MediaWiki-l October 2005

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] beginning
by James Brunskill 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Hi SA, The documentation you are looking for is located at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Navigation Basically you just have to some "special" wiki pages to adjust what shows up in the sidebar... Regards, James Brunskill > -----Original Message----- > From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l- > bounces(a)Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of sa > Sent: Friday, 21 October 2005 6:51 a.m. > To: mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org > Subject: [Mediawiki-l] beginning > > hello, > > i'm beginning to use mediwiki, it's a cool product, and i have two simple > questions about: > > 1. i have three block on my left side (navigation, search and toolbox). > how > could i modify/add custom blocks? > 2. in navigation block e.g. i have some links (main page, community > portal, > ect ect...). how could i modify/add/delete that ? > > i'm looking for in documentation and faq section but nothing for now :) > > could u suggest me links, tutorial or howto's ? > > tnx a lot > > sa > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Category Browser/Editor and Search Widgets
by Jonah Bossewitch 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

I just wanted to announce the release of two new widgets which make our wikis run much smoother. http://sourceforge.net/project/mediawiki-agora The categoryeditor widget allows users to view the existing categories while editing the page, and automatically inserts/removes the Category tags into the text area when the add/remove buttons are clicked. http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=130663&ssid=20074 The categorysearch special page allows users to query the db for any/all articles associated with those categories. http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=130663&ssid=20075 Neither of these widgets are very useful for the wikipedia itself, since it has far to many categories, and the in-out widget does not currently scale that well, but for small-medium size wikis we have found these widgets to be very helpful. Is the best place to announce this tool? BTW - the mediawiki-agora is a sourceforge project modeled on the Plone Collective. It is intended as a repository for an assortment of useful mw extensions that have no permanent home elsewhere. If anyone else has any projects they would like to throw in the mix, please contact me and i will add you as a developer. Enjoy, /Jonah

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Category Browser/Editor and Search Widgets
by G.Bierens＠fontys.nl 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Looks very interesting, Jonah! One question, is it for apple-users only? - Gerard ________________________________ Van: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org namens Jonah Bossewitch Verzonden: do 20-10-2005 4:21 Aan: mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org Onderwerp: [Mediawiki-l] Category Browser/Editor and Search Widgets I just wanted to announce the release of two new widgets which make our wikis run much smoother. http://sourceforge.net/project/mediawiki-agora The categoryeditor widget allows users to view the existing categories while editing the page, and automatically inserts/removes the Category tags into the text area when the add/remove buttons are clicked. http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=130663&ssid=20074 The categorysearch special page allows users to query the db for any/all articles associated with those categories. http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=130663&ssid=20075 Neither of these widgets are very useful for the wikipedia itself, since it has far to many categories, and the in-out widget does not currently scale that well, but for small-medium size wikis we have found these widgets to be very helpful. Is the best place to announce this tool? BTW - the mediawiki-agora is a sourceforge project modeled on the Plone Collective. It is intended as a repository for an assortment of useful mw extensions that have no permanent home elsewhere. If anyone else has any projects they would like to throw in the mix, please contact me and i will add you as a developer. Enjoy, /Jonah _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l ---------------------------------------------------------------- Op deze e-mail zijn de volgende voorwaarden van toepassing: http://www.fontys.nl/disclaimer The above disclaimer applies to this e-mail message. ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Security config
by Simon Renshaw 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Hi, I just completed the setup of a new wiki. I installed it on a 2003 server with IIS 6 and PHP as a virtual directory. Everything is working great. I have one question: How can I keep it private? Is there a way to block the creation of new accounts? Thanks! Simon

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Allowing users to choose a skin
by GraphoPhile 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Hi, In the "special:preferences" article there is only the page for setting password, etc.. How to add the page for choosing a skin ? Thanks in advance for help Graph http://wikisic.ouvaton.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Preferences user Fred password : fred

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Problems with MySQL apparently
by Maurice Joseph 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Evan; Unfortunately, I don't have access to a MySQL 5 installation. Is MW compatible with Mysql 5? I didn't see anything in the documentation about MySQL version compatiblity. Can you install Mysql 4.x instead? You can try performing the insert directly in the database. I extracted this sql from my local install of MW 1.5rc4. 1. Login to mysql - mysql -u username -p<password> <dbname> e.g. mysql -u mjoseph -psillyrabbit test 2. execute this command: CREATE TABLE mw_page ( page_id int(8) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, page_namespace int(11) NOT NULL default '0', page_title varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default '', page_restrictions tinyblob NOT NULL, page_counter bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', page_is_redirect tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', page_is_new tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', page_random double unsigned NOT NULL default '0', page_touched varchar(14) binary NOT NULL default '', page_latest int(8) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', page_len int(8) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (page_id), UNIQUE KEY name_title (page_namespace,page_title), KEY page_random (page_random), KEY page_len (page_len) ) TYPE=InnoDB; 3. execute this command: INSERT INTO mw_page VALUES (1,8,'1movedto2','sysop',0,0,0,0.239185610622,'20050709001117',937,14); > Yes, this was an error during installation. However, I've already read and > re-read those two documents thoroughly and have found no solution, possbily > because they both death with MySQL 4.3 and not 5.0. Any other suggestions? > Thanks, > -Evan > > On 10/19/05, Maurice Joseph <teamspike(a)spikesource.com> wrote: > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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RE: Enabling File:// Protocol (v1.5.0)
by James Brunskill 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

Hi Richard, It all appears to be working now! It must have been a caching issue, I tried putting "[file://example]" in a test page and it worked fine, I then looked at all our other pages, and they seem to be working as well... The problem was that they weren't being made into links (rather than the links not working correctly). Thanks for the tip about using preview to avoid any caching issues. I did try emptying my browser cache and using different browsers, So maybe it was cached server side? Regards, James Brunskill > -----Original Message----- > From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l- > bounces(a)Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rowan Collins > Sent: Thursday, 20 October 2005 5:46 a.m. > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Enabling File:// Protocol (v1.5.0) > > On 19/10/05, James Brunskill <brunskil(a)waikato.ac.nz> wrote: > > I have been trying to enable the file:// Protocol in media wiki 1.5 (we > > had it working fine in version 1.4.*) > > > > As suggested on this page: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ > > Did you read the caveats on that page about why the links may not actually > work? > > > I have updated my $wgUrlProtocols variable in LocalSettings.php to read > > as follows: > > $wgUrlProtocols = > > 'http:\/\/|https:\/\/|file:\/\/|ftp:\/\/|news:|mailto:'; > > > > This doesn't seem to have the desired effect :) > > Any Ideas? Has anyone else run into this problem? > > Can you clarify what exactly doesn't work: > * Does the text not become a link, or do the links just not work > (which is a browser issue, see the FAQ)? > * What is the exact text you are using? Have you tried with a really > simple string like "file://example"? > * Have you made sure there are no caching issues (using a preview to > test is always the surest way)? > > > -- > Rowan Collins BSc > [IMSoP] > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Wiki Bot
by Emilien ARNAUD 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

Hello, I'am looking for a bot that scan all pages and add links bitween pages when keywords are recognized. For exemple: - Got a page called "Heart Disease" - Got a page called "History of Mr X" wich includes that sentence: "He's got some heart disease" but without any link I'm looking for a bot that recognise that "heart disease" in the text should be marked as link to the "Heart Disease" page. Does it exist ? If don't I'll build one but based on PHP CLI Thanks in advance, Sincerely, CreatixEA

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Blockquote Help
by Joshua 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

I may be doing this incorrectly (VERY incorrectly), but how do I put a background image in a <blockquote> tag without editing the monobook.css thing? Josh M kool_guy5m(a)comcast.net

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Problems with MySQL apparently
by Maurice Joseph 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

Evan; I assume you received this error during the installation phase. If so, maybe this will help http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Installing_MediaWiki_on_Windows_Server_2003_… http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newcomers_guide_to_installing_on_Windows > I'm trying to install MediaWiki 1.5.0 on IIS 6, PHP5, and MySQL 5.0, using > config/index.php install helper, however I get the following error: > Initialising "MediaWiki" namespace... > A database error has occurred > Query: INSERT INTO `page` > (page_id,page_namespace,page_title,page_counter,page_restrictions,page_is_re direct,page_is_new,page_random,page_touched,page_latest) > VALUES (NULL,'8','1movedto2','0','sysop','0','1','0.837402787644 > ','20051019153650','0') > Function: Article::insertOn > Error: 1364 Field 'page_len' doesn't have a default value (localhost) > > Backtrace: > GlobalFunctions.php line 451 calls wfBacktrace() > Database.php line 400 calls wfDebugDieBacktrace() > Database.php line 350 calls Database::reportQueryError() > Database.php line 940 calls Database::query() > Article.php line 943 calls Database::insert() > InitialiseMessages.inc line 189 calls Article::insertOn() > InitialiseMessages.inc line 72 calls initialiseMessagesReal() > updaters.inc line 670 calls initialiseMessages() > index.php line 592 calls do_all_updates() > I don't know much about MySQL, but from what I've been able to decipher > about the error message, it saying that there's no value specified for the > field 'page_len'? But 'page_len' doesn't even seem to be in the list of > created fields. A query into the database shows that nothing lives in the > 'page'. > Any help would be much appreciated. > Thanks, > -Evan > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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