MediaWiki-l December 2011

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runjobs.php question
by John W. Foster 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

Is there any issues with adding some lines of code to let me know when the script has finished processing. Currently when I run manually in a terminal it just stops after a while. However I actually don't know that it finished its job. Some of the other scripts actually do have a "I'm done" line when finished. Or an error warning when it craps out. Thanks! frosty

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How to prevent wrong syntax in mediawiki
by Rahul Sharma 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

Dear sir, I have noticed some time because of wrong syntax entered by someone it affects our GUI,GUI get distracted.is there any way before saving it will check syntax.so that our application safe from such kind of harm. thanks!! RS

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mediawiki 1.18.0 file upload problem
by S.H Yang 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

Recently, i upgrade mediawiki version 1.18.0... And I met the file upload problem.... The message is below... Upload warning The file is a corrupt or otherwise unreadable ZIP file. It cannot be properly checked for security. But I had upload file on version 1.17.x and my settings seems to be correct.. $wgCheckFileExtensions = false; $wgStrictFileExtensions = false; $wgVerifyMimeType = false; $wgShowIPinHeader = false; # For non-logged in users $wgUploadSizeWarning = 0; $wgEnableUploads = true; -- ether0924@gmail.com,ether0924@paran.com

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How to store data?
by Sreelaxmi.Alladi＠cognizant.com 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

I have created a details update form in wiki page after clicking submit, im getting the details. But how to store the details? Thx This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), please reply to the sender and destroy all copies of the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email, and/or any action taken in reliance on the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.

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Error message help needed. Mediawiki 1.17
by John W. Foster 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

I transferred a lot of pages from another site. I am getting this error in the resulting pages when I view them. It usually appears several times in a page and seems to be related to this call: > ==References== > {{Reflist|30em}} > ----------------------------error message---------------------- > ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". > Any tips? frosty

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MediaWiki admin
by Peter Gorla 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

Hi all, I am looking to develop and ongoing consulting relationship with an outstanding MediaWiki admin. Ideally someone that can help us to upgrade MediaWiki to current versions, manage backups, install new themes and plug-ins, etc. We currently have a version of MediaWiki running on AWS via TurnKeyLinux, but I would be OK with moving it to a direct AWS installation if recommended. If you are interested, please send me a brief overview of your qualifications and hourly rate. Thank you, Peter Peter Gorla Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Hospitality Marketing Concepts (HMC) VOILÀ Hotel Rewards 4701 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 300 Newport Beach, CA 92660 gorlap(a)clubhotel.com www.HMCloyalty.com <http://www.hmcloyalty.com/> www.clubhotel.com <http://www.clubhotel.com/> www.voilahotels.com <http://www.voilahotels.com/> Twitter: twitter.com/petergorla LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gorla <http://www.linkedin.com/in/gorla>

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Google Analytics advice
by Bill Traynor 26 Dec '11

26 Dec '11

I've been looking at the various GA extensions and can't find one that meets my specific requirements. I need to be able to track my whole wiki, as well as allow others to track page subsets that they're interested in tracking. These subset users should not see GA data for the entire wiki. Is this a scenario that anyone has encountered or could offer advice on? I'm currently experimenting with http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Analytics_Integration but it only allows for 1 GA account number, and includes all pages in the wiki. Thanks Bill

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Using tables with different prefixes in the same wiki
by Lisa Ridley 25 Dec '11

25 Dec '11

Hey guys, It's been a while since I've done anything with MediaWiki,and I've been looking on mediawiki.org and didn't find the answer to this question so far. I've got a 3rd party package written in PHP that uses MySQL as a database back-end, and while I like what the package does, it is poorly written from a programming standpoint (lots of security vulnerabilities). It also does not have the capabilities of community editing, which is going to be an important feature for a website I'm architecting. I'd like to incorporate this package via a large MediaWiki extension into MediaWiki, using the basic table layouts from the existing package. The main issue I see so far is table name conflicts, which are easily solvable with different table prefixes. However, I'm looking for a way to use the MediaWiki abstraction layer to access the tables from this third party package, and I need to be able to interact with the tables, including all CRUD functions. Is there a way to access tables with different prefixes using the MediaWiki db abstraction layer from within the same MediaWiki site? I swear I thought there was, but if it exists I haven't found the documentation on it so far. Or, if you have pointers on how best to make this happen without resorting to native mysql query or using the PHP PDO, I'm open to suggestions here. I'd really like to use the MediaWiki db abstraction layer if possible. Thanks! Lisa Ridley

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WP Touch skin for 1.18 ?
by Eric K 25 Dec '11

25 Dec '11

Has anyone managed to fix the WP Touch mobile skin for MW 1.18? If so, I would love if you attached a zip file of that skin to this email list. WP Touch is a great skin that allows a wiki to allow mobile browsers to see the site much more easily: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Gallery_of_user_styles#WPtouch Its based on a Wordpress skin. thanks Eric

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Changing password for user with special utf characters in name
by Dan Nessett 25 Dec '11

25 Dec '11

I am trying to use changePassword.php to change the password of a user (who has forgotten his password). The name of the user has the spanish character tilde-n in it (UTF-8 \xF1). However, I can't figure out how to specify this character in the --user= value. When I try to use \xF1, the maintenance script sees it as the literal character string "xF1". If I use \\xF1, the script sees the literal character sring "\xF1". I can't figure out how to get the script to accept the unicode string encoding. Any ideas? -- -- Dan Nessett

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