[Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 34, Issue 42
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Re: Working on upgrading to 1.7.1 (Dan Davis)
> 2. Re: Get Mediawiki to read template variables withinextension
> tags? (Chris Earle)
> 3. Re: Get Mediawiki to read template variableswithinextension
> tags? (Chris Earle)
> 4. File delete error (Simon Renshaw)
> 5. Re: Working on upgrading to 1.7.1 (Gary Kirk)
> 6. Re: Working on upgrading to 1.7.1 (Gary Kirk)
> 7. Re: Database errors when trying to make an edit after
> upgrading to 1.7.1 (Metaspheres)
> 8. Re: Working on upgrading to 1.7.1 (Petr Andreyev)
> 9. Re: 404 handling to shorten urls, header 200 OK doesn't work
> (Petr Andreyev)
> 10. Re: Database errors when trying to make an edit after
> upgrading to 1.7.1 (H?nandil)
> 11. Re: 404 handling to shorten urls, header 200 OK doesn't work
> (Sylvain Machefert)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:33:38 -0400
> From: "Dan Davis" <hokie99cpe+wiki at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Working on upgrading to 1.7.1
> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"
> <mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
> <e1e332090607140533k1484c4e8va55b587b27cc0bd9 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> On 7/13/06, Rob Church <robchur at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 13/07/06, Dan Davis <hokie99cpe+wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> That said, is there a way to extend the MagicWords system via an
>>> extension? I've grown to enjoy my __NOCACHE__ addition...
>>
>> There are various hooks for it.
>
> Thanks, Rob.
>
> Guess it would've helped if I had thought to check out
> mediawiki-1.7.1/docs/magicword.txt before I mailed the list. :)
>
> Dan
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:38:24 -0400
> From: "Chris Earle" <cearle at cbltech.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Get Mediawiki to read template variables
> withinextension tags?
> To: mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org
> Message-ID: <e98391$fqe$1 at sea.gmane.org>
>
> Hi all,
>
> i'm going to keep hunting around for a fix for this problem -- i have not
> checked recent changelog entries to see if it is being addressed, but in
> the
> meantime, can someone point me in the direction of a fix? or something
> about
> sending stuff to the parser?
>
> I read this part of the extensions FAQ
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_extensions_FAQ#Templates_with_extension_tags
> but there's no solution offered up.....
>
> Stumbled upon this when I whipped together a little extension for myself
> only to find out it wouldn't work with the template I'm using it in
>
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> --
> Chris
>
>
> "Jan Steinman" <Jan at Bytesmiths.com> wrote in
> message news:747B4A83-73C1-4F6A-A5C2-C4DACF26BDFF at Bytesmiths.com...
>>> From: Billy Covington
> <wrcovington at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> I am attempting to create a template in which all anyone needs to do
>>> to put a Google Map on a page is use a template with 3 variables
>>> (longitude, latitude, and description) using Evan Miller's Google Maps
>>> extension (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Emiller/
>>> GoogleMapsExtension).
>>>
>>> The only problem is, Mediawiki won't read the variables if they're
>>> inside the <googlemap></googlemap> extension tags.
>>
>> You will have to modify the extension to feed the included text
>> through the wiki parser.
>>
>>> I am definitely no expert or even novice at php...
>>
>> This would seem to be beyond your scope, then. It sounds like an
>> interesting project, but I have no extra time to help you right now!
>> Perhaps someone else with an interest will want to craft a solution.
>>
>>
>> :::: We may no longer have a free press, but it is reasonably priced.
>> -- John Cory
>> :::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:34:57 -0400
> From: "Chris Earle" <cearle at cbltech.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Get Mediawiki to read template
> variableswithinextension tags?
> To: mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org
> Message-ID: <e986j0$r03$1 at sea.gmane.org>
>
> Seeing some stuff here
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_extensions_FAQ#How_do_I_render_wikitext_in_my_extension.3F
>
> About accessing the parser
>
> Trying this, not working though.....not sure if it's a PHP5 thing
>
> function myHook($input, $argv, &$parser)
> {
> $localParser = new Parser();
> $output = $localParser->parse("<big>$input</big>", $parser->mTitle,
> $parser->mOptions);
> $text = $output->getText();
> }
>
> Tried returning that $text in my extension....no go
> Not sure if the reference there to the &$parser is valid
>
> Any takers?
>
> --
> Chris
>
> "Chris Earle" <cearle at cbltech.ca> wrote in
> message news:e98391$fqe$1 at sea.gmane.org...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> i'm going to keep hunting around for a fix for this problem -- i have
>> not
>> checked recent changelog entries to see if it is being addressed, but in
> the
>> meantime, can someone point me in the direction of a fix? or something
> about
>> sending stuff to the parser?
>>
>> I read this part of the extensions FAQ
>>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_extensions_FAQ#Templates_with_extension_tags
>> but there's no solution offered up.....
>>
>> Stumbled upon this when I whipped together a little extension for myself
>> only to find out it wouldn't work with the template I'm using it in
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>
>> --
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> "Jan Steinman" <Jan at Bytesmiths.com> wrote in
>> message
> news:747B4A83-73C1-4F6A-A5C2-C4DACF26BDFF at Bytesmiths.com...
>>>> From: Billy Covington
>> <wrcovington at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> I am attempting to create a template in which all anyone needs to do
>>>> to put a Google Map on a page is use a template with 3 variables
>>>> (longitude, latitude, and description) using Evan Miller's Google Maps
>>>> extension (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Emiller/
>>>> GoogleMapsExtension).
>>>>
>>>> The only problem is, Mediawiki won't read the variables if they're
>>>> inside the <googlemap></googlemap> extension tags.
>>>
>>> You will have to modify the extension to feed the included text
>>> through the wiki parser.
>>>
>>>> I am definitely no expert or even novice at php...
>>>
>>> This would seem to be beyond your scope, then. It sounds like an
>>> interesting project, but I have no extra time to help you right now!
>>> Perhaps someone else with an interest will want to craft a solution.
>>>
>>>
>>> :::: We may no longer have a free press, but it is reasonably priced.
>>> -- John Cory
>>> :::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:16:41 -0400
> From: Simon Renshaw <simon at castortech.com>
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] File delete error
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> <mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
> <D5F291ABFAB3454D85DB58B747B639821D5743 at castor-srvr1.castortech.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Hi,
>
> I tried to delete a file that was uploaded on my Wiki and got the
> following error:
>
> A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in
> the software. The last attempted database query was:
>
> (SQL query hidden)
>
> from within function "Article::doDeleteArticle". MySQL returned error
> "1364: Field 'ar_text' doesn't have a default value (localhost)".
>
> Any idea what is causing this? That DB was originally running on MySQL 4
> so maybe I forgot to do something when I imported it to version 5. But
> everything else is working fine on the Wiki.
>
> I'm running:
>
> MediaWiki: 1.6.6
> PHP: 5.0.5 (cgi-fcgi)
> MySQL: 5.0.22-community-nt
>
> Will update to 1.7 soon :)
>
> Thanks!
> Simon
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:41:33 +0100
> From: "Gary Kirk" <gary.kirk at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Working on upgrading to 1.7.1
> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"
> <mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
> <8731ce350607141041o7573b0e5y58974a79e7d0d994 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Maybe, but that's what those guys are here for :)
>
> -- gary kirk
>
> On 7/14/06, Dan Davis <hokie99cpe+wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 7/13/06, Rob Church <robchur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 13/07/06, Dan Davis <hokie99cpe+wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> That said, is there a way to extend the MagicWords system via an
>>>> extension? I've grown to enjoy my __NOCACHE__ addition...
>>>
>>> There are various hooks for it.
>>
>> Thanks, Rob.
>>
>> Guess it would've helped if I had thought to check out
>> mediawiki-1.7.1/docs/magicword.txt before I mailed the list. :)
>>
>> Dan
>> _______________________________________________
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>
>
> --
> Gary Kirk
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:43:15 +0100
> From: "Gary Kirk" <gary.kirk at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Working on upgrading to 1.7.1
> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"
> <mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
> <8731ce350607141043wd570e80l899981d29a088329 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Maybe, but that's what those guys are here for :)
>
> -- gary kirk
>
> On 7/14/06, Dan Davis <hokie99cpe+wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 7/13/06, Rob Church <robchur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 13/07/06, Dan Davis <hokie99cpe+wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> That said, is there a way to extend the MagicWords system via an
>>>> extension? I've grown to enjoy my __NOCACHE__ addition...
>>>
>>> There are various hooks for it.
>>
>> Thanks, Rob.
>>
>> Guess it would've helped if I had thought to check out
>> mediawiki-1.7.1/docs/magicword.txt before I mailed the list. :)
>>
>> Dan
>> _______________________________________________
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>
>
> --
> Gary Kirk
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:09:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Metaspheres <metaspheres at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Database errors when trying to make an edit
> after upgrading to 1.7.1
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> <mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID: <20060714180953.97434.qmail at web38113.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> Yes, I had that all configured but phpshell cannot run the scripts (keeps
> saying "This script must be run from the command-line"), so I'm assuming
> my host does not allow any of these functions unfortunately. I'm guessing
> my only recourse is to go back to 1.6.7.
>
> Alec Usticke <alec at usticke.org> wrote: I also had to setup
> AdminSettings.php to run the scripts. See
> AdminSettings.sample in root.
>
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:22:13 +0400
> From: "Petr Andreyev" <gulliput at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Working on upgrading to 1.7.1
> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"
> <mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
> <b8c1aae50607141122n7c0293a0q6761804ee5ebc8e3 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hi Dan,
>
>> Using your NamespacePermissions extension, is there a way to retrieve
>> a list of namespaces to which a user has RO or RW access?
>>
>
> One can know if a user is in one of the autocreated groups:
> ex.
> in_array( "ns{$ns_title}RO", $user->getGroups() );
>
> It is possible also to know if a user can do a particular action with
> an article in a namespace:
> e.g.
> $user->isAllowed( "ns100_read" ).
> This is a more adequate way to obtain access permissions for a given
> namespace, since the access level is determined by permissions;
> autogroups just contain most usable sets of permissions.
>
> Petr
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:38:43 +0400
> From: "Petr Andreyev" <gulliput at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] 404 handling to shorten urls, header 200 OK
> doesn't work
> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"
> <mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
> <b8c1aae50607141138s23fbcdebkdb166d9f41661453 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hi Sylvain,
>
> I do not know the answer (perhaps error document always returns 404 --
> it's
> just a way to customize your message) --- but why don't you just use
> mod_rewrite to shorten your urls?
>
> --
> Petr
>
> 2006/7/14, Sylvain Machefert <iubito at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi !
>>
>> I've changed my "404 handling" to shorten my URLs.
>>
>> How do you explain in the first case I get a 404 error in 3 seconds, and
>> in
>> the other case a 302 really quickly, whereas my .htaccess didn't
>> changed,
>> and I never send header("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found") in my code ?
>>
>> --
>> Sylvain
>> http://iubito.free.fr
>> http://tousauxbalkans.jexiste.fr
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:56:29 -0700
> From: H?nandil <hinandil at freespirits.org>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Database errors when trying to make an edit
> after upgrading to 1.7.1
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> <mediawiki-l at Wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID: <44B7E8DD.8010900 at freespirits.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Metaspheres wrote:
>> Yes, I had that all configured but phpshell cannot run the scripts
>> (keeps saying "This script must be run from the command-line"), so I'm
>> assuming my host does not allow any of these functions unfortunately.
>> I'm guessing my only recourse is to go back to 1.6.7.
>
> Why not ask your host to run those scripts for you?
>
> H?nandil
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:11:04 +0200
> From: "Sylvain Machefert" <iubito at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] 404 handling to shorten urls, header 200 OK
> doesn't work
> To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"
> <mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org>
> Message-ID:
> <a59f889f0607141211j4c0070beg68eff11626d3760c at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> because my host doesn't allow it. I'll ask them to do this, but not sure
> they will.
> When I add the rewrite rules in .htaccess, I get bad errors
>
> 2006/7/14, Petr Andreyev <gulliput at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi Sylvain,
>>
>> I do not know the answer (perhaps error document always returns 404 --
>> it's
>> just a way to customize your message) --- but why don't you just use
>> mod_rewrite to shorten your urls?
>>
>> --
>> Petr
>>
>> 2006/7/14, Sylvain Machefert <iubito at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi !
>>>
>>> I've changed my "404 handling" to shorten my URLs.
>>>
>>> How do you explain in the first case I get a 404 error in 3 seconds,
>>> and
>>> in
>>> the other case a 302 really quickly, whereas my .htaccess didn't
>> changed,
>>> and I never send header("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found") in my code ?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sylvain
>>> http://iubito.free.fr
>>> http://tousauxbalkans.jexiste.fr
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> MediaWiki-l mailing list
>>> MediaWiki-l at Wikimedia.org
>>> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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>
>
>
> --
> Sylvain Machefert
> http://iubito.free.fr
> http://tousauxbalkans.jexiste.fr
>
>
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