MediaWiki-l May 2007

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Removing Features
by G. Carter 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Hi! Can someone tell me how I can remove the 'Donations' link and the 'Edit' functionality on the Main Page? Thanks

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Preventing extension output from being wrapped with "<p>" and "</p>"?
by Ken McDonald 01 Jun '07

01 Jun '07

Sigh, having written a couple of extensions to (separately) insert HTML opening and closing tags into pages, I find that the output of those extension tags is being wrapped in <p>...</p>. This occurs even if I don't put line breaks before/after the tags (and omitting line breaks messes other things up anyway). For example, one of my tags outputs: <span style="display:block; float:left; width:33%"> and in the HTML I get: <p><span style="display:block; float:left; width:33%"> </p> which is not only not what I want, but also incorrect HTML! Thanks, Ken

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A Drupal-style approach to wiki farms
by Tarek Lubani 31 May '07

31 May '07

Hello all! I do not follow this list, nor am I subscribed to it. However, I have not found this information elsewhere, and so I wished to post it. This method allows Drupal-style wiki farms in what I feel is the easiest way available that I have found. The link is here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wiki_family#Scenario_3:_Drupal-style_s… Please let me know (by emailing directly or CCing me in addition to the list) how it works out. tarek : )

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Positionsändern in der Monobook Skin
by Julia Reek 31 May '07

31 May '07

Hallo, also ich bin neu in der ganzen Wiki Sache. Aufjedenfall will ich das Layout anpassen, habe auch schon im Internet gesucht, aber leider nix passendes gefunden was auch läuft. Mein Problem: Ich möchte die Position von der Such-Box und der Werkzeug-Box vertauschen... Ich hab dazu auch Code gefunden, der genauso wie meine eigentliche Idee war, in der MonoBook.php einfach die Positionen vertauschen. Aber egal was ich in meiner MonoBook.php mache, es zeigen sich keine Veränderungen auf meiner Seite. Könnte es sein das ich die falsche Monobook.php bearbeite!? (wiki/data/skins/MonoBook.php) Ich bin etwas ratlos.... Desweiteren habe ich noch das Problem, das ich in der main.css einfach nciht die p-tb Abschnitt finde, der zur Klasse Portlet dazu gehört und den Style der Werkzeugbox definiert. In meiner main.css geht es los mit Portlet Logo Navigations Portlet Search Portlet Personal Toolbar Page related Actios (mit p-cactions) Remaining Portlets (p-tbx, p-lang) Vielen Dank für Hilfe

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] hiding and sharing articles/namespaces to the public
by revansx＠cox.net 31 May '07

31 May '07

Its is good to know that the idea is workable. However, Instead of writing an extension, I also considered setting-up an second wiki whose MySQL database was just daily replication of the private one. Then I could just modify the common skins code to look for a "magic word" which will allow the page to render. This solution is closer to what my current programming strengths are. How does this aproach sound to the group? --- Does it pass the experts ho-ho, ha-ha test? > Don't refer to yourself as "we" :) Yes, you can. > Agreed! :-) --- What I should have said is: "I will", but only after I am convinced that it hasn't been done yet and that the group affirms its value and approves of the approach. Before I begin what would be a serious endeavor like this (for me, that is), I really wanted like to do a little more research here in the list; which, imho, is one of the many things this group is good for (heh heh, I'm referring to the recent post on that topic) by polling the folks who really have their pulse on the wiki development big-picture. I'm not interested in programming for the sake of programming or for my own edification - I'm interested in working towards a functional goal. All in all, Michael, your reply is very positive and affirming. Thank you. However, I noticed that you were careful not to state weather or not this (an extension for pushing updates to another wiki) has been done already, which is the heart of my question. What I'm hoping for is a consensus about what is the "ideal" approach to achieving the stated functionality. Thanks gang, - Rich (revansx) ---- Michael Daly <michaeldaly(a)kayakwiki.org> wrote: > revansx(a)cox.net wrote: > > > I have no experiance doing various language wiki so the whole thing would be new to me. > > It's not hard - just follow the instructions in Manual:Wiki Family on > the mediawiki web site. > > > The biggest concern/goal is for the user's experiance to be simple > > and not have them need to keep track of what is where. > > Use two simple but different domain names and use htaccess or virtual > host to redirect to the appropriate wiki. > > > What woudl be geat is if there is an extension that can force an update > > to a second wiki such that only the protected wiki would user > > editable and then the extention tag could be dropped in to the article > > to push updates to the public wiki. That would be really slick! > > I thought that this kind of approach could be used instead of fancy > protection schemes for wikis that want to have a protected production > system and an editable development version (e.g. wiki as instruction > manual). The difference is what gets seen rather than what gets > edited/pushed. > > > can we (the group) make it? > > Don't refer to yourself as "we" :) Yes, you can. > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Will extension tags be recognized in <tag/> form?
by Ken McDonald 31 May '07

31 May '07

I'll know soon enough, I guess :-), but thought I'd ask in case anyone had further info; if I write an extension tag (say, 'mytag') that takes no text, can I use it as <mytag/>, or do I need to say <mytag></mytag>? Thanks, Ken

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Format search results
by Paul Coghlan 31 May '07

31 May '07

I notice that search results being brought back include text within infoboxes and other wiki markup that the user would not normally see within the page. Is there way to prevent this from being displayed in search results? For example, a search for Florida brings back... 1. Classification, OED Office - Florida (1,230 bytes) 1: {{Test Info Box|name= Office Class - Florida Info Box 4: | CGTCoord=[[:Category:OED Coord, Florida| Tallahassee]] 5: | state=[[:Category:PTO Offices - Florida, United States|Florida]] 35: [[Florida State, XXXXX Xxxxxxx|Florida XXXXXX]] - 48: ...Florida IP Code - ]] [[Category: Florida-Code_IP]] None of the code in the example above is something that a user would see, other than the title on line 1. Now, the fact that it matched on the page is fine but I would rather not have the user have to wade through the 75 results seeing 5 meaningless lines per listing. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this is configuration. Thank, Paul

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Including unmatched HTML tags in templates? How to?
by Ken McDonald 31 May '07

31 May '07

I would like to define two templates, one being a "start" template which contains <div style="bunch of stuff"> and the other containing just </div> However, the "</div>" is being escaped by the MW engine, so appears verbatim in the page, rather than functioning as an HTML end tag. Is there a way around this? I'm guessing the problem is that the MW engine doesn't see matching start and end divs when it parses the markup, and so decides that </div> should be interpreted literally rather than as HTML. Defining just a single template that wraps the tags around the content is not an option; the stuff within the tags can be quite complex, and our experience is that the standard markup is just too fragile to be able to do that sort of thing. We could of course just put literal divs into the pages, but that gets messy, and also means we can't change the style in the future. Many thanks for your suggestions, Ken

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Anfangsschwierigkeiten
by René Gränz 31 May '07

31 May '07

Liebe Wikianer, ich habe das Programmpaket V. 1.10. bei meinem Hoster geladen, kann aber leider keine Installation starten. Wer kann mir entsprechende deutsche Hilfe geben. Ich betreibe keinen Localhost, sondern alles über den Provider. Ich freue mich auf eine Antwort. Mit freundlichem Gruß aus Dresden René René Gränz PF 280214 01142 Dresden Funk: 0162/1 76 53 55 e-Mail: rgraenz(a)gmx.de http://www.graenz.name ---------------------------------------- +++ Aktualisierte Daten per Mai 2007 +++ +++ www.ahnenliste.graenz.name +++ Neu + ---------------------------------------- +++ Sie helfen bei geneal. Projekten +++ +++ Neu +++ www.projekte.graenz.name +++ ----------------------------------------

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Re: [Mediawiki-l] Any leads on a basic wiki setup-and-configure instruction manual?
by Monahon, Peter B. 31 May '07

31 May '07

> Arthur wrote: I thought you had set it up > already, why do you need more instructions? Peter Blaise responds: Thanks for hanging in there, Arthur, and showing ongoing interest. For me, support is support. I have the service manuals for everything in my life - my car, my tape recorders (reel-to-reel and cassette), my turntable (hmm ... hi-fi buff here), my cameras, and so on. I tend to red-pen them and add much to them because they're not perfect, nor are they complete. But they're a start. I also join Internet groups of like-minded owners who share our experiences and share our documentation, FAQs, detail instructions on maintenance, repair, customization, and so on. In other words, for me, support is support. MediaWiki wise, I have the additional challenge of selling MediaWiki (versus Peter Thoeny's TWiki, or about 60 other Wikis, versus CMS Content Management Systems, versus Microsoft Share Point, and other non-Wikis) to my "group". Open source is scary since there is seldom an 800 number or warranty that comes with the product (though us techies know that 800 numbers and warranties with no one who is smart at the other end is mere marketing chutzpah - but it makes the sale!). MediaWiki is further compromised by depending on 3 or 4 *other* open source products being "properly" installed and working, first. Having reliable, dependable documentation of other people's success with MediaWiki and the other supporting open source programs would go a long way towards encouraging MediaWiki's success in my arena. And, besides, just like the documentation I collect on my other high tech stuff, it reduces the time-wasting, "reinventing the wheel" syndrome for the next person. If we can stand on each other's shoulders, I imagine each MediaWiki newbie will see a lot farther, versus standing shoulder to shoulder, with each person reinventing how to install and tune and troubleshoot each of the myriad components from scratch on their way to their own MediaWiki ... or to one of the 60 others Wiki's out there. Anyway, Arthur, as I mentioned, "no" (or no response) is an appropriate answer to the question: "Any leads on a basic wiki setup-and-configure instruction manual?" Offering to help me troubleshoot is very nice, and will definitely help me create the reliable documentation I am after, and I thank everyone who has contacted me on and off list. I'll send you all a link on MediaWiki.org when I publish whatever works for me! And, again, if anyone wants to update MediaWiki.org and document their own successful install, please do so, since MediaWiki.org resources were never complete, and what's there is also outdated. My own target will be working on: (a) "Why MediaWiki at all?" - features and benefits listings, how to decide if MediaWiki can do what you want to do, (b) "WAMPPM" - Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP, PHPMyAdmin, MediaWiki, and so on, with an emphasis on minimum footprint installation without requiring administrative privileges! I'm sure each of us has our own custom avenue of successful experience. Sharing it on demand in response to inquiries here is very considerate and helpful. I'm also asking for preemptive assistance by putting it up on MediaWiki.org before someone asks or has a problem. What's the phrase, "... an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure ..."? -- Peter Blaise

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