MediaWiki-l January 2006

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Re: emplates
by Jan Steinman 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

> From: Rowan Collins <rowan.collins(a)gmail.com> > > On 30/01/06, Mauro do Carmo <mauro(a)carmo.ws> wrote: >> My question is: If I don't want those links, can I include just >> part of this >> page as template? >> >> Or in order words: Can I say how many lines I want to be included >> in other page >> using 'referring to the template'? > > Well, in recent versions (possibly only 1.6alpha, though it may be in > 1.5 as well) you can use <noinclude> and <includeonly> tags to enclose > parts of a template you only want displayed when viewing it > directly... Works in 1.5.4, at least. BTW: this is WONDERFUL for documenting templates! I used to document templates on the Talk page, but this made it harder for occasional users to figure out. Here's a couple examples: http://www.ecoreality.org/wiki/Template:Decision http://www.ecoreality.org/wiki/Template:Coop_act :::: This `telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. -- Western Union internal memo, 1876. :::: :::: Jan Steinman http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Van ::::

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Turn-off the capital letter at login
by Young Joon Kim 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Does anyone know how to control the capitalization of first letter at login? I don't want it to be capitalized. If anyone knows where to handle this, please let me know. Good day. -- Young J. Kim goguryo2000(a)gmail.com

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Can I use ODBC and a MSSQL Server database?
by Jay Blanchard 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

[snip] IIS5 is certainly possible you just need php setup with it. Other databases aren't supported but I imagine if you can find the references and calls to the database in the appropriate php files you could modify them accordingly. I am sure someone else has tried this and can comment further. [/snip] I have PHP up and running on the server in question. I could install MySQL, but being able to use the exisitng database would sure be handy and less resource intensive. Thanks!

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templates
by Mauro do Carmo 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Hi all, Let's say I have a page I want to use as template. However, let's say this page has external links at the bottom. My question is: If I don't want those links, can I include just part of this page as template? Or in order words: Can I say how many lines I want to be included in other page using 'referring to the template'? I think this tool in a template command would be very, very powerful. thanks a lot, mauro.

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RE: [Mediawiki-l] Can I use ODBC and a MSSQL Server database?
by Arthur Guy 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

IIS5 is certainly possible you just need php setup with it. Other databases aren't supported but I imagine if you can find the references and calls to the database in the appropriate php files you could modify them accordingly. I am sure someone else has tried this and can comment further. Arthur arthur(a)astarsolutions.co.uk -----Original Message----- I was hoping to use an existing server and database here, IIS5 and MSSQL Server 2000. Is this possible? Thanks! Jay

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Can I use ODBC and a MSSQL Server database?
by Jay Blanchard 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Good afternoon gurus and gurettes, I have been searching the site and the web and it appears that MediaWiki requires Apache and MySQL (I want to reconfig my servers, but corporate policy will not allow me to accomplish this at the moment). I was hoping to use an existing server and database here, IIS5 and MSSQL Server 2000. Is this possible? Can someone point me to any documentation? I tried searching the mailing list archive, but so far I've found nothing mentioned. Thanks! Jay

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update inside 1.5.x
by jdd 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

hello, sorry to ask again on a very often seen subject, but I haven't really understood all :-( I need to make update from 1.5.1 (or 2, I don't remember) to the last one. anyway this happen at any new version. what will I have to do to really don't have to reconfigure all? is it enough to just save LocalSettings.php and replace all the others things? if I copy back LocalSettings.php, can I delete the config folder and go on? or may I first configure then copy LocalSettings.php? thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net Quelques images: http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html

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How to automatically create "Category" pages
by Hugh Prior 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

If I add a category link, on some general page, like: [[Category: Weird things]] the category page does not yet exist. I get a message like Wiki does not yet have a Category page called Weird things category page Is there a way to make sure this page IS created automatically? Or is there an easy way to programmatically do it? Thanks. Hugh Prior

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Migration problems
by Carlos Henrique 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Hi, I'm trying to migrate my wiki from a PHP5/MySql4.1 server to a PHP4.4.1/MySql4.1 server. I'm using PHPMyAdmin to move the database and following all the steps described in the mediawiki help. The problem: Mediawiki connects to the database, recognize all the users logins and passwords, but shows no content. It seems like a blank wiki, mediawiki ignores all the articles in the database. Am I missing something? Thank you very much!

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adding a data folder
by jdd 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Hello again :-) I manage several mediawikis. I would like to allow a new "data" namespace, similar to the image one, but using a new separate folder and a much simpler sheme, that is The sysop would be the only one to have the rights on this folder. upload only by ftp, no special page needed I would like to use a name space to have a simpler syntax for users, [[data:xxxxxxxxxxx.tgz]] in place of the whole link I need now. I can make a reasonably simple php hack. however I don't mind to hack again and again for each new release. Do you have any guideline for me showing how I can do this? I plan to use the [[image: code, and make it very simple for my use thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net Quelques images: http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html

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