MediaWiki-l September 2008

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Best option for going from 1.13 to 1.13.1
by Collin Bachman 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hello, I'm currently running version 1.13 on a site that's on shared hosting (I lack root/shell access). I've read through the Upgrade guide, but I'm unsure of what the best alternative method is. Thanks for the help. -oppdis

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Setting up WikiFamily
by Samuel Richardson 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hello List, I've read through the MediaWiki WikiFamily article a couple of times but I'm having trouble applying it to my own setup. I currently run about 4 wikis that I would like to share the MediaWiki install code between. Each Wiki is currently contained in its own folder, runs under its own domain name and has its own database. Would checking out the latest version of MediaWiki from SVN then replacing each of the folders in the base MediaWiki install (excluding the Images folder) with symlinks be enough? What do I do about some of the rogue php files that living the root of the MediaWiki folder? (img_auth.php, StartProfiler.php) etc? Symlink those as well? I want to get my setup to a stage that updating all the mediawiki installs only requires me to run an SVN update in one place. Thanks, Samuel Richardson Freelance Web Developer www.richardson.co.nz | 0405 472 748 Have you added your business to the Melpedia yet? http://www.melpedia.com.au

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how to add other language to mediawiki in sidebar
by Lai grand 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hi, I have tried some method, just like $wgLanguageCode. But that can't add other language in sidebar. I have added *LANGUAGES in Sidebar , but the method maybe need version 1.13+ My wiki version is 1.12.

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how to add other language to mediawiki in sidebar
by Lai grand 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

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Convert KWiki to MediaWiki
by Erbs, Nicolai 21 Sep '08

21 Sep '08

Hi, I'd like to convert a KWiki to a MediaWiki and searched for utilities, but unfortunately I didn't find any. I don't want to copy-and-paste every single site. Do you know any tools, which provide this possibility? Cheers, Nicolai This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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cronjob database backup
by Rein 20 Sep '08

20 Sep '08

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki is a manual for making a scheduled backup. It states the importance of making such a backup. In fact, it states that every mediawiki should make such a backup. I can't agree more. Without any activity on my part on the wiki, and I suppose no activity from users (the wiki is not being promoted yet) the database got corrupt. I haven't got a clue why this happened, but it learns me a wiki is rather vulnerable in that way. But, and now my point comes, the manual is not a manual at all, or only a manual for expert users. I would like to make it a real manual, but can't do that alone because I'm nor an expert myself, au contraire. But I can state how a good manual can look like (and help myself realizing my own scheduled manual; Anyway, I could not get it working yet). This is the cron command: /usr/bin/nice -n 19 /usr/bin/mysqldump -u $USER --password=$PASSWORD $DATABASE -c | /usr/bin/nice -n 19 /bin/gzip -9 > ~/backup/wiki-$DATABASE-$(date '+%Y%m%d').sql.gz a. First about the program-needs of the cronjob. I myself have DirectAdmin, a very common used program (a program by the way you never can choose yourself). The manual should state in which way the command needs to be crosschecked with the program (which arguments are program-depended, which not; likewise: which arguments are user-dependent). I have doubts about: * /usr/bin/nice (nice?) * 19 and 9 (is this really correct?) * -u $USER is this the user in the reseller account or the username of the database? in DirectAdmin only the resellers account can make a cronjob, and therefore the user in question should be stated, otherwise it makes a backup of the resellers-database should USER be replaced by the username of the account, or the domainname (or the $ as well?) * ~/backup/ should you make the directory yourself and where should it be placed (not sure about the ~) where should I find the backupfile if it's working properly (I think in the resellers account..) * can the command line always find the database? or should there be a check of some sort? b. user dependent * replace PASSWORD with the database password (or the $ as well?) * replace DATABASE with the username of the database (true?) * replace the second DATABASE ? or is it just the name of the file

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Custom user create with additional fields
by Alain 20 Sep '08

20 Sep '08

Hi, I would like to extend the user create form with some fields which get e-mailed to the site administrator on the creation of the account. I can use the CustomUserCreateForm to add the extra from fields, but what would be the best way to have the data in those fields be send through e-mail? Thanks, Alain

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how change wiki path methods
by Alessandra 20 Sep '08

20 Sep '08

Hi all, I create two mediawiki and I very happy about its potentiality. I installed 1.7 version in http://genomics.cribi.unipd.it/wiki/index.php/Help:Contents and now, I install 1.13 version in http://gbrowse.org/wiki/index.php?title=Help:Contents I have a problem because I don't understand where I must modify scripts for obtain this path: http://gbrowse.org/wiki/index.php/Help:Contents instead: http://gbrowse.org/wiki/index.php?title=Help:Contents Can you help me about? Best, -- Alessandra Bilardi, Ph. D. ---- CRIBI, University of Padova, Italy http://www.linkedin.com/in/bilardi ----

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problems with IE6 and mediawiki 1.11
by Kathleen Cooch 19 Sep '08

19 Sep '08

looking for help with a saving issue using ie6 I'm getting reports from 2 of my users that when they try to save an article ie6 complains that's it's 'encountered an error and must close' I have tested the page they're working on with ie6, ie7 and firefox without any issues on my end has anyone else encountered this? I did find a notation on wikimedia about ie6 'Internet Explorer 6 deletes any page longer than 32k when saving' http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Browser_issues_with_Wikipedia Is this still a bug and is there a workaround? My users are not allowed to use any browser except ie6 thanks in advance for any help kate

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MySQL text search - 3-letter words?
by David Gerard 19 Sep '08

19 Sep '08

Our internal wiki uses the built-in MySQL text search. We're sysadmins, so three-letter abbreviations abound. The default is for MySQL to search only on words of four or more letters - how do we change this to three or more? (This is undoubtedly in the manual, but I couldn't find it ...) - d.

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