Marco Schuster <marco(a)harddisk.is-a-geek.org> wrote:
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>> -I don't want to go to my ftp to download my local settings file, add a few
lines then reupload it. This is caveman-like behavior for the modern internet.
Get a host
that supports SSH. Use VI, Emacs, nano, pico, etc.
HAHAHA, sorry but this way of
thinking is stone-age. Who are we to
require our users to get more expensive hosting AND knowledge of
VI/Emacs (a newbie most likely won't have HEARD of ssh, vi and emacs!)
just for being able to modify the core settings of a wiki without
having the FTP extra work? Come on, it's so easy to make a web-based
settings editor. Mighta even be lots easier to just move all settings
stuff except MySQL data into the DB.
If it's so easy,
<URI:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Configuration_database>
awaits your patches :-).
Tim