MediaWiki-l November 2007

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searchindex table becoming corrupt
by Scott Mohnkern 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

We've been running mediawiki 1.5.5 for a significant period of time (more than a year), on a RHEL 3 box with Mysql 4 on it. Recently we upgraded the box (well, really rebuilt the box) to RHEL5, which has mysql5 on it. Now we're seeing a sporadic error when editing entries in mediawiki: A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: (SQL query hidden) from within function "SearchMySQL4::update". MySQL returned error "145: Table './wikidb/searchindex' is marked as crashed and should be repaired (localhost)". The entry updates, and I can go in and run a table repair in mysql, that works just fine, however, it's a bit annoying. I assume (maybe incorrectly) that the media wiki we are running is expecting mysql4, and we're now running mysql 5 and this is the problem. Would upgrading to 1.11.0 resolve the issue? Or perhaps there's something else going on. Thanks for your time, Scott

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Header for printable page
by Grietinus Koops 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi, I'd like to add a kind of "internal use only" header to the wikipages whenever they are printed. Is this possible? And if so (I'm sure it is), can anyone help me how to do this? Best Regards Dino

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Change logo on hover
by James Sweet 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi All, I want the logo of a wiki to change to a different image when the mouse hovers over it. So. I modified the p-logo section of monobook.php as follows: <div class="portlet" id="p-logo"> <a href="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->data['nav_urls']['mainpage']['href'])?>"><img src="<?php $this->text('logopath') ?>" width="150" alt="Go to the Home Page"/></a> </div> Then, I modified the p-logo anchor styles in main.css as follows. #p-logo a, display: block; height: 175px; width: 150px; background:url(image1.png) no-repeat top left; background-position: 35% 50% !important; text-decoration: none; } #p-logo a:hover { display: block; height: 175px; width: 150px; background:url(image2.png) no-repeat top left; background-position: 35% 50% !important; text-decoration: none; } Finally, in localsettings.php I set the logopath to a transparent png file. However, neither of the background images is displayed by MediaWiki. Does anyone know what other files or styles need to be modified to make this work? Best, Jim Sweet

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Reference to variables available to skins, removing 'retreived from' from bottom of pages
by Seth Brundle 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

I have been hacking mediawiki for the last couple of months but have some questions I havent been able to locate answers to, any help appreciated: 1. I need access to both the article File_Name (not path info, but I can regexp it if necessary) and the edit link for the current article from my skin's execute() function (I know its somewhere in content_links but I am not a PHP expert and not sure how to dig it out). Is there a reference somewhere for variables available to the skin? 2. How do you remove 'Retrieved from: blah' from bottom of page in the skin? For some reason it is embedded in the body text and is not a seperate var. Thanks

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Disable direct account creation
by Reizer Gábor 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi, How could I disable direct account creation in Login page? I use LDAP extension. I want that my MW could get the accounts from AD and not from anywhere else. Regards, Gabor Reizer MKB Bank Hungary

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LDAP configuration
by Reizer Gábor 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi, Please help me configure LDAP Authentication extension. My system: MediaWiki 1.10 Apache/2.2.4 (Win32) - runs on WinXP PHP/5.2.3 MySQL 5.0.41 Microsoft Active Directory My LDAP parameters: ldapUserName=KAR\\_apache ldapPassword=user123 ldapProviderURL=ldap://aab.kar.local:389/ ldapConnectionFactory=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory ldapSContext=OU=Technical Accounts,DC=kar,DC=local ldapSFilter=(objectclass=group) ldapFilterArgs=mail ldapAttributeIds=mail ldapDomainName=KAR useSpecTime=true ldapDomainSeparator=\\ I did the following modifications: php.ini: ;extension=php_ldap.dll changed to extension=php_ldap.dll LocalSettings.php: require_once 'LdapAuthentication.php'; $wgAuth = new LdapAuthenticationPlugin(); $wgLDAPDomainNames = array( 'KAR' ); $wgLDAPServerNames = array( 'KAR' => 'ldap://aab.kar.local:389/', ); $wgLDAPSearchStrings = array( 'KAR' => 'KAR\\_apache', ); $wgLDAPEncryptionType = array( 'KAR' => 'clear', ); $wgLDAPUseLocal = false; $wgMinimalPasswordLength = 1; Do I have to use the following 2 extra configurations for AD if I want to use "Syncronizing LDAP groups"?$wgLDAPBaseDNs = array( 'KAR' => 'cn=Users,dc=kar,dc=local' ); $wgLDAPSearchAttributes = array( 'KAR' => =user827' ); What do I have to change the following configuration if I want to use "Single Domain Requiring Search Before Binding"? require_once 'LdapAuthentication.php'; $wgAuth = new LdapAuthenticationPlugin(); $wgLDAPDomainNames = array( 'exampleNonADDomain' , ); $wgLDAPServerNames = array( 'exampleNonADDomain' => 'exampleldapserver.example.com exampleldapserver2.example.com', ); $wgLDAPSearchStrings = array( 'exampleNonADDomain' => 'uid=USER-NAME,ou=people,dc=exampledomain,dc=example,dc=com', ); $wgLDAPEncryptionType = array( 'exampleNonADDomain' => 'ssl', ); $wgMinimalPasswordLength = 1; Kind Regards, Gabor Reizer MKB Bank Hungary

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Welcome to mediawiki-l (weekly posting)
by river＠hemlock.ts.wikimedia.org 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Welcome to mediawiki-l. This mailing list exists for discussion and questions about the MediaWiki software[0]. Important MediaWiki-related announcements (such as new versions) are also posted to this list. Other resources. If you only wish to receive announcements, you should subscribe to mediawiki-announce[1] instead. MediaWiki development discussion, and all Wikimedia technical questions, should be directed to the wikitech-l[2] mailing list. Several other MediaWiki-related lists exist: - mediawiki-api[5] for API discussions, - mediawiki-enterprise[6] for discussion of MediaWiki in the enterprise, - mediawiki-cvs[7] for notification of commits to the Subversion repository, - mediawiki-i18n[8] for discussion of MediaWiki internationalisation support, - wikibugs-l[9] for notification of changes to the bug tracker. List administrivia (unsubscribing, list archives). To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit [12]. Archives of previous postings can be found at [3]. This list is also gatewayed to the Gmane NNTP server[4], which you can use to read and post to the list. Posting to the list. Before posting to this list, please read the MediaWiki FAQ[10]. Many common questions are answered here. You may also search the list archives to see if your question has been asked before. Please try to ask your question in a way that enables people to answer you. Provide all relevant details, explain your problem clearly, etc. You may wish to read [13], which explains how to ask questions well. To post to the list, send mail to <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>. This is a public list, so you should not include confidential information in mails you send. When replying to an existing thread, use the "Reply" or "Followup" feature of your mail client, so that clients that understand threading can sort your message properly. When quoting other messages, please use the "inline" quoting style[11], for clarity. When creating a new thread, do not reply to an existing message and change the subject. This will confuse peoples' mail readers, and will result in fewer people reading your mail. Instead, compose a new message for your post. Messages posted to the list have the "Reply-To" header set to the mailing list, which means that by default, replies will go to the entire list. If you are posting a reply which is only interesting to the original poster, and not the list in general, you should change the reply to only go to that person. This avoids cluttering the list with irrelevant traffic. About this message. This message is posted to the list once per week by <river(a)wikimedia.org>. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns about this mailing. References. [0] http://www.mediawiki.org/ [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce [2] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l [3] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/ [4] http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki [5] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api [6] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-enterprise [7] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-cvs [8] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n [9] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l [10] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FAQ [11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Inline_replying [12] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l [13] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Dynamic Tables
by Giuseppe Briotti 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Sorry Nelson :-) The PropertyTable is a MediaWiki Extension, so I assume that it is easy to find. The link is: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:PropertyTable The original extension code works in order to create a dynamic table based on key=value pairs. I made some modifications to the code, in order to obtain dynamic table like one in this page on my wiki: http://www.usnb.it/wiki/index.php?title=Ameba_Gigante#La_Scheda This was achieved using the following syntax (note the @title key): <properties> @title=Qualità Abilità=12 Coraggio=7 Classe=15 @title=Dati Fisici Resistenza=10 Velocità=0,25 En. Vitale=40 Costituzione=20 @title=Combattimento Attacco=12 Parata=0 @title=Armamento Impatto=1D6+3 Protezione=0 </properties> I'm testing this modification widely on my wiki and it seems to work fine. I write a message on Fernando Correia (the original author) for code publishing. An enhancement could be a simple parameter to set the class of table tag attribute for CSS, but it seems not so difficult. Bye Giuseppe Briotti -- Giuseppe Briotti g.briotti(a)mclink.it "Alme Sol, curru nitido diem qui promis et celas aliusque et idem nasceris, possis nihil urbe Roma visere maius." (Orazio)

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votations
by city wiki 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Is there an easy way to make votationes in mediawiki?

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Keep getting empty previews when submitting pages
by T.W.A.Maaswinkel＠rn.rabobank.nl 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Hey all, currently we are installing and preparing mediawiki within our company, but we only have got one problem. On a random notice the following happens: if you press the save button it says 'This is only a preview; changes have not yet been saved! ', but the rest of the content is disappeared. Did anyone else experiance a similar problem and did someone maybe already find a solution. For your information, we are using * Mediawiki 1.11.0 * PHP 5.2.4 (apache2handler) * MySQL: 5.0.45-community-nt * Windows Server 2003/2000 (we tried it on both O/S) Thanks for your time and help in advance, Tom Maaswinkel Rabobank Nederland Groep ICT, afd. Systeemrealisatie ================================================ De informatie opgenomen in dit bericht kan vertrouwelijk zijn en is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Indien u dit bericht onterecht ontvangt, wordt u verzocht de inhoud niet te gebruiken en de afzender direct te informeren door het bericht te retourneren. Rabobank Nederland is een handelsnaam van de Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A.Rabobank Nederland staat ingeschreven bij de K.V.K. onder nr. 30046259 ================================================ The information contained in this message may be confidential and is intended to be exclusively for the addressee. Should you receive this message unintentionally, please do not use the contents herein and notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. Rabobank Nederland is a trade name of Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. Rabobank Nederland is registered by the Chamber of commerce under nr. 30046259

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MediaWiki-l November 2007