.php is required for IE6 compatibility.) ~ ~ David Stéphane Heckel wrote: > Hi David, > > When a pagelist with PTV is used in the SideBar, pagelist items are not > dis

Re: [pmwiki-users] Preventing a

2009-07-19 Thread DaveG
> I've been thinking that

Re: [pmwiki-users] Pagenames with accented characters

2009-07-18 Thread DaveG
Petko Yotov wrote: > On Saturday 18 July 2009 21:50:12 DaveG wrote: >> Petko Yotov wrote: >>> Make sure the config.php file is saved in the same encoding in which the >>> wiki is. If your wiki is in the default Latin-1 (a.k.a. iso8859-1), the >>> config.php

Re: [pmwiki-users] Pagenames with accented characters

2009-07-18 Thread DaveG
Petko Yotov wrote: > Make sure the config.php file is saved in the same encoding in which the wiki > is. If your wiki is in the default Latin-1 (a.k.a. iso8859-1), the config.php > encoding should be the same, and not Unicode/UTF-8. Wow. That fixed it. I saved the file using the iso8859-1 encod

Re: [pmwiki-users] Pagenames with accented characters

2009-07-18 Thread DaveG
picked up, since the conversion of the 'e' to a '3' works fine in the same config. ~ ~ Dave DaveG wrote: > I'm trying to implement the Cookbook/ISO8859MakePageNamePatterns. I've > copy/pasted the code in the "For ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1 Western European)

[pmwiki-users] Pagenames with accented characters

2009-07-16 Thread DaveG
e some other setting that the replacement is dependent on (document charset, international settings on the host machine)? (I'm on Windows, running 2.2.1 if that makes a difference.) Here's the steps I follow (refer to DaveG/Accents): 1] Add code to config.php (appears at top of config) 2] Cr

Re: [pmwiki-users] Fixing the documentation

2009-07-13 Thread DaveG
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:51:03 +0200, Petko Yotov <5...@5ko.fr> wrote: > On Monday 13 July 2009 20:07:04 DaveG wrote: >> If that is correct, why would we not want to do this? I can see it might >> be >> some work, but it sounds like Ed W is prepared for this, and jus

Re: [pmwiki-users] Fixing the documentation

2009-07-13 Thread DaveG
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:37:21 +0100, Ed W wrote: Seriously - read the original question again. We are nearly, nearly there already. Lets just finish what is already started. I'm not asking to go in a different direction - this is already the direction the docs are going in Consider that: -

Re: [pmwiki-users] Improving PITS

2009-07-08 Thread DaveG
Petko Yotov wrote: > On Wednesday 08 July 2009 20:02:48 Kathryn Andersen wrote: > I don't want entries with a single vote "5" ordered before entries with many > votes like "5 331". For me, votes "5531X" are of higher priority than > one vote "5", even if "531X" has an average lower

Re: [pmwiki-users] Improving PITS

2009-07-08 Thread DaveG
Petko Yotov wrote: > I've been doing some cleanup in PITS this week to make it easier for us to > overview, prioritize and deal with issue reports and feature requests. Please > compare the two versions : New version is extremely good. Significantly more usable than the old. As others have sai

Re: [pmwiki-users] Improving PITS

2009-07-08 Thread DaveG
Sandy wrote: > Hans wrote: >> Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 10:07:38 PM, pmw...@911networks.com wrote: >> who determines what is core candidate and what feature? > is it a bug, a feature request, a core candidate, or what? > > > If many people vote something is a high priority, then maybe it sh

Re: [pmwiki-users] Server Upgrade Help

2009-07-08 Thread DaveG
David Spitzley wrote: > Is there any way to determine whether this configuration is being used via > phpinfo or something similar? I'm not sure -- nothing immediately stood out. >> In the event that anyone else has this issue, the problem seems to be >> that the old server ran PHP under my use

Re: [pmwiki-users] Server Upgrade Help

2009-07-07 Thread DaveG
DaveG wrote: > My server host decided to move my domains to a new server. So now my > pmwiki setup no longer works. There are two types of error I now get: > > http://mr2wiki.com/Main/HomePage > > Operation not permitted in > /home/nepherim/apps/pmwiki-2.2.1/cookbook/tot

[pmwiki-users] Server Upgrade Help

2009-07-07 Thread DaveG
My server host decided to move my domains to a new server. So now my pmwiki setup no longer works. There are two types of error I now get: http://mr2wiki.com/Main/HomePage Operation not permitted in /home/nepherim/apps/pmwiki-2.2.1/cookbook/totalcounter.php on line 1160 and: http://solidgone.

Re: [pmwiki-users] picasa / pmgallery

2009-07-04 Thread DaveG
edwin marte wrote: > Looking at your Picasa gallery, I don't actually see any images in > there. Only a single movie. PmGallery is really intended for images, > rather than displaying movies. If you put some images in an album, > try specifying the album name (details below). > >

Re: [pmwiki-users] picasa / pmgallery

2009-07-04 Thread DaveG
edwin marte wrote: > Hello List, > I am using php 5 and the page just come blank. nothing happens. > I have try (:pmgallery user=marte.edwin :) In Page Photo.Main Looking at your Picasa gallery, I don't actually see any images in there. Only a single movie. PmGallery is really intended for imag

Re: [pmwiki-users] Preventing a

2009-07-03 Thread DaveG
Petko Yotov wrote: >> Is there a way to avoid the content being wrapped in tags? > > Yes, start the page {$SiteGroup}.SiteFooter with some block markup like > a !!heading, a >>div<< or a buletted list. I was trying to ensure I only had content in the file, rather than markup, or structural el

[pmwiki-users] Preventing a

2009-07-02 Thread DaveG
Within a skin I have this: Which results in content of included file Is there a way to avoid the content being wrapped in tags? ~ ~ Dave ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users

Re: [pmwiki-users] PmForms for populating a PmWiki page with an archive of papers

2009-07-02 Thread DaveG
Karl Schilke wrote: > It seems to me that a form-based approach would be ideal. I'm thinking > of a "Add paper" link from the main page that creates each of the > sub-pages based on four textboxes and a file upload for the PDF > version. I haven't had an opportunity to explore the PmForm >

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin File Search Order

2009-06-26 Thread DaveG
Hans wrote: > Dave, I am having dificulty understanding your approach. > Why would a skin want its own SideBar subpage for instance? > To me a skin determines the layout and appearance, but not > content. Layout is determined by the skin template, and apearance > chiefly by css. > > Exceptions m

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin File Search Order

2009-06-25 Thread DaveG
Kathryn Andersen wrote: >> {$Site}.{$SkinName}-SiteFooter {$Group}.SiteFooter {$Site}.SiteFooter >> >> I include a Site.{$SkinName}-SiteFooter within the skins wikilib.d. >> >> The problem with that approach is that the other files in the list >> basically get ignored; the only way for the user

[pmwiki-users] Skin File Search Order

2009-06-23 Thread DaveG
I've now gone around in circles on my thinking, so I'd like to get some input from the wider community. Many skins require a specific layout for header/footer/sidebar (additional HTML or other markup) in order to achieve particular effects. In order to help users along I've typically created sk

Re: [pmwiki-users] Blogit sidebar Problem

2009-06-17 Thread DaveG
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:16:38 -0300, edwin marte wrote: > I then have in the sidebar the following: > %apply list class="blogit-blog-summary-list"% > Title of the Entry > %apply list class="blogit-blog-summary-list"% > second Title > In every entry appears the markup showed before every tit

[pmwiki-users] ANN: New Skin -- Equilibrium

2009-06-16 Thread DaveG
Equilibrium is a blog-oriented skin, with a focus on simplicity. Along with the typical sidebar and top navigation tabs, this skin presents blog summaries in column oriented, rather than the traditional vertical layout, and can also display a cover-image for each blog-entry on the summary page.

[pmwiki-users] ANN: New Skin -- Equilibrium

2009-06-15 Thread DaveG
Equilibrium is a blog-oriented skin, with a focus on simplicity. Along with the typical sidebar and top navigation tabs, this skin presents blog summaries in column oriented, rather than the traditional vertical layout, and can also display a cover-image for each blog-entry on the summary page.

[pmwiki-users] Markup Expression in skin.php

2009-06-09 Thread DaveG
Is there any reason a markup expression would not work in a skin.php? If I put the expression in a cookbook it works fine. If I switch it over to skin.php it doesn't get evaluated. If this is a restriction, what is the recommended way to include expressions within a skin? ~ ~ Dave _

Re: [pmwiki-users] grab Attach: url in a PTV?

2009-06-05 Thread DaveG
Eemeli Aro wrote: > And then using this in markup: > > {(attachurl cover.jpg)} > > eemeli Excellent -- I've been stuck on a skin implementation forever, and this little solution is exactly what I need. Thanks. ~ ~ Dave ___ pmwiki-users mailing li

[pmwiki-users] OT: Google Wave -- the new wiki (and everything else)

2009-05-29 Thread DaveG
Looks very interesting, and a nice take on mashing together a number of concepts. http://wave.google.com/ Video is long, but well worth it. ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users

Re: [pmwiki-users] It simply doesn't work

2009-05-29 Thread DaveG
On Fri, 29 May 2009 19:21:45 +0200, Oli wrote: > The website is > http://www.geeks-and-dice.de/pmwiki/pmwiki.php Looks like the Site. files are not accessible: we don't see the left sidebar (Site.SideBar) nor do we have the Site.EditForm. By default these files are stored in the directory pmwik

Re: [pmwiki-users] PmForm to create new pages

2009-05-19 Thread DaveG
Oliver Betz wrote: > DaveG wrote: > >> Oliver Betz wrote: >>> "$Conditions['exists']" is already defined in pmwiki.php, so your >>> suggestion can be simplificated (no php needed): >>> >>> (:template require if="!exists

Re: [pmwiki-users] PmForm to create new pages

2009-05-18 Thread DaveG
Oliver Betz wrote: > "$Conditions['exists']" is already defined in pmwiki.php, so your > suggestion can be simplificated (no php needed): > > (:template require if="!exists 'whatever variable'" errmsg="The page > already exists!":) Good call. If this works, that simplifies BlogIt -- cool. >> In

Re: [pmwiki-users] PmForm to create new pages

2009-05-18 Thread DaveG
Oliver Betz wrote: > two questions reagarding PmForm as "new page" tool: > > How can I request that the page doesn't yet exist? The :template > require:) markup isn't extensively documented. Again, you might want to check how BlogIt handles this :) In summary: (:template require $:entryurl if="!b

Re: [pmwiki-users] custom markup and unwanted tags

2009-05-18 Thread DaveG
labellz wrote: > Hi all, > > I need my sidebar to produce the following HTML: > > >Header > > Link 1 > Link 2 > Link 3 > > > > This produces the result you want: * %list id=expList% %item id=navsubtop%Header ** %item id=navsub%link1 ** %item id=navsub%link2 **

Re: [pmwiki-users] How to mix structured data and free content in a page?

2009-05-13 Thread DaveG
Oliver Betz wrote: > Hello All, > > consider that personal pages shall contain structured data like name, > phone number... to be used in adress lists etc., and some unstructured > content. > > The wiki is used by less experienced people (else I would let people > edit the structured/PTV stuff

Re: [pmwiki-users] Headings and SEO

2009-05-08 Thread DaveG
li...@heksebua.com wrote: > I get a lower score on the SEO-tests because my pages don't have a top > heading (h1). How can I solve this? Depends on which skin you're using -- basically you'll need to modify the skin .tmpl file to use the model you want, or pick a skin which already uses the des

Re: [pmwiki-users] comment spam and blogs

2009-04-29 Thread DaveG
Maria McKinley wrote: > There seem to be two captcha recipes. Is there a difference or reason to > pick one over the other? > > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Captchas > > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Captcha Interesting. I don't have time to review the differences, but the one I

Re: [pmwiki-users] comment spam and blogs

2009-04-28 Thread DaveG
Maria McKinley wrote: > Does the captcha work better than the access code? Maybe I should switch > to that? In general I find the captcha stuff annoying, but if I have to > do it, it is better than checking my blog constantly to delete unwanted > comments. Captcha has stopped 99.% of all s

Re: [pmwiki-users] [listes] Images Not Displaying

2009-04-16 Thread DaveG
Tegan Dowling wrote: >> That's the technique we were trying to use. If it doesn't work (it didn't >> for us), then I'll tell the students they have to use the upload/attach >> approach. But if there's a way to make it work, I'd like to know what it is. > > What was the URL? Can you send it to u

Re: [pmwiki-users] comment pages refinement

2009-04-10 Thread DaveG
Sameer Kumar wrote: > (:if exists Discussion.{*$Group}-{*$Name} :) > * %item class=discuss accesskey=$[ak_edit]%[[Discussion.{*$Group}-{*$Name} | > $[Discussion] ]] > (:else:) > * %item red class=discuss > accesskey=$[ak_edit]%[[Discussion.{*$Group}-{*$Name} | $[Discussion] ]] > (:ifend:) Off

Re: [pmwiki-users] Sidebar width

2009-04-09 Thread DaveG
Is it possible to change the width of the sidebar? I would like to increase it's width so long titles are "wrapped". thanks John - Rediscover Hotmail(R): Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry Check it out. [1] Depends largely on which skin you're using. The default sk

Re: [pmwiki-users] Howto go from PmWiki Demo Main.HomePag e to BlogIt in 30 min?

2009-04-09 Thread DaveG
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:54:46 +0200, Peter Bowers wrote: > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:47 PM, DaveG wrote: >> The problem is cache related. Disabling the cache fixes the problem. So >> I suspect what's happening is that the sidebar pagelist is not being >> refreshed in

Re: [pmwiki-users] Howto go from PmWiki Demo Main.HomePage to BlogIt in 30 min?

2009-04-09 Thread DaveG
DaveG wrote: > DaveG wrote: >>> Q: Is there any issue with naming the pages with ISO dates? ie Blog.20090407 >> I seem to recall that page names must start with an alpha character, so >> they can't be all numeric. I'm not 100% sure of that though -- perhaps &

Re: [pmwiki-users] Wrong search

2009-04-08 Thread DaveG
pmw...@911networks.com wrote: > PmWiki does find the pages that have the word "raw" in it. It also > finds the pages where portion of the string is raw such as "draw" and > "drawing" which I don't want. The way I interpret the search help, I thought you could just do a search on "raw" to find o

Re: [pmwiki-users] empty vs nonexistent PTV in pagelist

2009-04-08 Thread DaveG
Peter & Melodye Bowers wrote: > Is there any way to differentiate between an empty PTV and a non-existent > PTV in a pagelist? Not that I've found. "-?*" represents either empty or not set. "-" represents set not empty > If not, what suggestions for an appropriate syntax to differentiate?

Re: [pmwiki-users] Howto go from PmWiki Demo Main.HomePage to BlogIt in 30 min?

2009-04-08 Thread DaveG
DaveG wrote: >> Q: Is there any issue with naming the pages with ISO dates? ie Blog.20090407 > I seem to recall that page names must start with an alpha character, so > they can't be all numeric. I'm not 100% sure of that though -- perhaps > someone else on-list

Re: [pmwiki-users] Howto go from PmWiki Demo Main.HomePage to BlogIt in 30 min?

2009-04-08 Thread DaveG
Tim wrote: > Dave, > > Thanks for the help, I am over the initial hurdle. I did have a problem with > the placement of the pmform.php. Between your > msg and looking at the include_once path I put in config.php the problem was > obvious. Good. I updated the instructions to clarify this. > I li

Re: [pmwiki-users] Simultaneous Editing

2009-04-08 Thread DaveG
Or, why not setup separate test pages (or even groups) for each student -- student1, student2, or if they are young just random odd names "George Washington", "Abe Lincon", etc. That way there are no conflicts. On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 09:48:26 -0400, Lane Lester wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:2

Re: [pmwiki-users] Login problems with BlogIt

2009-04-07 Thread DaveG
Johannes Langlotz wrote: > DaveG wrote: >> I have noticed issues with passwords when BlogIt is included before >> config.php passwords are defined -- BlogIt has to read pages to get >> PTVs, so needs to have passwords set first. Perhaps there's a similar >> inte

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