MediaWiki-l September 2004

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ANNOUNCEMENT: enotif: E-mail notification on page and user_talk page changes -- first release available CVS 1.4
by Thomas Gries 29 Sep '04

29 Sep '04

Dear members-of-the-list and especially Hans-Juergen, Nick and Chris and of course Markus: if you are interested in E-mail notification on page and user_talk page changes - we call it "enotif" - please feel kindly invited to visit the first release - the patch itself at http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454 - the documentation at http://meta.wikipedia.org/Enotif Tom and Markus September 2004

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MediaWiki 1.3.4 released
by Brion Vibber 29 Sep '04

29 Sep '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 MediaWiki 1.3.4 is a bug fix and security release. File uploads are now tested for validity which should screen out Internet Explorer file type autodetection cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and at least the known instance of the so-called "JPEG virus". This does not check any existing uploads, and may not catch everything if you've disabled the strict file type checking. Upgrading is highly recommended for any wiki allowing public uploads! (Upgrading from the previous release should be a simple matter of decompressing the updated files into place, if you have not altered the originals. There are no database structure changes.) Changes from 1.3.3: * Fixed lots of template-related bugs, esp. for cases where template variables are used for links, images, etc. * Fixed transformation of page messages when viewing Special:Allmessages * Handle "ISBN ISBN 1234" correctly * Fixed warning on Category pages * Fixed some bad error messages on login page * Fixed history entry for initial main page on install * Removed problematic { and } from legal title characters * Strip leading blank from output in preformated text. * Fixed problem when moving pages to titles with '#' in * Optional $wgRawHtml for raw <html> sections. Use only on limited- participation 'trusted' wikis, as it does not protect against cross-site scripting attacks. For security, this option can only be enabled if in $wgWhitelistEdit mode. * Fixed problem where pages which were created as a redirect following a move never showed on Special:Randompage. * Fixed line spacing on printed table of contents * Allow links to pages with names of the form [[RFC 1234]] * Fixed broken edit links being shown for sections from included templates * Verify that uploaded image files are of the claimed type. Release notes: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=271359 Download: http://prdownloads.sf.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.3.4.tar.gz?download Wiki admin help mailing list: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l Bug report system: http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/ Play "stump the developers" live on IRC: #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net - -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFBWgNXwRnhpk1wk44RAnsfAJ0XpDjxiTud8E1/Tsi8s8Z+dwY+XgCeJYtC TwrVDJlODia4N+1A01tC2N8= =Kroa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Mediawiki-l] Error with non-existing images (Warning: imagejpeg():, stat(), unlink)
by QuicksandF 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hello mediawiki-l, I set up a local wikipedia mirror for an internal network. I even included the images you can download at download.wikipedia.org/archives/en. That is working great, thank you very much for the developement, BTW! But there is a problem with articles where the mysql-backup is newer than the images-backup (the last is from June or something like that). So the mediawiki software doesn't find the image that is linked in the wikipedia entry and displays 3 error messages for every image: Warning: imagejpeg(): Unable to open '/home/wiki/images/thumb/c/cb/test.jpg' for writing in /home/wiki/includes/Image.php on line 232 Warning: stat(): Stat failed for /home/wiki/images/thumb/c/cb/test.jpg (errno=2 - No such file or directory) in /home/wiki/includes/Image.php on line 246 Warning: unlink(/home/wiki/images/thumb/c/cb/test.jpg: No such file or directory in /home/wiki/includes/Image.php on line 249 Is there a way to hide that error messages? It would be completly ok if there is just no image or a browser "error sign" (you know, that X image...), but the error messages are really anoying! Thank you very much in advance! -- Best regards, QuicksandF mailto:QuicksandF@gmx.net

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customizing MediaWiki's skin (was: newbie questions)
by Jens Ropers 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hi Manny, I saw your previous email >> http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2004-September/ >> 001459.html where you talked about heavily customizing the MediaWiki skin. Did you get anywhere? Because I'm trying to do essentially the same thing. I'm trying to fully transition my website >> http://www.ropersonline.com to MediaWiki. Basically I want to use MediaWiki as a Content Management System. I'm aware it's not strictly built for that because there is no access control management, but I'd be the sole user anyway. My only point in using MediaWiki is to stop writing HTML by hand (too cumbersome) and have the MediaWiki-markup and all its features I've grown to like at my disposal. Now I'm essentially trying to get my MediaWiki skin to look pretty much exactly like my homepage (see above) looks today. I'd want to hide all the "edit", "preferences", etc. links. Then all I'd need to do to edit my website is to manually type in >> http://www.ropersonline.com/Special:Userlogin and login and start working away. I know it's a daunting task, especially given my comparatively limited qualifications, but anyway. Please let me know how you got on. Anybody else who's got any pointers/comments -- that's very welcome! :-) Thanks and regards, Jens Ropers There are two types of IT techs: The ones who watch soap operas and the ones who watch progress bars. http://www.ropersonline.com/elmo/#108681741955837683

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HEADS UP: major database schema change in 1.4
by Kate Turner 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

I'm about to commit a major change to the 'old' table in HEAD. There should ideally be no problems, but it's quite possible it will end up corrupting your database, deleting articles or their histories, or doing other bad things. There will almost certainly be minor bugs. If you have anything important in a 1.4 version database, you MUST backup your database before updating or you WILL lose it! You have been warned. Kate.

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Wiki installation/setup question
by Chuck Bishop 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Thanks Brion. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Brion Vibber Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 5:25 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Wiki installation/setup question On Sep 27, 2004, at 5:26 AM, Chuck Bishop wrote: [snip] > I set the LocalSettings.php to the suggested settings in > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Installation and I am able > to access mysql with my username and password. Don't do that; those are obsolete instructions (as noted at the top of the page; I have now removed everything _but_ that notice so that people do not become confused by it in the future). Remove this false LocalSettings.php and follow the instructions in the INSTALL file. -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com) ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************

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Simple search hack problems
by Moonlight Embrace 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

I'm using this line in searchengine.php mysql_query("INSERT INTO wsearch (usersearch) VALUES ('".$_REQUEST['search']."')") or die(mysql_error()); however, I'm confused as where to put it, either i get just search querys and not the "go"s or I get a No Database Selected error. -Moonlight Embrace

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Upgrade from 1.2 -> 1.3: "wfSpecialDisambiguation is broken"
by Tim Pritlove 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hi, I just upgraded some of my MediaWiki installations from the latest 1.2 release to 1.3.3. Everything seems to work fine except the "Spezial:Maintenance&subfunction=disambiguations" page. The page gives me the following error "wfSpecialDisambiguation is broken. Link tables have changed..." I tried reinstalling as mentioned on the IRC channel by Jeluf but it didn't help. Any hints which upgrade script I should invoke to produce the necessary change? Thanks for any help Greetings Tim ------ Tim Pritlove, Discordian Evangelist <mailto:tim@ccc.de> <http://tim.geekheim.de/> <aim:timpritlove> <jabber:tim@jabber.berlin.ccc.de> Project Blinkenlights <http://www.blinkenlights.de/> ------ Ein Lebenskünstler gedeiht am besten im Spannungsfeld zwischen Bohème und Askese und ist als gelebtes Gesamtkunstwerk sinnstiftend für sich selbst. -- Wikipedia

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Images and links
by Giovanni 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

I'm working on standard skin. Two questions: - How can I modify the format of the external link? I don't need the span after the link. - I need to insert an external image, how? And how an esternal image as a link? Is it possible? Thanks very much. Giovanni Putignano

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Wiki installation/setup question
by Chuck Bishop 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

Thanks for replying. I guess my confusion is that in the INSTALL Readme file with MediaWiki 1.3.3, you are to 'Hop' into your browser and surf to the wiki directory. INSTALL ... Hop into your browser and surf into the wiki directory. It'll direct you into the config script. Fill out the form... remember you're probably not on an encrypted connection. Gaaah! :) If all goes well, you should soon be told that it's set up your wiki database and written a configuration file. There should now be a 'LocalSettings.php' in the config directory; move it back up to the main wiki directory, and the wiki should now be working. Once the wiki is set up, you should remove the config directory, or at least make it not world-writable (though it will refuse to config again if the wiki is set up). ... However, all I get in the browser menu is the message, 'Sorry, The Wiki is experiencing some technical difficulties, and cannot contact the database server. I can't find any error logs. I set the LocalSettings.php to the suggested settings in http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Installation and I am able to access mysql with my username and password. The part of the documentation I 'feel' may be incorrect is where it instructs you to run the install with install.php, but according to INSTALL Readme, this install file is no longer used. INSTALL ... In 1.3.0 the old command-line installer has been removed. ... However, on the http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Documentation:Installation page, it instructs you run 'php4 install.php'. ... Finish the Installation Run the installation script: php4 install.php Now you might get a warning: ... I apologize for my ignorance on this subject, but obviously, I'm missing something and it's probably something very simple to fix. Software: MediaWiki Ver. 1.3.3 Mysql Ver. 4.0.21-standard for pc-linux on i686 Apache Ver. 2.0.49 PHP Ver. 4.3.4 (cgi) Fedora Linux Core 2 Thanks, Chuck (Very frustrated) -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Brion Vibber Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 4:15 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Wiki installation/setup question On Sep 20, 2004, at 12:31 PM, Chuck Bishop wrote: > Thanks to those whom have responded to my email. I also apologize for > my ignorance on this issue. > > One of the problems I'm facing is, according to the release notes with > the release of 1.3.0 and later, the install.php is no longer provided > or > used. However, much of the installation documentation still references > this file as part of the setup. (This really confused me for a while.) Can you point out the particular documentation that has this problem so it can be corrected? > I'm not sure if and/or where an install log is generated. When you run the installer, it makes output something like this: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/1.3_install_success If you've never seen anything remotely like that, maybe you haven't run the installer. Please read the directions in the file INSTALL. -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com) ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************

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