Interesting that "public" is actually the images directory. The
images directory is there off the wiki directory with permissions set
to 755 and stores the logo in the upper left hand corner of the main
page and that link works fine. I tried renaming the images directory
to allow a new images directory to be written by the program but
still got the same error message. I am stumped. Here are the
LocalSettings.php settings:
$wgEnableUploads = true;
$wgUploadPath = true; ///< defaults to "{$wgScriptPath}/images"
$wgUploadDirectory = true; ///< defaults to "{$IP}/images"
Would appreciate some help.
Thanks,
Gary
At 10:33 PM 11/29/2010, you wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Gary Roush <groush2(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> > The search does not find the image file even though it is in the
> > images directory. When I try to upload the image file using
> > Special:upload, I get this error message "The upload directory
> > (public) is missing and could not be created by the webserver" along
> > with PHP error messages referring to the part in GlobalFunctions.php
> > lines 2176 and 2179 which has to do with creating a new directory. I
> > tried adding the public directory manually and that did not work
> > either although I do not know where the public directory should be located.
>
>"public" is actually the images directory. It sounds like you moved
>it around or deleted it while you were uploading files through FTP.
>Make sure there is a directory called "images" in your wiki directory.
>
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Hello,
I have an idea to replace an existing tailor-made but really simple user
database with MediaWiki. The cause being the app's hardly maintainable code
base.
Also, the users would gain the possibility to update their information and
create some content they could update together.
The structure of the user base has some fields for general information with a
relation to a table with some status changes and a second relation to pictures
table.
I would like to see that users' full names will be as their usernames and there
would be a possibility to generate a temporary password for them for sending by
e-mail.
The rest of the information would end up at their user pages as same structure
table or box and a second box for their status changes from related table.
The picture files I can upload to the server but at their pages there should be
some reference to related pictures, based on data from second table.
Additionally, some database fields are desirably considered as categories.
The database contains 820 users in total, 1785 status rows and 715 pictures.
Any recommendations?
Regards,
--
Joosep-Georg
I uploaded the images using FTP. How do I do Special:Upload?
On the navigation box, I am wondering why the pages do not
exist. Especially the help pages.
Thanks,
Gary
At 11:30 PM 11/28/2010, you wrote:
>On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Gary Roush <groush2(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I can not
> > figure out how to get images to appear in an edited page. According
> > to the edit instructions, entering
> > [[File:example.jpg|center|100px|caption]] should work, but I get just
> > the word caption as a link to example.jpg. I do not want a link, I
> > want the actual image to display. Is there a switch that needs to be
> > set for this? The image is in the images directory.
>You uploaded the image through Special:Upload, right? It sounds like
>you don't have the right renderer installed/enabled. See
>http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Image_Administration#Image_thumbnailing
>
>
> > Second problem is that in the navigation box only the Main selection
> > works. Are there switches for the other items, especially for Help?
>I don't understand the question. Do you want to remove the other
>items, or do you want to change them, or are you wondering why they
>link to pages that don't exist?
>
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In a message dated 11/29/2010 7:28:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Platonides(a)gmail.com writes:
> That behavior only works if the wiki is configured with
> $wgAllowExternalImages = true; in LocalSettings.php
>
Is this not the default setting? Or perhaps it was in an earlier release
and then changed? I discovered that my own install has this ability, and I'm
certain that I did not change any settings, not, at that time, having any
idea how or even that a person could change settings.
W
In a message dated 11/23/2010 7:31:14 AM Pacific Standard Time,
groush2(a)earthlink.net writes:
> I am trying to install my first Mediawiki site and have a
> problem. My system settings on ReadyHosting.com indicates that it is
> running MySQL version 4.1.22 which meets Mediawiki requirements;
> however, when I try to install Mediawiki I get the error message
> "Can't connect to MySQL server on 'VMSSQL01'." Checking to see if I
> had the database set up properly, I discovered it is actually MS
> SQL. Will Mediawiki work with MS SQL? I have not been able to find
> a reference to MS SQL in any of the help files.
>
Readyhosting claims to use MySQL.
How did you decide they are using MS SQL instead?
Just the URL to the image naked.
"Here is an image of something
_http://www.whatever.com/image/this.jpg_
(http://www.whatever.com/image/this.jpg)
"That was an image of something...."
In a message dated 11/28/2010 8:00:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
groush2(a)earthlink.net writes:
I am new to Mediawiki and have just set up my first site. I can not
figure out how to get images to appear in an edited page. According
to the edit instructions, entering
[[File:example.jpg|center|100px|caption]] should work, but I get just
the word caption as a link to example.jpg. I do not want a link, I
want the actual image to display. Is there a switch that needs to be
set for this? The image is in the images directory.
Hello!
I want to add navigation tabs linking to sub-pages at the top of
*articles* (i.e., pages in the main name-space). In particular, I'd
like to add a "Bib" tab, which would link to <Article>/Bibliography,
and a "Links" tab, which would link to <Article>/Links.
The DynamicTabs extension
(http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DynamicTabs) doesn't appear
to provide this functionality---I specifically want tabs that link to
sub-pages of the current article, not to a page of the same base name
in another name-space. (Also, DynamicTabs apparently doesn't work for
the Vector skin.)
The MediaWiki FAQ (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ) provides
an example that creates a navigation tab linking to the main page, but
I can't figure out how to alter it to link to a sub-page of the
current article---and *only* for articles, as well.
Any ideas? (Ideally, the solution would be skin- and JavaScript-independent.)
Cheers,
Tom.
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Thomas Larsen
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