[Mediawiki-l] Trying to get dynamic content on a page

[Brion Vibber]

Mike wrote:
> I have created a template for a standard report that I want in my wiki.
> In the template I am putting a unique ID. I am generating the unique ID
> using an extension with the php time function. To test, I put the XML
> tags on page so I could see the results. The extension does not get
> called because the browser has cached it locally. The content is no
> longer dynamic. Is there anything I can do on the server side to cause
> the browser to not use its cached version? The extension looks like a
> nice feature accept it can't deliver dynamic content.

MediaWiki is designed for dynamic editing of static content.

You will have to fight the wiki a lot trying to put dynamic content
inside a wiki page. Please see the mailing list archives for past
discussions.

http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/
(you can search the archives via google by putting
site:mail.wikipedia.org in the search term)

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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