MediaWiki-l November 2005

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page
by Bart Q. Simon 26 Nov '25

26 Nov '25

I distinctly remember there was a way to add a title to a special page simply by entering in a URL, then adding the title to the wiki edit field, and then saving. The new "writing a new special page" how-to is very confusing - and it wants me to write PHP to get the title to show up. There was an easier way... I can't find this how-to anywhere- though I'm sure it used to exist. FX can you walk me through how you've added a wiki page title to a special page? Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rick DeNatale Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 2:33 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page On 5/13/05, FxParlant <f-x.p(a)laposte.net> wrote: > Hello; > There is a paragraph on how to create a special page in the FAQ > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:FAQ#How_do_I_add_my_own_dynamic_cont ent_to_MediaWiki.3F > > It's not so difficult. At the end,it says you have to create a simple > page and write the name of your special page in it. If you forget this > the title of your special page will have < and > around. I haven't > got a clue why creating a page with the name in it solves this, but it works That page seems to have changed, it now just has a pointer to an article about writing an extension which really doesn't seem to build a special page. I just figured out how to build a new special page which is like the Uncategorized pages page, but looks at the Image namespace. I wrote it up at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Writing_a_new_special_page _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Multiple languages
by James Gardiner 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Morning! I am building a web site for a family member who is in the process of completing a PhD and MediaWiki looks like the ideal CMS to use as they will be able to update their own web site (delegation is always important :-) Two questions: 1) There may be a need to have certain pages in multiple languages. Is the best way to do this for a small site is to add a language identifier to the page title eg: here is the CV in [[CV.en|English]] or in [[CV.nl|Dutch]]. Is there a way to do this and still have a more readable title eg "English CV" rathern than "CV.en"? 2) I see from the LocalSettings.php that it is possible to prevent access to certain pages for users who are not logged in. Do I need to list all the pages I want blocked or is it possible to do wildcards eg internal* TIA James

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Re: Never delete users !
by Rob Church 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

The advice in the subject line is correct. Users should never be deleted from the table for another reason; you leave a lot of messy references to them lurking about which really does confuse the hell out of the software. MediaWiki does not support the deletion of users, and likely never will. Rob Church

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wikimedia help
by Bram Haegeman 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

Hi, I'm having some problems with my wiki installation. I can't explain what happens but check out http://www.wyger.nl/usr/antichrist/ and press set up the wiki. What can I do about that? Also where can I download language packs? THX, Bram Haegeman

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globalfunctions.php on line 32 or index.php on line 122
by Sacco 14 Jan '06

14 Jan '06

Hi all, I'm really sorry to bother you with such a question but I can’t seem to find an answer (even in the list archives). This morning I tried to connect to my wiki and I receive a violent : Warning: main() [function.main]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(./normal/UtfNormalUtil.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/ var/www/tmp/dedalus:/var/www/users/dedalus:/var/www/dns/ dedalus.freezee.org:/usr/share/php) in /var/www/users/dedalus/wiki/ includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 32 Warning: main(normal/UtfNormalUtil.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /var/www/users/dedalus/wiki/ includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 32 Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'normal/UtfNormalUtil.php' (include_path='.:/var/www/users/dedalus/ wiki:/var/www/users/dedalus/wiki/includes:/var/www/users/dedalus/wiki/ languages') in /var/www/users/dedalus/wiki/includes/ GlobalFunctions.php on line 32 Now, I tought that by upgrading to 1.5.0, I’d be able to resolve the problem (seeing that 1.4.3 isn’t compatible with PHP 5.0.5 and all), but it didn’t work… So I tried to reinstall everything but during the setup phase of the installation I now receive: Warning: main() [function.main]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(./includes/Defines.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/ www/tmp/dedalus:/var/www/users/dedalus:/var/www/dns/ dedalus.freezee.org:/usr/share/php) in /var/www/users/dedalus/wiki/ config/index.php on line 122 Warning: main(includes/Defines.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /var/www/users/dedalus/wiki/config/ index.php on line 122 Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/Defines.php' (include_path='.:/var/www/users/dedalus/wiki:/ var/www/users/dedalus/wiki/includes:/var/www/users/dedalus/wiki/ languages') in /var/www/users/dedalus/wiki/config/index.php on line 122 I really don’t know what to do next… Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks, Sacco.

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AW: [Mediawiki-l] Userspaces and groups permissions
by Schmidt, Torsten 20 Dec '05

20 Dec '05

http://entwicklung/mediawiki/index.php/testnamespace:Restriction_Test Here is my Part of the LocalSettings.php where i've done this: 221 # create Test-ExtraNamespace: 222 $wgExtraNamespaces = 223 array(100 => "testnamespace", 224 101 => "testnamespace_talk" 225 ); 226 227 # restrict access to this extra-namespace 228 $wgRestrictedNamespaces = 229 array(100 => "testgroup", 230 101 => "testgroup" 231 ); 232 # allow only 'sysop' and 'testgroup' for restrictedNamespace 'testnamespace' 233 $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['testgroup'] = true; 234 $wgGroupPermissions['testgroup']['testgroup'] = true; 235 236 $wgGroupPermissions['testgroup']['read'] = true; 237 #$wgGroupPermissions['testgroup' ]['edit'] = false; 238 Then, you can create a Page using the following link: [[testnamespace:foobar]] After this, the page 'foobar' can be viewed / edited only by the groupes you defined above. Regards, Torsten -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org]Im Auftrag von Gabriele Barberi Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. November 2005 14:06 An: mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org Betreff: [Mediawiki-l] Userspaces and groups permissions Hello, I'm running mediawiki 1.5.0 and I would like to have four groups (sysop, bureaucrat, developers, contributors) where: - sysop has full privileges; - bureaucrat has almost full privileges (can create new users, edit and add new pages, but cannot modify pages owned by sysops); - developers can add new pages and modify them but only on their own projects; - contributors can only modify some pages. In order to allow future upgrades I prefer not to install patches not officially provided by mediawiki.org. Could someone tell me how to do it? I would also like to create new projects/namespaces with subpages, but the documentation on meta.mediawiki.org is not clear about it. How should I do it? Please save me... Thanks in advance and best regards Gabriele _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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restricting pages using namespaces and group permissions
by Schmidt, Torsten 17 Dec '05

17 Dec '05

i can't get it working: i have this in my Localsettings.php: # Testing Namespace $wgExtraNamespaces = array(100 => "testnamespace", 101 => "testnamespace_talk" ); # restrict access to this extra-namespace $wgRestrictedNamespaces = array(100 => "testgroup", 101 => "testgroup" ); # allow only 'sysop' and 'testgroup' for restrictedNamespace 'testnamespace' $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['testgroup'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['testgroup']['testgroup'] = true; This should allow only users in the sysop and testgroup access to the pages in testnamespace. But, if i create a page with this link [[testnamespace:Restriction_Test]] i can view and edit it as a normal (new created) testuser. have i missed something? Beste Grüsse, Best Regards Torsten Schmidt

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Intranet Single Signon
by Sechan, Gabe 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

I just did something very similar for my company. Here's my circumstances, and how I did it. Hope it helps. I have a situation where the user name is known by apache before I log on. I can get the user name from Apache. This means something that may be unique to my situation- when the user gets to my page, he is already logged in. Logins are all handled by the User::loadFromSession function. It returns a user object, or a blank user if not logged in. My solution was simple- anytime it returned a new User();, I had it instead return the results of a new function- loadFromOutside() loadFromOutside takes the user name, and goes $user=User::newFromName($name) If(0==$user->getID){ $user->addToDatabase(); $user->setPassword($pass); $user->setEmail($email); $user->setReadName($name); $user->setOption('rememberPassword',1); Else{ $user->loadFromDatabase(); } $user->setCookies(); $user->saveSettings(); Return $user; What this does is try and load the user from the DB. If it can't, it creates a new user. This code *is* working. The only think you need to do is fill in $name, $pass, and $email. If you don't get a password from the server, randomizing one is fine- they never need it. Gabe -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Chris McIntosh Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 10:09 AM To: mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Intranet Single Signon I am modifying the source code to allow our internal Intranet users to automatically log in to the wiki based on their username applied by apache. I do this by using mod_ntlm to get their NTLM credentials and then want to seemlessly log them in. The problem I am having is setting up the user variable (wgUser) properly. I have tried the following. For now I have it near the bottom of Setup.php just to test around line 300. if ( $wgUseRemoteUser) { if ($userid = $wgUser->idFromName($wgIP)) { $wgUser->setId($userid); $wgUser->loadFromDatabase(); } else { $wgUser = $wgUser->newFromName($wgIP); $wgUser->setId($wgUser->getMaxId()); $wgUser->addToDatabase(); } $wgUser->setToken() ; $wgUser->setCookies(); } The problem with this approach is I can't change any preferences for this user. Everything else seems fine but if I try and change a setting like Underline links, the preference page won't save. I have tracked that down to the edit token not being set properly, but I am not sure how to set it. If I remove the check in SpecialPreferences where it calls matchEditToken then everything works fine. Any advice? Thanks Chris McIntosh _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Help to create navigation links
by Sandrine CAR 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Hi ! I installed MediaWiki in my company and I would to customize it. I would like to add "History navigation links" at the top of the page. For exemple : MainPage > MyProject > ProjectDocumentation when I visit MainPage, then MyProject page, then ProjectDocumentation page in order to quickly return to the last page instead of return to MainPage each time. How could I make this in MediaWiki ? Thanks for your help. Sandrine Paris (France) -- --------------------------------- Sandrine CAR Administrateur Réseau HORIZON SOFTWARE 3, rue Meyerbeer 75009 Paris ---------------------------------

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] mediawiki 1.5: navigation is so difficult?
by n.milletti＠indire.it 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Thanks to all who suggested me a solution! (Brion, Jan, Fxparlant). I have tried it in a new install MediaWiki and there it worked, but not in my main one installation... :-( Maybe is because I've changed some settings? (those indicated below) Ciao, N. --- In my include/DefaultSetting.php: $wgSitename = 'LesWiki'; $wgUseDatabaseMessages = false; (otherwise I could not edit my language file) In my LocalSetting.php: $wgSitename = "LesWiki"; $wgDefaultSkin = 'cologneblue'; $wgLanguageCode = "it"; ---

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