[Mediawiki-l] Three questions...
Platonides
Platonides at gmail.com
Wed Mar 21 18:15:19 UTC 2007
khuffman wrote:
> Hi, I'm using MediaWiki 1.8.x (mostly) and have three questions:
>
> 1) Does MediaWiki have the ability to check for bad links/link checker
> functionality? I saw/tested this extension
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkSearch but looks like it's
> more for "information" than has the additional utility I'm looking for.
> How do others handle the management of links going bad/dead links with
> MediaWiki?
With bots.
> 2) Is upgrading from 1.8.x to 1.10.x okay to do OR do you recommend going
> from 1.8.x to 1.9.x to 1.10.x?
1.8.x to 1.10.x should be ok
> 3) I have gotten my bulk import to work using an XML file and
> Special:Import page. Is there another way that you could bulk export ALL
> your records without have to do it manually using the Special:Export page?
> I suppose I could extract from MySQL table just the page titles... and
> then paste into the Special:Export page but just thought I'd check first
> on the listserv.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki
> Thank you, Karen
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