MediaWiki-l December 2003

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Wiki Farm for MediaWiki
by Paul Studier 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

> >Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:34:30 -0600 >From: Doug Holton <d.holton(a)vanderbilt.edu> >Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Wiki Farm for MediaWiki >To: mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org > >There is a 4th option though besides shared hosting, dedicated hosting, >and using your DSL line. You can run your own "virtual" linux box for >around $20/month using User-Mode Linux (UML), but you'd need to know or >learn about linux system administration. See this page: >http://holton.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/UserModeLinux >I'm using UML hosting to move my wiki and set up other wikis too. I'm >hoping to switch to the MediaWiki engine if the memory & processor >requirements aren't too steep. > >-Doug Thank you for this information. My problems are that my web host restricts MySQL so the users scrip can not grant the permissions. I also have problems which appear to be caused by my inability to log on as root. Finally, and most of all, I am quite ignorant about Linux, MySQL, PHP, etc. Therefore I bought a computer so I can experiment and educate myself on Linux, etc. Once I am halfway competent, I will look for a host. Paul Studier <Studier(a)PaulStudier.com> When you work, you create. When you win, you just take from the loser. For an explanation, see http://paulstudier.com/win

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add telnet
by Walter Vermeir 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

I noticed when you put in a article a telnet url, like telnet://demetro:902 it is not a active link like whit http, ftp or gopher. Can telnet be included in the default settings? Walter

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Setting the path in after installing mediawiki
by Senthil_OR＠Dell.com 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 17:49, Brion Vibber wrote: >You won't be able to get at anything but the main page unless you >enable register_globals. Edit your php.ini (on Red Hat this is probably >/etc/php.ini, but a custom configuration could put it in several other >places) and change this line: register_globals = Off to: register_globals = On Thank you Very Much!!! My local wikipedia, using wikimedia software is up and running. I was very excited to see that! Now, I shall study the various docs to figure out the tweakings to our taste. Regards, Senthil

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Setting the path in after installing mediawiki
by Senthil_OR＠Dell.com 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Hello Mediawiki Group, I must admit that, I am a relative newbie to LAMP itself. I want to implement a local wiki using a wikimedia software. I have setup the apache server, configured PHP with Apache and MySQL daemon is also running. I downloaded the mediawiki software and installed it. BUT my problem is I am not sure, if I am giving the correct Path to various files. My Apache server interprets PHP files if they are located at /var/www/html (DocumentRoot "/var/www/html") I also noticed that myApache server interprets the PHP files,only if it is in .php format and does not read .phtml format.(AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml is Set) What changes,should make in the LocalSettings.php and AdminSettings.php ? When I compile, I also get a warning stating that WARNING: register_globals is not on; MediaWiki currently relies on this option. If I compile without any changes to the LocalSettings and AdminSettings and Link /usr/local/apache/htdocs/wiki/wiki.phtml to index.php (in my DocumentRoot folder) , then my PHP is not being properly interpreted. This is far from using http://www.myhost.com/wiki/wiki.phtml to view the file. ( This is not at all getting recognized) What steps should I follow the setup the correct path in the setings. Which paths need to be setup to what? Kindly help me. Thank you. Regards, Senthil My system configuration is: 1) Redhat Linux 3.0 Enterprise 2) Apache 2.0 3) PHP 4.3.2 ent 4) MySQL 3.23 5) Downloaded the latest stable version of mediawiki.

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Wiki Farm for MediaWiki
by Doug Holton 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

> A wiki farm is a host for many wiki's. Sometimes they are commercial and > charge a fee. An example is http://www.editme.com/. I am looking for one > that hosts MediaWiki based Wikis. > > I have a shared hosting website and have been unable to install MediaWiki on > it. I probably could install it on a dedicated host, but that would cost > $200/mo. Or I could buy a Linux based computer and use my DSL line. This > would be slow, and I could not provide 24/7 support to make sure the system > stayed up. I don't know of a Mediawiki farm, but I don't see why a shared hosting environment would not work. Maybe you can post the problem you had here or the wikitech list. There is a 4th option though besides shared hosting, dedicated hosting, and using your DSL line. You can run your own "virtual" linux box for around $20/month using User-Mode Linux (UML), but you'd need to know or learn about linux system administration. See this page: http://holton.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/UserModeLinux I'm using UML hosting to move my wiki and set up other wikis too. I'm hoping to switch to the MediaWiki engine if the memory & processor requirements aren't too steep. -Doug

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Installing problems
by M.Kiberu＠t-online.de 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Hello list, I'm tying to install Mediawiki on a debian-system. I already came that far that I can see the "Main Page" but I can not use any links on them. Is there a other wikisystem or or some thing alse I need to install ? Maybe I missed some information. Can someone help? Please sorry my Engl. M.Kiberu M.Kiberu(a)t-online.de --

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Math renderings on new installation
by Fred Bauder 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

I've been trying to get mediawiki-1.1.0 to work. This time make math did work and I get some math functions, but incomplete ones, see: http://dev.internet-encyclopedia.org/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Trigonometry By logging in and selecting HTML preferences you can get that part of it to work but not PNG or the modern browsers selection. These are the LocalSettings.php I have made on math. $wgMathPath = "{$wgServer}/math"; $wgMathDirectory = "/public/html/colorado/math"; Any ideas? Fred

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Uploads Disabled
by Richards,Michael 13 Dec '03

13 Dec '03

Yesterday I downloaded MediaWiki 1.1.0 and updated our 20030829 version. Kudos to the development team and especially Brion for merging all the development branches into a stable version! Everything went smoothly and all functionality works fine (and looks good) except for one: When I click on Upload file it displays <uploaddisabled>. I have searched through the archives (wikitech-l.mbox and mediawiki-l.mbox) and couldn't find any references as to where the setting is to enable uploads. I have looked through LocalSettings.php and DefaultSettings.php and even Language.php and can't find the right variable. Maybe I'm just blind. All the images that are uploaded already are displaying fine, I just can't upload any more. So where is the setting to enable uploads? Or is it not that simple? And if it is just a setting, is there a reason why it defaults to off? Thanks, Michael Richards (Nanobug) PS Installation is Red Hat Linux, Apache 2.0.48, MySQL 11.18, PHP 4.3.3

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Uploads Disabled
by Richards,Michael 13 Dec '03

13 Dec '03

Fred Bauder wrote: > Put this into LocalSettings.php > $wgDisableUploads = false; Thanks Fred, worked like a charm. Michael

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12 Dec '03

When I run install.php on ibilio with the new release MediaWiki-1.1.0 I get the Warning message: WARNING: register_globals is not on; MediaWiki currently relies on this option. Is this in fact true? I don't think I have access on Ibiblio to php.ini on Ibiblio. Or was this patch added? >This is a patch for one of the tasks on Brion's todo >list he sent some days ago. Currently, MediaWiki >requires the setting of > register_globals = On >in php.ini, which causes some trouble for people >trying to install MediaWiki and which might cause >some security problems. The attached patch enables >MediaWiki to run with register_globals=Off. >There's a test server running this code at > http://jeluf.mormo.org/wiki/wiki.phtml >Regards, >JeLuF If I need the patch and it works, Where would it go and could someone send it to me. I might be able to be ibiblio to change it but probably not if it affects all ibiblio accounts. Fred

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