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Ekompute .info

5 Dec 2009 5 Dec '09

2:37 p.m.

Hi, I have been scouting the internet for how to have a common set of Mediawiki files (in one common folder) for all my wikis. Because of the way GoDaddy creates the IP address for each wiki, I believe I have to have the specific LocalSettings.php file inside each individual subfolder (unlike some examples that are available in the internet). I don't know whether my problem is more than linking the subfolder to the common folder (containing the Mediawiki files). Anyone knows if there is a writeup somewhere which I may have missed? I have written to GoDaddy but apparently, well, they ask me to upgrade to dedicated computer or something like that. -- PM Poon

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Haim (Howard) Roman

5 Dec 5 Dec

5:37 p.m.

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I've never used GoDaddy, but from your message it sounds like you have a shell account where you can get to all the directories of your different sites. Or at least you know what their absolute pathnames are. Since the LocalSettings.php files are just PHP code, how about just using the PHP include command to include the common file? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haim (Howard) Roman Computer Center, Jerusalem College of Technology Phone: 052-8-592-599 (6022 from within Machon Lev) On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 16:37, Ekompute .info <ekompute(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Ekompute .info

5:45 p.m.

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Hi thanks Haim, That was what I thought too. But I don't know the absolute pathnames. GoDaddy had this to say: Upon review of your account it appears that you do not have a dedicated IP address for your site; therefore you will most likely not want to use the IP address, but instead reference the full URL http://dummipedia.com/commonmw140. If you require an IP address and cannot use a URL, a dedicated IP address can be added to your hosting account. To add a dedicated IP to your shared hosting account: 1. Purchase a Dedicated IP credit from our website. 2. Log in to your Account Manager<http://mya.godaddy.com/default.aspx?prog_id=GoDaddy> . 3. In the My Products section, select *Hosting*. 4. Click the applicable hosting account. 5. In the Hosting Account Details section on the right, click *Apply Dedicated IP Address*. PM Poon On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Haim (Howard) Roman <roman(a)jct.ac.il> wrote:

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Hi, I have been scouting the internet for how to have a common set of Mediawiki files (in one common folder) for all my wikis. Because of the way GoDaddy creates the IP address for each wiki, I

believe I

have to have the specific LocalSettings.php file inside each individual subfolder (unlike some examples that are available in the internet). I

don't

know whether my problem is more than linking the subfolder to the common folder (containing the Mediawiki files). Anyone knows if there is a writeup somewhere which I may have missed? I

have

written to GoDaddy but apparently, well, they ask me to upgrade to

dedicated

computer or something like that. -- PM Poon _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Platonides

10:10 p.m.

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Ekompute .info wrote:

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PM Poon

Ekompute .info

6 Dec 6 Dec

11:04 a.m.

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Hi, has it to be anyone of one of these? http://dummipedia.com/wikione/ http://dummipedia.com/wikitwo/ http://dummipedia.com/wikithree/ ? I think I am really lost. What GoDaddy provides is http://health.dummipedia.org and http://kesihatan.jbdirectory.com ( jbdirectory.com is my url for Malay language). I realize that the folder that occupies the most space is the Image folder, so I tried to share the two. Since the two abovementioned websites are a translation of one another, I upload all images into the "health" image subfolder and then try to access it from the Kesihatan website by adding this line in the LocalSettings.php of the "kesihatan folder" but it failed: $wgUploadDirectory = "http://dummipedia.com/health/images"; PM Poon On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Ekompute .info wrote:

Hi thanks Haim, That was what I thought too. But I don't know the

absolute

pathnames. GoDaddy had this to say: Upon review of your account it appears that you do not have a dedicated

address for your site; therefore you will most likely not want to use the

address, but instead reference the full URL http://dummipedia.com/commonmw140.

(...)

PM Poon

The answer they are giving you is not related to the question. You don't need a dedicated ip for having several wikis using common files. What naming will you use? http://dummipedia.com/wikione/ http://dummipedia.com/wikitwo/ http://dummipedia.com/wikithree/ ? PS: Update to mediawiki 1.15.1 _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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Platonides

3:53 p.m.

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Ekompute .info wrote:

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It doesn't matter which url layout you provide. I just wanted to know which one did you use.

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I realize that the folder that occupies the most space is the Image folder, so I tried to share the two. Since the two abovementioned websites are a translation of one another, I upload all images into the "health" image subfolder and then try to access it from the Kesihatan website by adding this line in the LocalSettings.php of the "kesihatan folder" but it failed: $wgUploadDirectory = "http://dummipedia.com/health/images"; PM Poon

Chad

5:46 p.m.

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On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Ekompute .info wrote:

It doesn't matter which url layout you provide. I just wanted to know which one did you use.

That won't work. You would use a ForeignAPIRepo to share the uploads from one into the other. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos For pointing both wikis to the same folder to work, you would need to share ($wgSharedDB) the image tables (image, oldimage, filearchive), as well as the users (user, user_properties). _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

You can use ForeignDBRepo like we do at Commons. No need to muck about with $wgSharedDB. -Chad

Ekompute .info

7 Dec 7 Dec

5:55 a.m.

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Hi All, thank you very much. I will try and see if I know how to do it. PM Poon On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Ekompute .info wrote:

It doesn't matter which url layout you provide. I just wanted to know which one did you use. > I realize that the folder that occupies the most space is the Image

folder,

> so I tried to share the two. Since the two abovementioned websites are a > translation of one another, I upload all images into the "health" image > subfolder and then try to access it from the Kesihatan website by adding > this line in the LocalSettings.php of the "kesihatan folder" but it

failed:

$wgUploadDirectory = "http://dummipedia.com/health/images"; PM Poon

You can use ForeignDBRepo like we do at Commons. No need to muck about with $wgSharedDB. -Chad _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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