Here are a few:
Use the Semantic MediaWiki extensions. They will allow you to define properties corresponding to each of the fields in your database.
Create a standard UserPage template, with each field as a variable in the template, and have each page simply invoke the template.
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Joosep-Georg Järvemaa Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 5:29 AM To: mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Import users and create their pages
Hello,
I have an idea to replace an existing tailor-made but really simple user database with MediaWiki. The cause being the app's hardly maintainable code base.
Also, the users would gain the possibility to update their information and create some content they could update together.
The structure of the user base has some fields for general information with a relation to a table with some status changes and a second relation to pictures table.
I would like to see that users' full names will be as their usernames and there would be a possibility to generate a temporary password for them for sending by e-mail.
The rest of the information would end up at their user pages as same structure table or box and a second box for their status changes from related table.
The picture files I can upload to the server but at their pages there should be some reference to related pictures, based on data from second table.
Additionally, some database fields are desirably considered as categories.
The database contains 820 users in total, 1785 status rows and 715 pictures.
Any recommendations?
Regards,