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Topic:Q1ojdwauk0lwoz76

2011-06-28T15:16:05Z

189.42.237.130 (talk) commented on "IE 8 bug with mediawiki 1.16" (Hey there people! So,i'm having this strange issue with MediaWiki 1.16 and Internet Explorer 8(goddamn you IE!).Apparently,IE have some t...)

Thread:Project:Support desk/IE 8 bug with mediawiki 1.16

2011-06-28T15:16:05Z

189.42.237.130: New thread: IE 8 bug with mediawiki 1.16

Hey there people!
So,i'm having this strange issue with MediaWiki 1.16 and Internet Explorer 8(goddamn you IE!).Apparently,IE have some trouble rendering those categories pages with more than 7 pages included in them.The side menu,that one with links to other pages such as the main and category,goes all the way down the page,and the div where the categories names are takes all the space on the upper side of the page.
Does anyone know why?Or how can i fix this bug?
Thanks (:

Topic:Pw1sjupzwuwxl9yw

2011-03-30T11:05:36Z

189.42.237.130 (talk) commented on "Using the VOKI widget" (i've managed to get it working,thanks xD I just had to create the Widget:voki page My problem now is: where do i get that id,to use my vo...)

Project:Support desk/Flow/2011/03

2011-03-30T11:05:36Z

189.42.237.130: /* Using the VOKI widget */ Added reply

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== (SOLVED) Maintenance Script, rebuildall.php, where are the database info calls etc ==

I asked my host to run the rebuildall.php maintenance script and they cam back and said "we can't run that as you are on a shared server and that will run on all databases on the server". Yeah right, as if anyone would be stupid enough to write code like that. Anyway, I have been trying to work out which part of the code it goes off to get the details from the admin configuration file etc, and I can't work it out. I want to educate the "help" person that it wont do what they think it will. Means I wont have to do it via longer ways in the future. Any insight? [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 02:26, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
:Take a look at Maintenance.php.
:Sounds like it's time to find a new host. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 04:51, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks for the reply.
::Opps, sorry should have said I have v 1.14 (yes, need to get around to updating), and Maintenance.php didn't make an appearance until 1.16. In rebuildall.php for v 1.14 it has the following:
::<code> /** */</code>
::<code> require_once( "commandLine.inc" );</code>
::<code> #require_once( "rebuildlinks.inc" );</code>
::<code> require_once( "refreshLinks.inc" );</code>
::<code> require_once( "rebuildtextindex.inc" );</code>
::<code> require_once( "rebuildrecentchanges.inc" );</code>
::<code> $dbclass = 'Database' . ucfirst( $wgDBtype ) ;</code>
::<code> $database = new $dbclass( $wgDBserver, $wgDBadminuser, $wgDBadminpassword, $wgDBname );</code>
::D'oh, now I see it, it comes via commandLine.inc, there are calls in that to the various configuration file. [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 23:09, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

== Got to have [ 'mw' is undefined ] error message ==

Hi all, 

MediaWiki 1.15.1 / PHP 5.3.0 / MySQL 5.1.37 
After running clear_stat.php script I got to have below message for every page in IE. 
'mw' is undefined 
index.php Line7 
Code:0 Char:1 
<nowiki>URL: http://........</nowiki> 
 
Please help me to fix it. 
Thanks in advance. [[Special:Contributions/152.62.44.58|152.62.44.58]] ([[User talk:152.62.44.58|talk]]) 04:55, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
[[User:Kangmin|Kangmin]] 05:05, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
:Looks like you've copy-pasted into your site or user JS something that requires a later version of MediaWiki. Go to error location (sorry, don't remember how to do that in IE) and find out what causes that error. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 08:21, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

== Adding structure via fieldset (html tag) ==

MediaWiki 1.16.2
PHP 5.2.11 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.0.77

I am trying to use <fieldset> and <legend> tags in wiki articles alongside wikitext. To make things more strained I'm trying to make the legend element compatible with the wikitext headlines.

The rationale is, I'd like to document to the bit, in a very clear fashion, some binary file formats and data structures. My hope is to arrive at a feasible system which can be adopted for this purpose once and for all. The thinking is, the wiki document headline model is a little too unstructured, or at least, the structure is not explicitly evident. The hope is to make things a little more presentable with an encapsulated presentation...

A table is not really a capsule. The fieldset model does a good job of encapsulation. Think, nested "tables" with each table only having one cell. It can be argued that doing that with tables is an abuse of tables (much like table page layouts)

I'd prefer myself if there was a wikitext way to do this. Seems like a simple lightweight treatment of the table syntax would be in order. At present, fieldset and legend are not included in Sanitizer.php. I've added them for this purpose. Btw, fieldset and legend are used on pages such as "recent changes"; in fact that was the first place I had ever seen a fieldset element.

I first tried naively to make a template around this, but it was obvious the transclusion model upon which templates depend would not be able to generate headlines for an article, and was not an ideal way to encapsulate large amounts of wikitext.

For now I've experimented with just manually placing html tags in the article. Along with some clever CSS, this does get the job done. But it's a little intimidating to editors. The highly technical pages however are not meant to be maintained by casual/novice editors. So it's not a big wooping deal.

The only problem is the parser refuses to play nice. Placing arbitrary opening/closing p tags throughout the page where the html is used. There doesn't seem to be a way to arrange the html tags in the article to work around this. If not for all the permitted tags in the Sanitizer.php file, I'd guess that mixing html and wikitext was a big no no. So at this point, A) I'm wondering if the parser is just not respecting the new tags the way it would other block tags, because they've not been fully integrated somehow (you'd think MediaWiki would know better than to nest blocks in p's period) or if B) I should setup some kind of tag hook in order to filter out the malformed html generated by MediaWiki.

Either way, I strongly encourage MediaWiki developers to integrate fieldsets into wikitext. The fieldset is a clean way to present all kinds of information, and would probably even have something to add to the likes of Wikipedia.

Please advise me any way you can. I'd really like to make this work, non-invasively as possible.

PS: The concept is simple. In short, each headline becomes a block with a border, nested within the headline above it. Non-headline fieldsets are cool too. If you've never heard of fieldset, there's an illustration at w3schools. Will include links to the page I'm experimenting with if desirable. [[Special:Contributions/67.54.192.52|67.54.192.52]] ([[User talk:67.54.192.52|talk]]) 05:27, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
:BUMP I SUPPOSE,
:Is there a better place to being looking for guidance with this sort of thing?
:Thanks [[Special:Contributions/72.173.160.50|72.173.160.50]] 02:51, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

== Parser removing valid HTML from the output of extension ==

I am trying to format the html that this extension below is writing. But for some weird reason, the parser keeps removing the closing

tag even though the html does not have any bugs.

Is there a way to tell the parser to stop trying to sanitize the html output? It is rendering the html invalid. To me this looks like a bug.

MediaWiki 1.16.0
PHP 5.2.14 (cgi)
MySQL 5.1.48

Here is the code: the closing

after the

at the end of the while statement is getting chopped off.
<source lang="php">
<?php
/*
* Installation:
* require_once("extensions/PHPBB_ShowForum/PHPBB_ShowForum.php"); in LocalSettings.php
* update $phpbbDBSERVER, $phpbbDBUSER, $phpbbDBUSERPW, $phpbbDBNAME, $phpbb_home, $phpbb_icon_path
* Usage:
* <phpbb_forum>forumID|Number of post|Background Color</phpbb_forum>
*
* @version 0.2 marcolino7
*
* 0.2 - Added Path for the Icon
* Disabled Caching
* 0.1 - Initial Release
*
* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PHPBB_ShowForum
*/

if( !defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) ) {
echo( "This is an extension to the MediaWiki package and cannot be run standalone.\n" );
die( -1 );
}

// Extension credits that will show up on Special:Version
$wgExtensionCredits['parserhook']['PHPBB_ShowForum'] = array(
'name' => 'PHPBB Show Forum',
'version' => '0.2',
'author' => 'marcolino7, [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Marcolino7]',
'description' => 'Link to Show PHPBB Forum in MediaWiki',
'url' => ''
);

$wgExtensionFunctions[] = "wfPHPBBExtension";

function wfPHPBBExtension() {
global $wgParser;
$wgParser->setHook( "phpbb_forum", "showForum" );
}

function showForum( $input, $argv, &$parser) {

$phpbbDBSERVER="localhost";
$phpbbDBUSER="DBUser";
$phpbbDBUSERPW="DBPassword";
$phpbbDBNAME="DBname";
$phpbbDBPrefix="phpbb_";

$phpbb_home = "<your forum home>";
$phpbb_icon_path = "templates/subSilver/images/folder.gif";

# --------------------------------------------

//Disabling Cache
$parser->disableCache();

//Split input in 2 Parameters
list($forumID, $topicID, $postLimit) = split('[|.-]', $input);

$link = mysql_connect($phpbbDBSERVER,$phpbbDBUSER ,$phpbbDBUSERPW);
if ( !$link ) { return "<hr>Error while connecting to host \"$phpbbDBSERVER\" !<hr>"; }

$db_selected = mysql_select_db($phpbbDBNAME, $link);
if (!$db_selected) {return "<hr>Error while selecting database \"$phpbbDBNAME\" !<hr>"; }

$sql = "SELECT p.post_subject, p.post_text, p.topic_id, p.post_id, p.post_time, p.forum_id,
p.post_username, u.username as user, u.user_id as id, u.user_avatar as avatar, u.user_avatar_width as width, u.user_avatar_height as height
FROM
". $phpbbDBPrefix ."posts AS p,
". $phpbbDBPrefix ."users AS u
WHERE p.topic_id in ( $topicID )
AND p.poster_id = u.user_id
AND p.forum_id in ( $forumID )
ORDER BY p.post_id DESC
LIMIT 0, $postLimit";

$qryres = mysql_query($sql);
if (!$qryres) { return "<hr>Error while MySQL Query :". mysql_error() ;}

$out = "<div id=\"comments\"><h3>Comments</h3><ol class=\"commentlist\">";
$row_count = 0;
//Cycle inside recordset and populate page
while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($qryres))
{
$out = $out . "<li class=\"comment byuser comment-author even thread-even depth-1\" id=\"li-comment\">
<div id=\"comment\"><div class=\"comment-author vcard\">
<img alt='' src=\"".$phpbb_home."download/file.php?".$row[9]."\" class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"".$row[11]."\" width=\"".$row[10]."\" />
<cite class=\"fn\"><a href= \"".$phpbb_home."profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=".$row[8]."\">".$row[7]."</a></cite> says:</div>
<div class=\"comment-meta commentmetadata\"><a href=\"".$phpbb_home."viewtopic.php?f=$forumID&t=".$row[2]."#".$row[3]."\">".$row[0]."</a>
".date("D, d M Y H:i",$row[4])."</div>
<div class=\"comment-body\">".$row[1]."</div></li>
";

} //End While

$out = $out . "</ol> Post a Comment</div>";

mysql_free_result($qryres);

return $out;
}

?>
</source> [[Special:Contributions/71.198.88.229|71.198.88.229]] ([[User talk:71.198.88.229|talk]]) 06:57, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

== membership software integration ==

Hello,
I'd like to know if there is any membership software that can be integrated into MediaWiki.
I'd like to use MediaWiki as a closed environment to build content and then offer such content to free and paid subscribers using a membership software.

I have found mention here, but as a non tech savvy person don't understand much about it.

http://amember.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11574&highlight=mediawiki
http://amember.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12959&highlight=mediawiki
http://amember.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5260&highlight=mediawiki
http://amember.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5169&highlight=mediawiki
http://amember.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3801&highlight=mediawiki

Thank you [[User:Hagane~mediawikiwiki|Hagane~mediawikiwiki]] ([[User talk:Hagane~mediawikiwiki|talk]]) 14:00, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

== Add text to footer ==

Hi!

I'd like to add a completely different text in the footer, something like "i love u" (along with "disclaimer", "lastmod").

I looked here: "http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Footer" and I found out how to change "$wgRightsText", but it's not what I'm looking for (it displays "Content is available under" before the text).

I've tried this way too, but it doesn't work either:

$footerlinks = array(
'copyright', 'lastmod', 'i love u', "i love u", 'disclaimer',
);
$validFooterLinks = array();

I'd like to simply add some more text to this footer...seems easy, but I may have my blond moment...

Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/89.246.214.0|89.246.214.0]] ([[User talk:89.246.214.0|talk]]) 14:57, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
:I forgot to say I'm running MW v 1.16 ... [[Special:Contributions/89.246.214.0|89.246.214.0]] 14:59, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

== Edit / Hide sections of Mediawiki ==

I was wondering if it were at all possible to hide portions of the top and side bars in Mediawiki. For my purposes, I'm using a Mediawiki frame within another page, and I just find it a bit redundant and cluttering to have multiple links to the same thing on the same page. [[Special:Contributions/24.113.175.159|24.113.175.159]] ([[User talk:24.113.175.159|talk]]) 16:38, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
:That is possible.
:I'm not very familiar with the matter, but you might find what you are looking for in the skins-section: [[Skins]]
:Maybe there even is a suitable skin in the: [[Manual:Gallery_of_user_styles]] [[User:Sidcom|Sidcom]] 23:35, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

== (Worked around) Custom tables with css ==

Hi

I want to change the styles of the wikitables (those created with <nowiki>{| |- and so on</nowiki>). I can do this, by adding a "table" design to my skin main.css.

But: this means every "table" in the wiki will have this design, which messes up all the other tables that are built in, like e.g. the login mask, recent changes, the TOC,...

I don't really have a clue, how to best go on about this.
My thought was, to introduce an "id" that all markup-created tables should get. I suppose I could find a way to do that in the wiki sourcefiles, but there's another problem. We already have an id for tables in use. So my thought was to go into the Sanitizer.php and somehow make it check if: along the way comes a "table" element. If so, check if it has an id. If not, add the new "standarttable" id.

Well... obviously I don't really know how to do that exactly, otherwise I wouldn't ask :/

Also, maybe someone knows a better way :) [[User:Sidcom|Sidcom]] ([[User talk:Sidcom|talk]]) 23:30, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
:No need to change the core files at all.
:Edit {{blue|MediaWiki:Common.css}} on your wiki and add something like
:<source lang="css" enclode="pre">
table.standardtable {
yourstyles: go here;
}
</source>
:Depending on what styles you want it to have you may find the build-in <code>.wikitable</code> good enough:
:{| class="wikitable"
:! style="background: #F2F2F2;" |Head
:! style="background: #F2F2F2;" |Top
:|-
:|Content
:|Middle
:|}
:<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>{| class="wikitable"
!Head
!Top
|-
|Content
|Middle
|}
</syntaxhighlight>
:It does mean you have to use "class=wikitable" everywhere but I think that's worth it since in some cases you may want to use tables without this styling. (eg. for infoboxes) [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 23:46, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks Krinkle.
::It's kind of what I want to do anyway. Still, I'd rather have this "class..." added automatically, because ... well, tables should be skinable by default and since they are not, I want it even more ;)
::I guess, I'll at least give it a try and if it messes up, I can still go back to manually adding it. Anyway, any help on this is still welcomed. [[User:Sidcom|Sidcom]] 10:36, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:::You can use the descendant selector. I believe the content is in the div #bodyContent, so you should be able to do
:::<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>#bodyContent table {
}
</syntaxhighlight> -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 13:14, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
::::That's a good idea, but the bodycontent isn't specific enough. Most of the tables, I don't want to be effected, will still be in the bodycontent-div - and I believe they are not created by wikimarkup (e.g.: the login mask), so that seems the best starting point to me. [[User:Sidcom|Sidcom]] 13:42, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:::If you want it to be added by default use the "edit toolbar" buttons.
:::Edit your {{blue|MediaWiki:Common.js}} and add the following:
:::<source lang="javascript" enclose="pre">
/**
** Add custom edit toolbar buttons
**/
if ( $.isArray( window.mwCustomEditButtons ) ) {
mwCustomEditButtons[mwCustomEditButtons.length] = {
'imageFile': 'http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Button_array.png',
'speedTip': 'Insert new wikitable',
'tagOpen': '{| class="wikitable"\n|-\n',
'tagClose': "\n|}",
'sampleText': "! head 1\n! head 2\n! head 3\n|-\n| row 1, cell 1\n| row 1, cell 2\n| row 1, cell 3\n|-\n| row 2, cell 1\n| row 2, cell 2\n| row 2, cell 3"
};
}
</source>
:::Clicking this button will insert:
:::<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>{| class="wikitable"
! head 1
! head 2
! head 3
|-
| row 1, cell 1
| row 1, cell 2
| row 1, cell 3
..etc..
|}</syntaxhighlight> [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 20:49, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
::::Hehe, thx Krinkle - again: that's what I had in mind (as Plan B) :D
::::Plus thx for taking the effort and coding it out (or pasting the whole thing).
::::I'll still give hard coding a try, but if it doesn't work out, those suggestions will do the trick pretty fine :) [[User:Sidcom|Sidcom]] 22:35, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

== problems with update.php ==

I have recently installed the Facebook option... when I run maintenance/update.php I continuously get a fatal error. The following is the response I get.

Any suggestions?

Going to run database updates for wikipla1_wp
Depending on the size of your database this may take a while!
Abort with control-c in the next five seconds (skip this countdown with --quick) ... 0
...have ipb_id field in ipblocks table.
...have ipb_expiry field in ipblocks table.
...already have interwiki table
...indexes seem up to 20031107 standards
...hitcounter table already exists.
...have rc_type field in recentchanges table.
...have user_real_name field in user table.
...querycache table already exists.
...objectcache table already exists.
...categorylinks table already exists.
Already have pagelinks; skipping old links table updates.
...il_from OK
...have rc_ip field in recentchanges table.
...image primary key already set.
...have rc_id field in recentchanges table.
...have rc_patrolled field in recentchanges table.
...logging table already exists.
...have user_token field in user table.
The watchlist table is already set up for email notification.
...watchlist talk page rows already present
...user table does not contain old email authentication field.
...page table already exists.
...have log_params field in logging table.
logging table has correct log_title encoding.
...have ar_rev_id field in archive table.
...have page_len field in page table.
revision timestamp indexes already up to 2005-03-13
...rev_text_id already in place.
...have rev_deleted field in revision table.
...have img_width field in image table.
...have img_metadata field in image table.
...have user_email_token field in user table.
...have ar_text_id field in archive table.
...page_namespace is already a full int (int(11)).
...ar_namespace is already a full int (int(11)).
...rc_namespace is already a full int (int(11)).
...wl_namespace is already a full int (int(11)).
...qc_namespace is already a full int (int(11)).
...log_namespace is already a full int (int(11)).
...have img_media_type field in image table.
...already have pagelinks table.
No img_type field in image table; Good.
Already have unique user_name index.
...user_groups table already exists.
...user_groups is in current format.
...have ss_total_pages field in site_stats table.
...user_newtalk table already exists.
...transcache table already exists.
...have iw_trans field in interwiki table.
...trackbacks table already exists.
...wl_notificationtimestamp is already nullable.
...timestamp key on logging already exists.
...have ipb_range_start field in ipblocks table.
Setting page_random to a random value on rows where it equals 0...changed 0 rows
...have user_registration field in user table.
...templatelinks table already exists
...externallinks table already exists.
...job table already exists.
...have ss_images field in site_stats table.
...langlinks table already exists.
...querycache_info table already exists.
...filearchive table already exists.
...have ipb_anon_only field in ipblocks table.
Checking for additional recent changes indices...
...index `rc_ns_usertext` seems ok.
...index `rc_user_text` seems ok.
...have user_newpass_time field in user table.
...redirect table already exists.
...querycachetwo table already exists.
...have ipb_enable_autoblock field in ipblocks table.
Checking for backlinking indices...
Checking if pagelinks index pl_namespace includes field pl_from...
...index pl_namespace on table pagelinks seems to be ok
Checking if templatelinks index tl_namespace includes field tl_from...
...index tl_namespace on table templatelinks seems to be ok
Checking if imagelinks index il_to includes field il_from...
...index il_to on table imagelinks seems to be ok
...have rc_old_len field in recentchanges table.
...have user_editcount field in user table.
...page_restrictions table already exists.
...have log_id field in logging table.
...have rev_parent_id field in revision table.
...have pr_id field in page_restrictions table.
...have rev_len field in revision table.
...have rc_deleted field in recentchanges table.
...have log_deleted field in logging table.
...have ar_deleted field in archive table.
...have ipb_deleted field in ipblocks table.
...have fa_deleted field in filearchive table.
...have ar_len field in archive table.
...have ipb_block_email field in ipblocks table.
Checking for categorylinks indices...
Checking if categorylinks index cl_sortkey includes field cl_from...
...index cl_sortkey on table categorylinks seems to be ok
...have oi_metadata field in oldimage table.
...usertext,timestamp key on archive already exists.
...usertext,timestamp key on image already exists.
...usertext,timestamp key on oldimage already exists.
...have ar_page_id field in archive table.
...have img_sha1 field in image table.
...protected_titles table already exists.
...have ipb_by_text field in ipblocks table.
...page_props table already exists.
...updatelog table already exists.
...category table already exists.
Populating category table, printing progress markers. Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 12058624) (tried to allocate 90 bytes) in /home/wikipla1/public_html/includes/LocalisationCache.php on line 616 [[User:Wikiplan~mediawikiwiki|Wikiplan~mediawikiwiki]] ([[User talk:Wikiplan~mediawikiwiki|talk]]) 03:28, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:[[Manual:Errors and symptoms#Fatal error: Allowed memory size of nnnnnnn bytes exhausted (tried to allocate nnnnnnnn bytes)]]. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 05:11, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

== How to clear large number of New Messages? ==

Been awhile since I have been here, and in that time the New Messages feature has appeared. And as a result, I have over 1,200 new message for me and I cannot clear them. Going to the new messages page, it take forever to load then I get a popup asking if want to stop the script as it is not responding. On that then partially loaded page, if I click on mark all as read button, then again it takes ages then comes up with an error that the server is having some issues / is overloaded, try again later.

How can I clear this backlog of messages? [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 03:34, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:"Mark all as read", at the top of the page. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 04:18, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
::As I already noted in my message, pressing that button results in a time out and gives an error. It does not work. [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 21:46, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:::Oh, right. Sorry, I thought you were clicking the button on individual posts. You could try disabling JavaScript and clicking the button on each individual posts, but that would cause a full page reload after marking each post and take a long time. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 22:34, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
::::And it is now going past 1,300 messages!!!!!! Arrrggghhhhh ;-)+ [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 23:03, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::You should remove the LQT-enabled pages from your watchlist until this is resolved. It won't remove the message notifications that you've already received, but it will prevent new ones from being added. Also disable "Watch threads that I create or reply to" in your preferences. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 23:20, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::Have removed all things listed on the watch list page and turned off all the watch boxes in my preferences. Thanks. [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 06:46, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::And that has stopped it going up :-) [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 21:06, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Ahh, no it hasn't. It has now gone past the 1,700 mark! [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 22:16, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Is there an administrator or something like that, or someone that has access to the database here on this site that can clear it for me? [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 21:53, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
:I've filed two bugs about this, [[bugzilla:27983|bug 27983]] and [[bugzilla:27984|bug 27984]], but I don't have an immediate solution for you, unfortunately. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 22:57, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks.
::It has gone over 2,000 now. [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 21:55, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

== Upload file / Upload Multiple files problem and a hidden error for WikiEditor extension ==

MediaWiki 1.17wmf1 
PHP 5.2.12 (apache) 
MySQL 5.0.90-log 

I changed the location of my wiki site from '''/domainname.com/www/wiki''' to '''/domainname.com/www''' to have my site accessible just from the domainname.com address. After that I run webinstall again and /maintenance/rebuildall.php. I changed links in LocalSettings.php 
Everything seems to work fine except two things:
1. When Upload a file or try to upload multiple files I have got the following internal error:

key 'nr18v590ge8l35sttb090ccpr65s77q.' is not in a proper format

Backtrace:

#0 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/upload/UploadBase.php(634): UploadStash->stashFile('/home/u19329/hd...', Array, NULL)
#1 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/upload/UploadBase.php(646): UploadBase->stashSessionFile(NULL)
#2 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(367): UploadBase->stashSession()
#3 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(461): SpecialUpload->showUploadWarning(Array)
#4 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(192): SpecialUpload->processUpload()
#5 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/SpecialPage.php(579): SpecialUpload->execute(NULL)
#6 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/Wiki.php(250): SpecialPage::executePath(Object(Title))
#7 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/Wiki.php(63): MediaWiki->handleSpecialCases(Object(Title), Object(OutputPage), Object(WebRequest))
#8 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/index.php(114): MediaWiki->performRequestForTitle(Object(Title), NULL, Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#9 {main}

2. I checked the site log file provided by my host company and found the following error: 
[Wed Mar 2 09:27:49 2011] [error] PHP Warning: filemtime() [<nowiki><a href='function.filemtime'>function.filemtime</a></nowiki>]: stat failed for /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com'''/www/wiki/'''extensions/WikiEditor/modules/./images/toc/grip.png in /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderFileModule.php on line 363 

There were more lines regarding different files.
In fact the WikiEditor extension works fine and I don't understand where and why does this error come from. It seems that there is a problem with a path since it changed from /wiki to /*.

I would appreciate any help to solve these problems?
Thanks in advance [[User:Arkasha|Arkasha]] ([[User talk:Arkasha|talk]]) 06:53, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

== Clearing out the image archive ie, getting rid of old image revisions and just keeping the latest version ==

Hi,

I was running a scheduled maintenance command, (eg '/maintenance/importImages.php --overwrite /images folder') while I was getting my images sorted out during a Wiki migration/upgrade. However I discover now that I have many archive versions of each file which are not needed.

So now that the Wiki is running well and there's no need for all those old images, how do I simply purge/delete them all?

Can I simply delete the 'wiki/images/archive' directory ? Will it recreate the archive from scratch?

What is the best method to do this ?

Many thanks....

marc [[Special:Contributions/192.171.130.51|192.171.130.51]] ([[User talk:192.171.130.51|talk]]) 09:33, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:Deleting should work, but would leave an entry in the history. Best is to rename it and see if there are any problems; if not you can delete the directory. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 13:16, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

== Output: I have 2 blank lines before <!DOCTYPE ==

* MediaWiki 1.16.2
* PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7 (apache2handler)
* MySQL 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.7

My Problem is the following:
I have two blank lines before the <!Doctype, which makes XML output not possible when using the api...
Im using the Skin "Vector".

My Wiki is used in our Intranet so i cant send a link, but here is the beginning of the page source:
<source lang="php">

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html lang="de" dir="ltr">
<head>
<title>AT-Portal – AT-wiki</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.16.2" />
<link rel="canonical" href="/at-wiki/index.php/AT-Portal" />
</source> [[Special:Contributions/194.187.160.94|194.187.160.94]] ([[User talk:194.187.160.94|talk]]) 14:00, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:Check your LocalSettings.php or any other file you've edited for whitespace or byte order marks before the initial <?php. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 16:25, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:Another possible cause is the closing of <nowiki><?php</nowiki> in LocalSettings.php, leave it unclosed, the file should not end with <code><nowiki>?></nowiki></code> [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 20:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

== upload_tmp_dir - MediaWiki ignores php specified path ==

MediaWiki 1.17wmf1 
PHP 5.2.12 (apache) 
MySQL 5.0.90-log

There is a problem with a temporary folder path resolving. 
Php on server side sets this directive as following: 
'''upload_tmp_dir = /home/XXXXX/hdlwiki.com/tmp''' 
and 
'''open_basedir = /home/XXXXX/''' 
However Wiki ignores these directives and tries to use /var/tmp 
which is out of the allowed path. 
This warning I received during Wiki installation: 
Warning: is_dir() [function.is-dir]: open_basedir restriction in effect. 
File(/tmp) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/XXXXX/) in /home/XXXXX/hdlwiki.com/www/config/Installer.php on line 474
Warning: Your session.save_path value (/tmp) appears to be invalid or is not writable. 
PHP needs to be able to save data to this location for correct session operation.
As a result I cannot upload files by url. The system returns an error:
Warning: tempnam() [<nowiki><a href='function.tempnam'>function.tempnam</a></nowiki>]: open_basedir restriction in effect. 
File(/var/tmp/) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/XXXXX/)in/home/XXXXX/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/upload 
/UploadFromUrl.php on line 101

What can be a solution for such problem. [[User:Arkasha|Arkasha]] ([[User talk:Arkasha|talk]]) 17:17, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:Set the TMP (or TEMP or TMPDIR) environment variables for what you want your temp directory. (for the upload by url error)
:For the install error, this can be caused if php is configured to store session files in the temp directory (sesssion.save_path in your php.ini). This should cause logins to not work at all, but perhaps only mediawiki is dissallowed, and php session handlers don't have the open_basedir restriction. If you get that warning when installing, but can still log in after the install is done, then the warning is in error, and is a bug in the installer (should probably file a bug about it). [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 02:43, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
::Where should I set TMP variable?
::I have these in my LocalSettings.php
::<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>$wgEnableUploads = true;
$wgAllowCopyUploads = true;
$wgUploadPath = "{$wgScriptPath}/images";
$wgUploadDirectory = "{$IP}/images";
$wgTmpDirectory = "{$wgUploadDirectory}/temp";
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['upload_by_url'] = true;
</syntaxhighlight>
::and I still have the above mentioned error. The folders for uploads are all writable. The Special:Upload shows '''Could not create temporary file.''' in red. [[User:Arkasha|Arkasha]] 10:55, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
:::putenv("TMP={$wgUploadDirectory}/temp");
:::UploadFromUrl appears to not support wgTmpDirectory, I believe this is a bug. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 14:06, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
::::Really I'd consider it a bug in wfTempDir() function. Imports, and diffs (depending on config) are also affected. [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 21:35, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::Thank you!
:::::This solved the problem. Can it be fixed in the following MW release? [[User:Arkasha|Arkasha]] 02:46, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::Dunno if the fix will make it into 1.17, but in 1.18 it most likely will. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 13:48, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

== Put text below category output? ==

Hi all,

is it possible to put Text or images below the category output. Normally the pages that are in the category are listet after all text. But now I would like to add some text below the list of pages.

Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/87.79.208.189|87.79.208.189]] ([[User talk:87.79.208.189|talk]]) 18:37, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

== $IP - Where do i have to put that? ==

I have the three lines in the config/index.php:
<pre># Attempt to set up the include path, to fix problems with relative includes
$IP = dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) );
define( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH', $IP );</pre>

As my provider told me i have to put the include path manually in this file my quetsion: Where do i have to put this exactly? Can somebody give me an example? [[User:Mirko Marhenke|Mirko Marhenke]] ([[User talk:Mirko Marhenke|talk]]) 18:55, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
:Didn't you provide all the details using the installation script? See [[Manual:Config_script]] [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 21:51, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
::Maybe i don't understand it to 100%. My provider told me to include '/home/strato/www/na/www.name.de/htdocs' - but where do i have to put that? Do i have to point there with my webbrowser or do i have to put that in the config/index.php oder config/installer.php? Thanks for a little help ;o) [[User:Djmirko|Djmirko]] 06:28, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:::Why? What are you doing that is no standard in terms of installing MediaWiki? Did you follow the instructions on the page I linked to there? [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 06:48, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:You shouldn't have to define $IP anywhere, unless your provider did something weird. If that's the case you should ask your provider. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 06:35, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::@Dr DBW: I had a look on the instructions, yes, but it's quit not working for me. So this is why i am asking the questions above. [[User:Djmirko|Djmirko]] 11:38, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:::You need to provide more information. What didn't work? What did you try? What was the error? What are you trying to do? [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 21:19, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::::I am trying to install into a new and fresh db.
::::* mediawiki 1.16.2
::::* PHP 5.2.17
::::* database: mysql 5.0.91
::::After running the installation by following the installationguide the follwing appears:
::::PHP 5.2.17 installed
::::Found database drivers for: MySQL SQLite
::::PHP server API is cgi-fcgi; using ugly URLs (index.php?title=Page_Title)
::::Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
::::Warning: Your session.save_path value (;/var/tmp) appears to be invalid or is not
::::writable. PHP needs to be able to save data to this location for correct session
::::operation.
::::PHP's memory_limit is 104M bytes.
::::Couldn't find eAccelerator, APC or XCache; cannot use these for object caching.
::::GNU diff3 not found.
::::Found ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert; image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable
::::uploads.
::::Found GD graphics library built-in.
::::Installation directory: /mnt/web3/10/92/5517492/htdocs/c_helmstedt-wiki
::::Script URI path: /c_helmstedt-wiki
::::Installing MediaWiki with php file extensions
::::Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki.
::::Generating configuration file...
::::Database type: MySQL
::::Loading class: DatabaseMysql
::::Attempting to connect to database server as U859543...success.
::::Connected to mysql 5.0.91-log; enabling MySQL 4.1/5.0 charset mode
::::Database DB859543 exists
::::There are already MediaWiki tables in this database. Checking if updates are needed...
::::...ipblocks table does not exist, skipping new field patch
::::...ipblocks table does not exist, skipping new field patch
::::...already have interwiki table
::::Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in
::::/mnt/web3/10/92/5517492/htdocs/c_helmstedt-wiki/includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php on line
::::264
::::Warning: mysql_num_fields(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in
::::/mnt/web3/10/92/5517492/htdocs/c_helmstedt-wiki/includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php on line
::::264
::::Fatal error: Call to a member function isMultipleKey() on a non-object in
::::/mnt/web3/10/92/5517492/htdocs/c_helmstedt-wiki/maintenance/updaters.inc on line 329 [[User:Djmirko|Djmirko]] 05:42, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::That's not a new and fresh db. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 06:17, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::OK, my fault. Sorry. Now i deleted the old db and created a fresh one. That runs better but results the following:
::::::<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>PHP 5.2.17 installed
Found database drivers for: MySQL SQLite
PHP server API is cgi-fcgi; using ugly URLs (index.php?title=Page_Title)
Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
Warning: Your session.save_path value (;/var/tmp) appears to be invalid or is not writable. PHP needs to be able to save data to this location for correct session operation.
PHP's memory_limit is 104M bytes.
Couldn't find eAccelerator, APC or XCache; cannot use these for object caching.
GNU diff3 not found.
Found ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert; image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads.
Found GD graphics library built-in.
Installation directory: /mnt/web3/10/92/5517492/htdocs/c_helmstedt-wiki
Script URI path: /c_helmstedt-wiki
Installing MediaWiki with php file extensions
Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki.
Generating configuration file...
Database type: MySQL
Loading class: DatabaseMysql
Attempting to connect to database server as U864315...success.
Connected to mysql 5.0.91-log; enabling MySQL 4.1/5.0 charset mode
Database DB864315 exists
Creating tables... done.
Populating interwiki table... done.
Initializing statistics...
Created sysop account admin.
Creating LocalSettings.php...
Warning: fopen(LocalSettings.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /mnt/web3/10/92/5517492/htdocs/c_helmstedt-wiki/config/Installer.php on line 1351
Couldn't write out LocalSettings.php. Check that the directory permissions are correct and that there isn't already a file of that name here...
Here's the file that would have been written, try to paste it into place manually:
<?php
# This file was automatically generated by the MediaWiki installer.
# If you make manual changes, please keep track in case you need to
# recreate them later.
#
# See includes/DefaultSettings.php for all configurable settings
# and their default values, but don't forget to make changes in _this_
# file, not there.
#
# Further documentation for configuration settings may be found at:
# http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings
# If you customize your file layout, set $IP to the directory that contains
# the other MediaWiki files. It will be used as a base to locate files.
if( defined( 'MW_INSTALL_PATH' ) ) {
$IP = MW_INSTALL_PATH;
} else {
$IP = dirname( __FILE__ );
}
$path = array( $IP, "$IP/includes", "$IP/languages" );
set_include_path( implode( PATH_SEPARATOR, $path ) . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path() );
require_once( "$IP/includes/DefaultSettings.php" );
if ( $wgCommandLineMode ) {
if ( isset( $_SERVER ) && array_key_exists( 'REQUEST_METHOD', $_SERVER ) ) {
die( "This script must be run from the command line\n" );
}
}
## Uncomment this to disable output compression
# $wgDisableOutputCompression = true;
$wgSitename = "MyWiki";
## The URL base path to the directory containing the wiki;
## defaults for all runtime URL paths are based off of this.
## For more information on customizing the URLs please see:
## http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL
$wgScriptPath = "/c_mywiki";
$wgScriptExtension = ".php";
## The relative URL path to the skins directory
$wgStylePath = "$wgScriptPath/skins";
## The relative URL path to the logo. Make sure you change this from the default,
## or else you'll overwrite your logo when you upgrade!
$wgLogo = "$wgStylePath/common/images/wiki.png";
## UPO means: this is also a user preference option
$wgEnableEmail = true;
$wgEnableUserEmail = true; # UPO
$wgEmergencyContact = "myname@website.de";
$wgPasswordSender = "myname@website.de";
$wgEnotifUserTalk = true; # UPO
$wgEnotifWatchlist = true; # UPO
$wgEmailAuthentication = true;
## Database settings
$wgDBtype = "mysql";
$wgDBserver = "rdbms.strato.de";
$wgDBname = "mydbname";
$wgDBuser = "myusername";
$wgDBpassword = "mypassword";
# MySQL specific settings
$wgDBprefix = "mw_";
# MySQL table options to use during installation or update
$wgDBTableOptions = "ENGINE=InnoDB, DEFAULT CHARSET=binary";
# Experimental charset support for MySQL 4.1/5.0.
$wgDBmysql5 = true;
## Shared memory settings
$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_NONE;
$wgMemCachedServers = array();
## To enable image uploads, make sure the 'images' directory
## is writable, then set this to true:
$wgEnableUploads = false;
$wgUseImageMagick = true;
$wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert";
## If you use ImageMagick (or any other shell command) on a
## Linux server, this will need to be set to the name of an
## available UTF-8 locale
# $wgShellLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
## If you want to use image uploads under safe mode,
## create the directories images/archive, images/thumb and
## images/temp, and make them all writable. Then uncomment
## this, if it's not already uncommented:
# $wgHashedUploadDirectory = false;
## If you have the appropriate support software installed
## you can enable inline LaTeX equations:
$wgUseTeX = false;
## Set $wgCacheDirectory to a writable directory on the web server
## to make your wiki go slightly faster. The directory should not
## be publically accessible from the web.
#$wgCacheDirectory = "$IP/cache";
$wgLocalInterwiki = strtolower( $wgSitename );
$wgLanguageCode = "de";
$wgSecretKey = "af48ba7cec44badc781edfe3fab9e51f04849cbe5394063315c33e4d80035f96";
## Default skin: you can change the default skin. Use the internal symbolic
## names, ie 'vector', 'monobook':
$wgDefaultSkin = 'monobook';
## For attaching licensing metadata to pages, and displaying an
## appropriate copyright notice / icon. GNU Free Documentation
## License and Creative Commons licenses are supported so far.
# $wgEnableCreativeCommonsRdf = true;
$wgRightsPage = ""; # Set to the title of a wiki page that describes your license/copyright
$wgRightsUrl = "";
$wgRightsText = "";
$wgRightsIcon = "";
# $wgRightsCode = ""; # Not yet used
$wgDiff3 = "";
# When you make changes to this configuration file, this will make
# sure that cached pages are cleared.
$wgCacheEpoch = max( $wgCacheEpoch, gmdate( 'YmdHis', @filemtime( __FILE__ ) ) );
</syntaxhighlight>
::::::So, the really problem is:
::::::'''Warning: fopen(LocalSettings.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /mnt/web3/10/92/5517492/htdocs/c_helmstedt-wiki/config/Installer.php on line 1351'''
::::::isn't it? [[User:Djmirko|Djmirko]] 07:58, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Make the config directory writable, or create LocalSettings.php yourself with the text the installer gave you. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 21:52, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::::OK, thank you, it's running now ;o) But there it is, the next problem: i set imageupload to true. Then i tried to upload a picture. After selecting the file and then klicking the Upload-Button the following appears:
::::::::<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in /mnt/web3/10/92/5517492/htdocs/c_helmstedt-wiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2176
Warning: wfMkdirParents: failed to mkdir "/mnt/web3/10/92/5517492/htdocs/c_helmstedt-wiki/images/d/de" mode 511 in /mnt/web3/10/92/5517492/htdocs/c_helmstedt-wiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2179</syntaxhighlight>
::::::::Looking for help again ;o) [[User:Djmirko|Djmirko]] 15:48, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::The images directory and its subdirectories need to be writable too. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 00:19, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::That was already set to 777. [[User:Djmirko|Djmirko]] 05:50, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::This Thread can be marked as solved. I found a solution but never will remind ;o) My Wiki now is working fine ;o) [[User:Djmirko|Djmirko]] 18:08, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

== Use --protocol=TCP in maintenance scripts ==

I'm having some trouble using the maintenance scripts because of the configuration of my host. I'm only allowed to connect to the database through TCP, and I can't seem to figure out how to do this when using the maintenance scripts. Is there any way to set the protocol (even by manually editing the .inc files?) [[User:Litso|Litso]] ([[User talk:Litso|talk]]) 08:37, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:If you have <code>$wgDBserver = "localhost";</code> you can change it to <code>$wgDBserver = "127.0.0.1";</code> to use a TCP connection instead of unix socket. [[User:IAlex|iAlex]] 12:29, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks. Still nothing's happening though.. all the maintenance scripts that use the database just refuse to do anything, even --help doesn't show. Any way to start debugging this / narrowing down the problem? [[Special:Contributions/87.213.24.66|87.213.24.66]] 12:40, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

== SemanticGraph ... download not working properly ==

I've been trying to get the "SemanticGraph" [[Extension:Semantic_Graph]] download, but the file is marked as a tar.gz but doesn't open. Changing the extension to .zip and it opens, but doesn't contain any of the php files. I think there is something broken, but cannot find the contact details of the package creator. Can anyone please help..

Thanks

Peter [[Special:Contributions/92.41.242.238|92.41.242.238]] ([[User talk:92.41.242.238|talk]]) 11:47, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:That's not a gzipped tarball, it's just a tarball. The program you're using to extract the file is expecting a gzip file, but it's getting a tar file. The program I use had no problem recognizing it as a tar file and opened it properly, but I guess some might not be that smart. Renaming the file to SemanticGraph_0-8-5.tar should do the trick. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 17:09, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

== Skins do not load after changing to short url ==

I recently changed my wiki to use short url. I used the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/wiki/Page_title_--_GoDaddy_Shared_Linux_(Not_Subdomain) GoDaddy Shared Linux (Not Subdomain)] method.

Unfortunately the skin does not load.

My Wiki URL:
http://haitipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Server information:

MediaWiki version 1.16.2

PHP 5.x

MySQL 5.0.91-log

Hosting: GoDaddy Shared Linux

Please help. [[User:Techies247|Techies247]] ([[User talk:Techies247|talk]]) 19:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:It looks like you've set $wgStylePath; you should leave it at the default. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 23:53, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks for helping! I modified the $wgStylePath to point to the actual directory: /w
::The relative URL path to the skins directory
::$wgStylePath = "$wgScriptPath/w/skins"; [[User:Techies247|Techies247]] 00:12, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

== Missing pages after upgrade from 1.10alpha to 1.16 ==

I can't find related topics on this.
I follow the upgrading page to upgrade from 1.10alpha to 1.16 by
1. copying 1.16 into 1.10alpha's directory.
2. run php update.php
There's no error messages at all.
Everything is smooth.

I can browse the wiki.
But lots of data is missing, e.g. users, pages, images...
The log shows only 1 activity from Sep. 08 to Jan. 11.
We use this wiki to store research data. People access it quite frequently.

My system:
Mysql 5.0.77
PHP 5.3.3

Any idea what's going on?

thanks in advnace [[Special:Contributions/143.215.126.27|143.215.126.27]] ([[User talk:143.215.126.27|talk]]) 20:29, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
:Go to page that you surely know to exist before the upgrade, what do you see? Is there anything in Special:AllPages? Are the missing pages present in <tt>page</tt> table? [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 14:59, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
:Could you link to the wiki in question ? [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 15:28, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

== How to remove old comments from an image/file? ==

I uploaded an image to my v1.14 wiki, put some text in the comment there, changed that text afterwards, and now want to remove the record of that comment from view. I used [[Manual:RevisionDelete]], which works to remove it from the history page. However, the original text on the image page itself is still visible in the file history table on the image page. How do I go about remove the original comment? Found a comment at [[Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_delete_an_old_version_of_a_page.3F]] - "Administrators can delete an old revision of a page by deleting the page, and then selectively undeleting revisions to be kept". So then I delete the file and recover it? [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 21:24, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

== Wiki access is not updating with $wgGroupPermissions changes ==

Server info:
# Apache/1.3.41 (Unix) PHP/5.2.6 mod_psoft_traffic/0.2 mod_ssl/2.8.31 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_macro/1.1.2
# MySQL client version: 5.0.45

MediWiki Version = 1.16.2

I put this at the bottom of LocalSettings.php page and the change is being ignored in the use of the wiki. The page 'User Group Rights' reflects that 'read' permission has been removed for All but you can still access the pages as an anonymous user.

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['read'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['read'] = true; [[User:Vmoore|Vmoore]] ([[User talk:Vmoore|talk]]) 02:11, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

== Upload file returns "internal error" ==

Uploading file fails with the "internal error"
<pre>key 'psbu8a87fe9iwj52kbqxy9opmdruluc.' is not in a proper format

Backtrace:

#0 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/upload/UploadBase.php(634): UploadStash->stashFile('/home/u19329/hd...', Array, NULL)
#1 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/upload/UploadBase.php(646): UploadBase->stashSessionFile(NULL)
#2 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(367): UploadBase->stashSession()
#3 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(461): SpecialUpload->showUploadWarning(Array)
#4 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(192): SpecialUpload->processUpload()
#5 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/SpecialPage.php(579): SpecialUpload->execute(NULL)
#6 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/Wiki.php(250): SpecialPage::executePath(Object(Title))
#7 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/includes/Wiki.php(63): MediaWiki->handleSpecialCases(Object(Title), Object(OutputPage), Object(WebRequest))
#8 /home/u19329/hdlwiki.com/www/index.php(114): MediaWiki->performRequestForTitle(Object(Title), NULL, Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#9 {main}
</pre>

Does anyone know a solution for it? [[User:Arkasha|Arkasha]] ([[User talk:Arkasha|talk]]) 06:56, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
:[[bugzilla:27819]]; will be fixed before 1.17 release. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 08:51, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
::Do you think, upgrading to MW trunk (1.18) can solve this problem?
::When do you expect 1.17 release ready? [[User:Arkasha|Arkasha]] 18:30, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
:::No, this bug is not fixed yet. However, we're planning to do that before releasing 1.17. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 19:12, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

== How to change the default Main Page title and the URL ==

I'm trying to change the default Main Page title and the URL.

I only see instructions on [[Help:FAQ#How_do_I_change_the_Main_Page_title.3F|How do I change the Main Page title]].

I also would like to change the URL to reflect the new homepage title.

I would like for my URL to go from this:

http://haitipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

to that:

http://haitipedia.org/wiki/Haitipedia

Versions:

MediaWiki version 1.16.2

PHP 5.x

MySQL 5.0.91-log

Hosting: GoDaddy Shared Linux [[User:Techies247|Techies247]] ([[User talk:Techies247|talk]]) 16:12, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
:Hi Techies247,
:You linked to the solution already: [[Help:FAQ#How_do_I_change_the_Main_Page_title.3F| How do I change the Main Page title]].
:So follow the instructions ;-)
:<blockquote>[[FAQ#How_do_I_change_the_Main_Page_title.3F| How do I change the Main Page title]] reads: Simply click on the "Move" tab, and move the page to the desired page title. Usually you <big>'''also''' want to '''[[FAQ#How_do_I_change_which_page_is_the_main_page.3F|change which page is the main page]]'''</big>.</blockquote>
:So
:* Move the Main Page to Haitipedia (or create it as a new page)
:* Configure that "Haitipedia" should now be shown when opening the wiki ([[FAQ#How_do_I_change_which_page_is_the_main_page.3F|→ change which page is the main page]]) [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 17:06, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

== Unable to login ==

Hi,

I have a problem with the wiki I ran. It has been running for more than a year now without problems but since a couple a days I have the following problem.

I made loggin in mandetory and that works fine. Now I have the problem that after loggin in the "login is mandetory" page appears. Clicking login brings me the Login page again. When I login for the second time the "login is mandetory" page appears for the second time. I used the "send me a new password" button, logged in with the new password (and had to enter a new password) and again the "login is mandetory" page appears. There is just no way to login!

Who can tell me what to do? I have full access to the wiki and the database, I just do not know where to start or where to look for errors?

Versions: 
MediaWiki version 1.15.1 
PHP 5.3.3 
MySQL 5.1.49 
Host: Synology NAS (DS207+) [[Special:Contributions/83.82.37.103|83.82.37.103]] ([[User talk:83.82.37.103|talk]]) 18:35, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
:Enable PHP warning logging and see if there are session-related warnings (see [[How to debug|here]] how to do it). [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 12:13, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanx Max,
::That helped! I discovered that a device on my NAS was full. Now that I solved that problem I can login again.
::Emiel Ooms [[Special:Contributions/193.173.113.126|193.173.113.126]] 16:06, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

== Standard for attributes in gallery ==

Hello, I would like to ask what is a standard for attributes and values in [[Help:Images#Optional gallery attributes|gallery tag]]. I noticed that e.g. values for ''heights'' works all, even the combination of them: 50, 50px, "50", "50px" (even for heights and widths 50 versus "28px"). Is there any way how attributes of that tag can be listed? I.e. which goes first? How to use ''showfilename''? There is no example on the help page. [[User:Juandev|Juandev]] ([[User talk:Juandev|talk]]) 08:48, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

== Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/convert: No such file or directory ==

* MediaWiki 1.12.0
* PHP 5.2.17 (cgi-fcgi)
* MySQL 5.0.91-log

I just moved FortWiki.com from 1and1 to Godaddy and all went well except that I get

Error creating thumbnail: sh: /usr/local/bin/convert: No such file or directory

I can successfully upload and thumbnail about two images a day and then it will no longer thumbnail images until the next day. See :

[http://fortwiki.com/Image:Fort_Rosecrans_Battery_Fetterman_Plan.jpg Bad Image Thumbnail]

LocalSettings.php
$wgEnableUploads = true;
$wgUseImageMagick = true;
$wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/local/bin/convert";

I've checked the paths for ImageMagick and they return version numbers for both the 5.x and the 6.x versions so the paths and convert actually exist and they do work initially.

Any help appreciated... Two images a day just won't hack it. [[User:JohnStanton|JohnStanton]] ([[User talk:JohnStanton|talk]]) 23:38, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
:[[Manual:Purge|Purge]] the files. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 03:26, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
::Didn't help. The symptoms are perplexing I uploaded an image tonight at http://fortwiki.com/Image:Fort_Yuma_California_1875.jpg and nothing I could do would make the thumbnail display but I can almost guarantee that the first time I access it in the morning it will work. Could this be a memory problem and which memory setting would impact ImageMagick thumbnails in this manner? [[User:JohnStanton|JohnStanton]] 03:34, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

== Corrupt namespace index? ==

I created two custom namespaces via LocalSettings after creating the content pages using those namespaces, then ran the namespaceDupes script to allocate the pages to the necessary index. I encountered an error due to a redirect page, then re-ran the script after deleting the offending page. Unfortunately, running the script may have corrupted the second namespace index, since the article tab (the link that points to the article, besides the Discussion tab) points to the first namespace index. Everything else is functioning properly, though.

Not a big deal, though, as I've moved the pages to a different index, but it would be great if I could re-use that index. So how do I fix it? I can't find which database table contains the namespace information. Or is there some cache I just need to clear? [[User:Fereal|Fereal]] ([[User talk:Fereal|talk]]) 21:08, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
:PGIWiki is namespace number 110. Test is namespace number 111. That makes Test the talk namespace for PGIWiki. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 21:31, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
::I thought custom namespaces increment by one and Talk pages were generated automatically. Anyway, thanks. [[User:Fereal|Fereal]] 21:36, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

== MediaWiki deletes content ==

I just edited [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoah (film) w:Shoah (film)], fixing citations in one section ("Reception"). But when I saved the edit, the whole section was deleted. I tried to re-add it, but all of a sudden another section was deleted. How can that happen? --[[User:Bender235|Bender235]] 22:34, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

EDIT: Great, I just tried to undo all of my edits, and now the entire article was deleted. What is going on there? --[[User:Bender235|Bender235]] 22:38, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
:Maybe you're using a broken tool or gadget? —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 04:09, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
::I don't think so. Between that edit and the ones before and after I did not add or remove any gadget. This only happened on this particular article, by the way. I tested in the [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SANDBOX w:WP:SANDBOX], and then edited a couple of other articles without a problem. --[[User:Bender235|Bender235]] 11:57, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
:::What browser and what plgins do you use? Have you tried editing with JS disabled? Do you experience the same problem when logged off? I'm inclined to suspect your user JS. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 16:36, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

== Mediawiki 1.13.3 spam ==

I'm using MW 1.13.3. I have reCAPTCHA on every edit page. I also disabled API calls by setting $wgEnableAPI = false; spams still find their ways to create new page in my wiki. Could you tell me if there is anything else that I should take care of to prevent spams? Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/24.118.121.212|24.118.121.212]] ([[User talk:24.118.121.212|talk]]) 02:52, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
:Upgrade MediaWiki and use a better captcha. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 04:04, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
::I thought reCAPTCHA is the best captcha out there. Is there a better one? [[Special:Contributions/128.101.35.94|128.101.35.94]] 00:30, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
:::It seems reCAPTCHA may have been broken. A number of reCAPTCHA users have been experiencing spam recently. Switching to one of the other available captcha types has solved the problem for others and may work for you. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 01:31, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

== Not showing mediawiki in localhost ==

Hi I have downloaded media wiki and installed, its working fine on my system but we have a local host environment(mamp), there are not able to see the media wiki project but we have other projects on mamp running on wordpress they all are running fine, i am not sure why it is not showing on others can any one please help me please.

Cheers,
Ramith [[Special:Contributions/165.228.96.28|165.228.96.28]] ([[User talk:165.228.96.28|talk]]) 03:50, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
:What do you mean by "not see"? A [[Manual:Errors and symptoms#You see a Blank Page|blank page]]? [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 06:26, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

== Collaboration in MediaWiki ==

Hello everyone,
I'm fairly new to Wiki world so my apologies if my question is stupid and that's why it
isn't listed in the FAQ/Support Desk.

The company I'm working for has set up a small mediawiki which serves as a manual for
a software application for both the employees of the company and external clients.
Of course, only employees can edit the media wiki and external clients have
read-only access over the internet.

For better collaboration on the mediawiki among the employees, I am looking for a way
to annotate / leave comments in the wiki that can only be read by people within the company
and not by people from outside / the clients.

I was thinking about some browser Plugin..?
I checked several addons / plugins but they all require some sort of account
and have way too many features which we don't need.
Any suggestions / ideas?

Thank you in advance,
Regards,
Marc [[Special:Contributions/95.91.154.36|95.91.154.36]] ([[User talk:95.91.154.36|talk]]) 12:53, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
:Not sure on this, as haven't looked into it, but it may be possible that you can limit those that can view the talk pages? You can set various permissions for access to features, that may be one of them? Something to check anyway. [[User:Dr DBW|Dr DBW]] | [[User talk:Dr DBW|talk]] 21:51, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks for your suggestion, I will try it. [[Special:Contributions/95.91.154.36|95.91.154.36]] 09:39, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

== #ASK Syntax like SQL Select Distinct? ==

== My Environment ==
MediaWiki 1.17
PHP 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.12wm1
MySQL 5.1.47

Semantic Extension: http://sourceforge.net/projects/semediawiki/

== My Question ==

Im looking for something similar like the SQL Statement "Select Distinct ..." for Inline Queries coded with #ask to supress multiple output records. [[User:SuterAd|SuterAd]] ([[User talk:SuterAd|talk]]) 14:55, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

== LocalSettings.php file is not created ==

Dear community,
I try to install mediawiki, you will found details on my www.mwusers.com forum post : [http://www.mwusers.com/forums/showthread.php?16469-LocalSettings.php-file-is-not-created]

Best regards and many thanks [[Special:Contributions/80.12.162.78|80.12.162.78]] ([[User talk:80.12.162.78|talk]]) 15:00, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
:What happens if you set mediawiki/config/ premission to 777? [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 16:38, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

== User Preferences Update issues and File Permissions ==

MediaWiki 1.17wmf1 (r83520) 
PHP 5.2.17 (cgi-fcgi) 
MySQL 5.0.91-log 

I am a complete beginner with wiki's but I seem to have a site up and running...sorta.

I started with 1.16.2 and then upgraded to 1.18alpha for the wikieditor extension, which is wonderful, then backtracked to 1.17wmf1 for fear of the term alpha in 1.18. I updated the database with php update.php after every update.

But I seem to have killed my ability to edit user preferences. Check box changes are not recorded after save is pressed. Other posts indicate some lag time but I waited and the changed did not populate.

Thanks for any assistance with this issue. [[User:Sourceconscious|Sourceconscious]] ([[User talk:Sourceconscious|talk]]) 17:39, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
:Well, I figured it out but I cannot explain it.
:I tried to bring my wiki back to a blank state by disabling all of the extensions. To my fortune, my preferences saved fine with all the extensions disabled. I then re-enabled them one by one until it failed and it failed on the URL Shortner from [[Manual:Short URL]].
:: SHORT URLS:
::$wgScriptPath = ""; # Path to the actual files
::$wgArticlePath = "/'''wiki'''/$1"; # Virtual path
::$wgUsePathInfo = true;
:These settings caused it to fail.
:However, these settings work.
:: SHORT URLS:
::$wgScriptPath = ""; # Path to the actual files
::$wgArticlePath = "/'''food'''/$1"; # Virtual path
::$wgUsePathInfo = true;
:I have not the slightest clue why the $wgArticlePath of wiki causes the user preferences to not save, but by changing it to anything other than wiki causes it to work fine.
:Also, I was having problems with Safari Browser producing blank pages without a PHP error, even though I forced error reporting via the [[FAQ]]s. This also seemed to be fixed with the change in the article path. However, no other browsers were exhibiting this issue.
:Any explanation would be much appreciated so I don't run into a similar issue in the future, but I am just happy that I somehow stumbled upon a fix. [[User:Sourceconscious|Sourceconscious]] 04:57, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
::Question:
::In which directory do you have MediaWiki installed ? (LocalSettings.php, index.php, api.php, thumb.php etc.)
::If the answer is "<code>/wiki/</code>", then that is the cause of the problem.
::When using the URL shortner the ArticlePath must not exist!
::If you want to use /wiki/PageName as short url, install mediawiki in a directory that is not "<code>/wiki/<code>" (for example in "<code>/mw/</code>".). [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 17:53, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
:::I have the mediawiki installed in the root ( / ) of the subdomain. 
:::What fines need to be in the root and what files needs to be in the /wiki/ or /mw/. 
:::Mainly this is a concern for the robots.txt file which is denying access to anything that starts with index.php? 
:::Thank you so much for your help. [[User:Sourceconscious|Sourceconscious]] 07:59, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
::Also, please switch to /branches/REL1_17 instead of 1.17wmf1.
::1.17wmf1 is a temporary branch for Wikipedia and it's sister projects. The REL1_17 branch is what will become the 1.17.0 release and will be kept up2date and stable from now on. [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 21:52, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
:::Switched to 1.17alpha. 
:::Thanks. [[User:Sourceconscious|Sourceconscious]] 07:59, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

== How do I edit the sidebar? Which file should I look at? ==

How do I edit the sidebar? Which file should I look at? [[Special:Contributions/71.57.66.214|71.57.66.214]] ([[User talk:71.57.66.214|talk]]) 19:46, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
:See [[Manual:Interface/Sidebar]].
:BTW: This thread should be moved to [[Project:Support desk]] [[User:Singlespeedfahrer|Singlespeedfahrer]] 20:23, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

== Problem inserting wiki tags into DB text field ==

MediaWiki : 1.16.1
PHP : 5.2.16
MySQL : 5.0.91

I am developing an extension which stores some texts into DB as mediumblob type. Everything works fine unless texts don't have wiki tags such as <nowiki><pre> or <math></nowiki>.
If tags are included, DB entry looks like UNIQ582c82a41e046f19-m-00000002-QINU.
Does anyone have any clue?

Thanks,
[[User:Dwjang|dwjang]] 23:11, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

== User migration (Internal -> AD) ==

Hello everybody,

We have an intranet site running mediawiki 1.15. In this wiki we have 124 registered users, with configured groups personal sites etc.
Now I have to change the accounts from internal wiki to M$ Active Directory. So far so good. I setup a test machine and import our wiki and change the login to AD. I now can login with my AD account to the wiki. But now I have two accounts, my old configured and the new AD one. Is it possible to migrate the 'new' AD account with the preferences of the old one?

Some tests direct in the mysql database (changing the user_id etc) weren't successful.

Best Regards, Stephan [[Special:Contributions/79.224.124.54|79.224.124.54]] ([[User talk:79.224.124.54|talk]]) 12:33, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

== "no license selected" for any televersement . . . ==

hello, I just installed mediawiki, and when I try to make a upload a picture, I can not select a license, the option remains on "no license selected"
need help: (

MediaWiki 1.16.2
PHP 5.2.17 (cgi)
MySQL 5.0.51 [[Special:Contributions/90.60.167.51|90.60.167.51]] ([[User talk:90.60.167.51|talk]]) 19:31, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
:You need to modify [[MediaWiki:Licenses]]. See [[Manual:Image Administration#Licensing]] for help. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 19:41, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
::agreement is perfect thank you!! [[Special:Contributions/90.60.167.51|90.60.167.51]] 07:29, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

== WPML sort of thing for MediaWiki? ==

Good morning everyone,

the company that I work for has a German and English Wiki that serves as a manual
for our software application. It would be great if we could just have one wiki instead
of having two separate ones..there is WPML which works great for Wordpress (the translation
feature where you can send your text to a professional translator is awesome!) and let's you easily
switch languages. I was wondering if there is a similar program/plugin or workaround for MediaWiki..?

Thanks in advance for any ideas and suggestions,
Regards,
Marc [[Special:Contributions/95.91.154.36|95.91.154.36]] ([[User talk:95.91.154.36|talk]]) 09:51, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

== Display 5 last articles ==

Hello everybody,

I'm looking for a function which could display the 5 last articles created.
Is it possible ? Can you give me the way i've to forward ?

Tanks, Bye

Clément [[User:Clag|Clag]] ([[User talk:Clag|talk]]) 15:25, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
:<nowiki>{{Special:NewPages/5}}</nowiki>
:{{Special:NewPages/5}} [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 15:36, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
::Hi,
::Is it possible to display this rows but just with de date and links to edit, without this : "(Created page with "Whenever we deploy new changes to the core MW architecture we need to make sure that our [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mobile Mobile] gateway still functions correctly. = Redi...")"
::Like this :
::<code> * 13 mars 2011 à 01:36 ‎This is a long title (hist) ‎[12 octets] ‎Krinkle (discuter | contributions) </code>
::<code> * 11 mars 2011 à 14:49 ‎ShoutWiki/Patches/Editcount (hist) ‎[1 337 octets] ‎Jack Phoenix (discuter | contributions)</code>
::<code> * 11 mars 2011 à 14:38 ‎ShoutWiki/Patches/Interwiki (hist) ‎[13 482 octets] ‎Jack Phoenix (discuter | contributions)</code>
::<code> * 11 mars 2011 à 14:37 ‎ShoutWiki/Patches (hist) ‎[778 octets] ‎Jack Phoenix (discuter | contributions)</code>
::<code> * 11 mars 2011 à 01:36 ‎WMF Projects/OWA/2011q2 plan (hist) ‎[884 octets] ‎RobLa-WMF (discuter | contributions)</code> [[User:Clag|Clag]] 10:24, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
:::==> UP
:::Have you got any solution for my problem ? [[User:Clag|Clag]] 11:53, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

== Color of links ==

Hi,

I use the Vector skin and I have a question: How can I change the color of wiki- and external links.
I can't find the right css-class...

Thank you in advance [[Special:Contributions/79.219.164.165|79.219.164.165]] ([[User talk:79.219.164.165|talk]]) 23:10, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
:External links have the <tt>external</tt> class, normal wiki links don't have a class. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 11:14, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
::So, I can't change the color of wiki links? [[Special:Contributions/88.217.227.129|88.217.227.129]] 13:52, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:::You can. Use "a" for normal wikilinks and "a.external" for external links. Also, red links are "a.new". [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 13:58, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
::::Here is full instructions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_color [[User:Igottheconch|Igottheconch]] 21:40, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

== Things aren't wrapping correctly... ==

I can't seem to get my tables to wrap correctly. My pages look like jumbled messes. I would really appreciate some help :(

Example: http://wiki.clan-infinity.net/index.php?title=Seven_Roach_Rush [[Special:Contributions/98.227.39.171|98.227.39.171]] ([[User talk:98.227.39.171|talk]]) 03:35, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:Use the "clear: both;" CSS rule. So, the first line of your table will become:
:<tt><nowiki>{| border="1" style="clear: both;"</nowiki></tt> -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 11:13, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

== How to add support for $wgEnableMWSuggest to a skin? ==

MediaWiki 1.15.3
PHP 5.2.6 (cgi)
MySQL 5.0.91-community

How do I add support for AutoSuggest on search to a skin?
I've added $wgEnableMWSuggest = true; and ##$wgScriptExtension = ".php5"; to LocalSettings.php

Is there something I need to have present in my skin to add this feature. Current skin active at http://www.medrevise.co.uk

Regards,
Chris [[User:MedRevise|MedRevise]] ([[User talk:MedRevise|talk]]) 06:45, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

== line break in front of <nowiki> ==

MediaWiki: 1.14.0; PHP: 5.2.8(apache2handler); MySQL: 5.1.30-community

Always when a page is saved or the review-button is pressed, there appears a new line break in front of each <nowiki> <nowiki> </nowiki>. This destroys the formatting of the whole page after a few times of editing.
Is this a common Problem? I tested it on Windows XP-pro with IE6 and Firefox 3.6. The strange thing is that wie have a second MediaWiki with almost the same configuration on an another Server where the problem does not appear. Does anyone know a solution? [[User:RuedigerFuchs|RuedigerFuchs]] ([[User talk:RuedigerFuchs|talk]]) 08:54, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

== Legal issues modifying MediaWiki locally ==

There must be a simple link to this but I can't find it! What legal issues are there if I modify the MediaWiki code for my own or my company's use? Do I need to submit the new code to the open source community? (The changes are always very minor and I usually do submit - I just want to know what would happen if I missed one.) [[User:Robinson weijman|Robinson weijman]] ([[User talk:Robinson weijman|talk]]) 09:45, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:I don't know if I'm right, but I think MediaWiki software is open-source, so you can change it if you want. Not sure about that. [[User:TBloemink|TBloemink]] 10:43, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:MediaWiki is published under the normal GPL, so changes you make do not have to be published. However, if you publish/redistribute your modified MediaWiki you are obliged to publish the changed source code under the GPL. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 11:12, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
::So if I understand correctly if I make changes and use them within my company, there are no legal obligations. But if I started handing them out (or selling them!) or putting them online, then I need to check distribute them here as well. Is that correct? [[User:Robinson weijman|Robinson weijman]] 11:18, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:::Indeed. Note that using MediaWiki to run a wiki, private or public is not considered "distributing" and does not require the distribution of the source code.
:::MediaWiki is published under the well known General Public License and there should be many resources online concerning the legal consequences of the GPL. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 11:56, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
::::Excellent, thank you Bryan! [[User:Robinson weijman|Robinson weijman]] 12:41, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

== Wikis and Wikipedia discussion board using Stack Overflow technology ==

Probably many readers are aware of [http://stackoverflow.com/ Stack Overflow], a very effective site for asking programming questions. This concept has now been extended to cover many other topics. One of these is [http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/13716/wikis-and-wikipedia Wikis and Wikipedia]. This is currently in the "commitment phase" which means that when it achieves enough followers it will enter a live beta phase. If you want quick and useful answers to your wiki questions, this will be a useful resource. [[User:Robinson weijman|Robinson weijman]] ([[User talk:Robinson weijman|talk]]) 09:48, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

== Managing user account creations ==

Hi,

I have a problem that I cannot figure out ... :
I need a way to manage the creation of the user accounts. What I need is a way to allow uses to create accounts (or account requests) on my wiki but prohibit any activities until the administrator validated their account (manually).

Thanks [[Special:Contributions/134.76.235.183|134.76.235.183]] ([[User talk:134.76.235.183|talk]]) 11:03, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:Install [[Extension:ConfirmAccount]].
:Alternatively you can revoke all permissions from the 'user' group and create a new user group with the permissions from the 'user' group and add the validated accounts to that group. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 11:10, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

== Is it possible to change page title? ==

Hi,
It seems to be silly question but I cannot find the answer anywhere.
Is it possible to have different name of the page (displayed in URL) and the title of the page?
I have found only this:
<nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:My new title}}</nowiki>

So if I have the page named "abc" and I use <nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Custom title}}</nowiki> on displayed page everything looks fine. But if I put this page in any category and I go to category view the page is displayed as "abc".
This is expected behaviour from what I used.
But I want to accomplish the following:
1. create page named "abc" that will be visible in URL as "http://.../abc"
2. giving the page a title (something like human readable title) that will be displayed to user (as page title, in categories, searches, ...)

From what I have found it looks that this is not possible but I found nothing saying explicitly anything about this.

So is it possible to have different title and name? If so, how do I achieve that?

Thx for answering. [[Special:Contributions/212.55.243.184|212.55.243.184]] ([[User talk:212.55.243.184|talk]]) 16:19, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:If you mean renaming a page, that's done with the ''Move'' button, on ''Vector'' mouse-over the arrow down for it, on monobook (default I think) on the top bar of a page. [[User:TBloemink|TBloemink]] 16:24, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
::Sorry I did not make it clear.
::I do not mean renaming.
::I need to have a title ex.:
::This is a page about mediawiki with some loong title
::But the name of the page will be LongTitle
::So I have two things for one page:
::1 - name=LongTitle
::2 - title=This is a page about mediawiki with some loong title
::URL of the page will be http://.../LongTitle
::If I put the page in any category, it will be listed as "LongTitle". But I want it to be listed as "This is a page about mediawiki with some loong title" and when I click that I will get to http://.../LongTitle
::Something like having two properties of the page an URL and a title. It is like creating a link. You can write something like [[pageTitle|Click on this page]]. User sees something different than the name of the URL. [[Special:Contributions/212.55.243.184|212.55.243.184]] 16:38, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:::<nowiki>[[Category:AnyCategory|This is a page about mediawiki with some loong title]]</nowiki> 
:::For searches you can create redirects. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 22:10, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
:::@Emufarmers: That will only change the sort position of where it is shown in the category listing, it won't change the display of the name in the category listing.
:::@212.55.243.184: If you want to have the long version of the title everywhere, except for the URL, then the way to go is to create a redirect:
:::Example: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/LongTitle [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 01:38, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
::::But then you'd have to categorize the redirect if you want it to be displayed in categories like that.
::::Now that DISPLAYTITLE is stored in the page_props table, would it not be possible to create an extension or something that allows Categories to display the DISPLAYTITLE? [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 02:24, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
::::Thanx a lot guys for your replies.
::::Your answers were helpful.
::::It really seems that it is not possible and only way would be to create extension. I was surprised nothing like that already exists :( [[Special:Contributions/212.55.243.184|212.55.243.184]] 08:24, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

== how to delete "copy-warn" for edit ? ==

in fact I would never see "MediaWiki: Cpoyright"(which is a link to a page not created) when editing a page. . . : ( [[Special:Contributions/90.60.167.51|90.60.167.51]] ([[User talk:90.60.167.51|talk]]) 16:30, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:and all :
:"Toutes les contributions à MediaWiki sont considérées comme publiées sous les termes de la Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License (voir MediaWiki:Copyrights pour plus de détails). Si vous ne désirez pas que vos écrits soient modifiés et distribués à volonté, merci de ne pas les soumettre ici.
:Vous nous promettez aussi que vous avez écrit ceci vous-même, ou que vous l’avez copié d’une source provenant du domaine public, ou d’une ressource libre. N’UTILISEZ PAS DE TRAVAUX SOUS DROIT D’AUTEUR SANS AUTORISATION EXPRESSE !"
:(i don't remenber wich license i chose in the begining . . .) [[Special:Contributions/90.60.167.51|90.60.167.51]] 16:49, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
::Create the MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning [[Manual:system message|system message]] as an empty page. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 22:13, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
:::but i wan't have any "copyright" on my wiki . . . juste cc-by-sa-nc ^^" [[Special:Contributions/90.16.147.143|90.16.147.143]] 07:01, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
::::cc-by-sa-nc is a form of copyright. You are reserving several specific rights. And in any case that's just the system message name, you're free to put any content in it (If your wiki was say Public domain). [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 17:18, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

== Section link ==

Hi!
I want to know if there is a way, that if I press a section in hebrew, the link of the page wont contain:"D6.H12" and like... is there a way to give "ID", like in ref for the name of the section, that is defferent from what displayed on the page?
thanks [[User:Ofekalef|Ofekalef]] ([[User talk:Ofekalef|talk]]) 18:35, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:There is a setting $wgEnableExperimentalHtmlIds or something like that, but I think that it is only fully working in 1.18. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 22:33, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

== Initial whitespace problems ==

Hi,

Initial whitespace in any lines causes that lines to be displayed as code. How to disable this behavior? I've searched for an appropriate option in the DefaultSettings.php and didn't found anything.

Thanks! [[User:Tr432|Tr432]] ([[User talk:Tr432|talk]]) 22:44, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
:You can't really. The best you can do is have the section between <nowiki> tags. Some Wikis have also installed the [[extension:Poem|Poem]] extension, which allows lines beginning with whitespace (and have the whitespace not be collapsed) well not looking like code. [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 17:24, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

== Bug: active users:-1 ==

In my romanian wiki it says active users:-1 under [[Special:Statistics]].
I considered reporting this bug, but i don't know where, sorry.
check [http://electroiasi.ro/index.php/Special:Statistici this] out! (Utilizatori activi means active users)
Note: This wiki is new and it is not released.
THX,
[[Special:Contributions/86.124.179.36|86.124.179.36]] 07:47, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
:It says 1 for me. Does it still say -1 for you? —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 01:11, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
::I see 1 right now too, but I've also seen -1 on my wiki. I believe it was -1 after installation for example. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 01:22, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
:::No, now i see 1, but yesterday it said -1.
:::Anyway, it didn't cause any problems, but I reported it as a bug.
:::Anyway thx for anything,
:::[[Special:Contributions/86.124.179.36|86.124.179.36]] 14:07, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

== Edit links only in namespace diskussion?(Editsection) ==

Hi,

I would like to have: $wgDefaultUserOptions['editsection'] = 0;
That causes all EDIT link within every page to not be displayed.
But now I would like to have teh edit link on every discussion page
cause I use the extension: Discussion Threading and therefor I need
to have these link. Now I was wondering if it is possible to achive
this.

Thanks in advance [[Special:Contributions/87.79.213.113|87.79.213.113]] ([[User talk:87.79.213.113|talk]]) 14:30, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

== Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied ==

I was uploading image files to my website when without warning, the script stopped working and I go this message:-

'''Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in /home/wikikoi/public_html/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2176'''

'''Warning: wfMkdirParents: failed to mkdir "/home/wikikoi/public_html/images/7/79" mode 511 in /home/wikikoi/public_html/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2179'''

I had not made any changes to the script when this occured. It will not upload any image files to the site no matter which extension I use .gif, .png, .jpg etc...!

Any solution that will get me back up and running will be greatly appreciated. [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] ([[User talk:Codi727|talk]]) 18:41, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
:Your webserver doesn't have permission to write to the image directory. You have to use the [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chmod chmod] command to give it permission. See also [[Manual:Image Administration]]. [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 17:21, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

== Problem with signature cleaning ==

It appears that [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgCleanSignatures $wgCleanSignatures=false;] does not work on my MediaWiki installation. That is, our customised signatures (e.g. including colours and links) get reverted to to a plain "real name" (just text). Yet this works OK on Wikipedia. Can anyone help? [[User:Robinson weijman|Robinson weijman]] ([[User talk:Robinson weijman|talk]]) 10:24, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
:In your preferences, click "Treat signature as wikitext (without an automatic link)". It does the same thing as on Wikipedia, it's just worded differently. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 13:04, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks Reach but that is not it. The signature will appear fine for 1 - 4 hours and then suddenly reverts to the old plain text. (I just tried your suggestion today after reading it.) [[User:Robinson weijman|Robinson weijman]] 15:33, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
:::That sounds really weird. I don't know why that would be. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 16:27, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
::::OK, thanks anyway. I will try somewhere else and report back here if I find the solution. [[User:Robinson weijman|Robinson weijman]] 16:42, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::>Yet this works OK on Wikipedia. Can anyone help? 
:::::Well $wgCleanSignatures is set to true on Wikipedia, so there is your first difference.
:::::So you can set the sig to something fancy in your preferences, you can use this fancy sig on pages with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> and then randomly it gets set back to the default?
:::::After it gets back to the default sig, does only <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> show the default, or does it also show the default in the signature field of Special:preferences?
:::::In some circumstances, illegal input in the signature field will set it back to default, but you usually have to put some rather weird stuff in it for that to happen (unclosed XML tags, or a sig longer than [[manual:$wgMaxSigChars]] for example) and it'd happen instantly, not after a time delay. [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 17:14, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::Bawolff - thanks for this. I switched $wgCleanSignatures to true and the same thing happened, after one hour. I wonder if it is to do with our load balancing, that we have some kind of caching problem.
::::::You wrote: ''"So you can set the sig to something fancy in your preferences, you can use this fancy sig on pages with [[User:Robinson weijman|Robinson weijman]] 09:15, 15 March 2011 (UTC) and then randomly it gets set back to the default?"'' Yes, that is pretty much it.
::::::To answer your second question: in my preferences I write:
::::::<code> <nowiki>[[User:MyName|My Name]] ([[User talk:MyName|Talk]])</nowiki></code>
::::::My signature on a talk page is therefore:
::::::<code> <nowiki>--[[User:MyName|My Name]] ([[User talk:MyName|Talk]]) <time date stamp></nowiki></code>
::::::After one hour, the preference reverts to:
::::::<code> My Name</code>
::::::And my signature becomes:
::::::<code> --My Name <time date stamp></code> [[User:Robinson weijman|Robinson weijman]] 09:15, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

== Create account page ==

Hello,

I want to add text to the create account page on my latest version of MediaWiki. How do I do this? Basically, right after "Already have an account? Log in." I want to add more text giving tips on what their username should be so that we do not mistaken it for a spam name and ban them. Please help me out and thank you in advance! [[Special:Contributions/66.161.180.226|66.161.180.226]] ([[User talk:66.161.180.226|talk]]) 01:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
:Any ideas at all? [[Special:Contributions/66.161.180.226|66.161.180.226]] 09:37, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
::Edit the MediaWiki:Gotaccount [[Manual:system message|system message]]. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 16:26, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

== Admin is unable to login - "invalid username" ==

All of a sudden MediaWiki returns an "invalid username" error message when I login to my wiki at www.chronistwiki.de (or "illegal username", the Wiki is German so I don't know what the exact English version is). All other users can sign in without problems. After the problem first appeared, I did some hacks to the database in order to change (or rather, cripple) my username (from Nuhrii the Metruan to Nuhrii the M) and I was able to login without further problems. I even tried to create a new account and assign my old username to it, but MediaWiki denied it as invalid. Afterwards, I restored the initial database because which I had backed up before I made any hacks. Do you have any advice how I could solve this problem and findally be able to login again? It would be very appreciated.

From Special:Version:
MediaWiki 1.16.2
PHP 5.2.14 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.0.77-log [[User:Nuhrii the Metruan|Nuhrii the Metruan]] ([[User talk:Nuhrii the Metruan|talk]]) 06:46, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
:Your account appears to be named NtM. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 19:49, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
::I eventually renamed it with a renaming extension and now it works... the user name Nuhrii the Metruan still doesn't get accepted, neither at registration nor when renaming existing accounts, but otherwise, everything works. If you've got a solution, please tell me anyway. [[Special:Contributions/91.47.112.105|91.47.112.105]] 19:47, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

== Numbering of content is not shown in the document ==

The numbering of content (structure: 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 2.4, 2.4.1, etc) is only shown in table of content, and not in the document itself.
Edit: Also the little squares are not shown which can be added by *
It doesn't matter if I'm logged in or not. [[Special:Contributions/213.81.239.130|213.81.239.130]] ([[User talk:213.81.239.130|talk]]) 08:12, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

== Extesion: Image Plus ==

I am using the extension image plus and I would like to make 2 modifications.
1. The user should be able to click on the search field and the page Special: File list should appear. The user should be able to select animage fromthis list.
2. There should be a field Saying "Upload your own image" with a browse button.
If anyone has done one or both of these modifications, please post the code. [[User:Rg~mediawikiwiki|Rg~mediawikiwiki]] ([[User talk:Rg~mediawikiwiki|talk]]) 09:56, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

== add image to footer? ==

Hi all,

I run MW1.16 and I've tried to add a normal image (my logo) to my Vector footer, but I haven't found yet how to. This following code (in Vector.php) is wrong, but does someone know why? and could I fix it? Thx a lot!

ps: would the answer be the same for a simple text too?

<nowiki>
$footerlinks = array([[File:MyImage.jpg|220x220px]], 'info' => array('lastmod','copyright',),'places' => array('disclaimer',),); [[Special:Contributions/89.246.221.190|89.246.221.190]] ([[User talk:89.246.221.190|talk]]) 09:59, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

== Userright Move ==

I can't figure it out. Who can rename (move) a page. My Wiki editors complain that the sometimes can move a page, but mostly they cannot and only I (sysop) can move the page. How does this userright Move exactly work? Thanks for helping. 10:17, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
:In your LocalSettings.php, you can set user rights as specified in [[Manual:User rights]]. If you want all members to be able to move pages, add $wgGroupPermissions['user']['move'] = true; to your LocalSettings.php. [[User:Nuhrii the Metruan|Nuhrii the Metruan]] 10:40, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks, i did know that. I have the following settings of userrights. But my RfelexEditors can't move every page. It seems that the can only move pages that the have made and is not edited by anyone else. Some tips?
::<source lang="php">
// Implicit group for all visitors
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createtalk'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['writeapi'] = False;
// Implicit group for all logged-in accounts
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['read'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['move'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['move-subpages'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['move-rootuserpages'] = False; // can move root userpages
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['createpage'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['createtalk'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['writeapi'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['upload'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['reupload'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['reupload-shared'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['minoredit'] = False;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['purge'] = False; // can use ?action=purge without clicking "ok"
// Implicit group for all Reflex Editors
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['edit'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['move'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['move-subpages'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['move-rootuserpages'] = True; // can move root userpages
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['read'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['edit'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['createpage'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['createtalk'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['writeapi'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['upload'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['reupload'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['reupload-shared'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['minoredit'] = True;
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['purge'] = True; // can use ?action=purge without clicking "ok"
$wgGroupPermissions['ReflexEditor']['collectionsaveascommunitypage'] = true;
</source> [[User:Ploegvde|Erwin van der Ploeg]] 13:20, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
:::Anyone who can tell me what I do wrong? [[User:Ploegvde|Erwin van der Ploeg]] 12:46, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
:::"It seems that the can only move pages that the have made and is not edited by anyone else."
:::That is not a feature of MediaWiki. What extensions do you have installed? [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 13:21, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
::::Thanks for responding. This are the extensions we use:
::::*CategoryTree
::::*Collection (Versie 1.4)
::::*Contribution Scores (Versie 1.11)
::::*Flagged Revisions
::::*LastUserLogin (Versie 1.2.1)
::::*Replace Text (Versie 0.9.1)
::::*Special:DeleteOldRevisions (Versie Version 1.4.3, 2010-09-14)
::::*SpecialInterwiki
::::*UserRightsList (Versie 0.51)
::::*Balloons (Versie 0.4)
::::*CategoryTree
::::*DynamicPageList
::::*ParserFunctions (Versie 1.1.1)
::::*Widgets (Versie 0.9f)
::::*Add Article to Category 2 (Versie 0.2)
::::*DeletePagePermanently (Versie 2.1)
::::*DirList (Versie 0.1)
::::*Gadgets
::::*Google Analytics Integration (Versie 2.0.2)
::::*GoToCategory (Versie 1.0)
::::*PCR GUI Inserts (Versie 1.0-b1)
::::*UsabilityInitiative (Versie 0.1.1)
::::*Vector (Versie 0.2.0)
::::*WikiEditor (Versie 0.2.0) [[User:Ploegvde|Erwin van der Ploeg]] 13:10, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

== Document rendering ==

Hi

I've installed MediaWiki on my home server to make my private knowledge-base
One of the thins I'm trying to do is to embed certain common types of documents in to the wiki, like word, excel, open office, visio, pdf,...
The page would have the link to this document, or optionally the document would open in the wiki

There are some solutions but they need the document to be in a remote server, like scribd, or at document access the document is uploaded to other server like AJAXDocumentViewer extension

My intention is that the document's must be on my server, and the process of document rendering to be displayed on wiki must be local too.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance

Antonio Henriques [[User:Antoniomch|Antoniomch]] ([[User talk:Antoniomch|talk]]) 14:14, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

== Fatal error: Class 'LinksUpdate' not found ==

I get this error
:Fatal error: Class 'LinksUpdate' not found in /web/htdocs/www.ivys.it/home/wiki/includes/Article.php on line 3322
everytime i save changes on a page, or create a new page.
If i open the page created or edited after the error i see the changes.

I have mediawiki 1.16.2 on a linux server,
MySQL: 5.0.91-enterprise-gpl-log
Php: 5.2.17
http://www.ivys.it/wiki

Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/213.203.135.77|213.203.135.77]] ([[User talk:213.203.135.77|talk]]) 15:20, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
:Generally this means that your install somehow got corrupted or you are missing a file.
:Check to make sure that the file /web/htdocs/www.ivys.it/home/wiki/includes/LinksUpdate.php exists, and actually has stuff in it.
:You could perhaps try re-[[download]]ing the tar bar and re-installing.
:>If i open the page created or edited after the error i see the changes.
:This type of error (beside the whole fatal error bit) will probably make categories, special:whatlinkshere type features not work. [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 15:29, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks :), i solved uploading again /includes/LinksUpdate.php. It existed but maybe it was corrupted. [[Special:Contributions/213.203.135.77|213.203.135.77]] 15:37, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks :), i solved uploading again /includes/LinksUpdate.php. It existed but maybe it was corrupted. [[Special:Contributions/213.203.135.77|213.203.135.77]] 15:37, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Mangled my short URL setup: help spot my LocalSettings & htaccess errors! ==

I'm in the process of setting up short URLs following the [[Manual:Short_URL/wiki/Page_title_--_no_root_access]] for my [http://hexingtide.willphillips.org/slug/ private writing wiki], however I've managed to bungle it up something fierce.

The examples in the manual aren't very intuitive for non-technies like myself, so I've made a misstep somewhere along the way. I'll post my changes to the LocalSettings and htaccess; hopefully my error will be glaringly clear for your veterans. At least, I hope it will.

The wiki instillation itself, within my public html, is located in ''hexingtide/slug''. Hexingtide I've set up as a subdomain. Not sure if that makes a difference in this. 

'''LocalSettings''' 
<nowiki>$wgScriptPath = "/slug"; # Physical path (right part of first rewrite rule).</nowiki> 

<nowiki>$wgArticlePath = "/slug/wiki/$1"; # Virtual path (left part of first rewrite rule). MUST BE DIFFERENT from $wgScriptPath!</nowiki> 

<nowiki>$wgScriptExtension = ".php";</nowiki> 

'''.htaccess''' 
<nowiki>RewriteRule ^/hexingtide/slug/?wiki/(.*)$ /hexingtide/slug/index.php?title=$1 [PT,L,QSA]</nowiki> 

<nowiki>RewriteRule ^/hexingtide/slug/?wiki/*$ /hexingtide/slug/index.php [L,QSA]</nowiki> 

<nowiki>RewriteRule ^/*$ /hexingtide/slug/index.php [L,QSA]</nowiki> 

Help! [[User:WillPhillips|WillPhillips]] ([[User talk:WillPhillips|talk]]) 09:07, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
:* Put the .htaccess file in the subdomain directory, not in the root directory.
:* Remove the <code>/hexingtide</code> from .htaccess
:* Use a virtual article path that does not match or overlap with the script path.
:*: For example: wgScriptPath = /slug; wgArticlePath = /wiki/$1; (articlePath without slug)
:* If still problems, read [[Manual:Short_URL/wiki/Page_title_--_no_root_access]] again to see if you might have skipped a step
:* Report back here :-) [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 00:23, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
::I set up things exactly as you prescribed and am now getting an interesting error.
::It seems the wiki is ''trying'' to run the short URLs, but when I'm directed to hexingtide.willphillips.org/wiki/XYZ, I get a 404 error (before was a 500). The hexingtide.willphillips.org/slug/index.php?title=XYZ method still works, however.
::So, I'm not sure where the problem is to be found, then, but I'd guess the .htaccess as it seems like there's a redirect/rewrite issue here.
::Going to try a couple of the alternate methods listed in the manual to see if I can hack together a workaround, but some help is still needed! kimmkatt 07:13, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
:::Have now got everything set up and running correctly.
:::Thanks for the feedback, Krinkle! [[User:WillPhillips|WillPhillips]] 08:18, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

== spammers avoiding bans by abusing gmail dot e-mail address feature ==

We have problem with spamming our local mediawiki site with e-mail registration and multiple anti-spam features enabled (captcha, dnsbl, word filter). The problem is that its not possible to ban an user (spammer) who has access to multiple IP addresses by blocking his gmail.com e-mail address. We have problem with such users keep coming back with different forms of the same address by adding random dots within the username. Ie: 
spammer.spammer@gmail.com 
spa.m.m.erspammer.@gmail.com 
s.p.a.mmerspammer@gmail.com

Mediawiki considers these e-mails to be different, while they are actually the same.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10313#

While it is possible to resolve this by modifying includes/User.php I'd like this issue to be addressed in the official release of Mediawiki. Ie. enable mediawiki to recognize different forms of gmail address to be the same. [[User:Pavelxk|Pavelxk]] ([[User talk:Pavelxk|talk]]) 09:42, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
:bump [[User:Pavelxk|Pavelxk]] 13:33, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
:You should open a bug on [[Bugzilla]] requesting this. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 14:57, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

== Attachments opening Link ==

Hey Forum,

i have a question about the attachments.
I want that a programm automaticly opens, when i click on the attach.
For example: There is a pdf-file, he should open it with his PDF-Reader!

Its there a funktion or extension, were i can do that?

Best regards and many thanks for your help. [[Special:Contributions/194.25.241.26|194.25.241.26]] ([[User talk:194.25.241.26|talk]]) 10:10, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

== PNG Images Displaying Slightly Larger, and Blurry? ==

I have a series of PNGs that are sizing wrong, blowing up each image slightly. (We are running MediaWiki, recently updated, sorry I don't know the exact versions).

It's really weird, and makes all the text in the images just a LITTLE bit blurry. (I thought it was sizing off the transparent shadow or something, but I tested that.)

I will try to enclose the before and "while viewing screenshot".

Any recommendations, or is this just a bug in the way MediaWiki displays images?

<gallery>
$1:BlurryPNGOriginal.png| My image, before I uploaded it.
$1:BlurryPNGScreenshot.png| A screenshot of my image, displayed with no additional attributes.
</gallery> [[Special:Contributions/173.9.119.118|173.9.119.118]] ([[User talk:173.9.119.118|talk]]) 12:29, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
:Okay, uh. It won't let me add the images? Not sure how to do that. Sorry, our wiki is behind a firewall.
:Anyone else encountering the slightly-larger-and-therefore-blurry image problem?
:I'll see if this works...
:[[:Image:]]
:[[:Image:]] [[Special:Contributions/173.9.119.118|173.9.119.118]] 12:31, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
::Okay, I have an account now, but still can't figure out how to post my screenshots. So I guess that's TWO support questions... how do I post image examples to this thread?
::Thanks!
::-Douglas [[User:Beagley|Beagley]] 12:35, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
:::Once you're autoconfirmed you can use [[Special:Upload]], as long as the image is available under a free license.
:::But since you're not yet autoconfirmed, you can upload the images to an external image host and link to them. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 14:06, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
::::Okay, here's a screenshot of my original image:
::::http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5532247846_f73b403940_o.png
::::And here's a screenshot of what it looks like displayed in Mediawiki:
::::http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5175/5532247806_c1c515886c_o.png
::::If I re-download the uploaded image, it looks correct! It is just something in the way Mediawiki is displaying it. Note: The image does have a drop-shadow transparency--I tested without that however, and got the same problem. [[User:Beagley|Beagley]] 14:37, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::I suggest you to test it on other browser
:::::also please try to reset zoom features on you browser, I think you might accidentally zoom the content [[Special:Contributions/180.246.59.7|180.246.59.7]] 10:41, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

== MediaWiki 1.16.2 ==

Are there any Schema changes associated with going from MediaWiki 1.16.0 to 1.16.2?

Thank you,

Andy [[User:Acarizona|Acarizona]] ([[User talk:Acarizona|talk]]) 17:58, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
:No. Schema versions only occur between major versions. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 18:46, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

== Special:Upload ==

I want the users to be able to upload images on a page, other than the Special:Upload page. How do I run the script from the Special:Upload page elsewhere? [[Special:Contributions/109.66.123.163|109.66.123.163]] ([[User talk:109.66.123.163|talk]]) 21:05, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

== query categorymembers not working with cmcontinue ==

I don't know if this is the right place to place this question. If not excuse me and if possible suggest me where to place my question.
I'm doing some tests to use api. I have developed some code. It works for long time, now it looks that something is changed and the cmcontinue parameters is returned not as title but as pageid. But if I pass it to contine the query, the query doesn't work correctly.
Here you have an example

http://it.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Categoria:Verona&format=xmlfm

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query>
<categorymembers>
<cm pageid="1510206" ns="100" title="Portale:Verona" />
<cm pageid="2951758" ns="0" title="Verona" />
<cm pageid="2262962" ns="0" title="Accademia di Agricoltura di Verona" />
<cm pageid="2262943" ns="0" title="Accademia Filarmonica di Verona" />
<cm pageid="2579584" ns="0" title="Campane alla Veronese" />
<cm pageid="2994436" ns="0" title="Canale Camuzzoni" />
<cm pageid="3140773" ns="0" title="Cappella Pellegrini (San Bernardino)" />
<cm pageid="1100139" ns="0" title="Cappella Pellegrini (Santa Anastasia)" />
<cm pageid="2779175" ns="0" title="Carnevale di Verona" />
<cm pageid="3360979" ns="0" title="Chiese di Verona" />
</categorymembers>
</query>
<query-continue>
<categorymembers cmcontinue="1358867" />
</query-continue>
</api>

and then

http://it.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Categoria:Verona&format=xmlfm&cmcontinue=1358867

that should return me the subsequent categories is instead returning me

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query>
<categorymembers>
<cm pageid="1510206" ns="100" title="Portale:Verona" />
<cm pageid="2951758" ns="0" title="Verona" />
<cm pageid="2262962" ns="0" title="Accademia di Agricoltura di Verona" />
<cm pageid="2262943" ns="0" title="Accademia Filarmonica di Verona" />
<cm pageid="2579584" ns="0" title="Campane alla Veronese" />
<cm pageid="2994436" ns="0" title="Canale Camuzzoni" />
<cm pageid="3140773" ns="0" title="Cappella Pellegrini (San Bernardino)" />
<cm pageid="2779175" ns="0" title="Carnevale di Verona" />
<cm pageid="3360979" ns="0" title="Chiese di Verona" />
<cm pageid="1358867" ns="0" title="Colle San Pietro" />
</categorymembers>
</query>
<query-continue>
<categorymembers cmcontinue="2442453" />
</query-continue>
</api>

and as you can see it is not returning me the subsequent categories, but part of the previously returned categories.
This happens with all the formats I tried: xmlfm, xml, jsonfm, json. I have tried to replace 1358867 with the title of the category and other attempts, but no improvements.
Any hint to solve my problem?
Thank you very much.
Massimo [[Special:Contributions/82.54.92.151|82.54.92.151]] ([[User talk:82.54.92.151|talk]]) 09:54, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

== Display 5 most visited pages on an article ==

Hello,

I try to display the five most visited pages on my entrance page.

I tried : <nowiki>{{Special:PopularPages/5}}</nowiki> but it dosen't work. What is the solution ?

{{Special:PopularPages/5}} [[User:Clag|Clag]] ([[User talk:Clag|talk]]) 13:41, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
:Special:PopularPages cannot be transcluded. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 14:01, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
::Ok, Thanks [[User:Clag|Clag]] 16:23, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

== the media wiki error on install? ==

hello, sadly my database prefix username is too big as it is, even with the ending chosen username I am unable to register the wiki on my site, because of this issue, any way for me to go into an file and extend the length of text? or any way to fix this so I could use the wiki on my host, thanks. [[User:Vampirictorch|Vampirictorch]] ([[User talk:Vampirictorch|talk]]) 13:46, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

== ParserFunctions, unexpected result of #time: ==

Hi,

after an upgrade to semantic mediawiki 1.5.6, {{#time: Y-m-d | 1 March 2010 }} gives back 2010-02-28 as well as every other date is shifted by 1.

Any hints what to look after?

I am using this configuration:

MediaWiki 1.16.0
PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.9

Semantic Forms (Version 2.0.6)
Semantic Internal Objects (Version 0.6.1)
Semantic MediaWiki (Version 1.5.6)
Semantic Project Management (Version 1.5)
Semantic Result Formats (Version 1.5.2_1 [B268])
MediawikiPlayer (Version 0.3.0)
ParserFunctions (Version 1.1.1)
ScriptManager Extension (Version 1.0.1_0 [B268])
SemanticGraph (Version 0.8.5)
SMWHalo Extension (Version 1.5.2_2-for-SMW-1.5.2 [B268])
StringFunctions (Version 2.0.3)
URL Arguments (Version 1.0)
Variables (Version 1.3)
Semantic Forms Inputs (Version 0.3)
Semantic Gardening extension (Version 1.3.3_0 [B89])

Kind regards [[Special:Contributions/109.91.115.240|109.91.115.240]] ([[User talk:109.91.115.240|talk]]) 17:41, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
:Sorry, the board took away the annotations, without curly brackets it wooldt be: #time: Y-m-d | 1 March 2010 with the above mentioned result.
:Kind regards [[Special:Contributions/109.91.115.240|109.91.115.240]] 09:21, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
::An Update to Parser Functions 1.3.0 resolved the problem. [[Special:Contributions/109.91.115.240|109.91.115.240]] 09:32, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

== How to get main Wiki page as main website page ==

I have just started my site, having uploaded Wikimedia (1.16.2) using cPanelX. But my website main page (www.rusartnet.com) is just showing folders as of now, what do I have to do to make the main wiki page the main page for my whole website? [[User:Sumarokov-Elston|Sumarokov-Elston]] ([[User talk:Sumarokov-Elston|talk]]) 12:28, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
:Your main page should have been generated automatically! That is/should have been your starting point. I have just attempted to find your website without success:
:http://www.rusartnet.com/
:I note that you did not know where to find LocalSettings.php. I only mention that because the last thing I had to do when downloading mediawiki was to move LocalSettings.php to the root folder, in my case 'Mediawiki'
:I don't know much about mediawiki, only what I have found by my mistakes and assistence from research to try put them right. [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 13:12, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
::Hey, I have just tried again accessing your website and was directed to your 'index page' I clicked on the folder 'mediawiki' and your main page opened!! [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 13:15, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
:::Here is your main page: http://www.rusartnet.com/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 13:23, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
::::I have just left a message on your main page without even attempting to log on, so something is not quite right! [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 13:27, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::I have got this awful feeling that $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false; does not mean people are barred from editing pages!
:::::PS: There is no facility to create an account, so $wg above may mean visiors do not need to create an account to edit pages! I think that there is a $wg.. that restricts people from editing. [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 13:41, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::To disable editing by unregistered users:
::::::<syntaxhighlight lang="php">
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
</syntaxhighlight> [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 14:08, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Thanks for all the messages, including on the site - not really sure what is happening, but things are certainly not as they should be! [[User:Sumarokov-Elston|Sumarokov-Elston]] 15:28, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::::I think that once you insert the $wg group permissions (provided by Reach Out to the Truth) in Local Settings everything will be ok. Your url to your main page seems ok. [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 15:33, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::PS I see you have inserted the $wg. There is now no facility on the main page to edit and also no way to create an account, so you have done it. [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 15:36, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::Yes, it seems to be so. Besides not being able to get my front page to be the Media Wiki page, I also have the following questions:
::::::::::(1) I know I can upload files just like any normal person going into a Wiki can, but is it better to officially upload them, using a file server? I would presume so, so that I can save them if I want to change things around, etc. Only, again, there seems to be no one way of doing this - I have looked at tutorials and they all have different approaches for different systems.
::::::::::(2) How do you change the title tag, meaning what is the route for getting in at the HTML text? [[User:Sumarokov-Elston|Sumarokov-Elston]] 15:49, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::I see that you have figured out how to change titles/pages names.
:::::::::::Re: uploading files you need to configure media wiki:
:::::::::::http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 17:44, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::Yes, it seems to be so. Besides not being able to get my front page to be the Media Wiki page, I also have the following questions:
::::::::::(1) I know I can upload files just like any normal person going into a Wiki can, but is it better to officially upload them, using a file server? I would presume so, so that I can save them if I want to change things around, etc. Only, again, there seems to be no one way of doing this - I have looked at tutorials and they all have different approaches for different systems.
::::::::::(2) How do you change the title tag, meaning what is the route for getting in at the HTML text? [[User:Sumarokov-Elston|Sumarokov-Elston]] 15:49, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

== Wikia's Latest Photo and Latest Activity Modules modified for all mediawiki ==

Wikia has a latest photo and latest activity module which shows the last three images and last three edits in a box on the side of the wiki.

The coding for these two modules are [https://svn.wikia-code.com/wikia/trunk/skins/oasis/modules/ here] their names are:
# LatestActivityModule.class.php
# LatestPhotosModule.class.php

I don't have the technical expertise to convert these to work on generic mediawiki.

Is there any mediawiki.org extension in existence which already does this?

If not, would anyone be interested in converting this extension for use on mediawiki?

Thank you. [[User:Igottheconch|Igottheconch]] ([[User talk:Igottheconch|talk]]) 17:42, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

== Standart forum ==

How to include a standard forum? I tried it to make on an image of others wiki, but for me it doesn't work. [[Special:Contributions/89.250.160.114|89.250.160.114]] ([[User talk:89.250.160.114|talk]]) 20:38, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

== Imagemap and category related questions ==

Well, Let's start it already.

I've just wondered- Let's say you make a page that contain the categories [<Brand Name>, <Vehicle>, <Type>] and you have more then three brand names. While looking at the category Brand names you would obviously see these three names listed. Clicking Vehicle though you bring up all of the Vehicles from each brand. Is there a way I could only display certain sorted categories? Such as. I wanna list "Foo" Vehicle's and exclude the rest.

The next one im not quite sure how to explain but... I've created a 16*32*32px icon file to my wiki and though "I'll just make a template that rops that image out of the big one itself and I just realized I have no idea how to do just that. Is it even possible via Mediawiki or will I have to use an external PHP/GD script to link these images? Having to split up/upload them one by one is not really the most convenient way to deal with the even bigger icon files we were going to use for this very purpoues. [[Special:Contributions/83.227.29.102|83.227.29.102]] ([[User talk:83.227.29.102|talk]]) 20:41, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

== Two warnings ocurring only in Internet Explorer ==

Hi,
I've installed MediaWiki on IIS. It works very well. But I've this issue: when opening a page in Internet Explorer I get these 2 warnings, that I can't find anywhere on the internet (I translate themfrom Italian to English):

Message: Incompatibility between types.

index.php

Line: 15513

Character: 3

Code: 0

URI: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript

Message: Property or method not supported by the object

Line: 15492

Character: 4

Code: 0

URI: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Cacycle/wikEd.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript

I need to solve it because I'm opening MediaWiki in an ActiveX control which always reports the warnings with alerts (very annoying for users).

Many thanks! [[Special:Contributions/151.43.60.66|151.43.60.66]] ([[User talk:151.43.60.66|talk]]) 09:50, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
:You've imported wikiEd, however it doesn't support IE. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 20:20, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
::Ahhh.. And is there another component I can use to replace wikiEd, which supports IE too?
::Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/151.43.60.66|151.43.60.66]] 10:09, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

== error when accessing user preferences ==

When a user attempts to click the "My Preferences" link the get this error

Internal error
<nowiki>lobal default '' is invalid for field editfont</nowiki>
Backtrace:
#0 /srv/http/SupportWiki/includes/Preferences.php(1152): Preferences::getPreferences(Object(User))
#1 /srv/http/SupportWiki/includes/specials/SpecialPreferences.php(43): Preferences::getFormObject(Object(User))
#2 /srv/http/SupportWiki/includes/SpecialPage.php(559): SpecialPreferences->execute(NULL)
#3 /srv/http/SupportWiki/includes/Wiki.php(254): SpecialPage::executePath(Object(Title))
#4 /srv/http/SupportWiki/includes/Wiki.php(64): MediaWiki->handleSpecialCases(Object(Title), Object(OutputPage), Object(WebRequest))
#5 /srv/http/SupportWiki/index.php(117): MediaWiki->performRequestForTitle(Object(Title), NULL, Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#6 {main}

our versions are as follows
MediaWiki 1.16.0
PHP 5.3.5 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.1.54-log

my Wiki is internal to my organization so I am unable to provide an URL. I enabled MySQL logging and clicked the pref page and not able to determine where this value is set (or in a case maybe not set) I did find the Preferences.php that contained

$defaultPreferences['editfont'] =
array(
'type' => 'select',
'section' => 'editing/advancedediting',
'label-message' => 'editfont-style',
'options' => array(
wfMsg( 'editfont-default' ) => 'default',
wfMsg( 'editfont-monospace' ) => 'monospace',
wfMsg( 'editfont-sansserif' ) => 'sans-serif',
wfMsg( 'editfont-serif' ) => 'serif',
)
);

any help would be greatly appreciated. [[Special:Contributions/99.107.241.162|99.107.241.162]] ([[User talk:99.107.241.162|talk]]) 14:25, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
:We resolved this by upgrading from MW 1.16.0 to 1.16.2. Is there any notable bug fixes that would resolve this? [[Special:Contributions/64.29.222.84|64.29.222.84]] 16:57, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
:This issue was resolved by upgrading to 1.16.2 [[Special:Contributions/99.107.241.162|99.107.241.162]] 17:06, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

== How can i create page specific sidebar menu items ==

I'm using mediawiki version 1.16.0 and have setup the custom sidebar menu using Vector skin and the collapsible menus. However i would like to have specific menu displayed for certain pages or pages associated with a specific category.

Does anyone know how i might be able to do this?

I am setting up country specific categories that have associated pages and I would like to display only menu items specific to that country in the sidebar.

Thanks in advance,

Adam [[User:Greenitcompany|Greenitcompany]] ([[User talk:Greenitcompany|talk]]) 12:02, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

== Change Edit Page ==

Hello everyone i'm a new mediawiki user from italy.
I wanted to ask how to configure mediawiki so that the toolbar in the
edit_page of a page is like the mediawiki site.

Now the toolbar in my wiki is like this:

http://img692.imageshack.us/i/mywikieditpage.jpg/

And i want something like this:

http://img269.imageshack.us/i/mediawikieditpage.jpg/

It's possible? how can i do?

Thanks in advance

Carlo [[Special:Contributions/83.103.117.254|83.103.117.254]] ([[User talk:83.103.117.254|talk]]) 13:23, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
:Use [[Extension:WikiEditor]] (1.17) or [[Extension:UsabilityInitiative]] (1.16). [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 14:04, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

== Password protected wiki - public pages ==

Hi,

For password protected wikis (requires login/password to view and edit), is it possible to create specific pages within that wiki which are public and can be viewed (not edited) by non-users? [[Special:Contributions/140.147.236.194|140.147.236.194]] ([[User talk:140.147.236.194|talk]]) 13:58, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
:[[Manual:$wgWhitelistRead]] —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 22:15, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
:check http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgWhitelistRead [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 22:17, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

== Show sidebar only to users who are logged in ==

Hi,

I am wondering whether I can change the behavior of the sidebar so that the sidebar is only shown to user that are logged in. Anonymous users should not see the sidebar.

Is it possible to achieve this behavior? If yes, can you please show me how to do it?

Thanks very much for any help.

Cheers,
Matthias [[Special:Contributions/178.5.171.195|178.5.171.195]] ([[User talk:178.5.171.195|talk]]) 16:13, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
:1.Make a skin that has no sidebar. 
:2.Edit LocalSettings.php so this new skin is the default skin 
:3.Make sure that new user accounts created after step 2 change their skin to one with sidebar 
:Note that hiding the sidebar does not protect the functions as such. Users who know mediawiki will still be able to access the functions, sidebar or not. Some more info about this topic can be found here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ChangeSessionSkin [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 22:14, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

== Upgrade 1.15.1 --> 1.15.4 and move to new server simultaneously? ==

I'm rebuilding a development support system from Fedora 10 with MediaWiki 1.15.1 to Fedora 14 with MediaWiki 1.15.4 (on new hardware) and need to migrate a MediaWiki instance in the process. Can I simply export a 1.15.1 Wiki and import it on version 1.15.4? Or, do I need to do the migration between identical versions, I.e. install 1.15.1 on the new server, then migrate, and then upgrade the new server to 1.15.4? [[Special:Contributions/64.129.61.130|64.129.61.130]] ([[User talk:64.129.61.130|talk]]) 20:44, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
:Either method should work. Remember that you will need to copy over the images and extensions directories, and you will need to copy and update LocalSettings.php. You should also [[Manual:Upgrading|upgrade to 1.16]]. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 22:23, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

== "Browse Categories" option not available in bitnami bundle ==

Hello,

We have installed 3 Wiki databases on our bitnami virtual bundle. We are able to access create/modify pages. But we are not able to see "Browe Categories" Option in the left hand corner. We do have pages ties up with categories and now we have no way to see just the categories.

Any help would be appreciated. I am not able to post the link of the wiki site as we are using it behind the firewall and no one execpt my group has access to it. [[Special:Contributions/65.91.151.194|65.91.151.194]] ([[User talk:65.91.151.194|talk]]) 06:24, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
:Hi,
:A default installation of MediaWiki (not only in BitNami) doesn't have the "Browse Categories" link enabled by default. You need to manually add it. The steps below should be work in any MediaWiki installation although the main url may differ.
:Go to http://<ip>:<port>/mediawiki/index.php/MediaWiki:Sidebar and edit (or create if is the first time) this page. You can add:
:Category:Top_level|Browser categories
:Then when you create a category that you want to be shown in the Top_level page you need to add
:[[Category:Top_level]]
:in the category page.
:The links below include more information about how to modify the sidebar menu and how to create categories:
:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Sidebar
:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories [[Special:Contributions/bitnami|--BitNami]] 14:00, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

== Image table ==

I need to create an image table that users an searh through and select an image for their article. Anyone know how to do this? [[Special:Contributions/79.181.115.232|79.181.115.232]] ([[User talk:79.181.115.232|talk]]) 09:44, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
:very good [[User:Segmen|Segmen]] 10:53, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

== Please Help - How to get list of new features? ==

Hi, I am trying to get information for our NetOps group on the difference between our currently installed Mediawiki version and the latest version. I have looked around the site and simply cant find it, probably user error on my part.

Is there a quick way to see what new features, security updates, etc. are included in the current version in relation to our installed version?

We currently have this install config:
MediaWiki: 1.6.10
PHP: 4.3.9 (apache2handler)
MySQL: 4.1.22

I would appreciate any guidance or information.

Thanks!

Paul [[Special:Contributions/216.68.206.241|216.68.206.241]] ([[User talk:216.68.206.241|talk]]) 19:30, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
:Here are the release notes for the major releases which will cover most of what you are looking for: [[Release_notes/1.7|1.7]], [[Release_notes/1.8|1.8]], [[Release_notes/1.9|1.9]], [[Release_notes/1.10|1.10]], [[Release_notes/1.11|1.11]], [[Release_notes/1.12|1.12]], [[Release_notes/1.13|1.13]], [[Release_notes/1.14|1.14]], [[Release_notes/1.15|1.15]], [[Release_notes/1.16|1.16]]. There of course is also security releases (For example: 1.16.2) and such to fix major issues. [[User:Peachey88|Peachey88]] 08:26, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
:Note that you can't install any newer MediaWiki versions unless you upgrade PHP. [[Special:Contributions/83.87.76.163|83.87.76.163]] 13:32, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

== How do I add restrictions some specific pages for specific user groups as well. ==

How do I add restrictions on viewing and editing of some specific pages for specific user groups as well. Example:

User Group A, only has permissions to view and change the home page and a page called Teacher.
User Group B, only has permissions to view and change the home page and a page called Students.

Thks
[[User:Rodrigopereira|Rodrigopereira]] 20:17, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

== How do I add restrictions of some specific pages for specific user groups as well ==

How do I add restrictions on viewing and editing of some specific pages for specific user
groups as well. Example:

User Group A, only has permissions to view and change the home page and a page called Teacher.
User Group B, only has permissions to view and change the home page and a page called Students.

Thnks
[[User:Rodrigopereira|Rodrigopereira]] 20:19, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

== new installation, Error 330 when accessing User Page after logging in ==

Hello, I have a new installation of mediawiki hosted on Windows server running PHP 5.2.14. Installation was a success and I am able to login as sysop and perform edits to the page content. Whenever I click on the sysop name to navigate to the User Page, I receive page not found error 330. I started clicking around the other built-in links, such as privacy, about, disclaimers, community portal, help and many other pages provide the same error.

I am new to the wiki engine, but proficient in PHP programming and IT related tasks. thanks. [[Special:Contributions/96.56.210.46|96.56.210.46]] ([[User talk:96.56.210.46|talk]]) 16:20, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
:Open the page's source in the browser. Examine the problematic links. What's the URL of the links, and what should it be? [[User:Hamilton Abreu|Hamilton Abreu]] 00:54, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

== Help needed in a couple of areas ==

Hi all, 
I'm working with semantic mediawiki, building a wiki of literature, and there are a couple of things that I tried to make work but couldn't figure out exactly how. 
1. I have the form:author, which sends the entries to the category:authors, but they list by their first names, and I need it to list by their last names. I tried using DEFAULTSORT, but I don't know how to add it to the syntax of the form or template.

2. When you look at a person's page you see their occupation, for instance, author, which comes from the property [[occupation::author]]. I want this to link to the category:authors. I couldn't find any way to piped-link from a template at all.

3. I have the authors birth date separated from their birth year. Is there a way to pick and display a date without the year?

Thanks in advance, and sorry for the headache :) 
Asaf

*MediaWiki 1.16.0
*PHP 5.2.15 (cgi-fcgi)
*MySQL 5.1.39-log [[Special:Contributions/84.94.102.67|84.94.102.67]] ([[User talk:84.94.102.67|talk]]) 08:43, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

== table in template inclusion ==

Hi,

I have the following template, named "Highlight":

<source lang="text">
<div style="border: 1px solid #0080FF;">
{{{1}}}
</div>
</source>

If I try to include the template with an table in that way

<source lang="text">
{{Highlight|
<table>
<tr>
<td>some cell</td>
<td>some cell</td>
<td>some cell</td>
</tr><tr>
<td>some cell</td>
<td>some cell</td>
<td>some cell</td>
</tr>
</table>
}}
</source>

everything is fine. But if I add a additional attribute to the table, tr or td
tag, the page is not rendered properly, only showing "{{{1}}}" as content of
the div element defined in Template:Highlight.

<source lang="text">
{{Highlight|
<table class="wikitable">
<tr>
<td>some cell</td>
<td>some cell</td>
<td>some cell</td>
</tr><tr>
<td>some cell</td>
<td>some cell</td>
<td>some cell</td>
</tr>
</table>
}}
</source>

This shouldn't be the expected behaviour. So how can I add a table with some formatting (style and class attributes) in the template inclusion?

Any help is appreciated. [[User:René Schwarz|René Schwarz]] ([[User talk:René Schwarz|talk]]) 15:26, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

== <gallery> ==

I have noticed that the gallery-feature now is variable in wide? Will this feature be in mediawiki 17 or do i have to install something to use taht on my wiki? By the way i am working with 1.16.2. Thank you for your answeres. Best Regards. [[User:Mirko Marhenke|Mirko Marhenke]] ([[User talk:Mirko Marhenke|talk]]) 18:04, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

== Facebook I-like-Button ==

I would like to have an Facebook I-like-Button on each article page. Does this work? If so, what do i have to do without using the Extension:Facebook? Thank you for your anweres. Best Regards. [[User:Mirko Marhenke|Mirko Marhenke]] ([[User talk:Mirko Marhenke|talk]]) 18:06, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

== Using the VOKI widget ==

Hey everyone!I'm trying to use the VOKI widget on my wiki,but it's not working =/
I used the code avaliable at this page http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Voki
Can anyone suggest me a tutorial on how to do this?I've already enabled widgets,by putting the require once on the local settings and the widget floder on local extensions
Thanks for you hel,and if you want to contact me,send a email to synister.gts@gmail.com
Cheers [[Special:Contributions/189.42.237.130|189.42.237.130]] ([[User talk:189.42.237.130|talk]]) 14:55, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
:If your wiki is public, please provide a link to it so we can check. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 17:13, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
::i've managed to get it working,thanks xD
::I just had to create the Widget:voki page
::My problem now is: where do i get that id,to use my voki with the widget? [[Special:Contributions/189.42.237.130|189.42.237.130]] 11:05, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

== XML Feeds ==

How to get the Biography Info in XML feeds for Sonia Gandhi? [[User:Gaurav.gssolutions1|Gaurav.gssolutions1]] ([[User talk:Gaurav.gssolutions1|talk]]) 05:28, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Thread:Project:Support desk/Using the VOKI widget/reply (2)

2011-03-30T11:05:36Z

189.42.237.130: Reply to Using the VOKI widget

i've managed to get it working,thanks xD
I just had to create the Widget:voki page
My problem now is: where do i get that id,to use my voki with the widget?

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2011-03-29T17:45:19Z

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== Widgets: smarty error ==

i just installed Widget extension using SemanticBundle and installed Youtube widget. But it dont show up videos instead it give error like this.
Warning: Smarty error: unable to read resource: "wiki:YouTube" in /home2/uetblogs/public_html/wiki/extensions/Widgets/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1095
How can i get it worked?? :( [[User:Adilch|Adilch]] 21:42, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

== How do i see the ID to use on my applications? ==

Hey guys!
I applied some widgets to my mediawiki,and i'm trying to use some resources made by me with them
For example,i'm using the Voki widget(http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Voki).The code goes like this
{{#widget:Voki|id=74c74db2e8026a0fc7b161cc29f5742d%26sc=2370055}}
I've made me on Voki,avaliable here http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3638109&height=267&width=200
So,where do i get that ID,to use it with my widget?
I'm having the same problem wit the Google Docs Widget too =/
Can anyone help me,please?
If you want to contact me,please send an email to '''tatsuya.naru@gmail.com''' [[Special:Contributions/189.42.237.130|189.42.237.130]] 17:45, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Thread:Extension talk:Widgets/How do i see the ID to use on my applications?

2011-03-29T17:45:19Z

189.42.237.130: New thread: How do i see the ID to use on my applications?

Hey guys!
I applied some widgets to my mediawiki,and i'm trying to use some resources made by me with them
For example,i'm using the Voki widget(http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Voki).The code goes like this
{{#widget:Voki|id=74c74db2e8026a0fc7b161cc29f5742d%26sc=2370055}}
I've made me on Voki,avaliable here http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3638109&height=267&width=200
So,where do i get that ID,to use it with my widget?
I'm having the same problem wit the Google Docs Widget too =/
Can anyone help me,please?
If you want to contact me,please send an email to '''tatsuya.naru@gmail.com'''

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2011-03-29T14:55:23Z

189.42.237.130 (talk) commented on "Using the VOKI widget" (Hey everyone!I'm trying to use the VOKI widget on my wiki,but it's not working =/ I used the code avaliable at this page http://www.media...)

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2011-03-29T14:55:23Z

189.42.237.130: New thread: Using the VOKI widget

Hey everyone!I'm trying to use the VOKI widget on my wiki,but it's not working =/
I used the code avaliable at this page http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Voki
Can anyone suggest me a tutorial on how to do this?I've already enabled widgets,by putting the require once on the local settings and the widget floder on local extensions
Thanks for you hel,and if you want to contact me,send a email to synister.gts@gmail.com
Cheers

Topic:Pu06letuz7jaei9w

2011-02-24T14:44:19Z

189.42.237.130 (talk) edited a post on "Problems with $wgGroupPermissions"

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== column width in tables ==

I can't find any mention of how to increase the width of a column so that the words I have in a table do not wrap to the next line.

Would someone please tell me, and better yet...add it to the help section for tables on what the syntax is for either not word wrapping within a cell or increasing the width of the column?

Thank you! [[Special:Contributions/98.189.165.213|98.189.165.213]] ([[User talk:98.189.165.213|talk]]) 01:21, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
:Use HTML coding. I use tables all the time. Example from one of my tables:
:{| border="1" cellpadding="20" width="100%"
:| bgcolor="#336699" | חבשׁ
:|-
:|
:By using the width="##%" option or even if you want a set a spesific size, width="##px".
:|}
:Hope it helps! [[Special:Contributions/196.28.28.83|Daniel Rossouw]] 13:15, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

== Moving a Database ==

I do not have shell access to my host, so the help info on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki does not seem to help me at all.

Using phpMyAdmin, I exported by Database, and on the new host I used phpMyAdmin to import the database. It seems to have imported most, if not all, of the pages. But none of the data is there. When looking at the table size, they are pretty dang close to identical.

Unfortunately, I can't get the site to even pull up on the old host to see what should be there. Issues like that are one reason I am moving to a new host. But the new hosts has pages, just no content. Am I missing something? I've tried every way I can imagine to export and import, and nothing seems to work. [[Special:Contributions/71.158.167.88|71.158.167.88]] ([[User talk:71.158.167.88|talk]]) 04:59, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

== Some CSS not working? ==

MediaWiki 1.16.0
PHP 5.2.15 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.1.53-log

I'm currently in the process of moving my wikia content over to an install of mediawiki that I just got set up. First thing I did was upload all of my templates and I'm having a bit of trouble getting the formatting of the infoboxes properly.

'''This is the code in the template:'''

<pre>{| class="infobox" style="font-size:89%; width:300px;"
|-
! class="color1" colspan="2" style="font-size:120%; padding:1em;" | {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan="2" style="padding:0.5em;" | [[{{{image|Image:Placeholder person.png}}}|{{{imagewidth|200}}}px]] ''{{{caption| }}}''
|-
! colspan="2" class="color1" | Organization
|-
| style="width:30%;" | '''Membership'''
| style="width:70%;" | {{{Marked, Half-Breed, Daemos, Mixed, etc.?|}}}
|-
| '''Leader'''
| {{{leader|}}}
|-
| '''Alignment'''
| {{{good, evil, neutral?|}}}
|-
| '''Resources'''
| {{{poor, moderate, wealthy?|}}}
|-
| '''Regional Influence'''
| {{{regional influence|}}}
|}

<noinclude>[[Category:Templates for Marked Wiki Articles]]</noinclude>
</pre>

'''And this is the code that I added to MediaWiki:Common.css'''

<pre>/* CSS placed here will be applied to all skins */

.infobox {
background-color: #DFDFDF;
border: 1px solid #D9D9D9;
clear: right;
color: #3A3A3A;
float: right;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
margin-left: 1em;
padding: 0.2em;
}

.color1 {
background-color: #1B5775;
color: white;
}
</pre>

.color1 renders just fine. However, .infobox doesn't seem to be working and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm using the default Monobook skin with no edits. [[User:Ranimara|Ranimara]] ([[User talk:Ranimara|talk]]) 19:00, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

== Short URLs for other namespaces ==

ok i have a wiki i use to write and store all of my stories, poems and other texts what i want if possible is

the ability to have all the namespaces have there own short url for example

http://www.example.com/index.php/Poem:MyPoem --> http://www.example.com/poems/MyPoem 
http://www.example.com/index.php/MyStory --> http://www.example.com/stories/MyStory 
http://www.example.com/index.php/Author:AuthorName --> http://www.example.com/author/AuthorName 

anyway you get the idea the special pages don't need to have this ability. i don't know if this would require the complete rewrite of mediaWiki to implement or not.
My Technical Info
*MediaWiki - 1.15.4
*PHP - 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.5 (apache2handler)
*MySQL - 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5 [[Special:Contributions/65.100.204.74|65.100.204.74]] ([[User talk:65.100.204.74|talk]]) 09:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
:I suppose the "rewrite" or "alias" features in Apache are able to convert any "incoming" URL into whatever the application expects. The short or pretty URL feature works this way too.
:Step two is concerning the way that Mediawiki renders internal links like <nowiki>[[Author:Hemingway]]</nowiki> into HTML hyperlinks --> <code><nowiki>http://www.server.com/wiki/index.php?title=Author:Hemingway</nowiki></code>. Or, in your case, --> <code><nowiki>http://www.example.com/Author/Hemingway</nowiki></code>.
:Mediawiki has hooks that are called in that part of the rendering process for you to plug an extension into, so you can munge the URLs as needed.
:Does that help? [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 09:13, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
::Yes that makes sense; but where would this hooks be is there a manual for them? i can write php, i am just not familiar with mediawiki's APIs [[Special:Contributions/65.100.204.74|65.100.204.74]] 00:10, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
:::docs/hooks.txt -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 20:12, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

== Versioning of groups of articles ==

Versioning of groups of articles

We are starting to use MediaWiki for our user guide of our software. Our software is release twice a year but our documentation which was based on MS Word was most times out of sync.

By using MediaWiki we hope to get our documentation in sync by release our new version.

In this case our MediaWiki always shows the latest version. But most of our customers are using older software. The information is still available in the Wiki. Using the historian and clicking on a older article give the needed information.

Is it possible to do this automatically (by implementing a extension). What I have in mind is that I (as admin) can define that for example version 1.2.3 is released on 12-11-2010. And that a customer can parameterise that he wants the information belonging to that version. The media wiki only shows the newest article before the release date.

Any other solution to connect article versions to a software release will help.

Is there something which can help me? [[Special:Contributions/194.229.234.2|194.229.234.2]] ([[User talk:194.229.234.2|talk]]) 15:07, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

== categoria ==

estoy creando una wiki en base a mediawiki 1.15.2 con php 5.3.2
mi pregunta es la siguente:

Al crear una categoria atraves de SIDEBAR.¿ puedo asignar un administrador unico a esta categoria?.existe otra forma de crear una pagina para que pueda ser administrada por una usuario unico.-

porfavor necesito ayuda respecto a esto. [[Special:Contributions/200.72.40.99|200.72.40.99]] ([[User talk:200.72.40.99|talk]]) 15:48, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
:You can use 'Namespace Protection' to restrict creation & editing of pages on a per-namespace basis. Applies to category pages too, but probably you cannot prevent people from writing <nowiki>[[category:foobar]]</nowiki> into the pages they edit (assuming they have the right to edit). [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 21:31, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

== How to disable wikisyntax-based parsing of CSS/JS pages? ==

Hi! I'm using MediaWiki 1.16.1, PHP Version 5.2.14, MySQL 5.1.49-community server. My question is about why are CSS and especially JS pages (usually stored at MediaWiki namespace) by default previewed and rendered as common wikitext? Currently if I want to properly write down some code containing double square brackets or four tildes (for example) I have to escape the whole page with some like // <nоwiki>. Maybe somebody knows how to edit certain pages in a raw mode or so. Please give me advice. [[User:Bandar Lego|Bandar Lego]] ([[User talk:Bandar Lego|talk]]) 17:49, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
:You don't really have to worry about <nowiki>[[</nowiki>. Well its displayed as a link, it should not be a link when used as JS (unless you're using pipe trick). <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> is the only really annoying one. You can do things like '~~' + '~~' if you don't want to use nowiki.
:If you install the [[Extension:SyntaxHighlight GeSHi]] extension, such pages will display as code instead of wikitext when viewing them (for example like [[mediawiki:Common.js]]). However this doesn't stop issues with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 19:56, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
::''If you install the Extension:SyntaxHighlight GeSHi extension...'' — already done, but I want to see geshi-highlighted syntax not only on saved page, but on preview as well. Strange, but preview of userJS subpages works more smartly than preview of critical system messages in MW namespace. And also it's strange to see some things like [[:Category:$1]] in [[Special:WantedCategories]] and [[User:Cool Javascripter]] (whose name is credited in JS pages) in [[Special:MostLinkedPages]]. That why I'm here. But thank you for your response anyway. [[User:Bandar Lego|Bandar Lego]] 21:19, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Yeah, that is the downside of using mediawiki pages to store js. There's really no way around that that i am aware of. [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 17:37, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

== (RESOLVED) LiquidThreads takes hold of '''all''' talk pages but shouldn't ==

I have installed LiquidThreads 1.2 into MW 1.15.3. I have applied the patches that are explained on the LQT talk page, plus one more fix so Special:Recentchanges doesn't crash, and it works ... too good, kind of.

Symptom: Liquid Threads is active on each and every talk page in my wiki, and the magic word #useliquidthreads is not registered on Special:Version, and it does not work anyway (it's just displayed as is).

What's wrong? [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] ([[User talk:BRFR|talk]]) 21:27, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
:AS this page is based on LiquidThreads I had hoped somebody would have an answer. [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 17:37, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
::I'm fairly certain that this is only possible on the 1.17 LQT on an at least 1.16 wiki. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 20:12, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
:::pity but thanks anyway [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 09:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

== Confirmation Email and Special:Emailuser not working ==

'''URL:''' http://tolkiengateway.net

'''MediaWiki version:''' 1.15.4 
'''PHP version:''' 5.3.2-1ubuntu4 (apache2handler) 
'''MySQL version:''' 5.1.41-3ubuntu12

Both Special:Emailuser and user registration confirmation emails are not working; the error "''Mail object returned error: mailer error''" is always returned. We've looked all over to try to figure out what's causing the problem but can't figure it out - does anyone have any bright ideas?

Thanks, [[Special:Contributions/81.159.87.234|81.159.87.234]] ([[User talk:81.159.87.234|talk]]) 02:49, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

== Parser Functions ==

I just installed MediaWiki at my site, and apparently I need Parser Functions installed. Here's an example page.

http://immortal-thor.com/wiki/index.php/Journey_Into_Mystery_Vol_1_84

And this doesn't appear to exist

http://immortal-thor.com/wiki/Special:Version

I'm not very technical minded so I could really use some help on getting my Wiki up and running so I can use templates and such. I've read through the FAQ but I'm not really understanding what I'm supposed to do. Exaclty HOW do I install Parser Functions (and anything else I appear to be missing)?

Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] ([[User talk:76.186.48.102|talk]]) 10:44, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
:[[Extension:ParserFunctions#Installation|Have you tried reading the documentation?]] [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 10:47, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
::Yes I have, that's what I was saying, I'm not understanding it. I HAVE not Special Version page, and I can't find an extensions folder. [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 00:12, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
:::You would have a Special:Version page, if your wiki was currently capable of displaying any pages. It's not though, likely due to some PHP error. It's not clear what the error is though, so please follow the instructions at [[Manual:Errors_and_symptoms#You_see_a_Blank_Page]].
:::You'll need to add some code to LocalSettings.php. Do you know where LocalSettings.php is?
:::Once error reporting is enabled, you can copy and paste the error message here so we can look at it. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 00:35, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Thanks. Here's what it's saying.
::::Warning: require_once(/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/LocalSettings.php on line 133
::::Warning: require_once(/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/LocalSettings.php on line 133
::::Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php' (include_path='/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki:/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/includes:/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/languages:.') in /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/LocalSettings.php on line 133 [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 01:51, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::Okay, did you download ParserFunctions? If not, make sure you do so, because you can't install it until you have it.
:::::<nowiki>{{WikimediaDownload|ParserFunctions}}</nowiki>
:::::Either download and extract the tarball into your extensions directory, or checkout the Subversion repo into the extensions directory. Your extensions directory is /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 03:35, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::Okay, I think I've got all that done, but now it's giving me this error.
::::::Magic word 'if' not found
::::::Backtrace:
::::::#0 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MagicWord.php(239): Language->getMagic(Object(MagicWord))
::::::#1 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MagicWord.php(192): MagicWord->load('if')
::::::#2 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/parser/Parser.php(4098): MagicWord::get('if')
::::::#3 /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php(73): Parser->setFunctionHook('if', Array, 2)
::::::#4 [internal function]: ParserFunctions_HookStub->registerParser(Object(Parser))
::::::#5 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Hooks.php(117): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
::::::#6 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/parser/Parser.php(178): wfRunHooks('ParserFirstCall...', Array)
::::::#7 [internal function]: Parser->firstCallInit()
::::::#8 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/StubObject.php(58): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
::::::#9 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/StubObject.php(76): StubObject->_call('firstCallInit', Array)
::::::#10 [internal function]: StubObject->__call('firstCallInit', Array)
::::::#11 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MessageCache.php(659): StubObject->firstCallInit()
::::::#12 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(585): MessageCache->transform('$1 - <nowiki>{{</nowiki>SITENAME...')
::::::#13 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(548): wfMsgGetKey('pagetitle', true, false, true)
::::::#14 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(454): wfMsgReal('pagetitle', Array, true)
::::::#15 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/OutputPage.php(324): wfMsg('pagetitle', 'Editing Journey...')
::::::#16 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(1094): OutputPage->setPageTitle('Editing Journey...')
::::::#17 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(1130): EditPage->setHeaders()
::::::#18 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(473): EditPage->showEditForm()
::::::#19 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(346): EditPage->edit()
::::::#20 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Wiki.php(505): EditPage->submit()
::::::#21 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Wiki.php(63): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(Article), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
::::::#22 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/index.php(114): MediaWiki->initialize(Object(Title), Object(Article), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
::::::#23 {main}
::::::Any idea? [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 17:36, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::Now, it's giving me this error.
::::::Magic word 'if' not found
::::::Backtrace:
::::::#0 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MagicWord.php(239): Language->getMagic(Object(MagicWord))
::::::#1 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MagicWord.php(192): MagicWord->load('if')
::::::#2 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/parser/Parser.php(4098): MagicWord::get('if')
::::::#3 /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php(73): Parser->setFunctionHook('if', Array, 2)
::::::#4 [internal function]: ParserFunctions_HookStub->registerParser(Object(Parser))
::::::#5 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Hooks.php(117): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
::::::#6 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/parser/Parser.php(178): wfRunHooks('ParserFirstCall...', Array)
::::::#7 [internal function]: Parser->firstCallInit()
::::::#8 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/StubObject.php(58): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
::::::#9 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/StubObject.php(76): StubObject->_call('firstCallInit', Array)
::::::#10 [internal function]: StubObject->__call('firstCallInit', Array)
::::::#11 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MessageCache.php(659): StubObject->firstCallInit()
::::::#12 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(585): MessageCache->transform('$1 - <nowiki>{{</nowiki>SITENAME...')
::::::#13 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(548): wfMsgGetKey('pagetitle', true, false, true)
::::::#14 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(454): wfMsgReal('pagetitle', Array, true)
::::::#15 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/OutputPage.php(324): wfMsg('pagetitle', 'Editing Journey...')
::::::#16 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(1094): OutputPage->setPageTitle('Editing Journey...')
::::::#17 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(1130): EditPage->setHeaders()
::::::#18 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(473): EditPage->showEditForm()
::::::#19 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(346): EditPage->edit()
::::::#20 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Wiki.php(505): EditPage->submit()
::::::#21 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Wiki.php(63): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(Article), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
::::::#22 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/index.php(114): MediaWiki->initialize(Object(Title), Object(Article), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
::::::#23 {main} [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 17:37, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::You're using the wrong version. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 05:51, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Wrong version? Which version do I need? [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 06:07, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::The version that goes with the version of MediaWiki you're running (in this case, 1.14). [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/ParserFunctions/branches/REL1_14] —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 11:02, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::Awesome! That did it! Thank you so much for your help! [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 14:45, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

== Sidebar links on a new window. ==

Hi guys. I have a section on my wiki sidebar which is favorite links.
But when someone clicks on the hyperlink it takes them to it therefore closing my wiki.
I want to mantain the wiki active while they navigate through other pages so how can I set the "target" on the Sidebar?

I already used the $wg external links variable, it works with regular hyperlinks on articles not on the Sidebar.

Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/187.112.152.158|187.112.152.158]] ([[User talk:187.112.152.158|talk]]) 11:10, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
:As far as I know there is no built-in feature for this ... the developers' motto seems to be "let the user decide" ( --> use the right-click context menu ) [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 09:16, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

== input box ==

I have been working with mediawiki now for over two years. It's an amazing piece of software.

Yet, something that irritates the Santa Clause out of the chimney is the size of the input box. When creating a page, or editing one, it's a massive hassle to input/edit text due to the size of the box. And it seems to be something that can't be changed. I work with a 22" LCD and still it's not the breadth of the box, but the height that bothers me. There is ample space of the on screen available yet, the box only occupies a small percentage of it.

I need it bigger. Is that possible, and if is please, please let me know how?

Regards
Daniel [[Special:Contributions/196.28.28.83|196.28.28.83]] ([[User talk:196.28.28.83|talk]]) 13:08, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
:--> preferences --> editing [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 14:32, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

== List all pages of a namespace on a page ==

I'm looking for an extension or a template to list all pages within a give namespace on a page?

I used kwSiteMap, but it does not work with newer versions of MediaWiki due to changes in the database structure.

Does anybody have any hints how to solve my requirement? [[Special:Contributions/84.59.223.175|84.59.223.175]] ([[User talk:84.59.223.175|talk]]) 23:29, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
:Both [[Special:AllPages]] and [[Special:PrefixIndex]] can be transcluded like a template.
:Here's <nowiki>{{Special:AllPages/Manual:}}</nowiki>
:{{collapse top}}
:{{Special:AllPages/Manual:}}
:{{collapse bottom}}
:It's only the first page though. I'm not sure how you'd list the rest of the pages. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 00:48, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

== Changed website name, wiki converted back ==

Our website recently changed from .com to .org.
Now it looks like the wiki converted back to it's original state.
I have all the mysql data. So how can I get this info transferred over? [[Special:Contributions/96.227.1.184|96.227.1.184]] ([[User talk:96.227.1.184|talk]]) 04:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

== Control over Extension:CategoryTree displayed sort order ==

As I detailed [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:CategoryTree#Control_over_the_categorytree_display_order here], the items listed in the categorytree at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates&oldid=412297340 Category:WikiProject Geographical coordinates] are displayed in a mysterious order. I would like them to be displayed alphabetically. James3mg notes "I use <nowiki>{{DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT:Name}}</nowiki> on the subcategories to specify what name it should use to order by."[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:CategoryTree#Manually_Sort_Order] "Category:Articles with unknown geocoordinates" now displays on the bottom of the noted categorytree below . I tried using variations of <nowiki>{{DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT:Name}}</nowiki> at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category%3AArticles_with_unknown_geocoordinates&action=purge Category:Articles with unknown geocoordinates] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates_participants Category:WikiProject Geographical coordinates participants] to get at least the two of them to display alphabetically in the order, but DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT had no effect. There is some discussion about sort at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Category#Sort_order Help:Category], but that seems to be about something else. How can I get the items listed in the categorytree at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates&oldid=412297340 Category:WikiProject Geographical coordinates] to be displayed alphabetically? -- [[User:Uzma Gamal|Uzma Gamal]] 06:52, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
:Never mind. It appears that several of the categories used the pipe space <nowiki>[[Category:WikiProject Geographical coordinates| ]]</nowiki> that messed up the sort order. Mysterious order resolved.-- [[User:Uzma Gamal|Uzma Gamal]] 07:19, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

== Flagged Revisions updateStats.php time parameter? ==

Hi.

I solved all my other issues and have a number of extensions installed already.

Having problem with the time updateStats.php parameter step in Flagged Revisions installation.

I have Linux Fedora 6 operating system. Think the problem is with command line syntax, the way it's written in the installation instructions. Maybe this is supposed to be -time? because running it as default it tries to read time as part of the filename and it doesn't work.

Again I have:
MediaWiki 1.16.1
PHP 5.2.17 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.1.54 [[User:Dlen345|Dlen345]] ([[User talk:Dlen345|talk]]) 19:25, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
:Ignore.
:I solved this. [[User:Dlen345|Dlen345]] 20:33, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

== Page destriction to certain users or groups ==

[[User:Dabo~mediawikiwiki|Dabo~mediawikiwiki]] ([[User talk:Dabo~mediawikiwiki|talk]]) 10:04, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

== MediaWiki with one template for all pages ==

Hi, guys.

I search wiki-like engine for our internal corporative site. We need to have a lot of pages with possibility to edit and history view like a MediaWiki. But each page should describe different goods by one set of parameters. Employees may forgot some of mandatory parameters. Is it possible in in MediaWiki to create template of all pages with validation of mandating of sections?

For example: each page need to have following sections:
'''Name of good'''
''[text]''
'''Description'''
''[text]''
'''Properties'''
''[list of defined values]'' [[Special:Contributions/195.189.135.194|195.189.135.194]] ([[User talk:195.189.135.194|talk]]) 11:08, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

== (RESOLVED) Permissions and Extensions ==

I recently installed the "Configure" extension for MediaWiki but I'm not sure what the permissions are supposed to be. Currently most of the files are rw-r--r-- (0644); as a general rule am I supposed to change the default permissions for Extensions I install or accept the defaults? (assuming there's nothing specific in the Extension's manual) [[Special:Contributions/98.234.199.85|98.234.199.85]] ([[User talk:98.234.199.85|talk]]) 07:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
:The defaults are generally fine. If you can get things working without global read permissions, then that's a Good Thing, but if not, that's okay. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 09:26, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
::Got it, thanks! [[Special:Contributions/98.234.199.85|98.234.199.85]] 11:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

== Remove information about images ==

Each image that is posted on the wiki, clicking it will open a page of links to historical archives and files. I would remove the image link to the page with the picture information. If you click on an image nothing happens. How do I do that?

Thanks. [[User:Caraffini|Caraffini]] ([[User talk:Caraffini|talk]]) 14:05, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
:MediaWiki 1.15.1
:PHP 5.2.17 (apache2handler)
:MySQL 5.1.53 [[User:Caraffini|Caraffini]] 14:07, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
:Use the [[Help:Images#Altering_the_default_link_target|link= parameter]]. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 20:29, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

== Customize RSS Feed? ==

MediaWiki 1.16.0
PHP 5.2.15 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.1.53-log

I'm interested in getting a feed of recent changes from mediawiki and displaying it on my related forum. However, currently the feed shows the full text of the articles plus the differences. I'm more interested in just displaying the title of the article along with when it was last edited. Perhaps also the name of the person who edited. Is there any way for me to do this? [[User:Ranimara|Ranimara]] ([[User talk:Ranimara|talk]]) 17:50, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
:Setting [[Manual:$wgFeedDiffCutoff|$wgFeedDiffCutoff]] to a low value should work, I believe. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 20:18, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
::←← [[Special:Contributions/83.166.21.118|83.166.21.118]] 17:21, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
:::You may get an idea from (I am not much use with wikimedia)
:::http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Dynamic_Article_List
:::http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS_feed_for_recent_changes
:::http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Unmerged_Recent_Changes
:::http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2419917/embedding-recent-changes-on-main-page-on-mediawiki
:::<nowiki>{{Special:RecentChanges/10}}</nowiki> (This does work. I have used 'nowiki'
:::http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Recent_changes [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 09:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Problem mith the NUMBEROFARTICLES magicword ==

==Problem with a function==

Looks odd when I try this : <pre>Number of articles = {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
Number + 4 = {{#expr: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} + 4 }}</pre>

Number of articles = {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} (ok this one is working)

Number + 4 = {{#expr: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} + 4 }} this one isn't !!!

An idea about it ? Thanks, [http://desencyclopedie.wikia.com/wiki/Utilisateur:Meta_K_Pote Meta K Pote] [[Special:Contributions/92.142.141.161|92.142.141.161]] ([[User talk:92.142.141.161|talk]]) 19:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
:<nowiki>#expr</nowiki> won't accept punctuation, so you need to get rid of the comma. Try:
:<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>Number + 4 = {{#expr: {{formatnum:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}|R}} + 4 }}</pre> —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 21:21, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

== Controlling the size of text in the edit box ==

I do a lot of editing that includes adding very small diacritical symbols to letters.

Is there any way of greatly enlarging the size of text as it appears in the edit box (specifically), without affecting how any other text is viewed in one's browser? I couldn't find this in preferences. If anyone knows how that would be great! [[User:Dovi|Dovi]] 13:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
:I think you can use [[Manual:CSS|CSS]] to set the font properties of the edit box. The relevant id is #wpTextbox1. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 20:14, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

== Site with Wikitable stored in the german side of our Mediawiki should be shown in other languages too ==

Good day to you all.
i have a problem, using my
MediaWiki 1.12.0
PHP 5.2.16 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.0.51a-24+lenny4

i have stored a Wikitable with some Products on our german Wiki-site ( http://wiki.example.org/de/OS-Kompatibilitaet ) and i want to show this page even on other languages ( http://wiki.example.org/en/OS-compability ). The problem: I can not garantee, that other authors ( for Spain/Polland, RUS,...) make the same changes in the table, if somethings changes ( new product, change of OS-comp with newer driver and so on)... So i think about using a kind of "common" Table, where i only have to take care in one table and all language take this as reference.
We are actually using tamplates for some general Problems, that appear in different Products so we do not have to write it donw several times, but only in one template...
Wikipedia uses this called "Wiki-common" for Pictures but i can find no extention, that helps in this thing.... [[User:ChristianRiske|ChristianRiske]] ([[User talk:ChristianRiske|talk]]) 14:08, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
:There is a feature called [[Manual:$wgEnableScaryTranscluding|$wgEnableScaryTranscluding]], which enables creation of a "template-commons" -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 14:47, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

== Disenabling edit/contribution functions ==

I have acquired a great amount of encyclopaedic material, in text form (Word files of various sizes), which I want to put on the web to create an arts resource that would be of interest to collectors, historians, students of architecture, theatre-goers, people interested in the arts in general... It would be something like the Wikipedia format, where you can click on one word and it takes you to another page (running into their 100s).

I think for my structure a form of MediaWiki is best, and I can envisage it more by comparing it to existing Wiki sites. Having said that, I will be the only contributor (or at least everything will go through me), so it will not actually be a Wiki! Is it viable/possible to disenable the edit/contribution functions on an existing MediaWiki template? ''[I know this defeats the purpose of a Wiki, but I have looked at other CMS and, for a mini-encyclopaedia, the Wiki structure just seems best for me.]'' [[User:Sumarokov-Elston|Sumarokov-Elston]] ([[User talk:Sumarokov-Elston|talk]]) 10:24, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
:[[Manual:Restricting access]]. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 10:41, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

== Apache error log re host ==

MediaWiki 1.15.4
PHP 5.3.0 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.1.36-community-log

Hello
Could anyone help with the error below? Thank you.

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:31 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Starting thread to listen on port 80.

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:37 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:47 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:SpecialPages HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:47 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:49 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:BrokenRedirects HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Special:SpecialPages

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:34 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:42 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:Categories HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:43 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:44 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Category:Acts HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Special:Categories

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:10 2011] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:10 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:11 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Released the start mutex

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:12 2011] [notice] Child 7596: All worker threads have exited.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:12 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Child process is exiting

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:12 2011] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Apache/2.2.11 (Win32) PHP/5.3.0 configured -- resuming normal operations

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Server built: Dec 10 2008 00:10:06

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Parent: Created child process 6076

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Child process is running

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Acquired the start mutex.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Starting 64 worker threads.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Starting thread to listen on port 80.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:48 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 12:04:48 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 12:04:54 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

'''Host file'''
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] ([[User talk:Ron Barker|talk]]) 07:18, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

== I created page by mistake. Can I delete it ? Or rename? Or : what must I do ? ==

MediaWiki - I only try create first page,
URLs - see below, please.

Help me, please.

I created page "http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wt/nog/Main_Page" by mistake.
Later for correct this mistake I created page
"http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wt/nog/Main_Page".
However now I think that I must create
"http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wt/ngy/Main_Page" :-(
Can I delete wrong pages ? Or rename? Or : what must I do ?
I can't clear pages, because I am new user.
Can I do nothing (i.e. create 3-rd page Wt/ngy/Main_Page) ? [[Special:Contributions/212.192.138.81|212.192.138.81]] ([[User talk:212.192.138.81|talk]]) 13:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
:You need to be logged in as administrator to delete or rename (move) a page. Leave a message on the page explaining your mistake and the administrator will understand and delete the pages. [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 14:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
::Thank you very match. [[Special:Contributions/217.118.81.193|217.118.81.193]] 04:52, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

== Picture is not shown, if not logged in... ==

Hello together,

i asked some german editors but we didn´t found a solution.
i put a picture to an article: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjord_Cat
The picture was ok and one of the editors released it.

Every time you take a look to the article you can see the photo, IF you are LOGGED IN!
If you take a look to the article WITHOUT being logged in, you can´t see the picture!

Does anybody have an idea?

Thanks!
seifertb [[Special:Contributions/84.44.173.113|84.44.173.113]] ([[User talk:84.44.173.113|talk]]) 18:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
:German Wikipedia have Flagged Revs enabled. As a logged in user you are viewing by default the latest version, while as logged out you see the latest stable one. Test these links: [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fjord_Cat&stable=0 Latest] [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fjord_Cat&stable=1 Stable] [[User:Platonides|Platonides]] 19:01, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

== Searching on Company Wiki Using Chrome Gives Language String Failed to Load: Instantiate error ==

I'm maintaining an internal wiki at my company using MediaWiki software and when I try to use the search functionality using the Chrome browser, where it would normally tell me the things that I recently searched that began with the same few characters, instead it says Language String Failed to Load: Instantiate. Does anyone know what might be causing this or how to fix it? I also ran into the same issue when using one of the extensions for sending e-mails of pages, but I don't remember whether that was specifically with Chrome because I finally gave up. I would give a URL, but it's only accessible internally, sorry.

Thanks for the help,
Loren

MediaWiki 1.16.0
PHP 5.3.0 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.1.36-community-log [[Special:Contributions/24.180.6.82|24.180.6.82]] ([[User talk:24.180.6.82|talk]]) 23:41, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

== Background color of content [Vector Skin] ==

I have looked through inconceivable amounts of skinning related pages from Wikipedia, Wikia, MediaWiki, MetaWiki, etc. and found the information on skinning excruciatingly uninformative.

I am using the Vector skin with MediaWiki 1.18alpha, and managed to change a lot of the interface and color schemes by combining elements from customized Vector skin Wiki's. There is still a lot of the screen.css I don't understand however I've been able to re-skin the entire wiki bar two areas.

[http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/648/h4header.jpg] -> The area where '''Maintenance Reports''' is.
 
[http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6225/contentarea.jpg] -> The content box where the css is.

I have gone through everything inside screen.css to find these two areas, and I can't find anything relating to these two. [[User:AshleyJames|AshleyJames]] ([[User talk:AshleyJames|talk]]) 03:44, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

== Sidebar links ==

At MediaWiki:Sidebar, I can set it up so that people with a French interface see an item on the sidebar as the contents of MediaWiki:Foo-text/fr and people with an English interface see it as the contents of MediaWiki:Foo-text. However, everyone gets linked to to the contents of MediaWiki:Foo-url, even if they have a French interface and MediaWiki:Foo-url/fr exists. How to I make French people link to the right place? Thank you. [[Special:Contributions/142.244.236.9|142.244.236.9]] ([[User talk:142.244.236.9|talk]]) 04:01, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

== Navigation; Sidebar Multilevel ==

Hello
I try to make a multilevel navigation în the sidebar like on this side.
As example:
Drink
Softdrinks
Bier
Wein
Can someone give an example or help [[User:Selectron~mediawikiwiki|Selectron~mediawikiwiki]] ([[User talk:Selectron~mediawikiwiki|talk]]) 08:26, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

== wikipedia-ish version, restricting new registration ==

wiki version 1.16.2
php 6
mysql 5

hi,

how do i find a wikipedia-like version of a wiki?
see this page for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(food)
how do i create a table of contents?
how do i link references not directly to the reference site, but to the bottom of the page?

how can i restrict the registration of new users?
how can i disable creating/editing of not registrated users?

thanks for your help!
marc [[Special:Contributions/77.176.81.87|77.176.81.87]] ([[User talk:77.176.81.87|talk]]) 15:59, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
:*A table of contents is created automatically once there are a few headings, placed before the first heading. Or you can add <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki> in the spot where you want a table contents and it will be put there.
:*Footnote references are created with the [[Extension:Cite/Cite.php|Cite extension]]. Syntax is explained on that page.
:*To prevent account creation by unregistered users use: <syntaxhighlight lang="php">$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;</syntaxhighlight> Adminstrators will still be able to create accounts for users. [[Extension:ConfirmAccount|ConfirmAccount]] might also be useful if you want people to be able to request accounts.
:*To disable page creation for unregistered users use: <syntaxhighlight lang="php">$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false;</syntaxhighlight>
:*To disable editing for unregistered users use: <syntaxhighlight lang="php">$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;</syntaxhighlight> [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 16:37, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
::thanks a lot! [[Special:Contributions/77.176.81.87|77.176.81.87]] 17:29, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Add Custom Tab or Tabs to Vector Skin ==

I would like to add custom tabs (NOT REMOVE) to a few specific pages. I would like to be able to have these tabs only on certain pages, which i think i could live without if there is no way to filter which page they show on, but I cant seem to find an answer as to how to actually add a custom tab.

I want the tab to be next to the "Discussion", "Read", or "Edit" tabs/buttons...just in that area, not some new set of tabs internal to the page as that looks horrible and is not the functionality i am looking for. Please assist me if you could...using 1.6.

Oh yes, also, I attempted asking in IRC with no luck...will try again in a day or two...hopefully this thread will provide some answers before then... [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] ([[User talk:Oryulin|talk]]) 19:56, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
[[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 20:45, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
:MediaWiki 1.6 is no longer supported. Please upgrade to 1.16.
:Several methods (both server side / PHP and client side JavaScript) are available to add tabs.
:In JavaScript the code would be (eg. in {{blue|MediaWiki:Common.js}}):
:<source lang="javascript" enclose="div">
// Only do the following on the Project:Sandbox page.
if ( wgCanonicalNamespace == 'Project' && wgTitle == 'Sandbox' ) {
// Add a link to the actions menu to Special:Log for this page.
addPortletLink( 'p-cactions', wgArticlePath.replace( '$1', 'Special:Log?page=' + encodeURIComponent(wgPageName) ), 'Logs');
}
</source>
:If you save that to {{blue|MediaWiki:Common.js}} and visit {{blue|Project:Sandbox}} on your wiki (don't forget to clear cache), there will be a "Logs" link in the actions menu now.
:<code>addPortletLink</code> works like <code>addPortletLink( add where, link to, click text );</code>
:* 'p-cactions' is the actions menu (Move etc.)
:* 'p-tb' is the toolbox in the sidebar (What links here, Permanent link, etc.) [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 11:17, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::Done, but still facing issues:
::* Version of MediaWiki is 1.16
::* MediaWiki:Common.js - contains the code you have above (if statements with addPortletLink code)
::* Cleared cache and used other browser to ensure, visited Project:Sandbox and there was not any Logs link/action menu...
::Also was this code supposed to add a Tab or a Drop Down option? I don't see either one but i am trying to ensure i know where i am looking.
::If i can get this code working i can tailor the rest, just need an idea of the original working code. [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 16:42, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Check for example:
:::* http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Modern.js&oldid=384551
:::* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Sandbox?useskin=modern&redirect=no
:::I did it in "Modern" to avoid sending it to everybody on mw.org
:::Up there is 'Logs' [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 17:38, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Yes I have the exact same thing in my MediaWiki:Common.js
::::I also added it to the same exact page you did for modern and switch to modern and still nothing, what could be conflicting causing it to not work? [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 18:16, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::Also tried taking out the "if" statement to see if it would add to all pages, and nothing as well. [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 18:23, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::Well, as you can see it works here so the problem isn't in the code.
::::::Unless you link to the site or present an actual error message there isn't much we can do. [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 20:15, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::I thought there were several methods? Not to sound rude, but I would really appreciate getting one of them to work, there is no error messages/anything. I know the Mediawiki:Common.js works as I have it loading collapsible tables and it works fine for me there...so I haven't any idea since it doesn't throw any errors, just doesn't show a Logs tab. [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 20:57, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Until we know what's causing it to not work, we can't be sure that any other method can work either. There should be some sort of error. Are you using [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebug (web development) Firebug] or a similar tool? That might be useful. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 21:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::Well I guess its a lost cause, I installed firebug, enabled all, dove through what i could looking around, doesnt report any errors...clueless. [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 22:32, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::Alright i used a Ubuntu VM and installed fresh apache/php/mysql/mediawiki. Attempted this code for vector on the MediaWiki:Common.js and/or MediaWiki:Vector.js, took away the if statements to allow it on all pages and kept the if statement to attemp Project:Sandbox page only...nothing is working. The only changes to the default Localsettings.php that i have made on the fresh installation was authority to add myself as other groups like administrator/ect. Still not seeing the tab anywhere. Also tested on MediaWiki:Modern.js and MediaWiki:Monobook.js and switched to those themes, once with no if statement and only the addportlet line and the other with the if statement and checking the Project:Sandbox page...I am definately at a loss, is there an extension that i need to have this work?
::::::::::So if a fresh installation doesn't work and an older installation doesn't work, what is missing to make this work? Firebug reports 0 errors, i can see where it loads the Modern.js/Vector.js/Common.js/ect, but it points to a line in the code that looks to be the addportlet portion and its just not working/accepting it properly. Ideas? Other routes? [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 18:58, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
[[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 14:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::Alright, i dont know why the code above didnt work, but i messed around a bit and managed to make it work a slightly different way:
:::::::::::Content of my MediaWiki:Common.js file:
:::::::::::<source lang="javascript" enclose="div">
function createTab() {
addPortletLink( 'p-cactions', wgArticlePath.replace( '$1', 'Special:Log' ), 'Logs');
}
addOnloadHook( createTab );
</source> [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 18:02, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

== site only visible to admins ==

hi,
how do i create a site, that is only visible for admins (e.g. guidelines, tips)?

is it possible to choose specific users who are permitted to see the content of a specific site (e.g. admins and a few users)?

thanks for your help! [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] ([[User talk:77.176.69.205|talk]]) 09:01, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== italic after ==

is it possible to continue writing italic ('') after automatically? (without '' again) [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] ([[User talk:77.176.69.205|talk]]) 10:16, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:that didn´t work as expected.
:is it possible to continue writing italic (' ') after <.br>
:automatically? (without ' ' again) [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 10:17, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:wiki version 1.16.2 php 6 mysql 5 [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 10:28, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::Yes there is. Inline styling only goes inline and is forced to end when the next block starts (such as <code><nowiki> </nowiki></code>).
::To give styling to multiple lines use Block styling.
::Code:
::<syntaxhighlight lang='text'><div style="font-style:italic">
Hi this text is italic, and this too.
This also.
</div>
</syntaxhighlight>
::Output:
::<div style="font-style:italic">
::Hi this text is italic, and this too.
::This also.
::</div> [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 11:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::thx! [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 11:12, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== table creation ==

how do i create and customize tables?

is there a help page i overlooked?

thanks! [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] ([[User talk:77.176.69.205|talk]]) 10:26, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:Check out [[Help:Tables]]. [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 11:18, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::d'oh... thx! [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 14:33, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== Migrating files from mediawiki to mediawiki ==

Hi,

both of our wikis:

MediaWiki 1.13.3 |
PHP 5.2.9 (apache2handler) |
MySQL 5.1.33

We can't update due to the extension EzMwLucene, which apparently needs 1.13 to work. (According to our admin)

Our problem:

We have wiki#1 with hundreds of pages and files/images and want to merge it with wiki#2, which also has hundreds of pages and files/images.

Migrating the pages won't be a problem, exporting/importing the pages should do the trick, but how can i migrate the files? I don't want to download/upload all of them manually.
I might be able to download the files found in the /images/(sub)folders, but where to place them in the /images/ subfolders in wiki#2?

Thanks in advance! [[Special:Contributions/148.188.17.56|148.188.17.56]] ([[User talk:148.188.17.56|talk]]) 10:54, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:[[Manual:ImportImages.php|importImages.php]]. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 12:24, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== is there a way around ? ==

why doesn´t [enter] create a new line? (is it possible to do that?)

is there a way around ing all the time? [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] ([[User talk:77.176.69.205|talk]]) 11:16, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:is there a way around <.br>ing all the time? [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 11:17, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::When you press the space bar once, it does not create a new line. However, pressing it twice will. [[User:Hazard-SJ| Hazard-SJ ]][[User talk:Hazard-SJ| ± ]] 23:54, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Space bar?
:::It's Enter/Return. That will create a new paragraph. It's not the same as a line break, but you should only be using line breaks rarely anyway. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 00:00, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Oops! Thanks for fixing that error. Enter. [[User:Hazard-SJ| Hazard-SJ ]][[User talk:Hazard-SJ| ± ]] 00:04, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Apache bus error on mediawiki sign in ==

Apologies if this is not a mediawiki problem, but it is only on mediawiki sign in thaty I am getting this.

Platform: Solaris 10 Generic_141414-01

Web Server: Apache httpd v 2.2.17 (prefork)

PHP: v5.3.5

PHP Configure command line:'./configure' '--with-apxs2=/usr/local/httpd-2.2.17/bin/apxs' '--with-openssl' '--with-zlib' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local' '--with-gdbm' '--with-db4' '--with-png-dir=/usr/local' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr/local' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr/local' '--with-t1lib' '--with-gettext' '--with-iconv' '--with-gd' '--enable-ftp' '--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql' '--with-readline' '--enable-soap'

Mediawiki: v1.16.2

MySQL: v5.1.46

When a user of our internal media wiki forgets their password and clocks on the 'email me my password' button, the username/passwor dcombo becomes unusuable. New registrations seem fine.

When a user tries to use the email password, then goto the login form, fill in the the form and clicks login they just get a blank page. This is because, under the hood, the apache child process has bus errored.

Example line from apache error log:
[Thu Feb 17 11:56:46 2011] [notice] child pid 4084 exit signal Bus error (10)

I am assuming this is a php problem, possibly because of any underlying library., but it is strange that it only happens on mediawiki sign in. [[User:Stimmins|Stimmins]] ([[User talk:Stimmins|talk]]) 12:48, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== Back Monobook-based skin for MediaWiki ==

Hello all,

I like the standard Monobook skin, but I just would like it to fit into my site's color scheme.

So, is a Black Monobook skin somewhere to be found, or are there guidelines somewhere to follow for making one ?

Thanks a lot in advance !

@+

Benoît 'Mutos' ROBIN
Hoshikaze 2250 Project [[Special:Contributions/193.57.67.241|193.57.67.241]] ([[User talk:193.57.67.241|talk]]) 13:03, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== I can not install mediawiki on a linux server ==

Dear all,
MediaWiki version that I'm trying to install: 1.13.0
PHP 5.3.2
MySQL 5.1.41
URL: NO, the server is in a restricted LAN

I'm trying to install the mediawiki version compatible with the UCSC genome browser: 1.13.0. After installing successfully mediaWiki suite, I received the announce "Installation successful!", I moved the config/LocalSettings.php file to the parent directory ( .. ) and deleted the config directory and changed LocalSettings.php permission to 600. Then, I clicked on "the follow this link to your wiki." and the result is nothing: a blanck web page (http://localhost/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) in the browser. I found this error on apache log error files in /var/log/apache2:

[Thu Feb 17 15:23:26 2011] [error] [client 10.201.97.165] PHP Warning: Parameter 2 to Parser::parse() expected to be a reference, value given in /var/www/mediawiki/includes/StubObject.php on line 58, referer: http://bioinfold/wiki/config/index.php
[Thu Feb 17 15:23:26 2011] [error] [client 10.201.97.165] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function getCacheTime() on a non-object in /var/www/mediawiki/includes/Article.php on line 3387, referer: http://bioinfold/wiki/config/index.php

I'm quite puzzled! Anyone has any idea? Any help will be very welcome!

Best regards,

Núria [[Special:Contributions/84.88.67.122|84.88.67.122]] ([[User talk:84.88.67.122|talk]]) 14:26, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:Is there a reason that you're using MediaWiki 1.13? That version is old and no longer supported. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 15:47, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::Yes, We need to have this version operating to be compatible with the our UCSC genome browser mirror. [[Special:Contributions/84.88.67.122|84.88.67.122]] 16:21, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== Making a global announcement banner... ==

Hi all,

I must not know the correct terms to use when doing a search for what I want, because I am sure that this topic has come up before. I apologise.

I would like to have, from time to time, site-wide announcement banners running across the top of all pages in my wiki...much like the way Wikipedia does it when it is soliciting donations. I don't need my banner to be as involved, simply some text and a link to other sites of interest that crop up from time to time.

How do I do this? Thanks in advance for any help. [[Special:Contributions/96.32.128.84|96.32.128.84]] ([[User talk:96.32.128.84|talk]]) 14:54, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:You can use the sitenotice to do that. See [[Manual:Interface/Sitenotice]]. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 15:45, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== writing vertical/upright possible? ==

i´d like to write vertical/upright in a row of a table.
(lots of colums, long words, so not much space to write horizontal)

is that possible? [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] ([[User talk:77.176.69.205|talk]]) 15:08, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:...already tried openoffice calc -> formatted one cell upright -> used Calc2WikiTable conversion makro, but no luck.
:is there any way of writing upright in a wiki table? [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 15:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== how to make MediaWiki load the MySQL my.cnf file so that SSL can be used to the MySQL database ==

MediaWiki 1.15.1 
PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7 (apache2handler) 
Database 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.9 

On 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 Linux.

I would like MediaWiki to use SSL between itself and the MySQL database.

I can get the regular `mysql` binary client to use SSL.

But when I add this GRANT to the wikiuser credentials:
GRANT USAGE on *.* TO 'wikiuser'@'localhost' REQUIRE SSL;

Browsing to any page will display this on the browser:
(Can't contact the database server: Access denied for user 'wikiuser'@'localhost' (using password: YES) (localhost))

I surmise that MediaWiki is not loading up the MySQL my.cnf configuration file
located under /etc/mysql/my.cnf.

This configuration file effectively has the settings to tell the
MySQL server and client, to use SSL and where the certificates and keys are.

So how does one tell MediaWiki, or the PHP running on its behalf, to load up /etc/mysql/my.cnf and use SSL? [[Special:Contributions/198.80.144.187|198.80.144.187]] ([[User talk:198.80.144.187|talk]]) 16:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:MediaWiki doesn't support SSL MySQL connections out of the box. If you need them desperately, you can hack <tt>includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php</tt> to add <tt>MYSQL_CLIENT_SSL</tt> as another parameter to mysql_connect() call (there's exactly one use of this function). I haven't checked it myself though. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 17:09, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::Wow! It works. 
::Thank you Max for that information. 
::On my installation, the file was: 
::<code> /usr/share/mediawiki/includes/db/Database.php</code>
::I changed this line from:
::<code> $this->mConn = mysql_connect( $realServer, $user, $password, true );</code>
::To:
::<code> $this->mConn = mysql_connect( $realServer, $user, $password, true, MYSQL_CLIENT_SSL );</code>
::and it works. 
::Evidently, that MYSQL_CLIENT_SSL constant is enough to tell the mysql.so
::that gets loaded to go load the /etc/mysql.my.cnf and do your thing. 
::If I put the old line back in, I get the same error. 
::I can't tell you how long I Googled for this solution. 
::Some links that refer to the above function calls: 
::http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php 
::http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysql.constants.php#mysql.client-flags [[User:Gmoore777|Gmoore777]] 17:40, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== I think it would be very helpful to hear from some of you ==

Regarding the issues raised here:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Pending_changes/Request_for_Comment_February_2011]. Thanks. [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] 22:30, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:Hmm. I am not logged in oh well. My opinion? PC is good, but we can't apply it to too many pages otherwise we might have 1000 reviewers trying to review 10000 revisions. --[[Special:Contributions/173.49.140.141|173.49.140.141]] 23:41, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== Logo? Problem ==

Greetings,

I have Media WIki 1.12.0, PHP 5.2.9, MySQL 5.0.83 loaded at www.bullshitcentral.org. I cannot change the Logo!! Have followed all instructions, and even replaced favicon.ico, but no luck. Any ideas? [[Special:Contributions/123.200.164.130|123.200.164.130]] ([[User talk:123.200.164.130|talk]]) 02:37, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:# So what do you really want to change, logo or favicon?
:# What instructions did you follow? [[Manual:$wgLogo|These]]? Even default post-installation logo says what exactly you should do.
:# MediaWiki 1.12 is obsolete and does not include latest security patches. UPGRADE. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 04:59, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks Max. Yes, the instructions you have listed is what I looked at. The reason I have used this version of Media Wiki, is that it was what was offered by my Host. I have checked many times, and there is no "Local Settings.php" in my installation. Is it possible to creat & upload this, or copy from another source? Additonally, how can the $wg Logog still appear when I have removed it? [[Special:Contributions/123.200.164.130|123.200.164.130]] 05:28, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Your host's version of MediaWiki might be patched. Ask their support where LocalSettings is located if you have problems finding it. As a side note, you would not have had this problem if you used MediaWiki from official tarball instead of hosted solution. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 05:42, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== DeleteBatch doesn't find pages with quote or with accents ==

Mediawiki 1.15.2
PHP 5.3.2
Mysql 5.0.7

I'm using the DeleteBatch script maintenance to delete a lot of pages. I created some text files with some titles to delete.
for example :

Today's_featured_article/fr/March_26,_2010

Today's_featured_article/fr/March_29,_2010

Bac_à_sable

When I run the maintenance script, I have a 'skipping nonexistent page' error message. I tried to change character encoding and put everything in UTF-8 but it doesn't change anything.
Any reason or it is a bug ? [[Special:Contributions/158.169.9.14|158.169.9.14]] ([[User talk:158.169.9.14|talk]]) 08:21, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:Just tried on 1.15 branch - works for me. Are you sure that you used UTF-8 and had no byte order marks? [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 15:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Converted to namespaces, now Wanted Pages showing pages that exist. ==

We use a wiki to keep track of information for our pen-and-paper-ish games, and today we converted a bunch of our older pages to namespaces so we could make room for the new stuff on some very similar names.

Some of those old pages, we had already been thinking ahead when we named them. In particular, we had one named "Red_Eyes:Emi", which just happened to conflict with one of the namespaces. So I moved it before creating the namespace, then moved it back afterwards.

The problem is, all of those pages that were conflicting at one point now show up in the "Wanted Pages" list. And I'm not sure why. It only seems to be counting some of the links to that page, as well. It will show "1 link" on the Wanted Pages list, but when you click on it, it will show two.

I'm thinking this is some caching thing since we already had some pages linking to the namespace-ish page, and then not touching those pages after converting it to a real namespace. Can anybody confirm/debunk this thought, and do you know of any solutions to the problem? I'm thinking editing those pages that didn't get edited should fix it, but I have no real way of telling which ones those are now.

Running Mediawiki 1.16.0, PHP 5.2.6-3ubuntu4.6 (apache2handler), and MySQL 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.5.

I'd link to the wiki in question, but there is some somewhat insecure things linked from it that I'd rather not have spread about too much. [[Special:Contributions/50.35.228.110|50.35.228.110]] ([[User talk:50.35.228.110|talk]]) 10:53, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:This should fix itself in time as the pagelinks table is updated, but if you run [[Manual:refreshLinks.php|refreshLinks.php]] you should be able to fix it immediately. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 14:02, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Admin (myself) user rights/FlaggedRevs screw up ==

Hi.

I unchecked the reviewer and bureaucrat boxes for myself under user permissions and now I can't get them back. It only lists me as an Editor in addition to the Admin.

I wanted to remove initially the automatic review of all my posts to test if only reviewed pages were showing up on the main screen. I rolled it back, but still can't get these basic rights as an admin owner of the sight.

BTW, I thought #$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['autoreview'] = false; would fix the autmotic 'basic' 'sighted' review tag for all my posts but it didnt. Any ideas? [[User:Dlen345|Dlen345]] ([[User talk:Dlen345|talk]]) 19:38, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:Never mind on group permissions. Figured it out.
:Still having problem with my entries being treated automatically as reviewed the moment they are entered. [[User:Dlen345|Dlen345]] 19:47, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:That line will have more effect if you remove the pound sign from the front of it. :) —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 21:28, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Unable to get past http 500.0 error - no details provided (even on server) ==

Win2k8 - IIS7 
NTLM Auth extension with Honza's SpecialUserLogin.php fix - [[Extension_talk:Windows_NTLM_LDAP_Auto_Auth]] 
MediaWiki 1.16.2 
PHP 5.2.17 (isapi) 
MySQL 5.5.9 
 
I am getting a 500 response, and have run out of ideas for troubleshooting. The problem only shows up when I enable my config for LDAP authentication, but my ldap_debug.log file show authentication completing successfully

$wgShowExceptionDetails = true; is set in LocalSettings.php [[User:Mread5|Mread5]] ([[User talk:Mread5|talk]]) 20:16, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:I created a new account with DOMAINNAME\username (while my ldap stuff was disabled), and then recreated it, and now it just continuously redirects me to the login page (which is not used / does nothing while my ldap extension is on)
:Again, if I authenticate (windows auth - NTLM) as any account which I have not explicity defined, I get http 500 response.
:So it appears that there are 2 problems:
:* Account auto creation with the NTLM extension is not working
:* Something isn't being recognized during login, and it keeps redirecting me to the login page [[User:Mread5|Mread5]] 20:56, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
::Solved:
::finally found where I can turn on PHP errors in the php.ini file, and was able to quickly find a small typo, that was causing the 500 error. [[User:Mread5|Mread5]] 22:16, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== subst: and safesubst: ? ==

I'm trying to copy infobox templates from Wikipedia to a personal mediawiki, but I've hit a snag with the subst: and safesubst: functions that i simply cannot wrap my head around.

The page I am looking at is [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Br separated entries Wikipedia:Template:Br separated entries]. I need this for formatting infobox tables, but when I copy it over to my mediawiki, all of the safesubst: tags get transcluded as Template:safesubst:. It is not a template, obviously. There's some reason for mediawiki reading it like this listed on Wikipedia's help page for subst and safesubst, but I just don't understand how it is supposed to work. I know that it's for transclusion-type scenarios where you want the transcluded info to be permanent instead of changing when the original transcluded material is edited, but when I look at the source code for Br separated entries, it looks as if the values following |safesubst: is blank? I just want to be able to tell what it was that was being substituted on this template so I can try to fix it on my mediawiki installment.

Can someone who understands substitution spell this out for me? The help page said something about having to replace safesubst: with just subst:, but none of the listed methods for doing so were working. I'm having a really hard time with this. Thanks in advance. [[Special:Contributions/66.169.138.79|66.169.138.79]] ([[User talk:66.169.138.79|talk]]) 02:17, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:I ran into this problem as well. It seems that you need to change any occurrence of the text {{{|safesubst:}}} with just "subst:" (without the quotes). [[Special:Contributions/76.105.243.119|76.105.243.119]] 04:34, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

== Common.css ~ Where is it? ==

I guess I am dumber than a rock...I can't find the file common.css so I can do changes to it even though I have basically searched for a day and a half. Can someone please tell me where the file is located. I am using the current version 1.16.2 – 2011-02-01 and the Vector skin.

please email me with the info codi727@gmail.com

I appreciate any help you can give me.

Thanks

Codi [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] ([[User talk:Codi727|talk]]) 06:13, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:Edit the page MediaWiki:Common.css on your wiki. If you want to change only the CSS for the Vector skin, edit the page MediaWiki:Vector.css. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 06:19, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
::There again I have found no file by the name of Vector.css in addition to common.css. I'm very new at setting up a Wiki so maybe I'm missing something. You say "Edit the page MediaWiki:Common.css on your wiki" NOW I'M ASSUMING I DO THAT WITH A PHP EDITOR NOT THROUGH THE "URL" [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 06:26, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:::No, I specifically chose the words "on your wiki" to tell you that you should be editing pages on your wiki. '''Do not edit any external files.''' Type MediaWiki:Common.css in your wiki's search box. It will bring you to that page. Click the edit button and add whatever you need to. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 14:40, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Thanks for you clearer comeback....it really helped me greatly. Your assistance will always be appreciated by me.
::::Codi727 [[Special:Contributions/75.95.141.2|75.95.141.2]] 03:21, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

== help ==

When i go to login page, this error appears:

Fatal error: session_start() [<nowiki><a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a></nowiki>]: Failed to initialize storage module: files (path: ) in /home/ftp/***/***/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2860

What should i do? [[Special:Contributions/88.112.215.155|88.112.215.155]] ([[User talk:88.112.215.155|talk]]) 09:31, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:php: 5.3.5
:database: 5.0.51a-24+lenny5 06:50, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== Hilfe bei Installation auf Strato Server ==

Hallo, ich schreibe einfach mal in meiner Landessprache, hoffe das stellt kein allzugroßes Problem dar.

Ich versuche verzweifelt MediaWiki auf meinem Webspace (Link: http://fleischer-wiki.herr-fuchs.de ) von Strato zu installieren. http://fleischer-wiki.herr-fuchs.de
Datenbank ist eingerichtet. Installation läuft auch, allerdings mit folgender Meldung:

...have ipb_id field in ipblocks table.
...have ipb_expiry field in ipblocks table.
...already have interwiki table

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /mnt/web4/23/64/51609864/htdocs/herr-fuchs/fleischerwiki/includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php on line 264

Warning: mysql_num_fields(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /mnt/web4/23/64/51609864/htdocs/herr-fuchs/fleischerwiki/includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php on line 264

Fatal error: Call to a member function isMultipleKey() on a non-object in /mnt/web4/23/64/51609864/htdocs/herr-fuchs/fleischerwiki/maintenance/updaters.inc on line 329

Ich wäre euch für eine schnelle Hilfe dankbar.

Gruß Dave [[Special:Contributions/88.65.253.215|88.65.253.215]] ([[User talk:88.65.253.215|talk]]) 12:20, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:You should really include system information if you want "schnelle Hilfe". From your link I conclude that you have MediaWiki 1.16 and PHP 5.2, but what else do you use, which version of MySQL? Next, are you installing into a new database, or existing one? Or you're trying to upgrade an existing installation using the install script? [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 13:10, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

== Please set up the wiki first. ==

Hello.

When i press on the '''"Set up the wiki"''' then I come to my webhost's direct admin.

I tried to goto the /config/index.php but I still come to my webhost (domain.us:2222/

Any solutions ? [[Special:Contributions/80.213.70.8|80.213.70.8]] ([[User talk:80.213.70.8|talk]]) 18:06, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:Rename <tt>config/</tt> directory so some other title, e.g. <tt>mwconfig/</tt>. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 19:11, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
::Thx. Works now [[Special:Contributions/80.213.70.8|80.213.70.8]] 23:36, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

== error when uploading images ==

I have installed the wiki and yesterday night I uploaded about 10 pages just fine. Tonight when I wet to upload more images I get the following error

can not create directory "public/archive/5/58"

I am stumped as I though the images went into the folder called images. I did not make any changes to the software. The only thing I did do what to make a subdomain to use knowledgebase.pclinuxoshelp.com

Here is a list of the software that is loaded.

MediaWiki 1.16.2
PHP 5.3.3 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.1.42

Can anyone please point me in the right direction??

Thanks in advance. [[Special:Contributions/66.112.77.218|66.112.77.218]] ([[User talk:66.112.77.218|talk]]) 11:14, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
:I figured out the issue. Seems somehow the user and group of the directory was changed. [[Special:Contributions/66.112.77.218|66.112.77.218]] 11:20, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

== Infobox not working ==

I'm trying to copy an infobox template from Wikipedia to a personal mediawiki, but when I preview it, all I see is the code I entered.
So there has to be something that I have to enter elsewhere to actuate the infobox code. I'm not knowledgeable in Wiki, but I am highly trainable and I greatly appreciate any assistance you can give me to get this up and running properly.

Here is the code I entered on my page:
<pre><nowiki>{{italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = ''Enchytraeus buchholzi''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Annelida]]
| classis = [[Clitellata]]
| subclassis = [[Oligochaeta]]
| ordo = [[Haplotaxida]]
| familia = [[Megascolecidae]]
| genus = ''[[Enchytraeus]]''
| species = '''''E. buchholzi'''''
| binomial = ''Enchytraeus buchholzi''
| binomial_authority = Vejdovský, 1879  <ref>{{cite web |author=T. Timm, & C. Erséus |year=2009 |title=''Enchytraeus buchholzi'' Vejdovský, 1879 |publisher=[[World Register of Marine Species]] |url=http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137403 |accessdate=April 22, 2010}}</ref>
}}</nowiki>
</pre>

== box ==

##{{Infobox website
##| name = Open Directory Project
##| screenshot = [[File:lettuce.gif|250px]]
##| url = [http://www.dmoz.org/ dmoz.org]
##| commercial = No
##| type = [[Web directory]]
##| registration = Optional
##| owner = [[Netscape]] ([[AOL]])
##| author = [[Netscape]]
##| launch date = June 5, 1998
##| content license = [[Open Directory License]]
##}}

And here is what shows up when the page is saved:

Template:Infobox website

Thanks

Codi727 [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] ([[User talk:Codi727|talk]]) 03:49, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:Is it a redlink? If so, that means the template does not exist on your wiki. You have to create it manually or import it from a project that has it. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 03:59, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::OK, I appreciate your response even though I don't completely understand it, it does gives me a little more to investigate such as creating a template or importing one. Do you happen to know of a place to import one from?
::Codi727 [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 04:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:Template [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_website en:Template:Infobox_website] (as example) based on [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox en:Template:Infobox] and [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox/row en:Template:Infobox/row]. Copy these three pages to your wiki. If there are red links to pages like "Template:<name>", then find those pages in the "source wiki" (from copying content), and copy them to her with the same name. See more in [[Help:Templates]] and [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template meta:Help:Template].--[[User:Kaganer|Kaganer]] 12:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::Even better, use [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export Special:Export] to export this template with all its dependencies. Ensure that destination wiki has [[Extension:ParserFunctions|ParserFunctions]] or these templates will not function properly. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 12:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:::OK, I've been hard at it all day and this is what I have to date on my wiki:-
:::I created the following Template:DIY as per instructions and place the following in it:-
:::##{{Infobox website
:::##|name = DIY Aquaponics
:::##|logo = [[File:diy_logo.png|48px|DIY logo]]
:::##|logocaption = DIY logo
:::##|collapsible = yes
:::##|caption = Detail of DIY Aquaponics.
:::##|url = [http://www.diyaquaponics.com/ www.diyaquaponics.com]
:::##|slogan = ''Feed the World''
:::##|commercial = No
:::##|type = [[Internet Aquaponic project]]
:::##|registration = Optional
:::##|language = English language
:::##|content license=[[GNU Free Documentation License]]
:::##|owner = [[DIY Aquaponics, Inc.]]
:::##|author = [[Chris O'Brian]]
:::##|launch date = {{Start date|2005|07|27}}
:::##|current status = Online
:::##}}
:::Then I created "Test Page" on my wiki and edited it placing the following in it DIY with double { brackets in front and double } brackets after it, and when I go there to see the results, this is what I get:-
:::Test 
:::Template:Infobox website (which shows up in red)
:::So what am I missing? Please take my hand and lead me through it...Please...I know I've missed something even though I have been reading the instructional pages all day. [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 21:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Please read [[Help:Templates]]. Of course Template:Infobox website shows up as red link since you haven't created this template. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 05:07, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::Hey Max Semenik,
:::::Sorry for being a dumb a** but as per instructions, I created the Template page as seen on the post above and also re-listed below.
:::::When I go to special pages on my wiki, and look under Templates I find DIY so it does exist. Also when I look at it, all it shows is
:::::Template:Infobox website 
:::::(which shows up in red)
:::::I put ## in front of each entry here on this listing so you could see what I entered thus that is why the numbers are showing up.
:::::Was I suppose to input something else into the Template:DIY other than what is listed below? I uploaded the ParserFunctions to my server in the extensions dir.
:::::Copied from previous post:
:::::I created the following Template:DIY as per instructions and placed the following in it:-
:::::<code> 1.</code>
:::::<code> 1. {{Infobox website</code>
:::::<code> 2. |name = DIY Aquaponics</code>
:::::<code> 3. |logo = DIY logo</code>
:::::<code> 4. |logocaption = DIY logo</code>
:::::<code> 5. |collapsible = yes</code>
:::::<code> 6. |caption = Detail of DIY Aquaponics.</code>
:::::<code> 7. |url = www.diyaquaponics.com</code>
:::::<code> 8. |slogan = Feed the World</code>
:::::<code> 9. |commercial = No</code>
:::::<code> 10. |type = Internet Aquaponic project</code>
:::::<code> 11. |registration = Optional</code>
:::::<code> 12. |language = English language</code>
:::::<code> 13. |content license = GNU Free Documentation License</code>
:::::<code> 14. |owner = DIY Aquaponics, Inc.</code>
:::::<code> 15. |author = Chris O'Brian</code>
:::::<code> 16. |launch date = Template:Start date</code>
:::::<code> 17. |current status = Online</code>
:::::<code> 18. }}</code>
:::::Then as I state in my post above, I created a page named "Test" on my wiki and edited it placing the following "DIY" in it surrounded front and back with <nowiki>{{ }}</nowiki> brackets, and when I go there to see the results, this is what I get:-
:::::Test 
:::::Template:Infobox website 
:::::(which still shows up in red)
:::::So where am I going wrong. I am using wiki 1.16 [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 16:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::Also while I am thinking about it, here is the link to my site
::::::http://wikiaquaponics.com
::::::And the template page is http://wikiaquaponics.com/index.php/Template:DIY
::::::and the test page is http://wikiaquaponics/index.php/Test [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 16:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::You need Template:Infobox website. The redlink means it doesn't exist. All you've done is moved the template call into another template; you still need the infobox templates that you're calling. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 17:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Sorry, I don't know your name but I do realize you are doing this vountarily so I want you to know that I do appreciate all your assistance. I know you probably help hundreds upon hundreds of people each day here, however since I apparently (as you can see) am completely shooting in the dark and don't understand your directions, perhaps you could take a little more time and explain how to do this correctly, maybe step by step. If you could, it would beat anything that I have been able to find on MediaWiki.
:::::::OK, so according to you, I'm missing something....
:::::::<code> Quote:- All you've done is moved the template call into another template;</code>
:::::::<code> you still need the infobox templates that you're calling.</code>
:::::::I am assuming you mean "DIY" is the template call which was placed in the page "Test" which is actually a page listed under Special Pages / All pages and is located at http://wikiaquaponics.com/index.php/Test
:::::::As for the Template, I did create it as stated above and it is located at http://wikiaquaponics.com/index.php/Template:DIY
:::::::So what other pages do I need to construct and where? [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 19:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::You have a call to Template:DIY, which exists. But Template:DIY has a call to Template:Infobox website, which doesn't exist. You still need that template.
::::::::Unfortunately, documentation of the export and import processes is pretty bad. You could just directly copy the source of [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox website wikipedia:Template:Infobox website] into your wiki, but that makes license compliance difficult. That's why I haven't suggested that method. It is possible to import into your wiki with full attribution, but it's not an easy process to explain.
::::::::Oh, and you also need install [[Extension:ParserFunctions]]. You said you downloaded it, but I can see that it's not installed yet. Make sure to follow the installation instructions on the page. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 21:21, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::I'm going to be honest with you, I have been working on this for 2 days and it's begining to make my head hurt :)
:::::::::<code> You have a call to Template:DIY, which exists.</code>
:::::::::<code> But Template:DIY has a call to Template:Infobox website, which doesn't exist. You still need that template</code>
:::::::::Using the information I provided in my post above how do I create the :-Template:Infobox website, which you say doesn't exist. You still need that template?
:::::::::So right now I have a Template page called DIY and a page which I thought was to call it called Test and you say I need another page? Please tell me how to construct it.
:::::::::And yes I have been all through the Export/Import pages and they no help and I also tried copying the wikipedia:Template:Infobox website page using the edit just to see if it would work to no avail.
:::::::::And I do have the Extension:ParserFunctions (as seen below but it says on the page Requirements) installed.
:::::::::<code> The ParserFunctions extension requires</code>
:::::::::<code> * MediaWiki 1.7.0 or above</code>
:::::::::<code> * PHP compiled with 'ctype' functions (almost always is included by default)</code>
:::::::::<code> in my LocalSettings.php along with some others:-</code>
:::::::::I am using 1.16
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" ); 
:::::::::$wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true; 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/SprintfDateCompat.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions_body.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctionsi18n.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctionsi18n.magic.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/importPagesIntoEndpoint.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/JosekiStore.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlExtension.alias.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlExtension.i8n.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlExtension.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlExtension_body.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlLinker.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlOutputFactory.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlOutputFormat.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlUtil.php" ); 
:::::::::$wgUseAjax = true; 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/CategoryTree/CategoryTree.php"); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/OpenSearchXml/OpenSearchXml.php" ); 
:::::::::So what now? [[Special:Contributions/75.95.141.2|75.95.141.2]] 23:17, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::Unfortunately, importing that template and making it work isn't an easy thing for me to explain. :/ I'm going to look at the rest of what you've got here.
::::::::::Remove the four lines after the $wgPFEnableStringFunctions line. You shouldn't be including those directly; ParserFunctions.php will take care care of that. The rest of this looks a bit odd. You have at least four extensions installed according to this, but none of them are showing on Special:Version. There should also be a Special:CategoryTree page, but there isn't.
::::::::::So these extensions aren't installed. Since you're using require_once statements, a missing file would result in your wiki not loading at all. So it seems that those statements aren't even being read in the first place. You're doing this in LocalSettings.php, right? [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 23:57, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::Yes that was my LocalSettings.php file but I have now edited it to the point that only the following extensions are there to hopefully get "Infobox" problem solved:-
:::::::::::<code> ## Extension dir</code>
:::::::::::<code> require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" );</code>
:::::::::::<code> $wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true;</code>
:::::::::::Should I remove the "require_once" for the above? [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 01:37, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::::So, Has everyone given up on me? I just installed Cite in the extension/Cite folder as per instructions and then ran Special:Version and it doesn't show up anywhere there as installed.? So, could there be a problem with require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" not working either and that is what is causing the Infobox to not show up? What could be keeping the installed extensions from working? Below is a list of what I have on bottom of the page of LocalSettings.php at this time.
::::::::::::<code> ## Extension dir</code>
::::::::::::<code> require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" );</code>
::::::::::::<code> $wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true;</code>
::::::::::::<code> require_once("$IP/extensions/Cite/Cite.php");</code>
::::::::::::Should the $IP be changed to my URL or is that OK? I know you guys are tired of me, but look at it as a challenge, besides I have two more Wiki sites to set up after I get this one perfected and actually know what I am doing. I promise I won't try to take your jobs, honest. [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 19:27, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::::OK, I have finally been able to call a Template page into a regular page but the Infobox still doesn't show up.
::::::::::::So I have re-read all the post above again for the um-teenth time and this statement popped out at me.
::::::::::::<code> You have a call to '''Template:DIY''', ''which exists''. But '''Template:DIY''' has a call to ''Template:Infobox website'',</code>
::::::::::::<code> '''which doesn't exist'''. '''''You still need that template.'''''</code>
::::::::::::So is this statement insunuating that I need a total of two Templates and one regular page to get a Infobox to work? Or have I completely gone off in left field again? [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 22:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::::You don't need the DIY template at all. Its contents can be transferred to the page that's currently calling it. You do need Infobox website and several other meta-templates. That's the tricky part, which I'm afraid I'm not very good at explaining. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 22:59, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::::::OK, so if you can't tell me, where do I find the documentation that gives me very explicit instructions on how to do this that I need to study to get this thing done? [[Special:Contributions/75.95.141.2|75.95.141.2]] 13:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::OK, I did finally stick my finger in the right hole apparently. Now when I run Special:Versions, all my extensions show up, however Infobox still not working?????? [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 20:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::Also mu URL is http://wikiaquaponics.com/index.php/Main_Page [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 17:33, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== "Website Deactivated" ==

We seem to be having a bit of bother over at [Paradoxian.org] . Any attempt to log in is met with

Website deactivated, please contact website administrator / Websider deaktivert, vennligst ta kontakt med websidenes administrator

I'm an admin over there, but I'm assuming the trouble has something to do with the actual Owner of the wiki, who I haven't been able to contact in a while. I can't even get past the annoying block on logging in, so I can't really get the version. Any advice? [[User:King Richard XI|King Richard XI]] 10:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:It is unrelated to MediaWiki, apparently the site is suspended by hosting provider. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 10:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::You wouldn't happen to know what I should do? Or is my best bet just to contact our SysAdmin? [[User:King Richard XI|King Richard XI]] 10:22, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

== Various install warnings, what effects will they have? ==

Below are the warnings I get when I start the installation script. However, I get the "Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki." message at the end. I know about safe mode to the extent that I can probably turn it off if needed. Can someone advise me on what issues these things might cause if not corrected, and how I might correct these things? Thank you.

# Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.

Warning: is_dir() [function.is-dir]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/lib/php/session) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/mergeemerge.org/httpdocs:/tmp) in /var/www/vhosts/mergeemerge.org/httpdocs/mewiki/config/Installer.php on line 474

# Warning: Your session.save_path value (/var/lib/php/session) appears to be invalid or is not writable. PHP needs to be able to save data to this location for correct session operation. [[Special:Contributions/70.232.74.57|70.232.74.57]] ([[User talk:70.232.74.57|talk]]) 15:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:Sessions might not work. If they don't, it'll become evident pretty quickly, and you can just add /var/lib/php/session to open_basedir. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 17:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::I added open_basedir = "/var/lib/php/session" to /etc/php.ini , restarted Apache and phpinfo showa that directory as a master value for open_basedir along with /var/www/vhosts/mergeemerge.org/httpdocs :/tmp as local values. But when I reloaded the install script, I get the same warning message. Any suggestions? This is a 1and1 virtual cloud server running plesk [[Special:Contributions/70.232.74.57|70.232.74.57]] 00:39, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== Code Font Size Small! ==

Hi there!

Firstly, I apologize in a advance as this is the first time I have started using MediaWiki and have only had 2 days to get to grips with it. This is probably a massively easy issue. Thank you for any help you can offer:

When I use:
<code><pre><code><pre></pre></code>

The font size comes up as pretty small unlike the code above which is a reasonable size.

This is how it appears on my site: http://medimonics.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

I tried using FireBug and various .css files but can't seem to get it.

Thanks in advance.

I am using the most recent version of Media Wiki (1.16.2) [[Special:Contributions/188.222.10.20|188.222.10.20]] ([[User talk:188.222.10.20|talk]]) 17:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:[[bugzilla:20706|Known issue]], fixed in upcoming 1.17. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 18:07, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::Ahhh...Interesting. Sorry, I tried searching for it, but couldn't find it. Thanks for letting me know nonetheless. [[Special:Contributions/188.222.10.20|188.222.10.20]] 18:18, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
I added the following to my Common.css to help with this problem.
<pre>/* Fix so <tt>, <code>, and <pre> display in a suitable size in firefox, chrome, etc */
tt, code, pre {
font-family: monospace, sans-serif;
}</pre> [[Special:Contributions/67.137.99.123|67.137.99.123]] 15:45, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

== Could not connect to host ==

Could not connect to host, used the host IP that I use to FTP my data. Please help! [[Special:Contributions/99.7.252.155|99.7.252.155]] ([[User talk:99.7.252.155|talk]]) 19:27, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

== mediawiki as the platform for a book translation site ==

Aloha,

I'm in the beginning phase of a non-profit project which aims to provide educational material (lit. books, texts) to an elementary school population throughout various pacific island regions (Marshall Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu so far).

We're using volunteer translators and need to create a site which allows one page of a text to be visible on one side of the screen and a blank space for the translated text to be entered on the other. A professor at my university suggested that media wiki might be appropriate for our purpose.

I'm trying to confirm that we could set up a system that allows users/translators to log in, see the english text, then translate it to the local language on the same screen. Unfortunately I know very little about mediawiki and coding in general so any answers/help anyone could give would be very much appreciated.

We already have people throughout the pacific islands excited about helping but need to provide a platform for them to do so.

Mahalo for your help. [[Special:Contributions/99.188.240.149|99.188.240.149]] ([[User talk:99.188.240.149|talk]]) 22:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Unable to Determine IP (IPv6) ==

Ok so I have this setup for hosting this wiki at home and am having trouble with it. It seems to install just find but after i move the LocalSettings.php file to the root it starts giving me an error when i try to access the web site.

Object Moved

This document may be found hereMediaWiki internal error.

Original exception: exception 'MWException' with message 'Unable to determine IP' in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\ProxyTools.php:115
Stack trace:
#0 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\User.php(1531): wfGetIP()
#1 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(478): User->getName()
#2 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(874): DatabaseBase->query('SELECT * FROM...', 'Job::pop')
#3 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(954): DatabaseBase->select('job', '*', 'job_id >= 0', 'Job::pop', Array, Array)
#4 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\JobQueue.php(107): DatabaseBase->selectRow('job', '*', 'job_id >= 0', 'Job::pop', Array)
#5 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Wiki.php(430): Job::pop()
#6 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Wiki.php(379): MediaWiki->doJobs()
#7 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\index.php(118): MediaWiki->finalCleanup(Array, Object(OutputPage))
#8 {main}

Exception caught inside exception handler: exception 'MWException' with message 'Unable to determine IP' in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\ProxyTools.php:115
Stack trace:
#0 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\User.php(1531): wfGetIP()
#1 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(478): User->getName()
#2 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(874): DatabaseBase->query('SELECT lc_valu...', 'LCStore_DB::get')
#3 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(954): DatabaseBase->select('l10n_cache', Array, Array, 'LCStore_DB::get', Array, Array)
#4 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(763): DatabaseBase->selectRow('l10n_cache', Array, Array, 'LCStore_DB::get')
#5 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(307): LCStore_DB->get('en', 'messages:intern...')
#6 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(225): LocalisationCache->loadSubitem('en', 'messages', 'internalerror')
#7 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\languages\Language.php(1480): LocalisationCache->getSubitem('en', 'messages', 'internalerror')
#8 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\MessageCache.php(532): Language->getMessage('internalerror')
#9 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\GlobalFunctions.php(742): MessageCache->get('internalerror', true, false)
#10 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\GlobalFunctions.php(707): wfMsgGetKey('internalerror', true, false, true)
#11 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\GlobalFunctions.php(613): wfMsgReal('internalerror', Array, true)
#12 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(119): wfMsg('internalerror')
#13 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(209): MWException->getPageTitle()
#14 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(172): MWException->htmlHeader()
#15 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(191): MWException->reportHTML()
#16 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(289): MWException->report()
#17 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(348): wfReportException(Object(MWException))
#18 [internal function]: wfExceptionHandler(Object(MWException))
#19 {main}

When i click the link "here" it takes me to "/index.php?title=Main_Page" which then gives me this error:

PQEWiki error

Unable to determine IP

Backtrace:

#0 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\User.php(1531): wfGetIP()
#1 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(478): User->getName()
#2 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(874): DatabaseBase->query('SELECT lc_valu...', 'LCStore_DB::get')
#3 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(954): DatabaseBase->select('l10n_cache', Array, Array, 'LCStore_DB::get', Array, Array)
#4 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(763): DatabaseBase->selectRow('l10n_cache', Array, Array, 'LCStore_DB::get')
#5 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(321): LCStore_DB->get('en', 'deps')
#6 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(350): LocalisationCache->isExpired('en')
#7 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(262): LocalisationCache->initLanguage('en')
#8 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(205): LocalisationCache->loadItem('en', 'defaultUserOpti...')
#9 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\languages\Language.php(458): LocalisationCache->getItem('en', 'defaultUserOpti...')
#10 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\User.php(1052): Language->getDefaultUserOptionOverrides()
#11 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\User.php(1974): User::getDefaultOptions()
#12 [internal function]: User->getOption('numberheadings')
#13 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\StubObject.php(58): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#14 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\StubObject.php(182): StubObject->_call('getOption', Array)
#15 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\parser\ParserOptions.php(150): StubUser->__call('getOption', Array)
#16 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\parser\ParserOptions.php(150): StubUser->getOption('numberheadings')
#17 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\parser\ParserOptions.php(109): ParserOptions->initialiseFromUser(Object(StubUser))
#18 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Article.php(4054): ParserOptions->__construct(Object(StubUser))
#19 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Article.php(745): Article->getParserOptions()
#20 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Wiki.php(493): Article->view()
#21 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Wiki.php(70): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(Article), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#22 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\index.php(117): MediaWiki->performRequestForTitle(Object(Title), Object(Article), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#23 {main}

I tracked it down to "/includes/ProxyTools.php" line #114

if( !$ip ) {
throw new MWException( "Unable to determine IP" );
}

If i comment that out it seems to work, but then i get another error when i try to log in

MediaWiki internal error.

Original exception: exception 'MWException' with message 'SkinTemplate::makeTalkUrlDetails given invalid pagename User:' in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php:682
Stack trace:
#0 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php(623): SkinTemplate->makeTalkUrlDetails('User:')
#1 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php(489): SkinTemplate->buildPersonalUrls()
#2 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\OutputPage.php(1615): SkinTemplate->outputPage(Object(OutputPage))
#3 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Wiki.php(376): OutputPage->output()
#4 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\index.php(118): MediaWiki->finalCleanup(Array, Object(OutputPage))
#5 {main}

Exception caught inside exception handler: exception 'MWException' with message 'SkinTemplate::makeTalkUrlDetails given invalid pagename User:' in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php:682
Stack trace:
#0 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php(623): SkinTemplate->makeTalkUrlDetails('User:')
#1 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php(489): SkinTemplate->buildPersonalUrls()
#2 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\OutputPage.php(1615): SkinTemplate->outputPage(Object(OutputPage))
#3 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(164): OutputPage->output()
#4 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(191): MWException->reportHTML()
#5 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(289): MWException->report()
#6 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(348): wfReportException(Object(MWException))
#7 [internal function]: wfExceptionHandler(Object(MWException))
#8 {main}

I have tried searching for about an hour now for a solution to the first error with no luck, the second error seems to be related to a cookie it put on the client, which it uses to track login sessions, although I have found no actual solution to either problem thus far. Can someone here help? [[User:Megamandos|Megamandos]] ([[User talk:Megamandos|talk]]) 01:17, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:Oh also, this might help. My network topology might be causing the proxy issue, although I cannot change it for technical and security reasons.
:<code> <Internet> ----- <Router with static IP> --(192.168.1.0/24)-- <Router to Private network> --(10.0.0.0/24)-- <Server></code>
:You will have to trust me that the port forwarding is done correctly, because the rest of the site works fine, including a wordpress front page and phpBB forums. [[User:Megamandos|Megamandos]] 01:22, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::What is your $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] and other IP-related stuff? Can you dump its contents from visiting a .php file containing <tt><?php phpinfo();</tt> in browser? [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 05:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Its an IPv6 private address.
:::<code> fe80::e4d2:7ee6:6aa:ce9d%11</code> [[Special:Contributions/72.81.131.11|72.81.131.11]] 11:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] fe80::e4d2:7ee6:6aa:ce9d%11
::::<code> _SERVER["REMOTE_HOST"] fe80::e4d2:7ee6:6aa:ce9d%11</code>
::::<code> _SERVER["REMOTE_PORT"] 52243</code>
::::<code> _SERVER["REMOTE_USER"] no value</code> [[Special:Contributions/72.81.131.11|72.81.131.11]] 11:44, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::if you aren't using ipv6 on that machine, you can just disable it and it works fine. That's all I did for my wiki running on win 2008. I doubt you are using ipv6, since that is just a link-local (non routable) address. Just remove it from the properties of the network connection.
:::::I think mediawiki is expecting the address in ipv4 format only [[User:Mread5|Mread5]] 20:19, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::Yes, pre-1.17 versions have problems with IPv6. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 06:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

== Uploaded image didn't appear ==

Hi,

I authorized the upload for my wiki by adding $wgEnableUploads = true; in LocalSettings.php.
The upload work perfectly, images are effectively uploaded but the chmod is set to 600. So when I want to add an image in a wiki page, the image didn't appear...
For the moment I change manually the chmod of the image in order to make them appear, which is exhausting !

Could you please tell me how to have automatically the correct chmod for my uploaded images ?

Thank you,

Fabian [[Special:Contributions/94.111.84.84|94.111.84.84]] ([[User talk:94.111.84.84|talk]]) 12:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== Flagged Revisions automatic review problem ==

Hi.

Sorry for the post. My wiki is working pretty much flawlessly (after 300+ hours put into setting it up).

I know this is a dumbazz question probably (but I've been up for 72 hours and it seems to be eluding me).

Is there a way for all my posts/edits as the site owner/admin/editor/reviewer not to be automatically considered reviewed?

I'm trying to have only reviewed articles on the main page with Dynamic Page List (not the third party one, but the Wikimedia one).

Basically when I go to Special:ReviewedPages any entry I make is in the list and it states next to it something like "(automatic) reviewed". I just want to turn that off, at least until I submit a high rating on an article like "concise", etc. (the highest default one). [[User:Al32162|Al32162]] ([[User talk:Al32162|talk]]) 17:29, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:Remove the autoreview right from those groups. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 17:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== missing special pages ==

Somehow, I am missing many special pages that I think were installed by default, but now I can't see.

In the footer, the "Privacy policy", "About XXXX", and "Disclaimers" pages all return a 404 page, as well as the Help:Editing page.

Is there some way I can get these back. I'm assuming that somehow, I blew these away during some of my troubleshooting of other problems earlier. At one point, I re-installed mySQL, because I had originally installed 64 bit, but needed 32bit, so that php would work correctly.

btw, my "special:XXX" pages appear to be working fine.

MediaWiki 1.16.2 (windows - IIS)
PHP 5.2.17 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.5.9 [[User:Mread5|Mread5]] ([[User talk:Mread5|talk]]) 20:10, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:None of those pages are included with MediaWiki. You have to create them yourself. The software doesn't know what your site is about, or what your privacy policy is, or anything like that; it just provides links to them.
:It also doesn't include help pages, but there's a collection of public domain help pages here on MediaWiki.org that you can import into your wiki. See [[Project:PD help]]. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 21:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== Search Result Page ==

I have the following problem:
The discription on the Search Result Page contains the Wiki Markup Language of the page. How can I disable or solve this like the MediaWike Search Result Page?

Thank you in advance! [[Special:Contributions/79.219.180.33|79.219.180.33]] ([[User talk:79.219.180.33|talk]]) 23:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

== English Startpage German Wikipedia ==

Hi there,

I have installed on my NAS Mediawiki. With PHP 5 and Mediawiki 1.16.2. The database is Mysql 4.0 with unicode support.

After I converted the XML file into a SQL dump with mwdumper and all imported.
Then I called on the Mediawiki directory in my web browser.
The browser then redirects me to the page on en.wikipedia.org.
I think that's stored somewhere en.wikipedia.org home page.

Now my question how I could change that, that I when I load the mediawiki directory to get the data stored in the page.

Please help me

Yours sincerely,

Alexander S. [[Special:Contributions/217.228.16.100|217.228.16.100]] ([[User talk:217.228.16.100|talk]]) 09:19, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

== Problems with $wgGroupPermissions ==

Hey there
Well,i'm having lots of problems to set user rights in my wiki.I'm trying to block everything except reading to all but administrators.
I want to use my wiki for user reference,enabling creating and editing only to personnel of the I.T sector
I've created the following on the LocalSettings.php

$wgGroupPermissions['readers']['createpage'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['readers']['edit'] = false;

Well,despite adding those lines,created users continued to have the permission to create and edit pages

Then i added

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;

And all users,including administrators,lost the permission to create/edit

Any ideia on how to solve this problem?
Thanks for the attention [[Special:Contributions/189.42.237.130|189.42.237.130]] ([[User talk:189.42.237.130|talk]]) 13:51, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Thread:Project:Support desk/Problems with $wgGroupPermissions

2011-02-24T14:44:19Z

189.42.237.130:

Hey there
Well,i'm having lots of problems to set user rights in my wiki.I'm trying to block everything except reading to all but administrators.
I want to use my wiki for user reference,enabling creating and editing only to personnel of the I.T sector
I've created the following on the LocalSettings.php

$wgGroupPermissions['readers']['createpage'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['readers']['edit'] = false;

Well,despite adding those lines,created users continued to have the permission to create and edit pages

Then i added

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;

And all users,including administrators,lost the permission to create/edit

Any ideia on how to solve this problem?
Thanks for the attention

Topic:Pu06letuz7jaei9w

2011-02-24T13:51:44Z

189.42.237.130 (talk) commented on "Problems with $wgGroupPermissions" (Hey there guy,how are you? Well,i'm having lots of problems to set user rights in my wiki.I'm trying to block everything except reading t...)

Project:Support desk/Flow/2011/02

2011-02-24T13:51:44Z

189.42.237.130: /* Problems with $wgGroupPermissions */ New section

{{Project:Support desk/Archive header}}

{{LiquidThreads imported revision}}

== column width in tables ==

I can't find any mention of how to increase the width of a column so that the words I have in a table do not wrap to the next line.

Would someone please tell me, and better yet...add it to the help section for tables on what the syntax is for either not word wrapping within a cell or increasing the width of the column?

Thank you! [[Special:Contributions/98.189.165.213|98.189.165.213]] ([[User talk:98.189.165.213|talk]]) 01:21, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
:Use HTML coding. I use tables all the time. Example from one of my tables:
:{| border="1" cellpadding="20" width="100%"
:| bgcolor="#336699" | חבשׁ
:|-
:|
:By using the width="##%" option or even if you want a set a spesific size, width="##px".
:|}
:Hope it helps! [[Special:Contributions/196.28.28.83|Daniel Rossouw]] 13:15, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

== Moving a Database ==

I do not have shell access to my host, so the help info on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki does not seem to help me at all.

Using phpMyAdmin, I exported by Database, and on the new host I used phpMyAdmin to import the database. It seems to have imported most, if not all, of the pages. But none of the data is there. When looking at the table size, they are pretty dang close to identical.

Unfortunately, I can't get the site to even pull up on the old host to see what should be there. Issues like that are one reason I am moving to a new host. But the new hosts has pages, just no content. Am I missing something? I've tried every way I can imagine to export and import, and nothing seems to work. [[Special:Contributions/71.158.167.88|71.158.167.88]] ([[User talk:71.158.167.88|talk]]) 04:59, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

== Some CSS not working? ==

MediaWiki 1.16.0
PHP 5.2.15 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.1.53-log

I'm currently in the process of moving my wikia content over to an install of mediawiki that I just got set up. First thing I did was upload all of my templates and I'm having a bit of trouble getting the formatting of the infoboxes properly.

'''This is the code in the template:'''

<pre>{| class="infobox" style="font-size:89%; width:300px;"
|-
! class="color1" colspan="2" style="font-size:120%; padding:1em;" | {{{name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan="2" style="padding:0.5em;" | [[{{{image|Image:Placeholder person.png}}}|{{{imagewidth|200}}}px]] ''{{{caption| }}}''
|-
! colspan="2" class="color1" | Organization
|-
| style="width:30%;" | '''Membership'''
| style="width:70%;" | {{{Marked, Half-Breed, Daemos, Mixed, etc.?|}}}
|-
| '''Leader'''
| {{{leader|}}}
|-
| '''Alignment'''
| {{{good, evil, neutral?|}}}
|-
| '''Resources'''
| {{{poor, moderate, wealthy?|}}}
|-
| '''Regional Influence'''
| {{{regional influence|}}}
|}

<noinclude>[[Category:Templates for Marked Wiki Articles]]</noinclude>
</pre>

'''And this is the code that I added to MediaWiki:Common.css'''

<pre>/* CSS placed here will be applied to all skins */

.infobox {
background-color: #DFDFDF;
border: 1px solid #D9D9D9;
clear: right;
color: #3A3A3A;
float: right;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
margin-left: 1em;
padding: 0.2em;
}

.color1 {
background-color: #1B5775;
color: white;
}
</pre>

.color1 renders just fine. However, .infobox doesn't seem to be working and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm using the default Monobook skin with no edits. [[User:Ranimara|Ranimara]] ([[User talk:Ranimara|talk]]) 19:00, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

== Short URLs for other namespaces ==

ok i have a wiki i use to write and store all of my stories, poems and other texts what i want if possible is

the ability to have all the namespaces have there own short url for example

http://www.example.com/index.php/Poem:MyPoem --> http://www.example.com/poems/MyPoem 
http://www.example.com/index.php/MyStory --> http://www.example.com/stories/MyStory 
http://www.example.com/index.php/Author:AuthorName --> http://www.example.com/author/AuthorName 

anyway you get the idea the special pages don't need to have this ability. i don't know if this would require the complete rewrite of mediaWiki to implement or not.
My Technical Info
*MediaWiki - 1.15.4
*PHP - 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.5 (apache2handler)
*MySQL - 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.5 [[Special:Contributions/65.100.204.74|65.100.204.74]] ([[User talk:65.100.204.74|talk]]) 09:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
:I suppose the "rewrite" or "alias" features in Apache are able to convert any "incoming" URL into whatever the application expects. The short or pretty URL feature works this way too.
:Step two is concerning the way that Mediawiki renders internal links like <nowiki>[[Author:Hemingway]]</nowiki> into HTML hyperlinks --> <code><nowiki>http://www.server.com/wiki/index.php?title=Author:Hemingway</nowiki></code>. Or, in your case, --> <code><nowiki>http://www.example.com/Author/Hemingway</nowiki></code>.
:Mediawiki has hooks that are called in that part of the rendering process for you to plug an extension into, so you can munge the URLs as needed.
:Does that help? [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 09:13, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
::Yes that makes sense; but where would this hooks be is there a manual for them? i can write php, i am just not familiar with mediawiki's APIs [[Special:Contributions/65.100.204.74|65.100.204.74]] 00:10, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
:::docs/hooks.txt -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 20:12, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

== Versioning of groups of articles ==

Versioning of groups of articles

We are starting to use MediaWiki for our user guide of our software. Our software is release twice a year but our documentation which was based on MS Word was most times out of sync.

By using MediaWiki we hope to get our documentation in sync by release our new version.

In this case our MediaWiki always shows the latest version. But most of our customers are using older software. The information is still available in the Wiki. Using the historian and clicking on a older article give the needed information.

Is it possible to do this automatically (by implementing a extension). What I have in mind is that I (as admin) can define that for example version 1.2.3 is released on 12-11-2010. And that a customer can parameterise that he wants the information belonging to that version. The media wiki only shows the newest article before the release date.

Any other solution to connect article versions to a software release will help.

Is there something which can help me? [[Special:Contributions/194.229.234.2|194.229.234.2]] ([[User talk:194.229.234.2|talk]]) 15:07, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

== categoria ==

estoy creando una wiki en base a mediawiki 1.15.2 con php 5.3.2
mi pregunta es la siguente:

Al crear una categoria atraves de SIDEBAR.¿ puedo asignar un administrador unico a esta categoria?.existe otra forma de crear una pagina para que pueda ser administrada por una usuario unico.-

porfavor necesito ayuda respecto a esto. [[Special:Contributions/200.72.40.99|200.72.40.99]] ([[User talk:200.72.40.99|talk]]) 15:48, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
:You can use 'Namespace Protection' to restrict creation & editing of pages on a per-namespace basis. Applies to category pages too, but probably you cannot prevent people from writing <nowiki>[[category:foobar]]</nowiki> into the pages they edit (assuming they have the right to edit). [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 21:31, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

== How to disable wikisyntax-based parsing of CSS/JS pages? ==

Hi! I'm using MediaWiki 1.16.1, PHP Version 5.2.14, MySQL 5.1.49-community server. My question is about why are CSS and especially JS pages (usually stored at MediaWiki namespace) by default previewed and rendered as common wikitext? Currently if I want to properly write down some code containing double square brackets or four tildes (for example) I have to escape the whole page with some like // <nоwiki>. Maybe somebody knows how to edit certain pages in a raw mode or so. Please give me advice. [[User:Bandar Lego|Bandar Lego]] ([[User talk:Bandar Lego|talk]]) 17:49, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
:You don't really have to worry about <nowiki>[[</nowiki>. Well its displayed as a link, it should not be a link when used as JS (unless you're using pipe trick). <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> is the only really annoying one. You can do things like '~~' + '~~' if you don't want to use nowiki.
:If you install the [[Extension:SyntaxHighlight GeSHi]] extension, such pages will display as code instead of wikitext when viewing them (for example like [[mediawiki:Common.js]]). However this doesn't stop issues with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 19:56, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
::''If you install the Extension:SyntaxHighlight GeSHi extension...'' — already done, but I want to see geshi-highlighted syntax not only on saved page, but on preview as well. Strange, but preview of userJS subpages works more smartly than preview of critical system messages in MW namespace. And also it's strange to see some things like [[:Category:$1]] in [[Special:WantedCategories]] and [[User:Cool Javascripter]] (whose name is credited in JS pages) in [[Special:MostLinkedPages]]. That why I'm here. But thank you for your response anyway. [[User:Bandar Lego|Bandar Lego]] 21:19, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Yeah, that is the downside of using mediawiki pages to store js. There's really no way around that that i am aware of. [[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] 17:37, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

== (RESOLVED) LiquidThreads takes hold of '''all''' talk pages but shouldn't ==

I have installed LiquidThreads 1.2 into MW 1.15.3. I have applied the patches that are explained on the LQT talk page, plus one more fix so Special:Recentchanges doesn't crash, and it works ... too good, kind of.

Symptom: Liquid Threads is active on each and every talk page in my wiki, and the magic word #useliquidthreads is not registered on Special:Version, and it does not work anyway (it's just displayed as is).

What's wrong? [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] ([[User talk:BRFR|talk]]) 21:27, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
:AS this page is based on LiquidThreads I had hoped somebody would have an answer. [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 17:37, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
::I'm fairly certain that this is only possible on the 1.17 LQT on an at least 1.16 wiki. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 20:12, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
:::pity but thanks anyway [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 09:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

== Confirmation Email and Special:Emailuser not working ==

'''URL:''' http://tolkiengateway.net

'''MediaWiki version:''' 1.15.4 
'''PHP version:''' 5.3.2-1ubuntu4 (apache2handler) 
'''MySQL version:''' 5.1.41-3ubuntu12

Both Special:Emailuser and user registration confirmation emails are not working; the error "''Mail object returned error: mailer error''" is always returned. We've looked all over to try to figure out what's causing the problem but can't figure it out - does anyone have any bright ideas?

Thanks, [[Special:Contributions/81.159.87.234|81.159.87.234]] ([[User talk:81.159.87.234|talk]]) 02:49, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

== Parser Functions ==

I just installed MediaWiki at my site, and apparently I need Parser Functions installed. Here's an example page.

http://immortal-thor.com/wiki/index.php/Journey_Into_Mystery_Vol_1_84

And this doesn't appear to exist

http://immortal-thor.com/wiki/Special:Version

I'm not very technical minded so I could really use some help on getting my Wiki up and running so I can use templates and such. I've read through the FAQ but I'm not really understanding what I'm supposed to do. Exaclty HOW do I install Parser Functions (and anything else I appear to be missing)?

Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] ([[User talk:76.186.48.102|talk]]) 10:44, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
:[[Extension:ParserFunctions#Installation|Have you tried reading the documentation?]] [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 10:47, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
::Yes I have, that's what I was saying, I'm not understanding it. I HAVE not Special Version page, and I can't find an extensions folder. [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 00:12, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
:::You would have a Special:Version page, if your wiki was currently capable of displaying any pages. It's not though, likely due to some PHP error. It's not clear what the error is though, so please follow the instructions at [[Manual:Errors_and_symptoms#You_see_a_Blank_Page]].
:::You'll need to add some code to LocalSettings.php. Do you know where LocalSettings.php is?
:::Once error reporting is enabled, you can copy and paste the error message here so we can look at it. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 00:35, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Thanks. Here's what it's saying.
::::Warning: require_once(/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/LocalSettings.php on line 133
::::Warning: require_once(/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/LocalSettings.php on line 133
::::Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php' (include_path='/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki:/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/includes:/services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/languages:.') in /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/LocalSettings.php on line 133 [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 01:51, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::Okay, did you download ParserFunctions? If not, make sure you do so, because you can't install it until you have it.
:::::<nowiki>{{WikimediaDownload|ParserFunctions}}</nowiki>
:::::Either download and extract the tarball into your extensions directory, or checkout the Subversion repo into the extensions directory. Your extensions directory is /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 03:35, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::Okay, I think I've got all that done, but now it's giving me this error.
::::::Magic word 'if' not found
::::::Backtrace:
::::::#0 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MagicWord.php(239): Language->getMagic(Object(MagicWord))
::::::#1 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MagicWord.php(192): MagicWord->load('if')
::::::#2 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/parser/Parser.php(4098): MagicWord::get('if')
::::::#3 /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php(73): Parser->setFunctionHook('if', Array, 2)
::::::#4 [internal function]: ParserFunctions_HookStub->registerParser(Object(Parser))
::::::#5 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Hooks.php(117): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
::::::#6 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/parser/Parser.php(178): wfRunHooks('ParserFirstCall...', Array)
::::::#7 [internal function]: Parser->firstCallInit()
::::::#8 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/StubObject.php(58): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
::::::#9 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/StubObject.php(76): StubObject->_call('firstCallInit', Array)
::::::#10 [internal function]: StubObject->__call('firstCallInit', Array)
::::::#11 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MessageCache.php(659): StubObject->firstCallInit()
::::::#12 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(585): MessageCache->transform('$1 - <nowiki>{{</nowiki>SITENAME...')
::::::#13 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(548): wfMsgGetKey('pagetitle', true, false, true)
::::::#14 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(454): wfMsgReal('pagetitle', Array, true)
::::::#15 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/OutputPage.php(324): wfMsg('pagetitle', 'Editing Journey...')
::::::#16 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(1094): OutputPage->setPageTitle('Editing Journey...')
::::::#17 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(1130): EditPage->setHeaders()
::::::#18 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(473): EditPage->showEditForm()
::::::#19 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(346): EditPage->edit()
::::::#20 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Wiki.php(505): EditPage->submit()
::::::#21 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Wiki.php(63): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(Article), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
::::::#22 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/index.php(114): MediaWiki->initialize(Object(Title), Object(Article), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
::::::#23 {main}
::::::Any idea? [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 17:36, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::Now, it's giving me this error.
::::::Magic word 'if' not found
::::::Backtrace:
::::::#0 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MagicWord.php(239): Language->getMagic(Object(MagicWord))
::::::#1 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MagicWord.php(192): MagicWord->load('if')
::::::#2 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/parser/Parser.php(4098): MagicWord::get('if')
::::::#3 /services/webpages/util/3/h/3h2niea8u.myutilitydomain.com/immortal-thor.com/public/wiki/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php(73): Parser->setFunctionHook('if', Array, 2)
::::::#4 [internal function]: ParserFunctions_HookStub->registerParser(Object(Parser))
::::::#5 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Hooks.php(117): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
::::::#6 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/parser/Parser.php(178): wfRunHooks('ParserFirstCall...', Array)
::::::#7 [internal function]: Parser->firstCallInit()
::::::#8 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/StubObject.php(58): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
::::::#9 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/StubObject.php(76): StubObject->_call('firstCallInit', Array)
::::::#10 [internal function]: StubObject->__call('firstCallInit', Array)
::::::#11 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/MessageCache.php(659): StubObject->firstCallInit()
::::::#12 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(585): MessageCache->transform('$1 - <nowiki>{{</nowiki>SITENAME...')
::::::#13 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(548): wfMsgGetKey('pagetitle', true, false, true)
::::::#14 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php(454): wfMsgReal('pagetitle', Array, true)
::::::#15 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/OutputPage.php(324): wfMsg('pagetitle', 'Editing Journey...')
::::::#16 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(1094): OutputPage->setPageTitle('Editing Journey...')
::::::#17 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(1130): EditPage->setHeaders()
::::::#18 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(473): EditPage->showEditForm()
::::::#19 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/EditPage.php(346): EditPage->edit()
::::::#20 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Wiki.php(505): EditPage->submit()
::::::#21 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/includes/Wiki.php(63): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(Article), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
::::::#22 /services/websiteos/mediawiki/index.php(114): MediaWiki->initialize(Object(Title), Object(Article), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
::::::#23 {main} [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 17:37, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::You're using the wrong version. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 05:51, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Wrong version? Which version do I need? [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 06:07, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::The version that goes with the version of MediaWiki you're running (in this case, 1.14). [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/ParserFunctions/branches/REL1_14] —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 11:02, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::Awesome! That did it! Thank you so much for your help! [[Special:Contributions/76.186.48.102|76.186.48.102]] 14:45, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

== Sidebar links on a new window. ==

Hi guys. I have a section on my wiki sidebar which is favorite links.
But when someone clicks on the hyperlink it takes them to it therefore closing my wiki.
I want to mantain the wiki active while they navigate through other pages so how can I set the "target" on the Sidebar?

I already used the $wg external links variable, it works with regular hyperlinks on articles not on the Sidebar.

Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/187.112.152.158|187.112.152.158]] ([[User talk:187.112.152.158|talk]]) 11:10, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
:As far as I know there is no built-in feature for this ... the developers' motto seems to be "let the user decide" ( --> use the right-click context menu ) [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 09:16, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

== input box ==

I have been working with mediawiki now for over two years. It's an amazing piece of software.

Yet, something that irritates the Santa Clause out of the chimney is the size of the input box. When creating a page, or editing one, it's a massive hassle to input/edit text due to the size of the box. And it seems to be something that can't be changed. I work with a 22" LCD and still it's not the breadth of the box, but the height that bothers me. There is ample space of the on screen available yet, the box only occupies a small percentage of it.

I need it bigger. Is that possible, and if is please, please let me know how?

Regards
Daniel [[Special:Contributions/196.28.28.83|196.28.28.83]] ([[User talk:196.28.28.83|talk]]) 13:08, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
:--> preferences --> editing [[User:BRFR|BRFR]] 14:32, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

== List all pages of a namespace on a page ==

I'm looking for an extension or a template to list all pages within a give namespace on a page?

I used kwSiteMap, but it does not work with newer versions of MediaWiki due to changes in the database structure.

Does anybody have any hints how to solve my requirement? [[Special:Contributions/84.59.223.175|84.59.223.175]] ([[User talk:84.59.223.175|talk]]) 23:29, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
:Both [[Special:AllPages]] and [[Special:PrefixIndex]] can be transcluded like a template.
:Here's <nowiki>{{Special:AllPages/Manual:}}</nowiki>
:{{collapse top}}
:{{Special:AllPages/Manual:}}
:{{collapse bottom}}
:It's only the first page though. I'm not sure how you'd list the rest of the pages. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 00:48, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

== Changed website name, wiki converted back ==

Our website recently changed from .com to .org.
Now it looks like the wiki converted back to it's original state.
I have all the mysql data. So how can I get this info transferred over? [[Special:Contributions/96.227.1.184|96.227.1.184]] ([[User talk:96.227.1.184|talk]]) 04:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

== Control over Extension:CategoryTree displayed sort order ==

As I detailed [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:CategoryTree#Control_over_the_categorytree_display_order here], the items listed in the categorytree at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates&oldid=412297340 Category:WikiProject Geographical coordinates] are displayed in a mysterious order. I would like them to be displayed alphabetically. James3mg notes "I use <nowiki>{{DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT:Name}}</nowiki> on the subcategories to specify what name it should use to order by."[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:CategoryTree#Manually_Sort_Order] "Category:Articles with unknown geocoordinates" now displays on the bottom of the noted categorytree below . I tried using variations of <nowiki>{{DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT:Name}}</nowiki> at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category%3AArticles_with_unknown_geocoordinates&action=purge Category:Articles with unknown geocoordinates] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates_participants Category:WikiProject Geographical coordinates participants] to get at least the two of them to display alphabetically in the order, but DEFAULTCATEGORYSORT had no effect. There is some discussion about sort at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Category#Sort_order Help:Category], but that seems to be about something else. How can I get the items listed in the categorytree at [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates&oldid=412297340 Category:WikiProject Geographical coordinates] to be displayed alphabetically? -- [[User:Uzma Gamal|Uzma Gamal]] 06:52, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
:Never mind. It appears that several of the categories used the pipe space <nowiki>[[Category:WikiProject Geographical coordinates| ]]</nowiki> that messed up the sort order. Mysterious order resolved.-- [[User:Uzma Gamal|Uzma Gamal]] 07:19, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

== Flagged Revisions updateStats.php time parameter? ==

Hi.

I solved all my other issues and have a number of extensions installed already.

Having problem with the time updateStats.php parameter step in Flagged Revisions installation.

I have Linux Fedora 6 operating system. Think the problem is with command line syntax, the way it's written in the installation instructions. Maybe this is supposed to be -time? because running it as default it tries to read time as part of the filename and it doesn't work.

Again I have:
MediaWiki 1.16.1
PHP 5.2.17 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.1.54 [[User:Dlen345|Dlen345]] ([[User talk:Dlen345|talk]]) 19:25, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
:Ignore.
:I solved this. [[User:Dlen345|Dlen345]] 20:33, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

== Page destriction to certain users or groups ==

[[User:Dabo~mediawikiwiki|Dabo~mediawikiwiki]] ([[User talk:Dabo~mediawikiwiki|talk]]) 10:04, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

== MediaWiki with one template for all pages ==

Hi, guys.

I search wiki-like engine for our internal corporative site. We need to have a lot of pages with possibility to edit and history view like a MediaWiki. But each page should describe different goods by one set of parameters. Employees may forgot some of mandatory parameters. Is it possible in in MediaWiki to create template of all pages with validation of mandating of sections?

For example: each page need to have following sections:
'''Name of good'''
''[text]''
'''Description'''
''[text]''
'''Properties'''
''[list of defined values]'' [[Special:Contributions/195.189.135.194|195.189.135.194]] ([[User talk:195.189.135.194|talk]]) 11:08, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

== (RESOLVED) Permissions and Extensions ==

I recently installed the "Configure" extension for MediaWiki but I'm not sure what the permissions are supposed to be. Currently most of the files are rw-r--r-- (0644); as a general rule am I supposed to change the default permissions for Extensions I install or accept the defaults? (assuming there's nothing specific in the Extension's manual) [[Special:Contributions/98.234.199.85|98.234.199.85]] ([[User talk:98.234.199.85|talk]]) 07:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
:The defaults are generally fine. If you can get things working without global read permissions, then that's a Good Thing, but if not, that's okay. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 09:26, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
::Got it, thanks! [[Special:Contributions/98.234.199.85|98.234.199.85]] 11:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

== Remove information about images ==

Each image that is posted on the wiki, clicking it will open a page of links to historical archives and files. I would remove the image link to the page with the picture information. If you click on an image nothing happens. How do I do that?

Thanks. [[User:Caraffini|Caraffini]] ([[User talk:Caraffini|talk]]) 14:05, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
:MediaWiki 1.15.1
:PHP 5.2.17 (apache2handler)
:MySQL 5.1.53 [[User:Caraffini|Caraffini]] 14:07, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
:Use the [[Help:Images#Altering_the_default_link_target|link= parameter]]. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 20:29, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

== Customize RSS Feed? ==

MediaWiki 1.16.0
PHP 5.2.15 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.1.53-log

I'm interested in getting a feed of recent changes from mediawiki and displaying it on my related forum. However, currently the feed shows the full text of the articles plus the differences. I'm more interested in just displaying the title of the article along with when it was last edited. Perhaps also the name of the person who edited. Is there any way for me to do this? [[User:Ranimara|Ranimara]] ([[User talk:Ranimara|talk]]) 17:50, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
:Setting [[Manual:$wgFeedDiffCutoff|$wgFeedDiffCutoff]] to a low value should work, I believe. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 20:18, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
::←← [[Special:Contributions/83.166.21.118|83.166.21.118]] 17:21, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
:::You may get an idea from (I am not much use with wikimedia)
:::http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Dynamic_Article_List
:::http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS_feed_for_recent_changes
:::http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Unmerged_Recent_Changes
:::http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2419917/embedding-recent-changes-on-main-page-on-mediawiki
:::<nowiki>{{Special:RecentChanges/10}}</nowiki> (This does work. I have used 'nowiki'
:::http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Recent_changes [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 09:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Problem mith the NUMBEROFARTICLES magicword ==

==Problem with a function==

Looks odd when I try this : <pre>Number of articles = {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
Number + 4 = {{#expr: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} + 4 }}</pre>

Number of articles = {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} (ok this one is working)

Number + 4 = {{#expr: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} + 4 }} this one isn't !!!

An idea about it ? Thanks, [http://desencyclopedie.wikia.com/wiki/Utilisateur:Meta_K_Pote Meta K Pote] [[Special:Contributions/92.142.141.161|92.142.141.161]] ([[User talk:92.142.141.161|talk]]) 19:27, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
:<nowiki>#expr</nowiki> won't accept punctuation, so you need to get rid of the comma. Try:
:<syntaxhighlight lang='text'>Number + 4 = {{#expr: {{formatnum:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}|R}} + 4 }}</pre> —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 21:21, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

== Controlling the size of text in the edit box ==

I do a lot of editing that includes adding very small diacritical symbols to letters.

Is there any way of greatly enlarging the size of text as it appears in the edit box (specifically), without affecting how any other text is viewed in one's browser? I couldn't find this in preferences. If anyone knows how that would be great! [[User:Dovi|Dovi]] 13:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
:I think you can use [[Manual:CSS|CSS]] to set the font properties of the edit box. The relevant id is #wpTextbox1. -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 20:14, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

== Site with Wikitable stored in the german side of our Mediawiki should be shown in other languages too ==

Good day to you all.
i have a problem, using my
MediaWiki 1.12.0
PHP 5.2.16 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.0.51a-24+lenny4

i have stored a Wikitable with some Products on our german Wiki-site ( http://wiki.example.org/de/OS-Kompatibilitaet ) and i want to show this page even on other languages ( http://wiki.example.org/en/OS-compability ). The problem: I can not garantee, that other authors ( for Spain/Polland, RUS,...) make the same changes in the table, if somethings changes ( new product, change of OS-comp with newer driver and so on)... So i think about using a kind of "common" Table, where i only have to take care in one table and all language take this as reference.
We are actually using tamplates for some general Problems, that appear in different Products so we do not have to write it donw several times, but only in one template...
Wikipedia uses this called "Wiki-common" for Pictures but i can find no extention, that helps in this thing.... [[User:ChristianRiske|ChristianRiske]] ([[User talk:ChristianRiske|talk]]) 14:08, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
:There is a feature called [[Manual:$wgEnableScaryTranscluding|$wgEnableScaryTranscluding]], which enables creation of a "template-commons" -- [[User:Bryan|Bryan]] ([[User talk:Bryan|talk]]|[[:commons:User:Bryan|commons]]) 14:47, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

== Disenabling edit/contribution functions ==

I have acquired a great amount of encyclopaedic material, in text form (Word files of various sizes), which I want to put on the web to create an arts resource that would be of interest to collectors, historians, students of architecture, theatre-goers, people interested in the arts in general... It would be something like the Wikipedia format, where you can click on one word and it takes you to another page (running into their 100s).

I think for my structure a form of MediaWiki is best, and I can envisage it more by comparing it to existing Wiki sites. Having said that, I will be the only contributor (or at least everything will go through me), so it will not actually be a Wiki! Is it viable/possible to disenable the edit/contribution functions on an existing MediaWiki template? ''[I know this defeats the purpose of a Wiki, but I have looked at other CMS and, for a mini-encyclopaedia, the Wiki structure just seems best for me.]'' [[User:Sumarokov-Elston|Sumarokov-Elston]] ([[User talk:Sumarokov-Elston|talk]]) 10:24, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
:[[Manual:Restricting access]]. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 10:41, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

== Apache error log re host ==

MediaWiki 1.15.4
PHP 5.3.0 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.1.36-community-log

Hello
Could anyone help with the error below? Thank you.

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:31 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Starting thread to listen on port 80.

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:37 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:47 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:SpecialPages HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:47 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:53:49 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:BrokenRedirects HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Special:SpecialPages

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:34 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:42 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Special:Categories HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:43 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 11:54:44 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map GET /mediawiki/index.php/Category:Acts HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Special:Categories

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:10 2011] [notice] Parent: Received shutdown signal -- Shutting down the server.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:10 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Exit event signaled. Child process is ending.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:11 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Released the start mutex

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:12 2011] [notice] Child 7596: All worker threads have exited.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:12 2011] [notice] Child 7596: Child process is exiting

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:12 2011] [notice] Parent: Child process exited successfully.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Apache/2.2.11 (Win32) PHP/5.3.0 configured -- resuming normal operations

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Server built: Dec 10 2008 00:10:06

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Parent: Created child process 6076

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Child process is running

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Acquired the start mutex.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Starting 64 worker threads.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:33 2011] [notice] Child 6076: Starting thread to listen on port 80.

[Tue Feb 15 12:01:48 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 12:04:48 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

[Tue Feb 15 12:04:54 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/wamp/www/favicon.ico

'''Host file'''
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] ([[User talk:Ron Barker|talk]]) 07:18, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

== I created page by mistake. Can I delete it ? Or rename? Or : what must I do ? ==

MediaWiki - I only try create first page,
URLs - see below, please.

Help me, please.

I created page "http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wt/nog/Main_Page" by mistake.
Later for correct this mistake I created page
"http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wt/nog/Main_Page".
However now I think that I must create
"http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wt/ngy/Main_Page" :-(
Can I delete wrong pages ? Or rename? Or : what must I do ?
I can't clear pages, because I am new user.
Can I do nothing (i.e. create 3-rd page Wt/ngy/Main_Page) ? [[Special:Contributions/212.192.138.81|212.192.138.81]] ([[User talk:212.192.138.81|talk]]) 13:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
:You need to be logged in as administrator to delete or rename (move) a page. Leave a message on the page explaining your mistake and the administrator will understand and delete the pages. [[User:Ron Barker|Ron Barker]] 14:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
::Thank you very match. [[Special:Contributions/217.118.81.193|217.118.81.193]] 04:52, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

== Picture is not shown, if not logged in... ==

Hello together,

i asked some german editors but we didn´t found a solution.
i put a picture to an article: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjord_Cat
The picture was ok and one of the editors released it.

Every time you take a look to the article you can see the photo, IF you are LOGGED IN!
If you take a look to the article WITHOUT being logged in, you can´t see the picture!

Does anybody have an idea?

Thanks!
seifertb [[Special:Contributions/84.44.173.113|84.44.173.113]] ([[User talk:84.44.173.113|talk]]) 18:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
:German Wikipedia have Flagged Revs enabled. As a logged in user you are viewing by default the latest version, while as logged out you see the latest stable one. Test these links: [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fjord_Cat&stable=0 Latest] [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fjord_Cat&stable=1 Stable] [[User:Platonides|Platonides]] 19:01, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

== Searching on Company Wiki Using Chrome Gives Language String Failed to Load: Instantiate error ==

I'm maintaining an internal wiki at my company using MediaWiki software and when I try to use the search functionality using the Chrome browser, where it would normally tell me the things that I recently searched that began with the same few characters, instead it says Language String Failed to Load: Instantiate. Does anyone know what might be causing this or how to fix it? I also ran into the same issue when using one of the extensions for sending e-mails of pages, but I don't remember whether that was specifically with Chrome because I finally gave up. I would give a URL, but it's only accessible internally, sorry.

Thanks for the help,
Loren

MediaWiki 1.16.0
PHP 5.3.0 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.1.36-community-log [[Special:Contributions/24.180.6.82|24.180.6.82]] ([[User talk:24.180.6.82|talk]]) 23:41, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

== Background color of content [Vector Skin] ==

I have looked through inconceivable amounts of skinning related pages from Wikipedia, Wikia, MediaWiki, MetaWiki, etc. and found the information on skinning excruciatingly uninformative.

I am using the Vector skin with MediaWiki 1.18alpha, and managed to change a lot of the interface and color schemes by combining elements from customized Vector skin Wiki's. There is still a lot of the screen.css I don't understand however I've been able to re-skin the entire wiki bar two areas.

[http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/648/h4header.jpg] -> The area where '''Maintenance Reports''' is.
 
[http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6225/contentarea.jpg] -> The content box where the css is.

I have gone through everything inside screen.css to find these two areas, and I can't find anything relating to these two. [[User:AshleyJames|AshleyJames]] ([[User talk:AshleyJames|talk]]) 03:44, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

== Sidebar links ==

At MediaWiki:Sidebar, I can set it up so that people with a French interface see an item on the sidebar as the contents of MediaWiki:Foo-text/fr and people with an English interface see it as the contents of MediaWiki:Foo-text. However, everyone gets linked to to the contents of MediaWiki:Foo-url, even if they have a French interface and MediaWiki:Foo-url/fr exists. How to I make French people link to the right place? Thank you. [[Special:Contributions/142.244.236.9|142.244.236.9]] ([[User talk:142.244.236.9|talk]]) 04:01, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

== Navigation; Sidebar Multilevel ==

Hello
I try to make a multilevel navigation în the sidebar like on this side.
As example:
Drink
Softdrinks
Bier
Wein
Can someone give an example or help [[User:Selectron~mediawikiwiki|Selectron~mediawikiwiki]] ([[User talk:Selectron~mediawikiwiki|talk]]) 08:26, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

== wikipedia-ish version, restricting new registration ==

wiki version 1.16.2
php 6
mysql 5

hi,

how do i find a wikipedia-like version of a wiki?
see this page for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(food)
how do i create a table of contents?
how do i link references not directly to the reference site, but to the bottom of the page?

how can i restrict the registration of new users?
how can i disable creating/editing of not registrated users?

thanks for your help!
marc [[Special:Contributions/77.176.81.87|77.176.81.87]] ([[User talk:77.176.81.87|talk]]) 15:59, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
:*A table of contents is created automatically once there are a few headings, placed before the first heading. Or you can add <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki> in the spot where you want a table contents and it will be put there.
:*Footnote references are created with the [[Extension:Cite/Cite.php|Cite extension]]. Syntax is explained on that page.
:*To prevent account creation by unregistered users use: <syntaxhighlight lang="php">$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;</syntaxhighlight> Adminstrators will still be able to create accounts for users. [[Extension:ConfirmAccount|ConfirmAccount]] might also be useful if you want people to be able to request accounts.
:*To disable page creation for unregistered users use: <syntaxhighlight lang="php">$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false;</syntaxhighlight>
:*To disable editing for unregistered users use: <syntaxhighlight lang="php">$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;</syntaxhighlight> [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 16:37, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
::thanks a lot! [[Special:Contributions/77.176.81.87|77.176.81.87]] 17:29, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Add Custom Tab or Tabs to Vector Skin ==

I would like to add custom tabs (NOT REMOVE) to a few specific pages. I would like to be able to have these tabs only on certain pages, which i think i could live without if there is no way to filter which page they show on, but I cant seem to find an answer as to how to actually add a custom tab.

I want the tab to be next to the "Discussion", "Read", or "Edit" tabs/buttons...just in that area, not some new set of tabs internal to the page as that looks horrible and is not the functionality i am looking for. Please assist me if you could...using 1.6.

Oh yes, also, I attempted asking in IRC with no luck...will try again in a day or two...hopefully this thread will provide some answers before then... [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] ([[User talk:Oryulin|talk]]) 19:56, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
[[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 20:45, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
:MediaWiki 1.6 is no longer supported. Please upgrade to 1.16.
:Several methods (both server side / PHP and client side JavaScript) are available to add tabs.
:In JavaScript the code would be (eg. in {{blue|MediaWiki:Common.js}}):
:<source lang="javascript" enclose="div">
// Only do the following on the Project:Sandbox page.
if ( wgCanonicalNamespace == 'Project' && wgTitle == 'Sandbox' ) {
// Add a link to the actions menu to Special:Log for this page.
addPortletLink( 'p-cactions', wgArticlePath.replace( '$1', 'Special:Log?page=' + encodeURIComponent(wgPageName) ), 'Logs');
}
</source>
:If you save that to {{blue|MediaWiki:Common.js}} and visit {{blue|Project:Sandbox}} on your wiki (don't forget to clear cache), there will be a "Logs" link in the actions menu now.
:<code>addPortletLink</code> works like <code>addPortletLink( add where, link to, click text );</code>
:* 'p-cactions' is the actions menu (Move etc.)
:* 'p-tb' is the toolbox in the sidebar (What links here, Permanent link, etc.) [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 11:17, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::Done, but still facing issues:
::* Version of MediaWiki is 1.16
::* MediaWiki:Common.js - contains the code you have above (if statements with addPortletLink code)
::* Cleared cache and used other browser to ensure, visited Project:Sandbox and there was not any Logs link/action menu...
::Also was this code supposed to add a Tab or a Drop Down option? I don't see either one but i am trying to ensure i know where i am looking.
::If i can get this code working i can tailor the rest, just need an idea of the original working code. [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 16:42, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Check for example:
:::* http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Modern.js&oldid=384551
:::* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Sandbox?useskin=modern&redirect=no
:::I did it in "Modern" to avoid sending it to everybody on mw.org
:::Up there is 'Logs' [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 17:38, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Yes I have the exact same thing in my MediaWiki:Common.js
::::I also added it to the same exact page you did for modern and switch to modern and still nothing, what could be conflicting causing it to not work? [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 18:16, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::Also tried taking out the "if" statement to see if it would add to all pages, and nothing as well. [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 18:23, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::Well, as you can see it works here so the problem isn't in the code.
::::::Unless you link to the site or present an actual error message there isn't much we can do. [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 20:15, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::I thought there were several methods? Not to sound rude, but I would really appreciate getting one of them to work, there is no error messages/anything. I know the Mediawiki:Common.js works as I have it loading collapsible tables and it works fine for me there...so I haven't any idea since it doesn't throw any errors, just doesn't show a Logs tab. [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 20:57, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Until we know what's causing it to not work, we can't be sure that any other method can work either. There should be some sort of error. Are you using [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebug (web development) Firebug] or a similar tool? That might be useful. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 21:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::Well I guess its a lost cause, I installed firebug, enabled all, dove through what i could looking around, doesnt report any errors...clueless. [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 22:32, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::Alright i used a Ubuntu VM and installed fresh apache/php/mysql/mediawiki. Attempted this code for vector on the MediaWiki:Common.js and/or MediaWiki:Vector.js, took away the if statements to allow it on all pages and kept the if statement to attemp Project:Sandbox page only...nothing is working. The only changes to the default Localsettings.php that i have made on the fresh installation was authority to add myself as other groups like administrator/ect. Still not seeing the tab anywhere. Also tested on MediaWiki:Modern.js and MediaWiki:Monobook.js and switched to those themes, once with no if statement and only the addportlet line and the other with the if statement and checking the Project:Sandbox page...I am definately at a loss, is there an extension that i need to have this work?
::::::::::So if a fresh installation doesn't work and an older installation doesn't work, what is missing to make this work? Firebug reports 0 errors, i can see where it loads the Modern.js/Vector.js/Common.js/ect, but it points to a line in the code that looks to be the addportlet portion and its just not working/accepting it properly. Ideas? Other routes? [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 18:58, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
[[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 14:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::Alright, i dont know why the code above didnt work, but i messed around a bit and managed to make it work a slightly different way:
:::::::::::Content of my MediaWiki:Common.js file:
:::::::::::<source lang="javascript" enclose="div">
function createTab() {
addPortletLink( 'p-cactions', wgArticlePath.replace( '$1', 'Special:Log' ), 'Logs');
}
addOnloadHook( createTab );
</source> [[User:Oryulin|Oryulin]] 18:02, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

== site only visible to admins ==

hi,
how do i create a site, that is only visible for admins (e.g. guidelines, tips)?

is it possible to choose specific users who are permitted to see the content of a specific site (e.g. admins and a few users)?

thanks for your help! [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] ([[User talk:77.176.69.205|talk]]) 09:01, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== italic after ==

is it possible to continue writing italic ('') after automatically? (without '' again) [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] ([[User talk:77.176.69.205|talk]]) 10:16, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:that didn´t work as expected.
:is it possible to continue writing italic (' ') after <.br>
:automatically? (without ' ' again) [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 10:17, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:wiki version 1.16.2 php 6 mysql 5 [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 10:28, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::Yes there is. Inline styling only goes inline and is forced to end when the next block starts (such as <code><nowiki> </nowiki></code>).
::To give styling to multiple lines use Block styling.
::Code:
::<syntaxhighlight lang='text'><div style="font-style:italic">
Hi this text is italic, and this too.
This also.
</div>
</syntaxhighlight>
::Output:
::<div style="font-style:italic">
::Hi this text is italic, and this too.
::This also.
::</div> [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 11:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::thx! [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 11:12, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== table creation ==

how do i create and customize tables?

is there a help page i overlooked?

thanks! [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] ([[User talk:77.176.69.205|talk]]) 10:26, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:Check out [[Help:Tables]]. [[User:Krinkle|Krinkle]] 11:18, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::d'oh... thx! [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 14:33, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== Migrating files from mediawiki to mediawiki ==

Hi,

both of our wikis:

MediaWiki 1.13.3 |
PHP 5.2.9 (apache2handler) |
MySQL 5.1.33

We can't update due to the extension EzMwLucene, which apparently needs 1.13 to work. (According to our admin)

Our problem:

We have wiki#1 with hundreds of pages and files/images and want to merge it with wiki#2, which also has hundreds of pages and files/images.

Migrating the pages won't be a problem, exporting/importing the pages should do the trick, but how can i migrate the files? I don't want to download/upload all of them manually.
I might be able to download the files found in the /images/(sub)folders, but where to place them in the /images/ subfolders in wiki#2?

Thanks in advance! [[Special:Contributions/148.188.17.56|148.188.17.56]] ([[User talk:148.188.17.56|talk]]) 10:54, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:[[Manual:ImportImages.php|importImages.php]]. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 12:24, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== is there a way around ? ==

why doesn´t [enter] create a new line? (is it possible to do that?)

is there a way around ing all the time? [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] ([[User talk:77.176.69.205|talk]]) 11:16, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:is there a way around <.br>ing all the time? [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 11:17, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::When you press the space bar once, it does not create a new line. However, pressing it twice will. [[User:Hazard-SJ| Hazard-SJ ]][[User talk:Hazard-SJ| ± ]] 23:54, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Space bar?
:::It's Enter/Return. That will create a new paragraph. It's not the same as a line break, but you should only be using line breaks rarely anyway. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 00:00, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Oops! Thanks for fixing that error. Enter. [[User:Hazard-SJ| Hazard-SJ ]][[User talk:Hazard-SJ| ± ]] 00:04, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Apache bus error on mediawiki sign in ==

Apologies if this is not a mediawiki problem, but it is only on mediawiki sign in thaty I am getting this.

Platform: Solaris 10 Generic_141414-01

Web Server: Apache httpd v 2.2.17 (prefork)

PHP: v5.3.5

PHP Configure command line:'./configure' '--with-apxs2=/usr/local/httpd-2.2.17/bin/apxs' '--with-openssl' '--with-zlib' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local' '--with-gdbm' '--with-db4' '--with-png-dir=/usr/local' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr/local' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr/local' '--with-t1lib' '--with-gettext' '--with-iconv' '--with-gd' '--enable-ftp' '--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql' '--with-readline' '--enable-soap'

Mediawiki: v1.16.2

MySQL: v5.1.46

When a user of our internal media wiki forgets their password and clocks on the 'email me my password' button, the username/passwor dcombo becomes unusuable. New registrations seem fine.

When a user tries to use the email password, then goto the login form, fill in the the form and clicks login they just get a blank page. This is because, under the hood, the apache child process has bus errored.

Example line from apache error log:
[Thu Feb 17 11:56:46 2011] [notice] child pid 4084 exit signal Bus error (10)

I am assuming this is a php problem, possibly because of any underlying library., but it is strange that it only happens on mediawiki sign in. [[User:Stimmins|Stimmins]] ([[User talk:Stimmins|talk]]) 12:48, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== Back Monobook-based skin for MediaWiki ==

Hello all,

I like the standard Monobook skin, but I just would like it to fit into my site's color scheme.

So, is a Black Monobook skin somewhere to be found, or are there guidelines somewhere to follow for making one ?

Thanks a lot in advance !

@+

Benoît 'Mutos' ROBIN
Hoshikaze 2250 Project [[Special:Contributions/193.57.67.241|193.57.67.241]] ([[User talk:193.57.67.241|talk]]) 13:03, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== I can not install mediawiki on a linux server ==

Dear all,
MediaWiki version that I'm trying to install: 1.13.0
PHP 5.3.2
MySQL 5.1.41
URL: NO, the server is in a restricted LAN

I'm trying to install the mediawiki version compatible with the UCSC genome browser: 1.13.0. After installing successfully mediaWiki suite, I received the announce "Installation successful!", I moved the config/LocalSettings.php file to the parent directory ( .. ) and deleted the config directory and changed LocalSettings.php permission to 600. Then, I clicked on "the follow this link to your wiki." and the result is nothing: a blanck web page (http://localhost/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) in the browser. I found this error on apache log error files in /var/log/apache2:

[Thu Feb 17 15:23:26 2011] [error] [client 10.201.97.165] PHP Warning: Parameter 2 to Parser::parse() expected to be a reference, value given in /var/www/mediawiki/includes/StubObject.php on line 58, referer: http://bioinfold/wiki/config/index.php
[Thu Feb 17 15:23:26 2011] [error] [client 10.201.97.165] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function getCacheTime() on a non-object in /var/www/mediawiki/includes/Article.php on line 3387, referer: http://bioinfold/wiki/config/index.php

I'm quite puzzled! Anyone has any idea? Any help will be very welcome!

Best regards,

Núria [[Special:Contributions/84.88.67.122|84.88.67.122]] ([[User talk:84.88.67.122|talk]]) 14:26, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:Is there a reason that you're using MediaWiki 1.13? That version is old and no longer supported. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 15:47, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::Yes, We need to have this version operating to be compatible with the our UCSC genome browser mirror. [[Special:Contributions/84.88.67.122|84.88.67.122]] 16:21, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== Making a global announcement banner... ==

Hi all,

I must not know the correct terms to use when doing a search for what I want, because I am sure that this topic has come up before. I apologise.

I would like to have, from time to time, site-wide announcement banners running across the top of all pages in my wiki...much like the way Wikipedia does it when it is soliciting donations. I don't need my banner to be as involved, simply some text and a link to other sites of interest that crop up from time to time.

How do I do this? Thanks in advance for any help. [[Special:Contributions/96.32.128.84|96.32.128.84]] ([[User talk:96.32.128.84|talk]]) 14:54, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:You can use the sitenotice to do that. See [[Manual:Interface/Sitenotice]]. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 15:45, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== writing vertical/upright possible? ==

i´d like to write vertical/upright in a row of a table.
(lots of colums, long words, so not much space to write horizontal)

is that possible? [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] ([[User talk:77.176.69.205|talk]]) 15:08, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:...already tried openoffice calc -> formatted one cell upright -> used Calc2WikiTable conversion makro, but no luck.
:is there any way of writing upright in a wiki table? [[Special:Contributions/77.176.69.205|77.176.69.205]] 15:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== how to make MediaWiki load the MySQL my.cnf file so that SSL can be used to the MySQL database ==

MediaWiki 1.15.1 
PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.7 (apache2handler) 
Database 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.9 

On 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 Linux.

I would like MediaWiki to use SSL between itself and the MySQL database.

I can get the regular `mysql` binary client to use SSL.

But when I add this GRANT to the wikiuser credentials:
GRANT USAGE on *.* TO 'wikiuser'@'localhost' REQUIRE SSL;

Browsing to any page will display this on the browser:
(Can't contact the database server: Access denied for user 'wikiuser'@'localhost' (using password: YES) (localhost))

I surmise that MediaWiki is not loading up the MySQL my.cnf configuration file
located under /etc/mysql/my.cnf.

This configuration file effectively has the settings to tell the
MySQL server and client, to use SSL and where the certificates and keys are.

So how does one tell MediaWiki, or the PHP running on its behalf, to load up /etc/mysql/my.cnf and use SSL? [[Special:Contributions/198.80.144.187|198.80.144.187]] ([[User talk:198.80.144.187|talk]]) 16:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:MediaWiki doesn't support SSL MySQL connections out of the box. If you need them desperately, you can hack <tt>includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php</tt> to add <tt>MYSQL_CLIENT_SSL</tt> as another parameter to mysql_connect() call (there's exactly one use of this function). I haven't checked it myself though. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 17:09, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
::Wow! It works. 
::Thank you Max for that information. 
::On my installation, the file was: 
::<code> /usr/share/mediawiki/includes/db/Database.php</code>
::I changed this line from:
::<code> $this->mConn = mysql_connect( $realServer, $user, $password, true );</code>
::To:
::<code> $this->mConn = mysql_connect( $realServer, $user, $password, true, MYSQL_CLIENT_SSL );</code>
::and it works. 
::Evidently, that MYSQL_CLIENT_SSL constant is enough to tell the mysql.so
::that gets loaded to go load the /etc/mysql.my.cnf and do your thing. 
::If I put the old line back in, I get the same error. 
::I can't tell you how long I Googled for this solution. 
::Some links that refer to the above function calls: 
::http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php 
::http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysql.constants.php#mysql.client-flags [[User:Gmoore777|Gmoore777]] 17:40, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== I think it would be very helpful to hear from some of you ==

Regarding the issues raised here:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Pending_changes/Request_for_Comment_February_2011]. Thanks. [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] 22:30, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
:Hmm. I am not logged in oh well. My opinion? PC is good, but we can't apply it to too many pages otherwise we might have 1000 reviewers trying to review 10000 revisions. --[[Special:Contributions/173.49.140.141|173.49.140.141]] 23:41, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

== Logo? Problem ==

Greetings,

I have Media WIki 1.12.0, PHP 5.2.9, MySQL 5.0.83 loaded at www.bullshitcentral.org. I cannot change the Logo!! Have followed all instructions, and even replaced favicon.ico, but no luck. Any ideas? [[Special:Contributions/123.200.164.130|123.200.164.130]] ([[User talk:123.200.164.130|talk]]) 02:37, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:# So what do you really want to change, logo or favicon?
:# What instructions did you follow? [[Manual:$wgLogo|These]]? Even default post-installation logo says what exactly you should do.
:# MediaWiki 1.12 is obsolete and does not include latest security patches. UPGRADE. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 04:59, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
::Thanks Max. Yes, the instructions you have listed is what I looked at. The reason I have used this version of Media Wiki, is that it was what was offered by my Host. I have checked many times, and there is no "Local Settings.php" in my installation. Is it possible to creat & upload this, or copy from another source? Additonally, how can the $wg Logog still appear when I have removed it? [[Special:Contributions/123.200.164.130|123.200.164.130]] 05:28, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Your host's version of MediaWiki might be patched. Ask their support where LocalSettings is located if you have problems finding it. As a side note, you would not have had this problem if you used MediaWiki from official tarball instead of hosted solution. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 05:42, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== DeleteBatch doesn't find pages with quote or with accents ==

Mediawiki 1.15.2
PHP 5.3.2
Mysql 5.0.7

I'm using the DeleteBatch script maintenance to delete a lot of pages. I created some text files with some titles to delete.
for example :

Today's_featured_article/fr/March_26,_2010

Today's_featured_article/fr/March_29,_2010

Bac_à_sable

When I run the maintenance script, I have a 'skipping nonexistent page' error message. I tried to change character encoding and put everything in UTF-8 but it doesn't change anything.
Any reason or it is a bug ? [[Special:Contributions/158.169.9.14|158.169.9.14]] ([[User talk:158.169.9.14|talk]]) 08:21, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:Just tried on 1.15 branch - works for me. Are you sure that you used UTF-8 and had no byte order marks? [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 15:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Converted to namespaces, now Wanted Pages showing pages that exist. ==

We use a wiki to keep track of information for our pen-and-paper-ish games, and today we converted a bunch of our older pages to namespaces so we could make room for the new stuff on some very similar names.

Some of those old pages, we had already been thinking ahead when we named them. In particular, we had one named "Red_Eyes:Emi", which just happened to conflict with one of the namespaces. So I moved it before creating the namespace, then moved it back afterwards.

The problem is, all of those pages that were conflicting at one point now show up in the "Wanted Pages" list. And I'm not sure why. It only seems to be counting some of the links to that page, as well. It will show "1 link" on the Wanted Pages list, but when you click on it, it will show two.

I'm thinking this is some caching thing since we already had some pages linking to the namespace-ish page, and then not touching those pages after converting it to a real namespace. Can anybody confirm/debunk this thought, and do you know of any solutions to the problem? I'm thinking editing those pages that didn't get edited should fix it, but I have no real way of telling which ones those are now.

Running Mediawiki 1.16.0, PHP 5.2.6-3ubuntu4.6 (apache2handler), and MySQL 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.5.

I'd link to the wiki in question, but there is some somewhat insecure things linked from it that I'd rather not have spread about too much. [[Special:Contributions/50.35.228.110|50.35.228.110]] ([[User talk:50.35.228.110|talk]]) 10:53, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:This should fix itself in time as the pagelinks table is updated, but if you run [[Manual:refreshLinks.php|refreshLinks.php]] you should be able to fix it immediately. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 14:02, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Admin (myself) user rights/FlaggedRevs screw up ==

Hi.

I unchecked the reviewer and bureaucrat boxes for myself under user permissions and now I can't get them back. It only lists me as an Editor in addition to the Admin.

I wanted to remove initially the automatic review of all my posts to test if only reviewed pages were showing up on the main screen. I rolled it back, but still can't get these basic rights as an admin owner of the sight.

BTW, I thought #$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['autoreview'] = false; would fix the autmotic 'basic' 'sighted' review tag for all my posts but it didnt. Any ideas? [[User:Dlen345|Dlen345]] ([[User talk:Dlen345|talk]]) 19:38, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:Never mind on group permissions. Figured it out.
:Still having problem with my entries being treated automatically as reviewed the moment they are entered. [[User:Dlen345|Dlen345]] 19:47, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:That line will have more effect if you remove the pound sign from the front of it. :) —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 21:28, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== Unable to get past http 500.0 error - no details provided (even on server) ==

Win2k8 - IIS7 
NTLM Auth extension with Honza's SpecialUserLogin.php fix - [[Extension_talk:Windows_NTLM_LDAP_Auto_Auth]] 
MediaWiki 1.16.2 
PHP 5.2.17 (isapi) 
MySQL 5.5.9 
 
I am getting a 500 response, and have run out of ideas for troubleshooting. The problem only shows up when I enable my config for LDAP authentication, but my ldap_debug.log file show authentication completing successfully

$wgShowExceptionDetails = true; is set in LocalSettings.php [[User:Mread5|Mread5]] ([[User talk:Mread5|talk]]) 20:16, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
:I created a new account with DOMAINNAME\username (while my ldap stuff was disabled), and then recreated it, and now it just continuously redirects me to the login page (which is not used / does nothing while my ldap extension is on)
:Again, if I authenticate (windows auth - NTLM) as any account which I have not explicity defined, I get http 500 response.
:So it appears that there are 2 problems:
:* Account auto creation with the NTLM extension is not working
:* Something isn't being recognized during login, and it keeps redirecting me to the login page [[User:Mread5|Mread5]] 20:56, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
::Solved:
::finally found where I can turn on PHP errors in the php.ini file, and was able to quickly find a small typo, that was causing the 500 error. [[User:Mread5|Mread5]] 22:16, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

== subst: and safesubst: ? ==

I'm trying to copy infobox templates from Wikipedia to a personal mediawiki, but I've hit a snag with the subst: and safesubst: functions that i simply cannot wrap my head around.

The page I am looking at is [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Br separated entries Wikipedia:Template:Br separated entries]. I need this for formatting infobox tables, but when I copy it over to my mediawiki, all of the safesubst: tags get transcluded as Template:safesubst:. It is not a template, obviously. There's some reason for mediawiki reading it like this listed on Wikipedia's help page for subst and safesubst, but I just don't understand how it is supposed to work. I know that it's for transclusion-type scenarios where you want the transcluded info to be permanent instead of changing when the original transcluded material is edited, but when I look at the source code for Br separated entries, it looks as if the values following |safesubst: is blank? I just want to be able to tell what it was that was being substituted on this template so I can try to fix it on my mediawiki installment.

Can someone who understands substitution spell this out for me? The help page said something about having to replace safesubst: with just subst:, but none of the listed methods for doing so were working. I'm having a really hard time with this. Thanks in advance. [[Special:Contributions/66.169.138.79|66.169.138.79]] ([[User talk:66.169.138.79|talk]]) 02:17, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:I ran into this problem as well. It seems that you need to change any occurrence of the text {{{|safesubst:}}} with just "subst:" (without the quotes). [[Special:Contributions/76.105.243.119|76.105.243.119]] 04:34, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

== Common.css ~ Where is it? ==

I guess I am dumber than a rock...I can't find the file common.css so I can do changes to it even though I have basically searched for a day and a half. Can someone please tell me where the file is located. I am using the current version 1.16.2 – 2011-02-01 and the Vector skin.

please email me with the info codi727@gmail.com

I appreciate any help you can give me.

Thanks

Codi [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] ([[User talk:Codi727|talk]]) 06:13, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:Edit the page MediaWiki:Common.css on your wiki. If you want to change only the CSS for the Vector skin, edit the page MediaWiki:Vector.css. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 06:19, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
::There again I have found no file by the name of Vector.css in addition to common.css. I'm very new at setting up a Wiki so maybe I'm missing something. You say "Edit the page MediaWiki:Common.css on your wiki" NOW I'M ASSUMING I DO THAT WITH A PHP EDITOR NOT THROUGH THE "URL" [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 06:26, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:::No, I specifically chose the words "on your wiki" to tell you that you should be editing pages on your wiki. '''Do not edit any external files.''' Type MediaWiki:Common.css in your wiki's search box. It will bring you to that page. Click the edit button and add whatever you need to. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 14:40, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Thanks for you clearer comeback....it really helped me greatly. Your assistance will always be appreciated by me.
::::Codi727 [[Special:Contributions/75.95.141.2|75.95.141.2]] 03:21, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

== help ==

When i go to login page, this error appears:

Fatal error: session_start() [<nowiki><a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a></nowiki>]: Failed to initialize storage module: files (path: ) in /home/ftp/***/***/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2860

What should i do? [[Special:Contributions/88.112.215.155|88.112.215.155]] ([[User talk:88.112.215.155|talk]]) 09:31, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:php: 5.3.5
:database: 5.0.51a-24+lenny5 06:50, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== Hilfe bei Installation auf Strato Server ==

Hallo, ich schreibe einfach mal in meiner Landessprache, hoffe das stellt kein allzugroßes Problem dar.

Ich versuche verzweifelt MediaWiki auf meinem Webspace (Link: http://fleischer-wiki.herr-fuchs.de ) von Strato zu installieren. http://fleischer-wiki.herr-fuchs.de
Datenbank ist eingerichtet. Installation läuft auch, allerdings mit folgender Meldung:

...have ipb_id field in ipblocks table.
...have ipb_expiry field in ipblocks table.
...already have interwiki table

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /mnt/web4/23/64/51609864/htdocs/herr-fuchs/fleischerwiki/includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php on line 264

Warning: mysql_num_fields(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /mnt/web4/23/64/51609864/htdocs/herr-fuchs/fleischerwiki/includes/db/DatabaseMysql.php on line 264

Fatal error: Call to a member function isMultipleKey() on a non-object in /mnt/web4/23/64/51609864/htdocs/herr-fuchs/fleischerwiki/maintenance/updaters.inc on line 329

Ich wäre euch für eine schnelle Hilfe dankbar.

Gruß Dave [[Special:Contributions/88.65.253.215|88.65.253.215]] ([[User talk:88.65.253.215|talk]]) 12:20, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:You should really include system information if you want "schnelle Hilfe". From your link I conclude that you have MediaWiki 1.16 and PHP 5.2, but what else do you use, which version of MySQL? Next, are you installing into a new database, or existing one? Or you're trying to upgrade an existing installation using the install script? [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 13:10, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

== Please set up the wiki first. ==

Hello.

When i press on the '''"Set up the wiki"''' then I come to my webhost's direct admin.

I tried to goto the /config/index.php but I still come to my webhost (domain.us:2222/

Any solutions ? [[Special:Contributions/80.213.70.8|80.213.70.8]] ([[User talk:80.213.70.8|talk]]) 18:06, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
:Rename <tt>config/</tt> directory so some other title, e.g. <tt>mwconfig/</tt>. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 19:11, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
::Thx. Works now [[Special:Contributions/80.213.70.8|80.213.70.8]] 23:36, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

== error when uploading images ==

I have installed the wiki and yesterday night I uploaded about 10 pages just fine. Tonight when I wet to upload more images I get the following error

can not create directory "public/archive/5/58"

I am stumped as I though the images went into the folder called images. I did not make any changes to the software. The only thing I did do what to make a subdomain to use knowledgebase.pclinuxoshelp.com

Here is a list of the software that is loaded.

MediaWiki 1.16.2
PHP 5.3.3 (apache2handler)
MySQL 5.1.42

Can anyone please point me in the right direction??

Thanks in advance. [[Special:Contributions/66.112.77.218|66.112.77.218]] ([[User talk:66.112.77.218|talk]]) 11:14, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
:I figured out the issue. Seems somehow the user and group of the directory was changed. [[Special:Contributions/66.112.77.218|66.112.77.218]] 11:20, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

== Infobox not working ==

I'm trying to copy an infobox template from Wikipedia to a personal mediawiki, but when I preview it, all I see is the code I entered.
So there has to be something that I have to enter elsewhere to actuate the infobox code. I'm not knowledgeable in Wiki, but I am highly trainable and I greatly appreciate any assistance you can give me to get this up and running properly.

Here is the code I entered on my page:
<pre><nowiki>{{italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = ''Enchytraeus buchholzi''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Annelida]]
| classis = [[Clitellata]]
| subclassis = [[Oligochaeta]]
| ordo = [[Haplotaxida]]
| familia = [[Megascolecidae]]
| genus = ''[[Enchytraeus]]''
| species = '''''E. buchholzi'''''
| binomial = ''Enchytraeus buchholzi''
| binomial_authority = Vejdovský, 1879  <ref>{{cite web |author=T. Timm, & C. Erséus |year=2009 |title=''Enchytraeus buchholzi'' Vejdovský, 1879 |publisher=[[World Register of Marine Species]] |url=http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137403 |accessdate=April 22, 2010}}</ref>
}}</nowiki>
</pre>

== box ==

##{{Infobox website
##| name = Open Directory Project
##| screenshot = [[File:lettuce.gif|250px]]
##| url = [http://www.dmoz.org/ dmoz.org]
##| commercial = No
##| type = [[Web directory]]
##| registration = Optional
##| owner = [[Netscape]] ([[AOL]])
##| author = [[Netscape]]
##| launch date = June 5, 1998
##| content license = [[Open Directory License]]
##}}

And here is what shows up when the page is saved:

Template:Infobox website

Thanks

Codi727 [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] ([[User talk:Codi727|talk]]) 03:49, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:Is it a redlink? If so, that means the template does not exist on your wiki. You have to create it manually or import it from a project that has it. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 03:59, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::OK, I appreciate your response even though I don't completely understand it, it does gives me a little more to investigate such as creating a template or importing one. Do you happen to know of a place to import one from?
::Codi727 [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 04:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:Template [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_website en:Template:Infobox_website] (as example) based on [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox en:Template:Infobox] and [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox/row en:Template:Infobox/row]. Copy these three pages to your wiki. If there are red links to pages like "Template:<name>", then find those pages in the "source wiki" (from copying content), and copy them to her with the same name. See more in [[Help:Templates]] and [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template meta:Help:Template].--[[User:Kaganer|Kaganer]] 12:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::Even better, use [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export Special:Export] to export this template with all its dependencies. Ensure that destination wiki has [[Extension:ParserFunctions|ParserFunctions]] or these templates will not function properly. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 12:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:::OK, I've been hard at it all day and this is what I have to date on my wiki:-
:::I created the following Template:DIY as per instructions and place the following in it:-
:::##{{Infobox website
:::##|name = DIY Aquaponics
:::##|logo = [[File:diy_logo.png|48px|DIY logo]]
:::##|logocaption = DIY logo
:::##|collapsible = yes
:::##|caption = Detail of DIY Aquaponics.
:::##|url = [http://www.diyaquaponics.com/ www.diyaquaponics.com]
:::##|slogan = ''Feed the World''
:::##|commercial = No
:::##|type = [[Internet Aquaponic project]]
:::##|registration = Optional
:::##|language = English language
:::##|content license=[[GNU Free Documentation License]]
:::##|owner = [[DIY Aquaponics, Inc.]]
:::##|author = [[Chris O'Brian]]
:::##|launch date = {{Start date|2005|07|27}}
:::##|current status = Online
:::##}}
:::Then I created "Test Page" on my wiki and edited it placing the following in it DIY with double { brackets in front and double } brackets after it, and when I go there to see the results, this is what I get:-
:::Test 
:::Template:Infobox website (which shows up in red)
:::So what am I missing? Please take my hand and lead me through it...Please...I know I've missed something even though I have been reading the instructional pages all day. [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 21:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::::Please read [[Help:Templates]]. Of course Template:Infobox website shows up as red link since you haven't created this template. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 05:07, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::Hey Max Semenik,
:::::Sorry for being a dumb a** but as per instructions, I created the Template page as seen on the post above and also re-listed below.
:::::When I go to special pages on my wiki, and look under Templates I find DIY so it does exist. Also when I look at it, all it shows is
:::::Template:Infobox website 
:::::(which shows up in red)
:::::I put ## in front of each entry here on this listing so you could see what I entered thus that is why the numbers are showing up.
:::::Was I suppose to input something else into the Template:DIY other than what is listed below? I uploaded the ParserFunctions to my server in the extensions dir.
:::::Copied from previous post:
:::::I created the following Template:DIY as per instructions and placed the following in it:-
:::::<code> 1.</code>
:::::<code> 1. {{Infobox website</code>
:::::<code> 2. |name = DIY Aquaponics</code>
:::::<code> 3. |logo = DIY logo</code>
:::::<code> 4. |logocaption = DIY logo</code>
:::::<code> 5. |collapsible = yes</code>
:::::<code> 6. |caption = Detail of DIY Aquaponics.</code>
:::::<code> 7. |url = www.diyaquaponics.com</code>
:::::<code> 8. |slogan = Feed the World</code>
:::::<code> 9. |commercial = No</code>
:::::<code> 10. |type = Internet Aquaponic project</code>
:::::<code> 11. |registration = Optional</code>
:::::<code> 12. |language = English language</code>
:::::<code> 13. |content license = GNU Free Documentation License</code>
:::::<code> 14. |owner = DIY Aquaponics, Inc.</code>
:::::<code> 15. |author = Chris O'Brian</code>
:::::<code> 16. |launch date = Template:Start date</code>
:::::<code> 17. |current status = Online</code>
:::::<code> 18. }}</code>
:::::Then as I state in my post above, I created a page named "Test" on my wiki and edited it placing the following "DIY" in it surrounded front and back with <nowiki>{{ }}</nowiki> brackets, and when I go there to see the results, this is what I get:-
:::::Test 
:::::Template:Infobox website 
:::::(which still shows up in red)
:::::So where am I going wrong. I am using wiki 1.16 [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 16:40, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::Also while I am thinking about it, here is the link to my site
::::::http://wikiaquaponics.com
::::::And the template page is http://wikiaquaponics.com/index.php/Template:DIY
::::::and the test page is http://wikiaquaponics/index.php/Test [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 16:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::You need Template:Infobox website. The redlink means it doesn't exist. All you've done is moved the template call into another template; you still need the infobox templates that you're calling. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 17:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Sorry, I don't know your name but I do realize you are doing this vountarily so I want you to know that I do appreciate all your assistance. I know you probably help hundreds upon hundreds of people each day here, however since I apparently (as you can see) am completely shooting in the dark and don't understand your directions, perhaps you could take a little more time and explain how to do this correctly, maybe step by step. If you could, it would beat anything that I have been able to find on MediaWiki.
:::::::OK, so according to you, I'm missing something....
:::::::<code> Quote:- All you've done is moved the template call into another template;</code>
:::::::<code> you still need the infobox templates that you're calling.</code>
:::::::I am assuming you mean "DIY" is the template call which was placed in the page "Test" which is actually a page listed under Special Pages / All pages and is located at http://wikiaquaponics.com/index.php/Test
:::::::As for the Template, I did create it as stated above and it is located at http://wikiaquaponics.com/index.php/Template:DIY
:::::::So what other pages do I need to construct and where? [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 19:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::You have a call to Template:DIY, which exists. But Template:DIY has a call to Template:Infobox website, which doesn't exist. You still need that template.
::::::::Unfortunately, documentation of the export and import processes is pretty bad. You could just directly copy the source of [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox website wikipedia:Template:Infobox website] into your wiki, but that makes license compliance difficult. That's why I haven't suggested that method. It is possible to import into your wiki with full attribution, but it's not an easy process to explain.
::::::::Oh, and you also need install [[Extension:ParserFunctions]]. You said you downloaded it, but I can see that it's not installed yet. Make sure to follow the installation instructions on the page. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 21:21, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::I'm going to be honest with you, I have been working on this for 2 days and it's begining to make my head hurt :)
:::::::::<code> You have a call to Template:DIY, which exists.</code>
:::::::::<code> But Template:DIY has a call to Template:Infobox website, which doesn't exist. You still need that template</code>
:::::::::Using the information I provided in my post above how do I create the :-Template:Infobox website, which you say doesn't exist. You still need that template?
:::::::::So right now I have a Template page called DIY and a page which I thought was to call it called Test and you say I need another page? Please tell me how to construct it.
:::::::::And yes I have been all through the Export/Import pages and they no help and I also tried copying the wikipedia:Template:Infobox website page using the edit just to see if it would work to no avail.
:::::::::And I do have the Extension:ParserFunctions (as seen below but it says on the page Requirements) installed.
:::::::::<code> The ParserFunctions extension requires</code>
:::::::::<code> * MediaWiki 1.7.0 or above</code>
:::::::::<code> * PHP compiled with 'ctype' functions (almost always is included by default)</code>
:::::::::<code> in my LocalSettings.php along with some others:-</code>
:::::::::I am using 1.16
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" ); 
:::::::::$wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true; 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/SprintfDateCompat.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions_body.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctionsi18n.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctionsi18n.magic.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/importPagesIntoEndpoint.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/JosekiStore.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlExtension.alias.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlExtension.i8n.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlExtension.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlExtension_body.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlLinker.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlOutputFactory.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlOutputFormat.php" ); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/ExtensionName/SparqlUtil.php" ); 
:::::::::$wgUseAjax = true; 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/CategoryTree/CategoryTree.php"); 
:::::::::require_once("$IP/extensions/OpenSearchXml/OpenSearchXml.php" ); 
:::::::::So what now? [[Special:Contributions/75.95.141.2|75.95.141.2]] 23:17, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::Unfortunately, importing that template and making it work isn't an easy thing for me to explain. :/ I'm going to look at the rest of what you've got here.
::::::::::Remove the four lines after the $wgPFEnableStringFunctions line. You shouldn't be including those directly; ParserFunctions.php will take care care of that. The rest of this looks a bit odd. You have at least four extensions installed according to this, but none of them are showing on Special:Version. There should also be a Special:CategoryTree page, but there isn't.
::::::::::So these extensions aren't installed. Since you're using require_once statements, a missing file would result in your wiki not loading at all. So it seems that those statements aren't even being read in the first place. You're doing this in LocalSettings.php, right? [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 23:57, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::Yes that was my LocalSettings.php file but I have now edited it to the point that only the following extensions are there to hopefully get "Infobox" problem solved:-
:::::::::::<code> ## Extension dir</code>
:::::::::::<code> require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" );</code>
:::::::::::<code> $wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true;</code>
:::::::::::Should I remove the "require_once" for the above? [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 01:37, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::::So, Has everyone given up on me? I just installed Cite in the extension/Cite folder as per instructions and then ran Special:Version and it doesn't show up anywhere there as installed.? So, could there be a problem with require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" not working either and that is what is causing the Infobox to not show up? What could be keeping the installed extensions from working? Below is a list of what I have on bottom of the page of LocalSettings.php at this time.
::::::::::::<code> ## Extension dir</code>
::::::::::::<code> require_once("$IP/extensions/ParserFunctions/ParserFunctions.php" );</code>
::::::::::::<code> $wgPFEnableStringFunctions = true;</code>
::::::::::::<code> require_once("$IP/extensions/Cite/Cite.php");</code>
::::::::::::Should the $IP be changed to my URL or is that OK? I know you guys are tired of me, but look at it as a challenge, besides I have two more Wiki sites to set up after I get this one perfected and actually know what I am doing. I promise I won't try to take your jobs, honest. [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 19:27, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::::OK, I have finally been able to call a Template page into a regular page but the Infobox still doesn't show up.
::::::::::::So I have re-read all the post above again for the um-teenth time and this statement popped out at me.
::::::::::::<code> You have a call to '''Template:DIY''', ''which exists''. But '''Template:DIY''' has a call to ''Template:Infobox website'',</code>
::::::::::::<code> '''which doesn't exist'''. '''''You still need that template.'''''</code>
::::::::::::So is this statement insunuating that I need a total of two Templates and one regular page to get a Infobox to work? Or have I completely gone off in left field again? [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 22:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::::You don't need the DIY template at all. Its contents can be transferred to the page that's currently calling it. You do need Infobox website and several other meta-templates. That's the tricky part, which I'm afraid I'm not very good at explaining. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 22:59, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::::::::::OK, so if you can't tell me, where do I find the documentation that gives me very explicit instructions on how to do this that I need to study to get this thing done? [[Special:Contributions/75.95.141.2|75.95.141.2]] 13:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::::::::OK, I did finally stick my finger in the right hole apparently. Now when I run Special:Versions, all my extensions show up, however Infobox still not working?????? [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 20:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::Also mu URL is http://wikiaquaponics.com/index.php/Main_Page [[User:Codi727|Codi727]] 17:33, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== "Website Deactivated" ==

We seem to be having a bit of bother over at [Paradoxian.org] . Any attempt to log in is met with

Website deactivated, please contact website administrator / Websider deaktivert, vennligst ta kontakt med websidenes administrator

I'm an admin over there, but I'm assuming the trouble has something to do with the actual Owner of the wiki, who I haven't been able to contact in a while. I can't even get past the annoying block on logging in, so I can't really get the version. Any advice? [[User:King Richard XI|King Richard XI]] 10:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:It is unrelated to MediaWiki, apparently the site is suspended by hosting provider. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 10:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::You wouldn't happen to know what I should do? Or is my best bet just to contact our SysAdmin? [[User:King Richard XI|King Richard XI]] 10:22, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

== Various install warnings, what effects will they have? ==

Below are the warnings I get when I start the installation script. However, I get the "Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki." message at the end. I know about safe mode to the extent that I can probably turn it off if needed. Can someone advise me on what issues these things might cause if not corrected, and how I might correct these things? Thank you.

# Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.

Warning: is_dir() [function.is-dir]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/lib/php/session) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/mergeemerge.org/httpdocs:/tmp) in /var/www/vhosts/mergeemerge.org/httpdocs/mewiki/config/Installer.php on line 474

# Warning: Your session.save_path value (/var/lib/php/session) appears to be invalid or is not writable. PHP needs to be able to save data to this location for correct session operation. [[Special:Contributions/70.232.74.57|70.232.74.57]] ([[User talk:70.232.74.57|talk]]) 15:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:Sessions might not work. If they don't, it'll become evident pretty quickly, and you can just add /var/lib/php/session to open_basedir. —[[User:Emufarmers|Emufarmers]]([[User talk:Emufarmers|T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Emufarmers|C]]) 17:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::I added open_basedir = "/var/lib/php/session" to /etc/php.ini , restarted Apache and phpinfo showa that directory as a master value for open_basedir along with /var/www/vhosts/mergeemerge.org/httpdocs :/tmp as local values. But when I reloaded the install script, I get the same warning message. Any suggestions? This is a 1and1 virtual cloud server running plesk [[Special:Contributions/70.232.74.57|70.232.74.57]] 00:39, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== Code Font Size Small! ==

Hi there!

Firstly, I apologize in a advance as this is the first time I have started using MediaWiki and have only had 2 days to get to grips with it. This is probably a massively easy issue. Thank you for any help you can offer:

When I use:
<code><pre><code><pre></pre></code>

The font size comes up as pretty small unlike the code above which is a reasonable size.

This is how it appears on my site: http://medimonics.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

I tried using FireBug and various .css files but can't seem to get it.

Thanks in advance.

I am using the most recent version of Media Wiki (1.16.2) [[Special:Contributions/188.222.10.20|188.222.10.20]] ([[User talk:188.222.10.20|talk]]) 17:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
:[[bugzilla:20706|Known issue]], fixed in upcoming 1.17. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 18:07, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
::Ahhh...Interesting. Sorry, I tried searching for it, but couldn't find it. Thanks for letting me know nonetheless. [[Special:Contributions/188.222.10.20|188.222.10.20]] 18:18, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
I added the following to my Common.css to help with this problem.
<pre>/* Fix so <tt>, <code>, and <pre> display in a suitable size in firefox, chrome, etc */
tt, code, pre {
font-family: monospace, sans-serif;
}</pre> [[Special:Contributions/67.137.99.123|67.137.99.123]] 15:45, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

== Could not connect to host ==

Could not connect to host, used the host IP that I use to FTP my data. Please help! [[Special:Contributions/99.7.252.155|99.7.252.155]] ([[User talk:99.7.252.155|talk]]) 19:27, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

== mediawiki as the platform for a book translation site ==

Aloha,

I'm in the beginning phase of a non-profit project which aims to provide educational material (lit. books, texts) to an elementary school population throughout various pacific island regions (Marshall Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu so far).

We're using volunteer translators and need to create a site which allows one page of a text to be visible on one side of the screen and a blank space for the translated text to be entered on the other. A professor at my university suggested that media wiki might be appropriate for our purpose.

I'm trying to confirm that we could set up a system that allows users/translators to log in, see the english text, then translate it to the local language on the same screen. Unfortunately I know very little about mediawiki and coding in general so any answers/help anyone could give would be very much appreciated.

We already have people throughout the pacific islands excited about helping but need to provide a platform for them to do so.

Mahalo for your help. [[Special:Contributions/99.188.240.149|99.188.240.149]] ([[User talk:99.188.240.149|talk]]) 22:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

== [RESOLVED] Unable to Determine IP (IPv6) ==

Ok so I have this setup for hosting this wiki at home and am having trouble with it. It seems to install just find but after i move the LocalSettings.php file to the root it starts giving me an error when i try to access the web site.

Object Moved

This document may be found hereMediaWiki internal error.

Original exception: exception 'MWException' with message 'Unable to determine IP' in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\ProxyTools.php:115
Stack trace:
#0 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\User.php(1531): wfGetIP()
#1 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(478): User->getName()
#2 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(874): DatabaseBase->query('SELECT * FROM...', 'Job::pop')
#3 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(954): DatabaseBase->select('job', '*', 'job_id >= 0', 'Job::pop', Array, Array)
#4 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\JobQueue.php(107): DatabaseBase->selectRow('job', '*', 'job_id >= 0', 'Job::pop', Array)
#5 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Wiki.php(430): Job::pop()
#6 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Wiki.php(379): MediaWiki->doJobs()
#7 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\index.php(118): MediaWiki->finalCleanup(Array, Object(OutputPage))
#8 {main}

Exception caught inside exception handler: exception 'MWException' with message 'Unable to determine IP' in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\ProxyTools.php:115
Stack trace:
#0 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\User.php(1531): wfGetIP()
#1 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(478): User->getName()
#2 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(874): DatabaseBase->query('SELECT lc_valu...', 'LCStore_DB::get')
#3 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(954): DatabaseBase->select('l10n_cache', Array, Array, 'LCStore_DB::get', Array, Array)
#4 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(763): DatabaseBase->selectRow('l10n_cache', Array, Array, 'LCStore_DB::get')
#5 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(307): LCStore_DB->get('en', 'messages:intern...')
#6 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(225): LocalisationCache->loadSubitem('en', 'messages', 'internalerror')
#7 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\languages\Language.php(1480): LocalisationCache->getSubitem('en', 'messages', 'internalerror')
#8 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\MessageCache.php(532): Language->getMessage('internalerror')
#9 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\GlobalFunctions.php(742): MessageCache->get('internalerror', true, false)
#10 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\GlobalFunctions.php(707): wfMsgGetKey('internalerror', true, false, true)
#11 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\GlobalFunctions.php(613): wfMsgReal('internalerror', Array, true)
#12 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(119): wfMsg('internalerror')
#13 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(209): MWException->getPageTitle()
#14 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(172): MWException->htmlHeader()
#15 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(191): MWException->reportHTML()
#16 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(289): MWException->report()
#17 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(348): wfReportException(Object(MWException))
#18 [internal function]: wfExceptionHandler(Object(MWException))
#19 {main}

When i click the link "here" it takes me to "/index.php?title=Main_Page" which then gives me this error:

PQEWiki error

Unable to determine IP

Backtrace:

#0 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\User.php(1531): wfGetIP()
#1 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(478): User->getName()
#2 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(874): DatabaseBase->query('SELECT lc_valu...', 'LCStore_DB::get')
#3 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\db\Database.php(954): DatabaseBase->select('l10n_cache', Array, Array, 'LCStore_DB::get', Array, Array)
#4 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(763): DatabaseBase->selectRow('l10n_cache', Array, Array, 'LCStore_DB::get')
#5 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(321): LCStore_DB->get('en', 'deps')
#6 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(350): LocalisationCache->isExpired('en')
#7 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(262): LocalisationCache->initLanguage('en')
#8 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\LocalisationCache.php(205): LocalisationCache->loadItem('en', 'defaultUserOpti...')
#9 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\languages\Language.php(458): LocalisationCache->getItem('en', 'defaultUserOpti...')
#10 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\User.php(1052): Language->getDefaultUserOptionOverrides()
#11 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\User.php(1974): User::getDefaultOptions()
#12 [internal function]: User->getOption('numberheadings')
#13 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\StubObject.php(58): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#14 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\StubObject.php(182): StubObject->_call('getOption', Array)
#15 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\parser\ParserOptions.php(150): StubUser->__call('getOption', Array)
#16 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\parser\ParserOptions.php(150): StubUser->getOption('numberheadings')
#17 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\parser\ParserOptions.php(109): ParserOptions->initialiseFromUser(Object(StubUser))
#18 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Article.php(4054): ParserOptions->__construct(Object(StubUser))
#19 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Article.php(745): Article->getParserOptions()
#20 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Wiki.php(493): Article->view()
#21 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Wiki.php(70): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(Article), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#22 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\index.php(117): MediaWiki->performRequestForTitle(Object(Title), Object(Article), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
#23 {main}

I tracked it down to "/includes/ProxyTools.php" line #114

if( !$ip ) {
throw new MWException( "Unable to determine IP" );
}

If i comment that out it seems to work, but then i get another error when i try to log in

MediaWiki internal error.

Original exception: exception 'MWException' with message 'SkinTemplate::makeTalkUrlDetails given invalid pagename User:' in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php:682
Stack trace:
#0 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php(623): SkinTemplate->makeTalkUrlDetails('User:')
#1 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php(489): SkinTemplate->buildPersonalUrls()
#2 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\OutputPage.php(1615): SkinTemplate->outputPage(Object(OutputPage))
#3 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Wiki.php(376): OutputPage->output()
#4 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\index.php(118): MediaWiki->finalCleanup(Array, Object(OutputPage))
#5 {main}

Exception caught inside exception handler: exception 'MWException' with message 'SkinTemplate::makeTalkUrlDetails given invalid pagename User:' in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php:682
Stack trace:
#0 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php(623): SkinTemplate->makeTalkUrlDetails('User:')
#1 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\SkinTemplate.php(489): SkinTemplate->buildPersonalUrls()
#2 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\OutputPage.php(1615): SkinTemplate->outputPage(Object(OutputPage))
#3 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(164): OutputPage->output()
#4 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(191): MWException->reportHTML()
#5 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(289): MWException->report()
#6 C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wiki\includes\Exception.php(348): wfReportException(Object(MWException))
#7 [internal function]: wfExceptionHandler(Object(MWException))
#8 {main}

I have tried searching for about an hour now for a solution to the first error with no luck, the second error seems to be related to a cookie it put on the client, which it uses to track login sessions, although I have found no actual solution to either problem thus far. Can someone here help? [[User:Megamandos|Megamandos]] ([[User talk:Megamandos|talk]]) 01:17, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:Oh also, this might help. My network topology might be causing the proxy issue, although I cannot change it for technical and security reasons.
:<code> <Internet> ----- <Router with static IP> --(192.168.1.0/24)-- <Router to Private network> --(10.0.0.0/24)-- <Server></code>
:You will have to trust me that the port forwarding is done correctly, because the rest of the site works fine, including a wordpress front page and phpBB forums. [[User:Megamandos|Megamandos]] 01:22, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::What is your $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] and other IP-related stuff? Can you dump its contents from visiting a .php file containing <tt><?php phpinfo();</tt> in browser? [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 05:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::Its an IPv6 private address.
:::<code> fe80::e4d2:7ee6:6aa:ce9d%11</code> [[Special:Contributions/72.81.131.11|72.81.131.11]] 11:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] fe80::e4d2:7ee6:6aa:ce9d%11
::::<code> _SERVER["REMOTE_HOST"] fe80::e4d2:7ee6:6aa:ce9d%11</code>
::::<code> _SERVER["REMOTE_PORT"] 52243</code>
::::<code> _SERVER["REMOTE_USER"] no value</code> [[Special:Contributions/72.81.131.11|72.81.131.11]] 11:44, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:::::if you aren't using ipv6 on that machine, you can just disable it and it works fine. That's all I did for my wiki running on win 2008. I doubt you are using ipv6, since that is just a link-local (non routable) address. Just remove it from the properties of the network connection.
:::::I think mediawiki is expecting the address in ipv4 format only [[User:Mread5|Mread5]] 20:19, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
::::::Yes, pre-1.17 versions have problems with IPv6. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 06:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

== Uploaded image didn't appear ==

Hi,

I authorized the upload for my wiki by adding $wgEnableUploads = true; in LocalSettings.php.
The upload work perfectly, images are effectively uploaded but the chmod is set to 600. So when I want to add an image in a wiki page, the image didn't appear...
For the moment I change manually the chmod of the image in order to make them appear, which is exhausting !

Could you please tell me how to have automatically the correct chmod for my uploaded images ?

Thank you,

Fabian [[Special:Contributions/94.111.84.84|94.111.84.84]] ([[User talk:94.111.84.84|talk]]) 12:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== Flagged Revisions automatic review problem ==

Hi.

Sorry for the post. My wiki is working pretty much flawlessly (after 300+ hours put into setting it up).

I know this is a dumbazz question probably (but I've been up for 72 hours and it seems to be eluding me).

Is there a way for all my posts/edits as the site owner/admin/editor/reviewer not to be automatically considered reviewed?

I'm trying to have only reviewed articles on the main page with Dynamic Page List (not the third party one, but the Wikimedia one).

Basically when I go to Special:ReviewedPages any entry I make is in the list and it states next to it something like "(automatic) reviewed". I just want to turn that off, at least until I submit a high rating on an article like "concise", etc. (the highest default one). [[User:Al32162|Al32162]] ([[User talk:Al32162|talk]]) 17:29, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:Remove the autoreview right from those groups. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 17:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== missing special pages ==

Somehow, I am missing many special pages that I think were installed by default, but now I can't see.

In the footer, the "Privacy policy", "About XXXX", and "Disclaimers" pages all return a 404 page, as well as the Help:Editing page.

Is there some way I can get these back. I'm assuming that somehow, I blew these away during some of my troubleshooting of other problems earlier. At one point, I re-installed mySQL, because I had originally installed 64 bit, but needed 32bit, so that php would work correctly.

btw, my "special:XXX" pages appear to be working fine.

MediaWiki 1.16.2 (windows - IIS)
PHP 5.2.17 (cgi-fcgi)
MySQL 5.5.9 [[User:Mread5|Mread5]] ([[User talk:Mread5|talk]]) 20:10, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
:None of those pages are included with MediaWiki. You have to create them yourself. The software doesn't know what your site is about, or what your privacy policy is, or anything like that; it just provides links to them.
:It also doesn't include help pages, but there's a collection of public domain help pages here on MediaWiki.org that you can import into your wiki. See [[Project:PD help]]. [[User:Reach Out to the Truth|Reach Out to the Truth]] 21:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

== Search Result Page ==

I have the following problem:
The discription on the Search Result Page contains the Wiki Markup Language of the page. How can I disable or solve this like the MediaWike Search Result Page?

Thank you in advance! [[Special:Contributions/79.219.180.33|79.219.180.33]] ([[User talk:79.219.180.33|talk]]) 23:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

== English Startpage German Wikipedia ==

Hi there,

I have installed on my NAS Mediawiki. With PHP 5 and Mediawiki 1.16.2. The database is Mysql 4.0 with unicode support.

After I converted the XML file into a SQL dump with mwdumper and all imported.
Then I called on the Mediawiki directory in my web browser.
The browser then redirects me to the page on en.wikipedia.org.
I think that's stored somewhere en.wikipedia.org home page.

Now my question how I could change that, that I when I load the mediawiki directory to get the data stored in the page.

Please help me

Yours sincerely,

Alexander S. [[Special:Contributions/217.228.16.100|217.228.16.100]] ([[User talk:217.228.16.100|talk]]) 09:19, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

== Problems with $wgGroupPermissions ==

Hey there guy,how are you?
Well,i'm having lots of problems to set user rights in my wiki.I'm trying to block everything except reading to all but administrators.
I want to use my wiki for user reference,enabling creating and editing only to the guys of the i.t sector
I've created the following on the LocalSettings.php

$wgGroupPermissions['lowlifes']['createpage'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['lowlifes']['edit'] = false;

Lowlifes=user mwahahahaha xD

Well,despite add these lines,created user continued to have the permission to create and edit pages

Then i added

$wgGroupPermissions['lowlifes']['createpage'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['lowlifes']['edit'] = false;

And all users,including administrators,lost the permission to create/edit

Any ideia on how to solve this problem?
Thanks for the attention =D
Oh,and sorry for the bad english,i'm still learning ¬¬ [[Special:Contributions/189.42.237.130|189.42.237.130]] ([[User talk:189.42.237.130|talk]]) 13:51, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Thread:Project:Support desk/Problems with $wgGroupPermissions

2011-02-24T13:51:44Z

189.42.237.130: New thread: Problems with $wgGroupPermissions

Hey there guy,how are you?
Well,i'm having lots of problems to set user rights in my wiki.I'm trying to block everything except reading to all but administrators.
I want to use my wiki for user reference,enabling creating and editing only to the guys of the i.t sector
I've created the following on the LocalSettings.php

$wgGroupPermissions['lowlifes']['createpage'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['lowlifes']['edit'] = false;

Lowlifes=user mwahahahaha xD

Well,despite add these lines,created user continued to have the permission to create and edit pages

Then i added

$wgGroupPermissions['lowlifes']['createpage'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['lowlifes']['edit'] = false;

And all users,including administrators,lost the permission to create/edit

Any ideia on how to solve this problem?
Thanks for the attention =D
Oh,and sorry for the bad english,i'm still learning ¬¬