Greetings,
I'm new to this list. We keep the user and internal documentation for our software product in Mediawiki. It works very well, thanks. What we would like to do is take a snapshot of the user doc tree rooted at a specific Mediawiki page. We would like the snapshot to be a complete self-contained set of HTML pages we could ship with the product -- possibly with a Mediawiki reading tool if necessary. The user could point his browser at the snapshot and get the same pages we see. I realize that there could be many difficulties creating such a snapshot, but I'm hoping the tool would have constraining options (e.g., specify a list of URL prefixes - only pages that have one of these prefixes are included in the snapshot, others are listed/noted as warnings by the tool).
Is there an existing tool or script that does this?
Thanks.
-Sam
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Quiring, Sam Sam.Quiring@windriver.com wrote:
Greetings,
I'm new to this list. We keep the user and internal documentation for our software product in Mediawiki. It works very well, thanks. What we would like to do is take a snapshot of the user doc tree rooted at a specific Mediawiki page.
Is there an existing tool or script that does this?
This looks promising. It seems focused on delivering a PDF, whereas I am focused on delivering a set of web pages. In my reading it looks like you must add every page by hand. This seems error-prone to me. I was hoping to point to a root page and have a tool automatically collect all pages in the wiki reachable from that page (within limits).
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of OQ Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:33 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] deploy wiki tree?
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Quiring, Sam Sam.Quiring@windriver.com wrote:
Greetings,
I'm new to this list. We keep the user and internal documentation for our software product in Mediawiki. It works very well, thanks. What we would like to do is take a snapshot of the user doc tree rooted at a specific Mediawiki page.
Is there an existing tool or script that does this?
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection maybe
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Greetings,
I asked our IT staff to add this extension so I could try it. Here is their response:
I went ahead and added this extension but it includes more than just adding and enabling the Collections extension.
From looking at the Docs it appears we need to have a Rendering Server which needs access to our MediaWiki server (*from the internet*) and since we're behind a firewall this isn't achievable.
Can anyone with experience verify that this is true?
Thanks,
-Sam
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of OQ Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:33 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] deploy wiki tree?
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Quiring, Sam Sam.Quiring@windriver.com wrote:
Greetings,
I'm new to this list. We keep the user and internal documentation for our software product in Mediawiki. It works very well, thanks. What we would like to do is take a snapshot of the user doc tree rooted at a specific Mediawiki page.
Is there an existing tool or script that does this?
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection maybe
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Can anyone with experience verify that this is true?
The better advice from a ex wiki corporate admin not being a tech expert is to get along with those IT people by arousing a truly confident relationship with them. Respectfully Nevio
2010/8/6 Quiring, Sam Sam.Quiring@windriver.com
Greetings,
I asked our IT staff to add this extension so I could try it. Here is their response:
I went ahead and added this extension but it includes more than just adding and enabling the Collections extension.
From looking at the Docs it appears we need to have a Rendering Server which needs access to our MediaWiki server (*from the internet*) and since we're behind a firewall this isn't achievable.
Can anyone with experience verify that this is true?
Thanks,
-Sam
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of OQ Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:33 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] deploy wiki tree?
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Quiring, Sam Sam.Quiring@windriver.com wrote:
Greetings,
I'm new to this list. We keep the user and internal documentation for our software product in Mediawiki. It works very well, thanks. What we would like to do is take a snapshot of the user doc tree rooted at a specific Mediawiki page.
Is there an existing tool or script that does this?
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection maybe
MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
Hi Nevio,
Thank you for the advice. Believe me, I realize how much I benefit by having those IT experts' support. Mediawiki is an area where we do not have a lot of expertise. I am trying to help my IT person by coming to this community and getting the benefit of first hand experience. He, like me, is trying to figure out how all this works.
-Sam
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of nevio carlos de alarcão Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 3:16 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Extensions:Collection (was: deploy wiki tree)?
Can anyone with experience verify that this is true?
The better advice from a ex wiki corporate admin not being a tech expert is to get along with those IT people by arousing a truly confident relationship with them. Respectfully Nevio
2010/8/6 Quiring, Sam Sam.Quiring@windriver.com
Greetings,
I asked our IT staff to add this extension so I could try it. Here is their response:
I went ahead and added this extension but it includes more than just adding and enabling the Collections extension.
From looking at the Docs it appears we need to have a Rendering Server which needs access to our MediaWiki server (*from the internet*) and since we're behind a firewall this isn't achievable.
Can anyone with experience verify that this is true?
Thanks,
-Sam
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of OQ Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:33 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] deploy wiki tree?
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Quiring, Sam Sam.Quiring@windriver.com wrote:
Greetings,
I'm new to this list. We keep the user and internal documentation for our software product in Mediawiki. It works very well, thanks. What we would like to do is take a snapshot of the user doc tree rooted at a specific Mediawiki page.
Is there an existing tool or script that does this?
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection maybe
MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
Mediawiki is an area where we do not have a lot of expertise. I am trying to help my IT person by coming to this community and getting the benefit of first hand experience
ok, I hope the solution Platonides came out with will benefit you. Good luck, Névio
2010/8/6 Quiring, Sam Sam.Quiring@windriver.com
Hi Nevio,
Thank you for the advice. Believe me, I realize how much I benefit by having those IT experts' support. Mediawiki is an area where we do not have a lot of expertise. I am trying to help my IT person by coming to this community and getting the benefit of first hand experience. He, like me, is trying to figure out how all this works.
-Sam
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of nevio carlos de alarcão Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 3:16 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Extensions:Collection (was: deploy wiki tree)?
Can anyone with experience verify that this is true?
The better advice from a ex wiki corporate admin not being a tech expert is to get along with those IT people by arousing a truly confident relationship with them. Respectfully Nevio
2010/8/6 Quiring, Sam Sam.Quiring@windriver.com
Greetings,
I asked our IT staff to add this extension so I could try it. Here is their response:
I went ahead and added this extension but it includes more than just adding and enabling the Collections extension.
From looking at the Docs it appears we need to have a Rendering Server which needs access to our MediaWiki server (*from the internet*) and since we're behind a firewall this isn't achievable.
Can anyone with experience verify that this is true?
Thanks,
-Sam
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of OQ Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:33 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] deploy wiki tree?
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Quiring, Sam Sam.Quiring@windriver.com wrote:
Greetings,
I'm new to this list. We keep the user and internal documentation for our software product in Mediawiki. It works very well, thanks. What
we
would like to do is take a snapshot of the user doc tree rooted at a specific Mediawiki page.
Is there an existing tool or script that does this?
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection maybe
MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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Quiring, Sam wrote:
Greetings,
I asked our IT staff to add this extension so I could try it. Here is their response:
I went ahead and added this extension but it includes more than just adding and enabling the Collections extension. From looking at the Docs it appears we need to have a Rendering Server which needs access to our MediaWiki server (*from the internet*) and since we're behind a firewall this isn't achievable.Can anyone with experience verify that this is true?
Thanks,
-Sam
I think you could also install a local Rendering Server running inside the intranet.
I have successfully used this extension:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DumpHTML
to construct a static html dump of the wiki.
--Hiram
Quiring, Sam wrote:
Greetings,
I'm new to this list. We keep the user and internal documentation for our software product in Mediawiki. It works very well, thanks. What we would like to do is take a snapshot of the user doc tree rooted at a specific Mediawiki page. We would like the snapshot to be a complete self-contained set of HTML pages we could ship with the product -- possibly with a Mediawiki reading tool if necessary. The user could point his browser at the snapshot and get the same pages we see. I realize that there could be many difficulties creating such a snapshot, but I'm hoping the tool would have constraining options (e.g., specify a list of URL prefixes - only pages that have one of these prefixes are included in the snapshot, others are listed/noted as warnings by the tool).
Is there an existing tool or script that does this?
Thanks.
-Sam
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Hiram Clawson hiram@soe.ucsc.edu wrote:
I have successfully used this extension:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DumpHTML
to construct a static html dump of the wiki.
--Hiram
Pretty sure DumpHTML is brute-force and doesn't descriminate on what it exports.
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Hiram Clawson hiram@soe.ucsc.edu wrote:
I have successfully used this extension:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DumpHTML
to construct a static html dump of the wiki.
--Hiram
Pretty sure DumpHTML is brute-force and doesn't descriminate on what it exports.
I was hoping to modify DumpHTML to export collections created with the Collections extension. I haven't had time yet. If anyone else feels like tackling this, I'm sure quite a few people would be interested.
Respectfully,
Ryan Lane
Is export collections also the recommended way to export just one page?
Does DumpHTML have to be run on the server?
-Sam
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Lane, Ryan Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:19 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] deploy wiki tree?
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Hiram Clawson hiram@soe.ucsc.edu wrote:
I have successfully used this extension:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DumpHTML
to construct a static html dump of the wiki.
--Hiram
Pretty sure DumpHTML is brute-force and doesn't descriminate on what it exports.
I was hoping to modify DumpHTML to export collections created with the Collections extension. I haven't had time yet. If anyone else feels like tackling this, I'm sure quite a few people would be interested.
Respectfully,
Ryan Lane
I've tried dumpHTML. Our pages all have a sidebar off the the left. dumpHTML dumps this sidebar along with the true page content. I need an automatic way to eliminate this sidebar.
Our sidebar has a link, Printable version, that displays the page without the sidebar. Is there any way to get dumpHTML (or the Collections extension) to click this link and dump the resulting page?
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Lane, Ryan Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:19 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] deploy wiki tree?
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Hiram Clawson hiram@soe.ucsc.edu wrote:
I have successfully used this extension:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DumpHTML
to construct a static html dump of the wiki.
--Hiram
Pretty sure DumpHTML is brute-force and doesn't descriminate on what it exports.
I was hoping to modify DumpHTML to export collections created with the Collections extension. I haven't had time yet. If anyone else feels like tackling this, I'm sure quite a few people would be interested.
Respectfully,
Ryan Lane
Quiring, Sam wrote:
I've tried dumpHTML. Our pages all have a sidebar off the the left. dumpHTML dumps this sidebar along with the true page content. I need an automatic way to eliminate this sidebar.
Our sidebar has a link, Printable version, that displays the page without the sidebar. Is there any way to get dumpHTML (or the Collections extension) to click this link and dump the resulting page?
It is done on purpose. Look at how you can type an existing article name in the search box and be sent to it. To change the skin edit SkinOffline.php
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