MediaWiki-l March 2014

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mediawiki problem in chrome browser
by palmieri 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

hi, in my web site, where Mediawiki software is installed, the Chrome browser shows a problem: the navigation section in left side of the page, the expected result should be the navigation section is just close to the logo on top left, what happens instead is there's a empty area on the page between the logo and the navigation section. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated... thanks Pina

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Created subskin but changes to main page not visible
by Alastair Sherringham 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Hello, I have recently installed MediaWiki 1.22.3 and hope to use it to host some documentation. I like the Vector skin and have been using Common.css to add some local styling. All looks great so far and I am very impressed with Mediawiki. But I would really like to be able to add a "banner" (or menu etc.) to the top of the site, before any standard elements (or possibly sit behind them). I would also like to have a basic idea on changing a few skin elements perhaps. I have little PHP experience (but some other programming languages) so my difficulties are probably stupid and/or basic. Following Daniel Friesen's "subskin" tutorial (thanks Daniel!) : http://blog.redwerks.org/2012/02/28/mediawiki-subskin-tutorial/ My site is now using my own skin "Zed Docs". Or so it seems to be - it is identical to Vector at the moment. However, I can't seem to figure out how to insert any changes in my skin and have them picked up. I have taken the very basic PHP skin file I created following the tutorial : ZedDocs.skin.php : require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../Vector.php' ); class SkinZedDocs extends SkinVector { var $skinname = 'zeddocs', $stylename = 'zeddocs'; function setupSkinUserCss( OutputPage $out ){ parent::setupSkinUserCss( $out ); $out->addModuleStyles( "skins.zeddocs" ); } } and copied much of the rest of the Vector.pnp code below it, changing : class VectorTemplate extends BaseTemplate { ... to : class ZedDocsTemplate extends VectorTemplate { ... (is this correct?) Then inside this, the whole of the "execute" function : public function execute() { ... But nothing I add or modify inside the "execute" function makes any difference to the page I see e.g. adding anything after : <div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div> or anywhere else. I almost certainly have a fundamental misunderstanding somewhere. No doubt coupled with my lack of PHP experience (I know I should really learn more about it). What am I doing wrong and what do I need to do? Many thanks for any help or advice. Cheers, -- Alastair Sherringham http://www.sherringham.net

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Just got bombed by spam bots
by Yudi Wijaya 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Dear all, My site ( www.indopancing.com/wiki ) just got bombed by spam bots since last week, i already implement re-captcha few days ago on user registration, but still not help. Then, i try protect all access from spam bots: ---cut--- $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createaccount'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['edit'] = true; # Anonymous users can't create pages $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false; # Only users with accounts four days old or older can create pages # Requires MW 1.6 or higher. $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['createpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createpage'] = true; ---cut--- Looks like it's working, no spam bots anymore.. Now, the next problem is my wiki site: - Full of user account junk from spam bots - Full of new page creation from spam bots Luckily the spam bots not change/edit my wiki page. I already backup the MySQL database with phpMyAdmin What do you think? 1. Does using http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BlockandNuke is safe? I just create / edit new page using admin account, there is no other account create / edit page. 2. Actually I prefer do fresh installation of MediaWiki and copy paste 1000 contents from old one to the new one. Because i worry deleting user account / page from spam bots still leave junk in my site. Do you have any sugestion for this problem? Thank you Best Regards, Yudi

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direct image import (was: (kein Betreff))
by Uwe Baumbach 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Hi, no idea how my message could fly away without subject... sorry! > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:34:00 +0100 > From: Bartosz Dziewoński <matma.rex(a)gmail.com> > To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" > <mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > There is an importImages.php maintenance script, does that fit your needs? > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:ImportImages.php > > -- Matma Rex Indeed this was it! THX! Regards/Mit freundlichem Gruß Uwe (Baumbach) -- Sie interessieren sich für Familienforschung? Dann schauen Sie doch mal hier vorbei: http://GenWiki.genealogy.net http://CompGen.de -- "Ich habe immer darauf gewartet, daß das Leben endlich losgeht, dabei ist es immer nur weitergegangen." (Aus dem Film: "Das Leben ist eine Baustelle")

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AUTO: Agata Correia is out of the office (returning 13/03/2014)
by Agata.Correia＠unibas.ch 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

I am out of the office until 13/03/2014. Note: This is an automated response to your message "Re: [MediaWiki-l] Error message is new to me during FileUpload" sent on 06.03.2014 16:56:54. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message from your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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report new pages?
by Bill Traynor 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Is there an extension that will allow me to create daily or weekly reports of New pages? I can't seem to find one. Thanks Bill

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(kein Betreff)
by Uwe Baumbach 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Hi, beside the regular upload traffic to our wiki-commons that is limited in file size, from time to time there are needs to upload/integrate big media files in our wiki-commons. These files are physically stored already on wiki server (WebDAV enabled directory elsewhere in directory tree beyond wiki directory). To upload/integrate these files until now we download them to local PC, release temporarily upload limitations and upload them via MediaWiki GUI to wiki-commons. Performance is very bad, especially upload... Now my question: Is there a way to upload/integrate those files via server-local script or otherwise but with full file information management in wiki-commons (duplicate tests, creation of file article)? Admins have secure shell access on wiki server. Regards / Freundliche Grüße Uwe (Baumbach) -- Sie interessieren sich für Familienforschung? Dann schauen Sie doch mal hier vorbei: http://compgen.de<https://3c.web.de/mail/client/dereferrer?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fcompgen.de> http://GenWiki.genealogy.net<https://3c.web.de/mail/client/dereferrer?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2FGenWiki.g…>

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Re: [MediaWiki-l] Form to fill in before allowing access to a download link.
by David Leaman 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

> Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:38:29 -0500 > From: Mark London <mrl(a)psfc.mit.edu> > Subject: [MediaWiki-l] Form to fill in before allowing access to a > download link. > > I have a user who wants a form in his mediawiki, that has to be filled > out, before displaying a software download link. Does anyone know of > something like that? Thanks > > Mark London Hi Mark, I have implemented something very much like this, but not purely in MW. I wrote a CGI script (in PHP, but any language supported by your web server will do) that processed form input and gave the user the requested file. I created the required form as a widget (see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Widgets), with the URL of the CGI script as the action. Since this solution is not contained entirely within MW, it has the potential drawback that you need access to put executables somewhere the web server will allow them to be run. A slicker way to do this would be with Semantic Forms (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms). The setup might be a little more complex, but you'd be writing less of the actual machinery, so much of the bugfixing is already done for you. Plus I think it'll be much faster and easier to implement this if there are a bunch of different files available for download, or if you later want to implement something similar elsewhere. I can't tell you off the top of my head exactly how to go about this, but IIRC the documentation is pretty good. Cheers, David Leaman

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MediaWiki Page date on SERPs
by Stefan Widmann 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Hi all, I have a really annoying problem. If I search for one of my wikis at Google, it is nearly always shown a page date in front of the page description of the search result. I think it depends on the "lastmod" in the footer, but now I saw that the Wikipedia has this last mod in the footer and no single page date is shown in the search results (https://www.google.de/#q=site:de.wikipedia.com). Can anyone tell me how they made this magic happen? Regards, Stefan

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How to reproduce the template of MediaWiki home page
by G.Long 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Hi :) I would like to reproduce the template of the MediaWiki Home page. I read documentation about templates but I'm not sure that's what I need as the blocks I want to create are meant to be used only on the Home page of my wiki. Also, I would like to know how to use CSS to place those blocks like on the MediaWiki Home page. I'm using the Vector theme. Thanks for any help :) Gary

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