MediaWiki-l October 2012

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Thumbnail previews for Photoshop (PSD) files
by Trevor Harmon 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Hi all, I am uploading Photoshop (PSD) files to my MediaWiki, but when I view them, a white rectangle appears where a preview image should be. I realize PSD is not a supported file, but I had the same problem with PDFs and I was able to get thumbnail previews to appear by installing the PdfHandler extension. I was hoping there's a similar workaround for PSDs, but Google turned up nothing. Actually, I don't even require preview images. I just don't want an empty rectangle to appear as the file preview, since it gives the impression that the file is corrupted. A Photoshop logo or even no thumbnail at all would be better. Any suggestions? I am using MediaWiki 1.16.4. Thanks! Trevor

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Can editing the localsettings.php file cause DNS problems?
by Jan Steinman 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

> From: Wjhonson <wjhonson(a)aol.com> > > You can enter the ip number and get your home page > But if you enter the domain name you get an error > That's DNS Unless your server is using virtual names, in which the IP address may not give you the website you expect, because the same IP address is being used for more than one domain name. That's a minor quibble, but it has confused me many times when debugging DNS problems... ---------------- :::: Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law. -- Louis D. Brandeis :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::

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WikiEditor problem in MedaiWiki 1.19.2
by Rowe, Dolores A 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Teammates, I am trying really hard to use the WikiEditor extension that came with Mediawiki 1.19.2. The MediaWiki skin is monobook. My operating system is Windows 2003, and my browser version is Internet Explorer 8. So it keeps hanging in the browser whenever I try to edit, and sometimes I cannot see the WikiEditor toolbar at all (that usually happens before a hang). Does anyone have a similar experience, or any really good debugging ideas ? thx, L

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] [Wikitech-l] Using mediawiki from within the Social networks?
by Yury Katkov 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Yes, that's a good example of how to be closer to people. However I think that the MediaWiki social network client can be use in case of really big crowdsourcing projects where we want to grasp a large amount of people. Most of the Russian internet users sitting in vk.com social network all the time. ----- Yury Katkov On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Mike Dupont <jamesmikedupont(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > have you seen the customization that wikia.com has done? it is a step > in the right direction for social integration. > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Chris Steipp <csteipp(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> It's possible, but it would be a little ugly. You could write a web >> frontend to what would basically be a proxy handling the work on the >> backend over the api. However, there is no secure way for a user to >> login through something like that, so all of the edits would have to >> come from your app and not the user. Alternatively, you could write a >> javascript (or flash) application, and get it approved to make >> CORS/crossdomain requests to the target MediaWiki api, so the user >> would be making api calls directly. Getting the wiki admin to approve >> domains, or add a crossdomain.xml file may or may not be a problem for >> you. >> >> OAuth will make the delegated authorization easier, but unfortunately >> the priority for getting OAuth integrated with MediaWiki is lower than >> some other critical projects right now, so it will be a few months >> before this is possible. >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Yury Katkov <katkov.juriy(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi everyone! >>> >>> Is it possible to use MediaWiki as a service whereas the UI is located >>> on a Facebook app? So all the editing and viewing is take place on a >>> Facebook and MediaWiki provide the storage, revision control and lots >>> of extensions? >>> ----- >>> Yury Katkov >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>> Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > -- > James Michael DuPont > Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org > Saving wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com > Contributor FOSM, the CC-BY-SA map of the world http://fosm.org > Mozilla Rep https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3 > Free Software Foundation Europe Fellow http://fsfe.org/support/?h4ck3rm1k3 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Can editing the localsettings.php file cause DNS problems?
by Andrew Jablonski 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

Hi folks, I wrote a message on Friday about some linking/path issues I was having to get the wiki to load properly. I fixed the problem by making $wgScriptPath = "" This worked immediately and I was able to edit/fix up the site. As of this morning, the website will not load with "server not found" errors. I also enabled caching and changed registration permissions. I'm wondering if this is due to some change I may have made, or if it is a problem with my ISP. Thanks, -Andrew

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Using mediawiki from within the Social networks?
by Yury Katkov 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

Hi everyone! Is it possible to use MediaWiki as a service whereas the UI is located on a Facebook app? So all the editing and viewing is take place on a Facebook and MediaWiki provide the storage, revision control and lots of extensions? ----- Yury Katkov

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AUTO: Patrick King is out of the office (returning 10/08/2012)
by Patrick King 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

I am out of the office until 10/08/2012. For any issues regarding Classroom Connect, please call the Metrotech desk at 718-935-5424 and/or email nycboew(a)us.ibm.com Note: This is an automated response to your message "MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 109, Issue 1" sent on 10/01/2012 8:00:17. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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