Marco Schuster marco@harddisk.is-a-geek.org wrote:
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-I don't want to go to my ftp to download my local settings file, add a few lines then reupload it. This is caveman-like behavior for the modern internet.
Get a host that supports SSH. Use VI, Emacs, nano, pico, etc.
HAHAHA, sorry but this way of thinking is stone-age. Who are we to require our users to get more expensive hosting AND knowledge of VI/Emacs (a newbie most likely won't have HEARD of ssh, vi and emacs!) just for being able to modify the core settings of a wiki without having the FTP extra work? Come on, it's so easy to make a web-based settings editor. Mighta even be lots easier to just move all settings stuff except MySQL data into the DB.
If it's so easy, URI:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Configuration_database awaits your patches :-).
Tim