MediaWiki-l February 2007

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Sidebar (2)
by Dr Ime Asangansi 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Hello, > Special:Sidebar should do the trick though; what exactly doesn't work? Sorry, my bad; it's MediaWiki:Sidebar... Thanks. I could not access the page MediaWiki:Sidebar, even when I searched for it. It only asked me if I wanted to create the page. Now if I create a new page, wouldn't my new configuration affect the former configuration? Ime ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news

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MediaWiki 1.9.3, 1.8.4, 1.7.3, 1.6.10 released
by Brion Vibber 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 February 20, 2007 MediaWiki 1.9.3 is a security and bug-fix update to the Winter 2007 quarterly release. Minor compatibility fixes for IIS and PostgreSQL are included. An XSS injection vulnerability based on Microsoft Internet Explorer's UTF-7 charset autodetection was located in the AJAX support module, affecting MSIE users on MediaWiki 1.6.x and up when the optional setting $wgUseAjax is enabled. If you are using an extension based on the optional Ajax module, either disable it or upgrade to a version containing the fix: * 1.9: fixed in 1.9.3 * 1.8: fixed in 1.8.4 * 1.7: fixed in 1.7.3 * 1.6: fixed in 1.6.10 There is no known danger in the default configuration, with $wgUseAjax off. * (bug 8992) Fix a remaining raw use of REQUEST_URI in history * (bug 8984) Fix a database error in Special:Recentchangeslinked when using the PostgreSQL database. * Add 'charset' to Content-Type headers on various HTTP error responses to forestall additional UTF-7-autodetect XSS issues. PHP sends only 'text/html' by default when the script didn't specify more details, which some inconsiderate browsers consider a license to autodetect the deadly, hard-to-escape UTF-7. This fixes an issue with the Ajax interface error message on MSIE when $wgUseAjax is enabled (not default configuration); this UTF-7 variant on a previously fixed attack vector was discovered by Moshe BA from BugSec: http://www.bugsec.com/articles.php?Security=24 * Trackback responses now specify XML content type Full release notes: http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_9_3/phase3/RELEASE-NOT… Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.9/mediawiki-1.9.3.tar.gz Patch against 1.9.2: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.9/mediawiki-1.9.3.patch Downloads, checksums, and GPG signatures for all versions: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.9/ http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.8/ http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.7/ http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.6/ Before asking for help, try the FAQ: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ Low-traffic release announcements mailing list: (Please subscribe to receive announcements of security updates.) http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce Wiki admin help mailing list: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l Bug report system: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ Play "stump the developers" live on IRC: #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net - -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com / brion @ wikimedia.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF27NDwRnhpk1wk44RAhmmAKCVZNGTidpNmCJUwUs5JA1CIJL3OwCfUsxy uny25mn0vihjgNoDxl2ZDiw= =bvTp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Turning on debugging messages in MediaWiki
by Lisa Ridley 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Hi all, I'm a long-time user of MediaWiki software, and recently ventured into writing extensions and code modifications. I noticed when perusing the code files that there are a number of debugging messages scattered throughout with phrases calling wfDebug. It appears that these messages are turned off in the production releases of MediaWiki. Can anyone tell me where the "switch" resides that will turn on these messages? I have three versions of MediaWiki installed on a development machine and would like to turn these on when developing extensions to make sure there are no conflicts, especially since I'm using some "include" statements that pull MediaWiki base code files into some of the extension so I can access the functions in those files. I have error messages enabled in both MySQL and PHP for my development computer. Any assistance here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Lisa

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Announcement: PageSecurity extension updated
by Fernando Correia 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

The PageSecurity extension version 1.1.3 has patches for MediaWiki 1.9.2: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageSecurity/Upgrade_instructions

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Blahtex/MathML
by Daniel Israel 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

It seems as if the Blahtex package is no longer being developed. Is anyone working on MathML support at this point? -- Daniel M. Israel dmi1(a)cornell.edu

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Ability to create multiple wikis through SQL
by Jan Steinman 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

> From: Paul Coghlan <pcoghlan(a)usa.net> > > I am building a large Mediwiki site which will consist of about 40k > pages, > all related through location. > > The pages are structured/related and I have the source for the wiki > 'skeleton' or schema and can massage it in Access/Excel/MySQL into any > required format for an import into Mediawiki. > > For example: > > Florida > +Miami > ++South Beach > +++Restaurants > ++++MyRestaurant > +++Bars > ++++MyBar > +++Shopping > ++++MyShop > ++North Miami > +Fort Lauderdale > +Palm Beach > Georgia > +Atlanta > > I think you get the idea! Keep in mind that wikis are non-hierarchical. You can impose a hierarchy on them via content links, but if the structure you want to import *assumes* anything hierarchical, you'll have trouble. It's also a bit confusing that you refer to "a large Mediawiki site" in one place, and elsewhere to "each wiki." I think you mean "each page" in the latter case, but if you are really wanting to generate a number of wiki sites, then it's a different problem. ("Wiki" generally refers to a site, not a page on that site.) In the first case, I agree with Kasimir to dump the database to one plain text file per page, then do a text import. But that will probably lose the hierarchy information, unless you create it in the output text. So with a little coding, you could generate a "breadcrumbs" style hierarchy navigator for each page that would preserve the hierarchy information on import. For example, the page for "MyRestaurant" could include the text "[[Florida]] --> [[Miami]] --> [[South Beach]] --> [[Restaurants]]" at the top of the page. But this sort of imposed hierarchy may be difficult to maintain, if you plan to move things often. :::: I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind. -- George Bernard Shaw :::: :::: Jan Steinman http://www.EcoReality.org ::::

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Project Word2MediaWikiPlus
by Fernando Correia 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

The project Word2MediaWikiPlus (Microsoft Word converter) is coming back from the ashes... Version 0.7.0.10 has been re-released. I'm still looking for someone that has version 0.7.0.11. Version 1.0.0-Beta1 is also available for testing. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Word2MediaWikiPlus

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Transparent PNG's in IE?
by Frederich, Eric P21322 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

I thought that transparency in PNG's wasn't supported in Internet Explorer yet the logo in the upper left of every page appears to be transparent letting that grey background through. How is this happening? Can the same method work with other PNGs placed inside pages? ~Eric

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Edit pages problem in MediaWiki
by Jens Kocher 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Dear all, I'm currently using: MediaWiki: 1.8.2 PHP: 5.0.5 (apache2handler) MySQL: 5.0.18-nt* Hooks: AutoAuthenticate: AutoAuth PersonalUrls: KillLogout I'm unable to edit pages in my Wiki. I always get the error message: "This is only a preview; changes have not yet been saved!". The page does not get saved. I have tried out the following: PHP Session path: I changed the session path to the correct one in the php.ini! Group permissions: I changed the group permissions in the localsettings.php as follows $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit']=false; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit']=true; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['createpage']=true; So I don't know what else to check or to change... Further on I cleared the browser cache... I would appreciate any help or suggestions. Regards, Jens

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running maintenance scripts
by Jacqueline McNally 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Hello I am working with a very new installation of Mediawiki. It was installed by following the instructions on: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Running_MediaWiki_on_Debian_GNU/Linux with the following versions: - Debian “etch” - Apache 2.2.3 - MySQL 5.0.30 - php 5.2.0 - Mediawiki 1.9.1 One of the first admin tasks I was required to do was reset a user password. I followed: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_reset_a_password.3F I ended up using the SQL query method rather than the maintenance script. Running changePassword.php in the Maintenance directory displays the error: "A copy of your installation's LocalSettings.php must exist in the source directory." Running changePassword.php in the source directory displays the error: "Could not open input file: maintenance/changePassword.php" Thinking that it may be a permissions or ownership issue, I checked the files and directories in the source directory (/var/www/wiki). They are all owned by user and group '501', except for LocalSettings.php, which is 'www-data'. I changed all (except LocalSettings.php) file and directory ownership to root. I was then able to run the script successfully. Please can you let me know, or point me to documentation about the appropriate ownership and permissions of the files and directories in the source directory. Note: The source directory is also owned by user and group '501'. I have searched this archive, mediawiki.org, and www but have not been able to find a definitive answer. Regards Jacqueline

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