Hi, I have been researching how to implement m.wikipedia.org landing page. It should show the same output as en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Zero page, except that it should be localized based on the carrier's default language.

Possible solutions:

* <VirtualHost> - map to docroot that contains the same mediawiki as en.m.wikipedia.org. There should be a Rewrite rule that allows only ^/$ -> wiki/Special:Zero; but all other paths will return 404.

* Magic hack - something similar to extract2.php that will first load zero configuration, configure the language to use, then somehow execute the whole mediawiki rendering for the special page, and lastly output the rendered content.

Also, it might be needed to set proper MW_LANG before loading, but that means some other code need to access memcached and make API call

I think #1 is better, please advise on how to switch the language and if we should put up any defenses (like removing headers, rejecting non-GET requests, etc).

Thanks.

On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org wrote:

Generally I agree that #1 is the way to go -- extract2.php is a nasty hack and I'd hate for us to have to replicate it. :D

re: changing the language.... something within Zero extension should be able to do that if you just need to change the _display_ language. If you have to target it to a specific wiki.... I'd recommend doing that in the rewrite rules if possible. But that don't sound easy to do. ;)

-- brion

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Yuri Astrakhan yastrakhan@wikimedia.orgwrote:

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Brion,

I was thinking of how to do the new landing page better.

Needed: m.wikipedia.org should show the same output as en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Zero page, except that it should be localized based on the carrier's default language.

Possible solutions:

• <VirtualHost> - map to docroot that contains the same mediawiki as

en.m.wikipedia.org. There should be a Rewrite rule that allows only ^/$ -> wiki/Special:Zero; but all other paths will return 404. Also, I need some "magic" code that dynamically changes the current language based on the carrier's configuration.

• Magic hack - something similar to extract2.php that will first load

zero configuration, configure the language to use, then somehow execute the whole mediawiki rendering for the special page, and lastly output the rendered content.

I think #1 is better, please advise on how to switch the language and if we should put up any defenses (like removing headers, rejecting non-GET requests, etc).

Thanks.