MediaWiki-l September 2004

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I got the images to show...but question
by heidialyssa 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Why the numbered subfolders? And what do they mean?

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Re: Installation of 1.3.2 to 1&1 webserver fails
by Andrew Reeves-Hall 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Hi, I changed the index.php file to use this instead: $conf->IP = dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ); and I found a function in the 1&1 FAQ (http://faq.1and1.com/scripting_languages_supported/php/8.html) that stores PHP error messages from the 1&1 server. Here are the error messages: 08/09/2004 18:29 "/homepages/27/d8842wxyz/htdocs/wiki/includes/DefaultSettings.php: 21" (Notice) Undefined variable: wgCommandLineMode 08/09/2004 18:30 "/homepages/27/d8842wxyz/htdocs/wiki/includes/DefaultSettings.php: 21" (Notice) Undefined variable: wgCommandLineMode 08/09/2004 18:30 "/homepages/27/d8842wxyz/htdocs/wiki/config/index.php: 807" (Notice) Undefined property: DBmysql4 08/09/2004 18:30 "/homepages/27/d8842wxyz/htdocs/wiki/includes/Database.php: 106" (Warning) mysql_connect(): Access denied for user: 'root(a)217.160.226.22' (Using password: NO) 08/09/2004 18:30 "/homepages/27/d8842wxyz/htdocs/wiki/config/index.php: 420" (Warning) mysql_get_server_info(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource Does this give any more clues as to what's going wrong? What is that about 'root' - I didn't fill that in on the form (I supplied the database login).

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Additional Navigational Bar
by bethcoffelt＠comcast.net 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Hi, I would like to add an additional navigational bar underneath the existing ones. I have tried editing xhtml_slim.pt, and no changes show. In fact, I don't even think my wikipedia is using xhtml_slim.pt, because the donations link is specified in the template, and does not show on the page. Please advise. -Beth

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Handler for file:// type URLs?
by Brierley, Mike 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Ok two answers that sort of conflict... Is it file:// or file:/// ? Mike Brierley -----Original Message----- From: Brion Vibber [mailto:brion@pobox.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:25 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Handler for file:// type URLs? Brierley, Mike wrote: > Would I use file:// for excel docs and word docs? And if so, could > someone provide an example of how a link might look? (Code) > I've tried this example and still do not get a working link. You would use file: URLs to link to any file contained on a local filesystem or network drive. For instance if your office has Windows networking, and you want to reference the Excel file \\bigserver\spreadsheets\stuff.xls you would link like this: ...see file://bigserver/spreadsheets/stuff.xls ... or ...see [file://bigserver/spreadsheets/stuff.xls the excel file]... If the server is mapped to a drive letter (say S:) throughout your network you might do: ...see file://s|/spreadsheets/stuff.xls ... ...see [file://s|/spreadsheets/stuff.xls the excel file] ... Note that some versions of Mozilla have disabled file: links in pages retrieved over HTTP for security. I don't know offhand what settings are necessary to reenable it. If you just want to link to a file you have uploaded to the wiki, use media links: [[Media:uploadedfile.xls]] -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com) Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm

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Re: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Changing the main page title and customising the menu on the LHS
by bart＠aarghsoft.com 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Hi Brion, Thanks for this. I'll try out your suggestions when I get home from work this evening and let you know how it goes. Cheers, Bart Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote on 08.09.2004, 00:35:06: >

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Introduction
by Craig Hartel 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

Hello, all. My name is Craig Hartel, and I am new to MediaWiki and relatively new to wikis in general. I am one of two people responsible for building reference documentation for WordPress (http://wordpress.org) which is an open-source blogging tool. We are currently in the process of building our wiki by harvesting from our old wiki (phpWiki I believe) and by twisting arms of community members to write documentation for us. I am already very impressed with MediaWiki, and am excited by all of the possibilities of how it can be used. I am a bit overwhelmed right now with trying to set up some guidelines for how we want the wiki to work, and with issues of creating templates and related wiki assets. Although I am comfortable with CSS, I am also trying to come up with some site-specific customizations. If any of you might have some links to to help me and my team to get started, it would be very much appreciated. I have been poking around quite a bit in the MetaWiki, so I'm armed with enough knowledge to really make a mess! ;) Our wiki is not officially online, but if you would like to have a peek at it, you can find it at http://codex.wordpress.org/ . We are currently working to decide how to best use namespaces, as we wish to maximize searchability and minimize sub-pages. Any advice you may have would be great. Thanks for putting together a great piece of software and I look forward to participating in the MediaWiki community. Craig Hartel a.k.a. "Nuclear Moose"

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Changing the main page title and customising the menu on the LHS
by Bart Read 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

Dear All, I now have a working MediaWiki installation and have started customising it for our site. However, the developer docs seem somewhat sparse and there are a few changes I need to make. Not to be deterred I decided to have a bit of a hack around, and grepped through the source code for the items of interest. This yielded two possible files in which I could make changes: {mediawikidir}/languages/Language.php {mediawikidir}/templates/xhtml_slim.pt So, anyway I tried changing "Main page" to something else ("Welcome" as it goes), in both places, refreshed the front page in my browser and.... well, basically nothing appeared to happen. I also tried to change the left-hand menu text (Community portal) etc with the same result. Obviously I'm missing something, but I'd be extremely grateful if somebody could tell me what that is. Many thanks, Bart

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Handler for file:// type URLs?
by Brierley, Mike 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

Would I use file:// for excel docs and word docs? And if so, could someone provide an example of how a link might look? (Code) I've tried this example and still do not get a working link. Mike Brierley -----Original Message----- From: Brion Vibber [mailto:brion@pobox.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:52 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Handler for file:// type URLs? Nick Triantos wrote: > I'm running Mediawiki 1.3.2 on my machine, and wanted to know if there's > any easy way to get file:// type URLs to be supported. I'll probably > start hacking on the source for Parser.php, just wasn't sure if there > was something else I'm missing, first. We should probably advertise the FAQ more. :) Your question is answered right here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com) Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm

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Re: Troubleshooting Uploading
by Gaurav Chaturvedi 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

Did you chmod the images folder to 777? If not it may timeout because you don't have enough access to the file...Try that and see if it fixes it. -- Gaurav Chaturvedi

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Troubleshooting upload
by Mario Benvenuti 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

Hi there, I have setup a Wikimedia installation for a possible use within europa.* Usenet hierarchy steering group and as a FAQ and charter repository. The documentation is fairly complete, so I managed to get all the things up and running with the sole exception of the upload capabilities. Can you give me a few hints about that? I've already checked: * The 'images' directory in /usr/local/mediawiki/ has the same owner as apache runs as; * Tried to chmod 777 it :o ; * Created a tmp inside it, global /tmp is writeable; * Php is not in safe mode; * LocalSettings.php is as required by the documentation: ** $wgUploadPath correct; ** $wgUploadDirectory correct; ** $wgDisableUploads = false; ** $wgUseImageResize = true; ** $wgUseImageMagick = true; ** $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert"; * I actually get to upload page, fill in the file, check the copyright: no error is displayed or logged and the page is loaded again. Also looked in syslog files and httpd logs: nothing. Thank you for your help Mario

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