mrthetooth wrote:
I'm still having trouble with this issue. Perhaps I'm missing something, but this seems to be a simpler version of how Wikimedia Commons' Template:potd works (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Potd).
If anyone is familiar with the workings of the Picture of the Day on Wikimedia Commons, then perhaps they can answer my original two questions.
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of mrthetooth Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 5:57 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Auto Updating Issue
So I'm trying to make an "Image of the Day" template, but I'm having trouble with the image changing automatically each day.
I created a page (for example, Screenshot) with a subpage for every day (for example, Screenshot/October 6, Screenshot/October 7, Screenshot/October 8). On each of these subpages I display one image. The template transcludes a subpage depending on the day. Here is essentially the code:
{{#ifexist: Screenshot/{{#time: F j}} | {{: Screenshot /{{#time: F j}}}} | {{: Screenshot /default}} }}
This works well sometimes. Some days the image that the template displays changes on its own when the date changes. Other days I have to manually click "edit" and then "Save page" in order to refresh the image.
I essentially have two questions:
Why does this template work inconsistently; i.e., some days images changes on its own, and some days not?How can I make the image always change on its own?
For greater efficiency, pages are cached. You can force to render the latest version by purging the page (just add ?action=purge to the url), that's a bit faster than a null edit.
The fact that it sometimes work and sometimes not may depend on the exact time the page being viewed was cached.
You may try {{#time: F}} {{CURRENTDAY}} in case it performs better.