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Oliver Stegen

28 Feb 2011 28 Feb '11

6:04 a.m.

Hi all, I've tried to upload to the Wikimedia Kenya page (under Projects) a pdf-version of the Wikipedia for Schools User Manual which Limoke sent us on this list. However, all I got was an error msg: "The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver." When writing in the wiki-edit pane, the screenshots of the document disappear. Anyone more computer-savvy than me able to help? Thanks, Oliver (aka BT)

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SAMSON MAOSA

28 Feb 28 Feb

6:11 a.m.

Hi BT. The only people to help us here are Asaf or Manuel. I have tried uploads in Wikimedia Kenya before (even photos) but it seems the page is set such that it does not support uploads. The only way out seems to be uploading it to Commons, I don't know if that is a good idea On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Oliver Stegen <oliver_stegen(a)sil.org>wrote;wrote:

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Manuel Schneider

6:51 a.m.

Hi, well, most pictures would make sense to be available on Commons as well. You can use all files from commons as if they were in the local wiki - no need to upload them on two places. The wikimedia.or.ke wiki integrates Wikimedia Commons such as the Wikipeas do. On another note, uploads are fixed. /Manuel On 28.02.2011 07:11, SAMSON MAOSA wrote:

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Manuel Schneider

6:49 a.m.

On 28.02.2011 07:04, Oliver Stegen wrote:

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I've tried to upload to the Wikimedia Kenya page (under Projects) a pdf-version of the Wikipedia for Schools User Manual which Limoke sent us on this list. However, all I got was an error msg: "The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver."

SAMSON MAOSA

6:53 a.m.

Thanks Manuel. We always appreciate your efforts On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Manuel Schneider < manuel.schneider(a)wikimedia.ch> wrote:

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On 28.02.2011 07:04, Oliver Stegen wrote:

I've tried to upload to the Wikimedia Kenya page (under Projects) a pdf-version of the Wikipedia for Schools User Manual which Limoke sent us

this list. However, all I got was an error msg: "The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver."

Sorry, that was my fault. Such things happens if an admin sets up a wiki instead of using the regular FTP user account ;-) It's fixed now. Thanks for notifying me. /Manuel -- Regards Manuel Schneider Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge www.wikimedia.ch _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

Oliver Stegen

7:15 a.m.

Thanks, Manuel! In the meantime, I've uploaded the pdf-file to Wikimedia Kenya's page on Meta. Gotta run now - if noone else will have transferred the file to wikimedia.or.ke by the time I get back online, I'll do it. Oliver (aka BT) -----Original Message----- From: wikimediake-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Manuel Schneider Sent: 28 February 2011 09:49 To: oliver_stegen(a)sil.org; The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] upload WfS User Manual? On 28.02.2011 07:04, Oliver Stegen wrote:

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I've tried to upload to the Wikimedia Kenya page (under Projects) a pdf-version of the Wikipedia for Schools User Manual which Limoke sent us

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this list. However, all I got was an error msg: "The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver."

Oliver Stegen

1 Mar 1 Mar

5:58 a.m.

I have now uploaded the manual to the Wikimedia Kenya site under Projects (http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Main_Page#Projects). I've also added a brief summary of our chapter mtg on Feb 26. Feel free to move that to a separate page if you feel our main page gets too cluttered. Oliver (aka BT) -----Original Message----- From: wikimediake-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Oliver Stegen Sent: 28 February 2011 10:16 To: 'The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.' Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] upload WfS User Manual? Thanks, Manuel! In the meantime, I've uploaded the pdf-file to Wikimedia Kenya's page on Meta. Gotta run now - if noone else will have transferred the file to wikimedia.or.ke by the time I get back online, I'll do it. Oliver (aka BT) -----Original Message----- From: wikimediake-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Manuel Schneider Sent: 28 February 2011 09:49 To: oliver_stegen(a)sil.org; The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] upload WfS User Manual? On 28.02.2011 07:04, Oliver Stegen wrote:

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I've tried to upload to the Wikimedia Kenya page (under Projects) a pdf-version of the Wikipedia for Schools User Manual which Limoke sent us

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this list. However, all I got was an error msg: "The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver."

Sorry, that was my fault. Such things happens if an admin sets up a wiki instead of using the regular FTP user account ;-) It's fixed now. Thanks for notifying me. /Manuel --

fridah manyaki

8:37 a.m.

I have seen it.Good work.... On the KIWIX Download link...is there a link available for Windows 64 Bit OS? On 1 March 2011 08:58, Oliver Stegen <oliver_stegen(a)sil.org> wrote:

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I've tried to upload to the Wikimedia Kenya page (under Projects) a pdf-version of the Wikipedia for Schools User Manual which Limoke sent us

this list. However, all I got was an error msg: "The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver."

Sorry, that was my fault. Such things happens if an admin sets up a wiki instead of using the regular FTP user account ;-) It's fixed now. Thanks for notifying me. /Manuel -- _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

Emmanuel Engelhart

8:55 a.m.

Kiwix is not yes released for 64bits Windows... but the 32bits version should run with the 32bits emulator, isn't it? Emmanuel On 01/03/2011 09:37, fridah manyaki wrote:

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I have seen it.Good work.... On the KIWIX Download link...is there a link available for Windows 64 Bit OS? On 1 March 2011 08:58, Oliver Stegen <oliver_stegen(a)sil.org> wrote:

I've tried to upload to the Wikimedia Kenya page (under Projects) a pdf-version of the Wikipedia for Schools User Manual which Limoke sent us

this list. However, all I got was an error msg: "The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver."

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SAMSON MAOSA

9:50 a.m.

Hi Emmanuel, Good to finally see you here!!!! For sure, the 32bit version works perfectly fine on the x64 OS given that there is support of x86, so there is no need for any kind of emulation. Emmanuel, now that you are here I should tell you this: The kiwix installer doesn't seem to work properly. During installation some files are extracted to the installation directory well, but some other core files are missing, top of the list being the kiwix.exe which is the main file. However, the option of just extracting the portable directory also included in the binary into the computer and running the .exe directly from the folder works fine and it is the one we have decided to adapt. On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Emmanuel Engelhart <emmanuel(a)engelhart.org>wrote;wrote:

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Kiwix is not yes released for 64bits Windows... but the 32bits version should run with the 32bits emulator, isn't it? Emmanuel On 01/03/2011 09:37, fridah manyaki wrote:

I have seen it.Good work.... On the KIWIX Download link...is there a link available for Windows 64 Bit OS? On 1 March 2011 08:58, Oliver Stegen <oliver_stegen(a)sil.org> wrote: > I have now uploaded the manual to the Wikimedia Kenya site under

Projects

> (http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Main_Page#Projects). I've also added a

brief

> summary of our chapter mtg on Feb 26. Feel free to move that to a

separate

> page if you feel our main page gets too cluttered. > Oliver (aka BT) > > -----Original Message----- > From: wikimediake-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Oliver > Stegen > Sent: 28 February 2011 10:16 > To: 'The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.' > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] upload WfS User Manual? > > Thanks, Manuel! > In the meantime, I've uploaded the pdf-file to Wikimedia Kenya's page on > Meta. Gotta run now - if noone else will have transferred the file to > wikimedia.or.ke by the time I get back online, I'll do it. > Oliver (aka BT) > > -----Original Message----- > From: wikimediake-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Manuel > Schneider > Sent: 28 February 2011 09:49 > To: oliver_stegen(a)sil.org; The discussion list for the upcoming

Wikimedia

> Kenya chapter. > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] upload WfS User Manual? > > On 28.02.2011 07:04, Oliver Stegen wrote: >> I've tried to upload to the Wikimedia Kenya page (under Projects) a >> pdf-version of the Wikipedia for Schools User Manual which Limoke sent

this list. However, all I got was an error msg: "The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver."

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Emmanuel Engelhart

10:08 a.m.

This bug is something new for me. Is it also the case with the last unstable version? http://download.kiwix.org/bin/unstable/ If yes, would be really nice to make a bug report, with a step by step description that we may try to reproduce it, at: http://reportabug.kiwix.org Thx you very much for your feedback. Emmanuel On 01/03/2011 10:50, SAMSON MAOSA wrote:

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Kiwix is not yes released for 64bits Windows... but the 32bits version should run with the 32bits emulator, isn't it? Emmanuel On 01/03/2011 09:37, fridah manyaki wrote:

Projects

> (http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Main_Page#Projects). I've also added a

brief

> summary of our chapter mtg on Feb 26. Feel free to move that to a

separate

Wikimedia

on > this list. However, all I got was an error msg: > "The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver." Sorry, that was my fault. Such things happens if an admin sets up a wiki instead of using the regular FTP user account ;-) It's fixed now. Thanks for notifying me. /Manuel -- _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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fridah manyaki

11:21 a.m.

Yes it works perfectly with the 64 Bit version with a support of x86...which is actually the kind that is mostly used so i guess its ok. I also think that because there is the option of just extracting the portable directory and running the .exe directly from the folder and it works fine, i think that can do for now. On 1 March 2011 13:08, Emmanuel Engelhart <emmanuel(a)engelhart.org> wrote:

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installer

doesn't seem to work properly. During installation some files are

extracted

to the installation directory well, but some other core files are

missing,

top of the list being the kiwix.exe which is the main file. However, the option of just extracting the portable directory also included in the

binary

into the computer and running the .exe directly from the folder works

fine

and it is the one we have decided to adapt. On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Emmanuel Engelhart <emmanuel(a)engelhart.org>wrote;wrote: > Kiwix is not yes released for 64bits Windows... but the 32bits version > should run with the 32bits emulator, isn't it? > > Emmanuel > > On 01/03/2011 09:37, fridah manyaki wrote: >> I have seen it.Good work.... >> On the KIWIX Download link...is there a link available for Windows 64

Bit

>> OS? >> >> On 1 March 2011 08:58, Oliver Stegen <oliver_stegen(a)sil.org> wrote: >> >>> I have now uploaded the manual to the Wikimedia Kenya site under > Projects >>> (http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Main_Page#Projects). I've also added a > brief >>> summary of our chapter mtg on Feb 26. Feel free to move that to a > separate >>> page if you feel our main page gets too cluttered. >>> Oliver (aka BT) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wikimediake-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> [mailto:wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Oliver >>> Stegen >>> Sent: 28 February 2011 10:16 >>> To: 'The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.' >>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] upload WfS User Manual? >>> >>> Thanks, Manuel! >>> In the meantime, I've uploaded the pdf-file to Wikimedia Kenya's page

>>> Meta. Gotta run now - if noone else will have transferred the file to >>> wikimedia.or.ke by the time I get back online, I'll do it. >>> Oliver (aka BT) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wikimediake-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> [mailto:wikimediake-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Manuel >>> Schneider >>> Sent: 28 February 2011 09:49 >>> To: oliver_stegen(a)sil.org; The discussion list for the upcoming > Wikimedia >>> Kenya chapter. >>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] upload WfS User Manual? >>> >>> On 28.02.2011 07:04, Oliver Stegen wrote: >>>> I've tried to upload to the Wikimedia Kenya page (under Projects) a >>>> pdf-version of the Wikipedia for Schools User Manual which Limoke

sent

> on >> this list. However, all I got was an error msg: >> "The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver." > > Sorry, that was my fault. > Such things happens if an admin sets up a wiki instead of using the > regular FTP user account ;-) > > It's fixed now. > > Thanks for notifying me. > > > /Manuel > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > _______________________________________________ WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake

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