MediaWiki-l June 2006

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Pictures and Text
by Frederich, Eric P2173 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

Hi, A lot of what I am using our wiki for is how-to guides with a lot of screen shots. I have found that even if I place an image in a section it may be displayed in another section. The only way I have found to make sure that the instructions are placed next to the screen shot they pertain to is to put them both in a table and separate each of the tables with a horizontal dividing line (this is shown below). My problem with this is that it defeats the purpose of a wiki in that it is no longer easy to edit by average Joe. Is there another method to get pictures and related text to be put together in a nice way? Some of our pages have 12 or so screen shots with 3 or 4 instructions per each screen shot. {| |- | # do this # then this # and finally this | [[Image:some picture.jpg|thumb|200 px]] |} ---- {| |- | # one # two # buckle your shoe | [[Image:another picture.jpg|thumb|200 px]] |} Thanks, ~Eric

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Template help
by Frederich, Eric P2173 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

Thanks a lot. That worked great. -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Filip Maljkovic Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 11:56 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Template help Frederich, Eric P2173 wrote: > Now when try to use it with the following I get the boxed note but it > doesn't say "Key = 5" it says {{{1}}}. How do I need to escape the = > sign? > > {{Box Note|Key = 5}} {{Box Note|1=Key = 5}} Filip _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Template help
by Frederich, Eric P2173 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

So I have a template called Box Note defined as follows {| width="75%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style="background-color: #c1ffc1; border: 1px dashed green; padding: 0px 4px;" |- | width="50" valign="top" | '''Note:''' | {{{1}}} |} Now when try to use it with the following I get the boxed note but it doesn't say "Key = 5" it says {{{1}}}. How do I need to escape the = sign? {{Box Note|Key = 5}} Thanks, ~Eric

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Special pages
by Krun 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

How can i add some special page to my mediawiki? -- ----- PROMOCJA - 180 dni gratis! ----- 12GB powierzhchni, konta e-mail b.o., transfer az 600 GB. http://www.alpha.pl --------------------------------------------

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Substitutions or extension hook for every edit?
by Christian Hammers 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

Hello I like to put a changelog into a wiki and have the following text displayed as template *every* time I edit a specific blocks: ~~~~<br> <pre style="font-size: x-small;"> </pre> Is this possible? I played around with {{..}} and {{subst:..}} but it does not seem to do the job, subst e.g. vanishes after the first edit. Or is it possible to launch an Extension at the beginning or end of specific edits? bye, -christian- -- Christian Hammers WESTEND GmbH | Internet-Business-Provider Technik CISCO Systems Partner - Authorized Reseller Lütticher Straße 10 Tel 0241/701333-11 ch(a)westend.com D-52064 Aachen Fax 0241/911879

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] How to upgrade from 1.3.9 to 1.6.0?
by =James Birkholz= 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

At 07:52 AM 6/1/2006 +0100, Michael Fearn (gmail) wrote: >I've found filezilla to be good for moving files on a remote site. Providing >you take care not to duplicate filnames in a directory. It also helps if your host's disk space limits don't get in the way. I wasn't at my limit, but close. Emptying empty trash and waiting half an hour and persistant helped somewhat. Anyway, the host doubled my space allowance and I eventually got all the images downloaded and then uploaded to the new directory. Now to get rid of the " <site notice> " off to the archives...

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Really Slow Browser loads
by Technical Services - AAOM 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

>From: "Thomas George" <tgeorge(a)ibaset.com> >Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Really Slow Browser loads > >Does anyone know why I'm getting extremely slow first browser loads..? I, too, had really slow page retrievals. It would take sometimes up to two minutes for the page to finally and fully arrive. My host (GoDaddy) made changes to my site's PHP.INI file: Commented out the following lines... #[Zend] #zend_extension=/usr/local/zo/ZendExtensionManager.so #zend_extension=/usr/local/zo/4_3/ZendOptimizer.so Hope it helps. Brian Smither AAOM Brian Smither Technical Services, AAOM PO Box 162340 Sacramento CA 95816 916-443-4770 916-443-4766 Fax 866-455-7999 Toll Free

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Remove Main Page header from the main page
by Kent Sandvik 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

I tried to google and read the MediaWiki FAQ, but I could not find the answer. What's the trick to remove the <h1 class="firstHeading">Main Page</h1> and the lines from the main page, so there's no block above the contents, similar to the top page in wikipedia? Thx, Kent

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inline editing
by itsme213 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

Is there any way to enable inline editing in mediawiki i.e. the editing form shows up inline (ajax) in the context of the rest of the page? I would actually take this any day over wysiwyg editors. Thanks.

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pulling external databses into mediawiki (asp pages)
by Rory Reiff 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

Is it possible to pull information into a mediawiki page from an external database (as used on an .asp page)? Rory Reiff Publications Coordinator Libraries of The Claremont Colleges 909 607 8189

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