On 21/03/07, khuffman@ngs.org khuffman@ngs.org wrote:
Hi, I'm using MediaWiki 1.8.x (mostly) and have three questions:
- Does MediaWiki have the ability to check for bad links/link checker
functionality? I saw/tested this extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkSearch but looks like it's more for "information" than has the additional utility I'm looking for. How do others handle the management of links going bad/dead links with MediaWiki?
MediaWiki cannot do this but external tools such as http://validator.w3.org/checklink can be used to do that.
- Is upgrading from 1.8.x to 1.10.x okay to do OR do you recommend going
from 1.8.x to 1.9.x to 1.10.x?
1.8 -> 1.10 is fine but unless you know what you are doing and can risk some downtime 1.10 is not recommended.
- I have gotten my bulk import to work using an XML file and
Special:Import page. Is there another way that you could bulk export ALL your records without have to do it manually using the Special:Export page? I suppose I could extract from MySQL table just the page titles... and then paste into the Special:Export page but just thought I'd check first on the listserv.
I believe there is a maintenance script or external program but cannot find it.
Thank you, Karen
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