I am running MediaWiki 1.5beta4 on the Saint WAMP 3.3.4 and I have two problems. It's possible that both problems have the same root cause. Any help would be much appreciated!
Problem 1: Category caching
The first problem I have involves the server-side caching of categories at the bottom of an article page. If I edit an article and give it a brand-new category, then save the article, the category name is displayed in red (because the category doesn't yet exist). This is what I expect. So I click on the category name to bring up the edit page, enter some text and save the category.
When I return to the original article the category name still appears in red and still uses "action=edit". I want the category name to be blue and to link to the article without editing it.
Additional information: - If I control-refresh my browser the category still appears in red with action=edit - If a user who's never been to the article browses the article the category still appears in red with action=edit - If I view the article through a redirect the category appears in blue - If I add new articles to the category, they appear in blue - If I add action=purge, this fixes the problem --- but since the problem occurs every time I create a category, this is not a solution! - I have made some manual changes to LocalSettings.php and httpd.conf (see below)
Problem 2: "New messages"
If a user leaves a message for another user on their talk page they get a "new messages" banner. This banner never disappears.
I searched around on the web a while and found a solution: get the user to watch and unwatch their talk page. Again, this solves the immediate problem but isn't a permanent solution.
Customisation
I have made a few manual changes to my LocalSettings.php:
# Must be logged in to edit $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
# Must be a Sysop to create accounts $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;
# Enables uploading of all file types $wgStrictFileExtensions = false; $wgCheckFileExtensions = false; $wgEnableUploads = true;
# Short article paths $wgArticlePath = "/w/$1";
# Timezone NZDT $wgLocalTZoffset = 13;
And two changes to httpd.conf:
Alias /w /web/root/wiki/index.php LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Thanks for your help,
Ben Arnold