MediaWiki-l December 2005

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Help upgrading...
by James Shepard 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi. I am running a Mediawiki based wiki for professional airline pilots within British Airways aimed at distributing route information. The version info is as follows: MediaWiki (http://wikipedia.sf.net/): 1.3.11 PHP (http://www.php.net/): 4.3.10 (cgi) MySQL (http://www.mysql.com/): 3.23.56 I wondered if somebody a bit more au fait with upgrading than me would help me upgrade the media wiki software to a more current version? I am wary of doing it myself in case I screw up the current database. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance James Shepard 777 Fleet British Airways

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yet another google maps extension
by Evan Miller 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hello, Google offers an open API for displaying custom information on their highly usable map application. This API seems suitable for wikis, which is why there are already three MediaWiki extensions for Google Maps. But these extensions seemed a bit too rigid for me, needing database modifications and RSS feeds and the like just to display markers. So I wrote a simple Google Maps extension: to create a map with many labeled markers, you just describe one marker per line with the format "latitude,longitude,label", and put all of these markers inside of a <googlemap> tag. A neat feature is that the marker labels will render wiki formatting. Because of its flexibility, I think this extension will prove useful in a wide variety of projects; I encourage you to try it out and send me feedback. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Emiller/GoogleMapsExtension Evan Miller

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Pages not updated
by Bill Moseley 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

1.5.3, fresh install. I'm embarrassed to ask, but I can't seem to find in the docs why I can edit pages with plain text, and they display fine. But if I add == headings == or other formatting the page displays correctly in preview but when saved it seems like only the last page without formatting is displayed for that page. The page's history shows the fully formatted version of the pages. -- Bill Moseley moseley(a)hank.org

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Integration with mailman
by Raphael HUCK 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi, our association is using Mediawiki for its website, and mailman is used as a mailing list manager. However, the web frontend of mailman is not integrated with the wiki, the look is different, and moreover it can be a bit hard for "normal users" to subscribe. And finally, we don't want users to have to register once for the wiki, and then another time for the mailing list. I have found an extension for mailman: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailman It works great, but it only displays another form to subscribe to the mailing list. We would like users to be able to register to the wiki and the mailing list using the same form, all at once. The problem is that mediawiki and mailman forms need to do a POST on 2 different pages. We have thought about a newsletter extension that would send a mail to all the subscribed users, but what we really want is a mailing list where users can send messages to the list too. Has anyone done any kind of integration with a mailing list manager before ? Thanks in advance, --Raphael HUCK

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Timezone setup -- an hour off
by Bill Moseley 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Fresh first-time install of 1.5.3 on Linux. Trying to display times (like in a page's history) in a specific time zone. And not when a user is logged in. Looking at DefaultSettings.php and http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2004-April/000357.html I tried this: $wgLocaltimezone="PST8PDT"; #$wgLocaltimezone="America/Los_Angeles"; putenv("TZ=$wgLocaltimezone"); $wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 3600; Tried both of those timezone settings. The machine's time is correct: $ date Fri Dec 9 08:00:49 PST 2005 -- Bill Moseley moseley(a)hank.org

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email problem
by qijie chen 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi all, I installed mediawiki 1.5.3 on Fedora 4. I also has sendmail installed and running. But the mediawiki email notification does no seem to work. Neither does the email sending the new password for the existing registrated user who forgets the password. Do I need to do some configuration on the sendmail? How? Thanks in advance Chris --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less

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need help installing memcaching app on win 2k3 server
by Isaac Gonzalez 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Hi, after reading/researching for a few hours about installing a memcaching app for the wiki, I decided to try eaccelerator. I am running PHP 4.3.11/MYSQL 4.1.x . One wiki 1.4.5 and a new wiki pointing to a different db running 1.5.3. I found a pre-compiled dll here http://www.arnot.info/eaccelerator/ (used eaccelerator_win_4.3.11.dll since that matched my php version) for e-accelerator which wiki setup detected, however once setup was successful, the wiki homepage would not load for my new wiki. Nor would my old wiki load either. (no error messages,...just a browser hang after a few mins) Hence I disabled the e-accelerator extension in php.ini and found a version of memcache here http://pecl4win.php.net/ext.php/php_memcache.dll and grabbed the php_memcache.dll file for 4.3.11 and enabled the extension within php.ini. All seems well except I think I have to change the code in local_settings.php for the 1.5.3 wiki which accounted for the eaccelerator option I tried to use: ## Shared memory settings $wgMainCacheType = CACHE_ACCEL; ##was set by me I imagine $wgMemCachedServers = array(); I also probably have to change the code in my 1.4.5 install but I'm not too worried about that one using memcache since it will be pretty locked down. Anyone know what I need to change this to to make it actually work? thanks, Isaac

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MediaWiki as Background
by Rockefellaz Fellow 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

First of all....Helloo....I'm new here...Thx OK...well, i need some suggestion from all of you... i have a plan that i'll use mediawiki as background content of my site (educational & non-profit). but i'm bit confused doing that. my filled by many feature, such as news, review, etc. and the main purpose is educational through encyclopedia( first reason i use mediawiki). and this site is open contribution (second reason). But when i want grab the content (printable version), i don't know what i have to do. if i use fopen, many character will shown strangely, and the path still in mediawiki directory.... so, pls help me..... -- Rock for Freedom

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png file upload
by judi chen 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

Hi, I have mediawiki 1.5.3 on Fedora 4. I was able to upload gif file. But when I tried to upload png file, I was given error such as corrupted file or extension is wrong. I did not change the $wgFileExtensions in the DefaultSetting.php Any suggestion? Thanks jc __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] sysop password forgotten
by Arthur Guy 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

You forgot the closing brackets! UPDATE user SET user_password=md5(concat(user_id,'-',md5('mynewpassword'))) where user_name ='WikiSysop' ; -Arthur -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Vinayak Nagaraj Sent: 08 December 2005 16:53 To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] sysop password forgotten The correct specification would be UPDATE user SET user_password=md5(concat(user_id,'-',md5('mynewpassword') where user_name ='WikiSysop' ; Vinayak Max de Mendizabal wrote: > > Or you could try from the mysql prompt > > UPDATE user SET user_password=md5('mynewpassword') where > user_name='WikiSysop' ; > > After you quit the mysql prompt delete the log created (because mysql > will keep the unencrypted password there). > > Max > > On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Hans Voss wrote: > >> Got it. I'll need to translate from dutch as I go along: >> Procedure assumes: >> *Linux with command prompt access >> *access to php interpreter >> *access to the wiki HTML source (LocalSettings.php file). >> *mysql. Instead of direct mysql commandline access you could use >> something like phpMyAdmin >> >> Settings like 'which database inside mysql is used' and 'what user and >> password are required to access that database in mysql' can be found >> by accessing the LocalSettings.php file in the wiki install. >> >> First you'll need access to the command prompt of the machine. >> No root access required >> start the mysql client: $ mysql -p -u wikiuser wikidb >> Type the following query: >> SELECT user_id, user_name, user_password >> FROM user WHERE user_name = "WikiSysop"; >> >> this should get you something like: >> +---------+-----------+----------------------------------+ >> | user_id | user_name | user_password | >> +---------+-----------+----------------------------------+ >> | 15 | WikiSysop | e4bda1f6162596e744463e1d17c9cc0c | >> +---------+-----------+----------------------------------+ >> (best viewed in non-proportional font type like Courier) >> >>> From the documentation I found how the password hash is created and I >> wrote a small php program to do just that. (It's not user friendly but >> it works). >> >> Create a file (for example mypwd.php) with approximately the >> following content: >> <?php >> # select user_id from user where user_name = "name of user"; >> $a=md5 ( "MyNewPa$$wordHere" ); # the new password you want >> echo "\n\n"; >> # IN FRONT OF the minus sign ('-') enter the user_id found with the >> mysql query. >> # (so replace the '5' with the id found). >> echo md5 ( "5-{$a}" ); >> echo "\n"; >> # call with php mypwd.php >> ?> >> The results the actual hash value that needs to be entered into the >> database. >> >> start mysql client again and enter the following query: >> UPDATE user SET user_passwd = "new hash value" WHERE user_id = >> <userid-of-user> >> >> This should do the trick. >> If this procedure is too much over your head, you might ask your >> system admin to help you out. >> >> >> Hope this helps. >> On 12/8/05, Hans Voss <hans.voss(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Yes there is. I have to look it up. >>> It has to evolve some direct database hacking and php scripting. >>> Procedure is for linux and you'll want access to the command prompt. >>> >>> I'll mail the solution once I found it. >>> >>> On 12/8/05, Markus Herrmann <HerrmanM(a)klilu.de> wrote: >>>> hey guys, >>>> >>>> your are my last chance. >>>> >>>> the guy who has set up the wiki here in my foundation is gone. >>>> >>>> and now it's up to me the administrate the wiki. so i need the sysop >>>> password. but i couldn't find it! >>>> >>>> is there any opportunity to recover the old password? or to change it? >>>> >>>> thx so far! >>>> >>>> ey i'm german! sry for my english ;-) >>>> >>>> greetz markus >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>>> MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org >>>> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ---- >>> Met vriendelijke groeten / With kind regards >>> Hans Voss >>> --------------------------------------- >>> skype: hans.voss >>> google talk enabled >>> I am looking for people to invite to Gmail. I have 100 invitations >>> left. >>> >> >> >> -- >> ---- >> Met vriendelijke groeten / With kind regards >> Hans Voss >> --------------------------------------- >> skype: hans.voss >> google talk enabled >> I am looking for people to invite to Gmail. I have 100 invitations left. >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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MediaWiki-l December 2005