Hi, I'm using MediaWiki 1.8.x (mostly) and have three questions:
1) 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?
2) 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?
3) 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.
Thank you, Karen
khuffman 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?
With bots.
- 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.x to 1.10.x should be ok
- 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.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki
Thank you, Karen
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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khuffman@NGS.ORG wrote:
- 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?
You can do full-wiki XML exports, with or without history, using maintenance/dumpBackup.php. (This is a command-line script, not meant to run from the web.)
-- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
On 21/03/07, khuffman@ngs.org khuffman@ngs.org wrote:
- 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 can detect broken links to internal pages and list them, e.g. Special:Brokenlinks etc.
- 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?
I recommend going from 1.8.x to 1.9.3; 1.10.x hasn't been released just yet.
- 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.
maintenance/dumpBackup.php
Rob Church
mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org