Project:Support desk

From MediaWiki.org

Jump to: navigation, search
vde   This page is for questions relating to the MediaWiki software.

Welcome to MediaWiki.org's Support desk, the central on-wiki place to ask questions about the MediaWiki software! The greater purpose of this page is to make our Manual and other available help so good that you do not have to come here to ask questions, or if we know where the page is you are looking for, making that easier to find.

Before posting a question here, please check out the recommended communication possibilities, and also check that your question is not already answered elsewhere on this site (see box on the right).

Well, just as it is the case on most forums, questions on this page are unlikely to be answered very quickly, and may not get answered at all. Usually you have to wait a few days for a reply. If there are call backs from other users trying to solve your problem, please reply as specific as you can. In case you found a solution yourself in the meantime, please leave a short note, so that the thread can be closed.


[edit] Before Posting

[edit] Check that your question is not already answered elsewhere on this site

  • The MediaWiki Handbook (on meta.wikimedia.org) holds detailed information about setting up and using MediaWiki.
  • Project:Forum is where you should discuss issues about this site.
  • Sandbox is where you can test wiki editing, or use testwiki: for more extensive issues.

[edit] Is this the best place to ask your question?

Questions on this page are unlikely to be answered very quickly, and may not get answered at all. Please check out the recommended communication possibilities (particularly the MediaWiki-l mailing list) before posting and read carefully. There is no "official" forum, but there are some private ones that might be better places to ask your question, e.g. mwusers.com.


[edit] To post a new question

1. To help us answer your questions, please always indicate which versions you are using:

  • MediaWiki (reported by your wiki's Special:Version page)
  • PHP (likewise)
  • the database (likewise, e.g. MySQL 4.1)

2. To allow others to examine the issue, it's often neat to also state the URL of your wiki (if it's not locked down, intranet-only, or such).
3. Don't forget to sign your comments with --~~~~ at the end.
4. Now, please click the appropriate link below:

[edit] After Posting

[edit] Is your question answered?

If your question has been answered please place (RESOLVED) before the title of your thread, so our support staff will know to look over it. This also helps us when archiving.

[edit] Why are some topics marked as RESOLVED when they are not?

There are several reasons for marking a page as RESOLVED.
  1. If the user seeking support does not answer a member of the support team's questions seeking more information within a period of five days, the topic will be marked as RESOLVED as it cannot be solved.
  2. If the topic does not relate to MediaWiki software it will be automatically closed.
  3. If the user is seeking support for an unstable/unsupported version or MediaWiki or an unstable/unsupported extension, the topic may automatically be closed, as this Support Desk does not offer such support.
  4. If you do not submit your thread in the correct format (i.e., signing your thread, posting your report above your signature, reporting your version of MediaWiki/PHP/Database, telling us your URL, etc.) it can be deleted on the spot.
  5. If the users post seems resolved it may accidentally be marked as such, if this happens please move the page from the current archive back to the bottom of the support desk, but if your thread is in an archive older than the current, please just copy and repost it. Please note that as long as your topic follows these guidelines it will not be marked as RESOLVED.

[edit] Archiving topics

Topics are automatically archived when they have been inactive (ie no new posts) for three weeks. If a question you have asked is approaching this limit and still has not been answered, please post a 'bump' to prevent it being archived. Please do not 'bump' posts except to prevent archiving.

Contents



[edit] Installation/Legalities Support

[edit] Page Linking Help Needed

Hi, is there a plugin that automatically links key words to other Wiki pages? At the moment I am manually creating links but I'm sure there must be another way?

Any help would be much appreciated!

[edit] Mediawiki Appliance Version 1.13.20 Problems

Downloaded rPath Mediawiki Appliance, Running it on VMwear PLayer but can't find the localsettings.php file to edit.

Can't find much documentation. Any help or documentation would be great!

[edit] Extension Licensing Guidelines

I was wondering if there were licensing guidelines for extensions. I am combined several extensions with MediaWiki and noticed that some of the extensions have licenses that are incompatible with other extensions (e.g. Affero v.3 with a majority of extensions under GPL v.2). There are also several extensions that have no license indicated--is there a default license if you are coding for combination with MediaWiki? I was wondering if there was already guidance or if there could be some written on these topics. Thanks.

[edit] mySQL database username

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 5.2.9
  • MySQL version: 5.1.33

I am configuring MediaWiki, except the one part I am having problems with is when it is asking me for a database username and password and confirm password. Below that is the superuser account, which is root.


>>>Granting user permissions... Query "GRANT DELETE,INSERT,SELECT,UPDATE,CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES ON `wikidb`.* TO 'username'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' " failed with error code "Can't find file: 'user' (errno: 2) (localhost)". <<<<


But it will not let me continue the configuration unless I specify a user and password since it will not let me leave it blank.

I am installing on Windows XP, just need some help with this issue. I am not very familiar with databases, i know the root user account info, but it is asking for a username and password and confirm password.

Any help would be much appreciated.


homerm@rosedale.ca

[edit] What server variables are needed

My neywork admin needs to set server variables to allow the upload to be successful...

Trying to load to www.high12.org,

current php and all info can be seen at www.high12.org/phpinfo.php

currently receive "?"s when attempt to load php is made...admin requesting server settings needed

attempted to register for the forum but never receive conformation email...so hear i am.

[edit] After installation on IIS 7.0 no templates are being loaded

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 5.2.4
  • MySQL version: 5.1.41
  • URL: Internal

I've just finished installing Media Wiki on IIS 7.0 (Windows Server 2008) machine and althought everything seems to have configured and executed properly on the installation page, now that I am on the main page I have no templates (it seems no css) loaded only text.

One thing I should point out is that in order to get Media Wiki working on IIS 7.0 I needed to setup .htaccess RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /wiki/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA]

otherwise I would get on every page "No input file specified".

How can I get the template/css to load properly?


208.48.154.67 19:19, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.4
  • MySQL version: 14.14 Distrib 5.1.37, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64)
  • URL:

Only the main page is visible. Logging in as WikiSysop with proper password does no good. All links lead to a plank page.

Is there a fix for this?

Thanks jerrycannon@me.com


216.86.198.114 22:09, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Can I place a Banner of a Sponsor in all pages of my wiki project (using MediaWiki)?

Hi, I am developing a wiki project (using MediaWiki) for a start-up media company. This wiki project will have information (terms, history of some companies,...) that the editorial team will be collecting during their day-to-day activities. It is not a core activity of this company, its more like a knowledge center that the team will be developing throughout time that will be of great interest for educational purposes (universities, companies,...)

I was thinking about adding a Sponsor' banner (top banner) in all pages of this wiki project. Are there any legal restrictions that forbidden the use of banners in MediaWiki, or is it OK to add a Sponsor Banner?

Many thanks, Pedro


79.146.73.14 11:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

  • MediaWiki version: mediawiki-1.15.1
  • PHP version: 
  • MySQL version: 
  • URL:

I have downloaded the Mediawiki software and I also have Microsoft Sql database server in my company .

Whats next? How can I develop this application.

Thanks

Regards d


Librarytest 02:16, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Superuser account problem: can't install

MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf (r59858) PHP 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.7wm1 (apache2handler) MySQL 4.0.40-wikimedia-log URL: can't install yet, so no URL

I am trying to install MediaWiki on my website. My web host supports MySQL and has confirmed everything is set up for me on their server. However, because it is an ISP, I do not have a root account access or password.

On the Mediawiki installation page, I leave the "superuser" account area blank, or have tried entering my ISP's MySQL server name and password, or combinations of the above (blank, partial, complete) and I still get the "something's not quite right" error -- Won't install. I see in red these characters: "<- Enter" on the line next to superuser password. That's the only error message I am seeing.

I can't get past this. I am not a computer geek, and don't understand tech-speak. Will someone explain how I can install MediaWiki in this environment and get past this problem in plain English? THANKS!

Rocky: rocky@rockylopes.com

96.255.200.237 17:04, 8 February 2010 (UTC)


[edit] MediaWiki System Support

[edit] edit links for Protected page are not showing with api

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 5.2.9
  • MySQL version: 5.0.77
  • URL (Local Server)

Hi, All I'm trying to parse a page which need login condition to edit. I successfully logged in the mediawiki via api. An d try to open a protected page with following link,

$h=@fopen("http://path/to/mediawiki/api.php?action=parse&page=".$pagename."&format=xml", "r");

But the output have not any edit link.

[edit] 404 for non-logged in users

  • MediaWiki 1.15.1 (r59167)
  • PHP 5.2.10 (cgi-fcgi)
  • MySQL 5.0.51a-community-nt
  • URL: (private network)
  • Win2k/IIS5 (using php5isapi.dll)

Many links result in a 404 error, if the user tries to navigate as a non-logged in user. As soon as they log in, everything is then fine...


[edit] Resolved: 404 when using short url

  • MediaWiki: 1.11.0
  • PHP: 5.2.5 (cgi-fcgi)
  • MySQL: 5.0.67.d7-ourdelta-log
  • URL: www.jainkosh.org

Hello, I have been trying to use short url for my wiki by following instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/wiki/Page_title_--_no_root_access but could not achieve the results. My server is Apache and my wiki is saved at htdocs\Mediawiki. I have tried saving the .htaccess file in htdocs\Mediawiki, htdocs\, htdocs\sample_html, htdocs\Mediawiki\sample_html, but it didn't work. Whenever I tried to go to www.jainkosh.org/wiki/Main_Page, it throws error 404, page not found. This is what I have put in my .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)$ /Mediawiki/index.php?title=$1 [PT,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^wiki/*$ /Mediawiki/index.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/*$ /Mediawiki/index.php [L,QSA]

Can you please help me in getting this working?

Thanks a lot, Vikas

I tried the same settings on Godaddy.com server and it worked fine there. Somehow on my localhost it didn't work and was giving 404. Works great on the godaddy server.

[edit] (Resolved) Error 404 Page Not Found - MediaWiki Install on IIS 6.0, PHP, Windows 2003, FastCGI

I had some trouble resolving the error 404 Page Not Found
Resolution
IIS virtual directory configuration: On Home Directory tab, click on Configuration and add Application Extension Mapping for php. The entry must be ".php" and "C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\fcgiext.dll" for FastCGI, otherwise use c:\php\php5isapi.dll.
My version of fcgiext.ini had incorrect [Types] section... Should be (verify php path on your install)

[Types]
php=PHP

[PHP]
ExePath=C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe
InstanceMaxRequests=10000
ActivityTimeout=600
RequestTimeout=600
EnvironmentVars=PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS:10000,PHPRC:C:\PHP\

Also, http://blog.tjitjing.com/index.php/2006/05/php5-with-iis6-on-windows-server-2003.html was very helpful.

[edit] Can I link files directly off my server to our wiki page, or must they be uploaded?

  • MediaWiki version:
  • PHP version:
  • MySQL version:
  • URL:

Is it possible for me to link files from my server to MediaWiki without uploading them. We have an extensive database of projects we would like to incorporate into the our wiki site but do not want to duplicate all those files by uploading them.

[edit] Signatures don't work properly on 1.15.1

Also asked here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Signatures#Invalid_links_in_signatures_-_MediaWiki_1.15.1.

I just realized that ~~~~ is creating links to SomeUserName and not User:SomeUserName. Is this a known MediaWiki bug? Is there a fix and/or workaround?

HELP! Anyone?

[edit] Something similar to early WikiWords?

  • MediaWiki: 1.14.0

Hey, I'm setting up a wiki right now and i need to know if it is possible to create variables/functions for strings in wiki articles and pages?

e.g.

wikipage
Some text on the page
And even more text.

So now i know for sure that ppl at my company filling the wiki will miss to add [[links]] to other pages from time to time. I just want to make sure that the links to other pages that exist will be created. So i need to know if it's possible (maybe using MagicWords) if i set the string text as a variable for the function [[text]]. I have no idea how to do that and if it is even possible :).

[edit] TOC/Numbered List Formatting Bug

There is a formatting bug when a left aligned TOC has a numbered list to its right. The indentations don't appear to occur and the numbers themselves are located within the TOC box.

I tried upgrading to 1.15.1 to see if it had been fixed but it looked the same. (I then went back to 1.12.0 because I was having trouble convincing 1.15.1 to allow page edits, but that's likely my issue)

Here's the simple code that my example page uses to test it:

''Special notice text''
{| align="left"
| __TOC__
|}
== Sample Section Heading ==

:#First item in an indented, numbered list
:#Second item in an indented, numbered list
:#Third item in an indented, numbered list

== Another Sample Heading ==

Blah, blah, blah

[edit] Article in other language or more languages

  • MediaWiki version: 
  • PHP version: 1.15.1
  • MySQL version: 5.0
  • URL: www.playerwiki.com

Greetings.

I would like to create an article in Danish, but i would also like it to be in English. How do i make a link in the left menu like on www.wikipedia.com?


90.185.17.127 20:07, 16 January 2010 (UTC) Janza

Those are interlanguage links to other wikis that are part of the same wiki family. Read Manual: Wiki family and Manual:Interwiki for help setting that up. If you prefer having all the languages hosted on a single wiki like the way this site is set up you could create subpages for each language. If you do that you could then use Extension:Polyglot, which provides automatic redirects based on a user's language settings and also adds the other language versions of a page to the Languages sidebar. Reach Out to the Truth 00:00, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
  • MediaWiki version: 1.12
  • PHP version: 5.3
  • MySQL version: 5.0
  • URL:

I have to develop a script to get recentchanges in a pdf file. The problem is not here. I want it independant from the mediawiki system as I will use it from a cron job.

So I want to know which mediawiki files I have to include in the head of my php script (via require() or include()) in order to be able to use mediawiki core functions as User::newFromName() or to do queries on the database via mediawiki db functions.

I think just include LocalSettings.php is not enough because it's just settings stuffs.


Thank you in advance.


158.169.9.14 13:12, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] I cannot search for the word "sar" in any pages.

  • MediaWiki version: 1.13.x
  • PHP version: 5.2.6
  • MySQL version: 5.1.26
  • URL: Internal


For some reason I cannot search on the word sar. I have a page that has the word sar in it. A page was created on how to enable sar on a solaris box. I can find the page if I put "enable sar" It shows sar in red showing that it sees it. But if you only put "sar" it cannot find the word. Any ideas? —158.147.20.51 17:23, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Your MySQL is configured to avoid searching for short words. Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.15.1, which has a workaround for that, and run maintenance/rebuildtextindex.php. 1.13 is out of support anyway. Max Semenik 17:58, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] (RESOLVED) Recent changes options

I search a lot but didn't find the answer, so here I'm. I want to know how to make changes in the Recent changes options, so we could add a new button to improve the vandal tracking. My idea is to put a Show/Hide autoconfirmed users button to show anonymous and new-registered users in the same list. Thanks, Bozomal (Talk) 06:45, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, I talked to a Mediawiki developer and he answered this question, thanks Bozomal 05:50, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Question about Special:PopularPages

Hello, can you please advise what is included in the Popular pages list? I'm under the impression it is a list of all wiki pages, excluding files and User namespace pages. Can you give the specifics of what is included please? Thank you very much..

Lainie


LainieH 17:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

It uses $wgContentNamespaces to determine what pages to include. Max Semenik 17:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] [Resolved] Create page redirect not working properly

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 
  • MySQL version: 
  • URL:

on my site if i try to make a new page using the url i get redirected to a page just showing the coding for what the page should look like....


can someone tell me whats wrong with it?

Cheers —85.92.180.114 15:41, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

The article.php file has been corrupted at upload, reuploaded file and it works perfectly now!

[edit] Make all Files not readable for not registered users

  • MediaWiki version: 1.16alpha-wm
  • PHP version: 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.7wm1 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: 4.0.40-wikimedia-log
  • URL: n/a

Hello Team, is there any possibility to disallow not registert users to see any atteched file? So, i like to do somethink in my settings that way, that only registered users are able to see pages within the "file"-namespace. (in German the "Datei"-Namespace) I've just tried it with ExtraNameSpaces but it does not work. Please help me. Thanks in advance. Hendrik


78.51.138.109 17:10, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] [Resolved] BagOStuff.php Error

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 5.2.9 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: 5.0.81-community
  • URL: Private

After uninstalling the SMW extension, every so often my wiki presents this error at the top of any page:
Warning: unserialize() [function.unserialize]: defined (__autoload) but not found in /home/strainje/public_html/team/wiki/includes/BagOStuff.php on line 425

It presents this error twice and I cannot find any correlation to fix it. It only happens some of the time, but when it does it is a annoyance and messes up the formatting of the pages.

Any ideas? Thanks

199.119.29.65 13:06, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

I got that error too (I don't know why it happens only sometimes). If you want to remove the error, you can edit includes/AutoLoader.php and comment out the line ini_set('unserialize_callback_func', '__autoload' ); (line 5). This problem has been fixed in 1.16 though. iAlex 13:17, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] [Resolved] class="wikitable" not working

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 5.2.9 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: 5.0.81-community
  • URL: Private

I'm trying to make some tables on my wiki look "good", though some of the examples from the Table documentation aren't working; mainly the class wikitable. I've looked and it appears to be in the CSS required for the monobook skin, but I might be missing something.

Any ideas?

These CSS classes aren't standard, you have to copy them manually from w:MediaWiki:Common.css. Max Semenik 07:47, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
Where is the location of common.css? And where would I need to put it? --68.209.251.67 01:12, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Nevermind. --68.209.251.67 01:52, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] [Resolved] Mediawiki partially working after fresh install

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.0 (Ubuntu 9.10 package)
  • PHP version: 5.2.10 (also Ubuntu package)
  • MySQL version: 5.1.37 (Ubuntu package)
  • URL: (sorry, behind a firewall)

This is a fresh install of mediawiki using Ubuntu pre-compiled packages. I ran the "config" and it created the database. I moved LocalSettings into the correct directory.

Now, when I browse to the top mediawiki URL, I do get the Main_Page, but if I try to view the Special Pages or edit any page, what is sent to the browser is 0 characters in length. View Source says that there's nothing in the page.

Can you give me some suggestions of what I've done wrong or where to look to fix this issue?

Thank you, in advance.

See blank page. Max Semenik 06:12, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response, Max. I believe it was the memory_limit. Once I changed it to 32M in the php.ini file(s) and the LocalSettings file, I'm now able to view Special Pages and the Edit page comes up. THANK YOU!


68.111.202.208 04:46, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] INCATEGORY search method - not works.

  • MediaWiki version: 
  • PHP version: 
  • MySQL version: 
  • URL:

Hi, I have Mediawiki in my INTRANET version 1.11 I am trying to search with INCATEGORY method but I do not get any results.. Do I need to do something to enable this search method!?

Thank you, Gabi.


212.25.124.145 10:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

IIRC, the incategory: search function was added recently to MW. Try upgrading your installation to the latest version (1.15). Happymelon 15:25, 9 February 2010 (UTC)


[edit] MediaWiki Database Support

[edit] (Resolved) Wired Data after upgrading of Debian

After upgrading of debian 5.0 the whole wiki is getting wired. The databases tables itselfes look alright, and instaling a backupdatabase didn't help. What can i do ... ? Richard 212.51.25.1 Update: Upgrading from 1.11 to 1.14 didn't solve the problem.... Update2: Upgrading vom 1.11 to 1.14 with Database Update solved the problem. Everything up and running again :-). See "Upgrading Medawiki" for more information

[edit] [Solved] Database error when registered user or Admin try to modify Main page contents

Hello, I have a quite strange problem.

When a logged registered user or logged Admin try to modify the Main page contents he receive an error message: Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties. Try waiting a few minutes and reloading. (Can't contact the database server: Unknown error (sql.4copter.com))

Any non logged user can modify the main page ! Registered users and Admin when logged can access to their pages.

It is a bug !

If I click on the edit link on the left side of the Main page , the hyperlink is something like http://www.mysite.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=main_page&action=edit&section=1

But if I click on the "modify" tab on the top menu of the same page hyperlink is something like http://www.mysite.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=main_page&action=edit

Without the final part of link "&section=1" the page can be modified also by registred user and Admin.

Why solved ? where ? I experienced the very same problem.

I will hide editsection until a solution will be found.

[edit] ipblocks table corrupt?

  • MediaWiki version: 1.12
  • PHP version: 5.2.4
  • MySQL version: N/A
  • Postgresql version: 8.3.1
  • URL: N/A (intranet)

I receive the following message when trying to describe table ipblocks "ERROR: expected "[" to start datum, but got "4 [ 1 0 0 0 ]})}"; length = 0".

The reason I noticed this is because database dumps are now failing.

[edit] Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.

I get this error when editing any page. But saving a new page is functional. *******(sitename) has a problem Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties. Try waiting a few minutes and reloading. (Can't contact the database server: Unknown error (mysql6.000webhost.com)) '''Can any one please help?'''

Answer: there is a file in the main folder called 'LocalSettings.php'. This file contains your database username and password information. Check to make sure the credentials are correct - this solved my problem. I had a bad password.

[edit] Illegal mix of collations for operation after Upgrade

  • MediaWiki: 1.14.0 (upgrade from: 1.3.9)
  • PHP: 5.2.4 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL: 5.1.33-community
  • Url: test-machine @ home (Windows)

Live-Wiki (1.3.9) has charset=iso-8859-1 // (German)

I've got the following error on some pages: ... aus der Funktion „LinkBatch::doQuery“. MySQL meldete den Fehler „1271: Illegal mix of collations for operation ' IN ' (localhost)“.

I've upgraded via Web-Setup. Shell don't work. wgDBmysql5 is true ... false = no error, but i get problem with umlauts like äöü! The complete database has collation binary (manuelly set) and innodb (manuelly). After upgrade is sometimes innodb, myisam mixed or binary, latin1 mixed. I've tested some "install"-methodes (other settings) to upgrade - nothing work :(

What can i do?

same problem here :( It seems an issue with moving databases, can't find an easy fix yet.

[edit] Updating to 1.14

HI,

I upgraded to 1.14 today using ../maintenance/update.php and I have now an error when I want to view a page (in french) :

Erreur de syntaxe de la requête dans la base de données est intervenue. Ceci peut indiquer un bogue dans le logiciel. La dernière requête traitée par la base de données était :

   (Requête SQL cachée)

depuis la fonction « OutputPage::addCategoryLinks ». MySQL a renvoyé l’erreur « 1146 : Table 'wwmbxfdgchaton.wiki_page_props' doesn't exist (mysql5-7) »


Here my environment variables.

Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems.

   * PHP 5.2.9 installed
   * Found database drivers for: MySQL PostgreSQL
   * PHP server API is cgi; using ugly URLs (index.php?title=Page_Title)
   * Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
   * Session save path (/tmp) appears to be valid.
   * PHP's memory_limit is 32M.
   * Couldn't find Turck MMCache, eAccelerator, APC or XCache; cannot use these for object caching.
   * Found GNU diff3: /usr/bin/diff3.
   * Found ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert; image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads.
   * Found GD graphics library built-in.
   * Installation directory: /homez.150/wwmbxfdg/www/wiki
   * Script URI path: /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 wwmbxfdgchaton...success.
   * Connected to mysql 5.0.68-log; enabling MySQL 4.1/5.0 charset mode
   * Database wwmbxfdgchaton exists
   * Creating tables... done.
   * Initializing statistics...
   * Created sysop account JP.
   *
     Creating LocalSettings.php...
     Installation successful! Move the config/LocalSettings.php file to the parent directory, then follow this link to your wiki.
     You should change file permissions for LocalSettings.php as required to prevent other users on the server reading passwords and altering configuration data.


Thanks for your help.

[edit] Migration from SQLite TO MYSQL

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15  
  • PHP version:  php-5.3.1-nts-Win32-VC9-x86
  • MySQL version: mysql-5.1.40-win32
  • URL:


Hello,

I migrated my wiki in order to roll on a given Mysql instead of SQLite it's work well except for links, images and attach files, can you help me to solve my problem

Thank you


142.213.254.2 18:49, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

How can I migrate from mysql to sqlite ?78.138.154.133 17:36, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Database error when trying to edit pages.

  • MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
  • PHP version: 5.3.1 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: 5.1.30-log
  • URL: intranet

When trying to update or edit any page, with any user gets the following error.

Database error A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was: (SQL query hidden) from within function "Revision::insertOn". MySQL returned error "1048: Column 'old_text' cannot be null (localhost)".


[edit] PHP Error Support

[edit] (RESOLVED) Pages imported by ImportTextFile.php NOT searchable

Revive from Project:Support desk/Archives/PHP/001#(RESOLVED) Pages imported by ImportTextFile.php NOT searchable
  • MediaWiki: 1.8.3
  • PHP: 5.2.0
  • MySQL: 5.0.27
  • URL:

I am using ImportTextFile.php to import a number of pages and they show up in Recent Changes.

But if I do a search on some text that I know is in the pages, the results are NOT showing them.

Is there a way that I can ensure that these pages are also searchable?

Thanks.

68.147.72.69 06:34, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Run the updateSearchIndex.php maintenance script. Emufarmers 02:23, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

That didn't work for imported pages as these pages were not selected during the run of the updateSearchIndex.php. The problem seems to be in the SELECT statement in updateSearchIndex.inc where "iaisrecentchanges" and "iaispage" tables are matched up to find the pages to be updated. The original SELECT statement is

SELECT ... FROM $recentchanges JOIN $page on
    rc_cur_id=page_id AND rc_this_oldid=page_latest

and since an imported page has a clean slate of attributes, they are NOT selected.

Looking at the actual attributes in the imported pages, rc_last_oldid is always set to 0, thus by changing the SELECT statement to

SELECT ... FROM $recentchanges JOIN $page on 
    rc_cur_id=page_id AND (rc_this_oldid=page_latest OR rc_last_oldid=0)

then those imported pages are also selected.

I also believe that newer versions of mediawiki might have fixed this.

68.147.72.69 16:21, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

rebuildtextindex.php may do the work for this --Ans 03:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hack for rating of articles

  • MediaWiki 1.13.1
  • PHP 5.2.9 (cgi)
  • MySQL 5.1.30-percona-log
  • URL: nlauer.com/wiki

Hi everybody!

I read a few days the book Packt - MediaWiki Administrators' Tutorial Guide and in Chapter 9 is a hack for rating of articles including the code to a special page with the report!

But I implemented in my Wiki and presented the following error:

There was a syntax error in the search database. The last attempt to search the database was:

    (SQL query hidden)

function ". MySQL returned error "1146: Table 'theend35.mw_' does not exist." 


My Wiki is the version 1.13 but the version used in the book is to 1.9

Below is the PHP code that can also be caught in the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/support/book/Mediawiki

RateArticle.php PHP Code:

<?
if ( ! defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) )
die();
require_once("DatabaseFunctions.php");
function wfRateArticleForm()
{
global $wgArticle, $wgUser, $wgScriptPath;
if(isset($_GET['rated'])&& $_GET['rated'] == "successfully")
{
$wgArticle->purge();
}
$s = getArticleRating();
if($wgUser->isLoggedIn())
{
if(!articleRated())
{
$s .= '<form name="rank" class="inline" method="post" action="' .$wgScriptPath. '/saverating.php">
        <br> Rate this Article:
        <input type=radio name=rating value=1> 1
        <input type=radio name=rating value=2> 2
        <input type=radio name=rating value=3 checked> 3
        <input type=radio name=rating value=4> 4
        <input type=radio name=rating value=5> 5
        <Br>
        <input type=hidden name=articleID value="' .$wgArticle->getID(). '">
        <input type=hidden name=articleTitle value="' .$wgArticle->getTitle()->getPrefixedText().'">
        <input type=hidden name=userName value="' .$wgUser->getName(). '">
        <input type="submit" name="go" value="Save your Rating" /> </form>';
}
}
echo $s;
}
function getArticleRating()
{
global $wgArticle, $wgDBprefix;
$articleID = $wgArticle->getID();
$totalRatings = 0;
$totalPoints = 0;
$averageRating = 0;
$sql = "SELECT totalRatings, totalPoints FROM {$wgDBprefix}
articlerating WHERE articleID=$articleID";
$res = wfQuery( $sql, DB_READ );
if( $s = wfFetchObject( $res ) )
{
$totalRatings = $s->totalRatings;
$totalPoints = $s->totalPoints;
}
if($totalRatings>0)
{
$averageRating = $totalPoints/$totalRatings;
return "Average Rating for this Article is
<b>" .sprintf("%.2f",$averageRating). "
</b>
( out of 5.00 ) after $totalRatings Ratings";
}
else
{
return "No rating has been done for this Article.";
}
}
function articleRated()
{
global $wgArticle, $wgUser, $wgDBprefix;
$articleID = $wgArticle->getID();
$userName = $wgUser->getName();
$sql = "SELECT * FROM {$wgDBprefix}articleratinghistory WHERE
articleID=$articleID and userName = '$userName'";
$res = wfQuery( $sql, DB_READ );
if( $s = wfFetchObject( $res ) )
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
?>

saverating.php PHP Code:

==============================================
Save it in theroot folder of your installation
==============================================

require_once( './includes/WebStart.php' );
$dbw =& wfGetDB( DB_MASTER );
$dbw->begin();
$sql = "update {$wgDBprefix}articlerating set
`totalRatings` = `totalRatings` + 1,
`totalPoints` = `totalPoints` + '$_POST[rating]'
where `articleID` = '$_POST[articleID]' ";
$res = $dbw->query($sql);
if($dbw->affectedRows()==0)
{
$sql = "insert into {$wgDBprefix}articlerating set
`articleID` = '$_POST[articleID]',
`articleName` = '$_POST[articleTitle]',
`totalRatings` = 1,
`totalPoints` = '$_POST[rating]' ";
$res = $dbw->query( $sql);
}
$sql = "insert into {$wgDBprefix}articleratinghistory set
`articleID` = '$_POST[articleID]',
`userName` = '$_POST[userName]',
`articleRating` = '$_POST[rating]'";
$res = $dbw->query( $sql);
$dbw->commit();
he ader("Location: index.php?title=".$_POST
['articleTitle']."&rated=successfully"); 

SpecialPageRating.php PHP Code:

=================================
Save inside the extensions folder
=================================

<?php
if( defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) )
{
require_once( 'SpecialPage.php' );
$wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'wfSpecialPageRating';
$wgExtensionCredits['specialpage'][] = array( 'name' =>
'Article Ratings', 'author' => 'Mizanur Rahman', 'url' => '' );
function wfSpecialPageRating()
{
global $wgMessageCache;
SpecialPage::addPage( new PageRating() );
$wgMessageCache->addMessage( 'pagerating', 'Article Ratings' );
$wgMessageCache->addMessage( 'pagerating-header', "'''This page
lists the $1 ranked pages on the wiki.'''" );
$wgMessageCache->addMessage( 'pagerating-limitlinks', 'Show
up to $1 pages' );
$wgMessageCache->addMessage( 'pagerating-showing',
'Found $1 pages;
listing newest first:' );
$wgMessageCache->addMessage( 'pagerating-none', 'No entries
were found.' );
}
class PageRating extends IncludableSpecialPage
{
var $limit = 50;
function PageRating()
{
SpecialPage::SpecialPage( 'PageRating', '', true, false,
'default', true );
}
function execute( $par )
{
global $wgOut;
$this->setLimit( $par );
# Don't show the navigation if we're including the page
if( !$this->mIncluding )
{
$this->setHeaders();
$wgOut->addWikiText( wfMsg( 'pagerating-header',
$this->limit ));
$wgOut->addHTML( $this->makeLimitLinks() );
}
$dbr =& wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );
$res = $dbr->query( "SELECT * from articlerating ORDER BY
articleID DESC LIMIT 0,{$this->limit}" );
$count = $dbr->numRows( $res );
if( $count > 0 )
{
# Make tabled list
if( !$this->mIncluding )
$wgOut->addWikiText( wfMsg ( 'pagerating-showing', $count ) );
$wgOut->addHTML( "<br><br><table align=center border=0
cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=70%
style='background:transparent'>\n" );
$wgOut->addHTML( "<tr><Td width=5%><B>#</td>
<Td width=50%><B>Page Title</td><td><B> Current
Rating</td><td><B>Number of Rating</td></tr>");
$i=1;
while( $row = $dbr->fetchObject( $res ) )
$wgOut->addHTML( $this->makeListItem ( $row, $i++ ) );
$wgOut->addHTML( "</table>\n" );
}
else
{
$wgOut->addWikiText( wfMsg( 'pagerating-none' ) );
}
$dbr->freeResult( $res );
}
function setLimit( $par )
{
if( $par )
{
$this->limit = intval( $par );
}
else
{
global $wgRequest;
if( $limit = $wgRequest->getIntOrNull( 'limit' ) )
{
$this->limit = $limit;
}
else
{
$this->limit = 50;
}
}
}
function makeListItem( $row , $i )
{
global $wgUser;
$title = $row->articleName;
$ratingpoint = $row->totalPoints;
$totalrating = $row->totalRatings;
$currentRating = sprintf("%.2f",$ratingpoint/$totalrating);
if( !is_null( $title ) )
{
return( "<tr><td>$i.</td><td>$title</td><td align=center>
$currentRating</td><td align=center>$totalrating</td></tr>\n");
}
else
{
return( "<!-- Invalid title "
. htmlspecialchars( $row->page_title ) . " in namespace "
. htmlspecialchars( $row->page_namespace ) . " -->\n" );
}
}
function makeLimitLinks()
{
global $wgUser;
$skin = $wgUser->getSkin();
$title = Title::makeTitle( NS_SPECIAL, 'PageRating' );
$limits = array( 10, 20, 30, 50, 100, 150 );
foreach( $limits as $limit )
{
if( $limit != $this->limit )
{
$links[] = $skin->makeKnownLinkObj( $title, $limit,
'limit=' . $limit );
}
Else
{
$links[] = (string)$limit;
}
}
return( wfMsgHtml( 'pagerating-limitlinks',
implode( ' | ', $links ) ) );
}
}
}
else
{
echo( "This is an extension to the MediaWiki package and cannot
be run standalone.\n" );
die( -1 );
}
?>

Creating tables

Code:

CREATE TABLE `articlerating`
(`articleID` INT NOT NULL , `articleName` VARCHAR( 250 ) NOT
NULL,`totalRatings` INT NOT NULL,`totalPoints` INT NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY ( `articleID` ));

Code:

CREATE TABLE `articleratinghistory`
(`articleID` INT NOT NULL ,`userName` VARCHAR( 50 ) NOT
NULL ,`articleRating` TINYINT NOT NULL );

Our next step will be to add a hook for the implemented function. In order to do so, we have to add the following line at the end of our LocalSettings.php file in the root folder of the wiki installation. This hook runs when an event named AfterArticleDisplayed occurs:

PHP Code:

$wgHooks['AfterArticleDisplayed'][] = 'wfRateArticleForm'; 

After this we have to add our extension file at the end of LocalSettings.php. The following code needs to be added for this purpose:

PHP Code:

require_once("extensions/RateArticle.php"); 

We have defined our hook for the extended functionality, and we now need to show this functionality to the user. To implement this, we have to modify our skin file. So let's open our default skin file MonoBook.php file from the skins directory. In the file, try to find the footer code blocks, which start with the following code:

PHP Code:

<div class="visualClear"></div>
<div id="footer">
and add the following code section just before the mentioned code section:
<?
global $wgTitle, $wgOut;
if($wgOut->isArticle() && $wgTitle->getArticleId()>1)
{
?>
<div class="visualClear"></div>
<div id="footer">
<? wfRunHooks( 'AfterArticleDisplayed'); ?>
</div>
<?
}
?>


Can you help to correct the error?


Lauer 13:14, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] PHP 5.3 Problem Still Exists

MW's problems with PHP 5.3 appear still not resolved, despite the fix that was reported as http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50394. I'm still receiving similar error messages (eg Warning: Parameter 5 to fnHierarchySaveHook() expected to be a reference, value given in ...includes/Hooks.php on line 117) as well as for the Language.php module.

This happens because because the function being called expects the parameter to be passed by reference, but the hook doesn't pass it by reference. If your function is called by ArticleSave, you can see that the $minor parameter is not passed by reference. You'll need to remove the "&" before that paramter and it should work again. iAlex 08:18, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] When logging in users get Fatal error: Class 'SpecialResetpass' not found

When logging into the wiki with a known good username and password when the user clicks the login button the page clears and the following error appears:

  "Fatal error: Class 'SpecialResetpass' not found in /home/mbreen/autosub/www/wiki/includes/SpecialUserlogin.php on line 591

71.192.156.183 03:35, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

This part of code only exists since 1.14.0, so check that you have to correct file in includes/SpecialUserlogin.php (if not, you can take it from our subversion repo). 08:14, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


[edit] I need to re-index so the search will work.

I try to run the proper scripts and this is what I get. I have version 1.6.10 running on OS X.

ns1:maintenance root# php rebuildtextindex.php

<img src='/images/PetrineSabianismUNC.png' style='float:left;margin-right:1em' alt=>Theosebia has a problem

Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.

Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.

(Can't contact the database server: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) (localhost))

ns1:maintenance root#

Thanks in advance! BJ


[edit] Uploading Support

.TMP File issue?


Mediawiki Version: latest, PHP version Latest mySQL latest --- When Users try to upload images onto the wiki, they get a error that states "Cannot find C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\PHP"X" Whereas X indicates a letter (currently PHPc.tmp) I've disabled Imagemagic(sp?) and I am still getting an error. Can I remote host the images and what tag would I use to embed it?

[edit] (SOLVED) Errors while deleting files/images

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 5.0.4 (apache)
  • MySQL version: 4.1.21
  • URL: (intranet)

Error deleting file: Could not create directory "deleted/d/2/n" (or the like).

Hi, I have the problem that I get an error message when trying to delete images from our wiki. It says: "Error deleting file: Could not create directory "deleted/d/2/n" (or the like).

I found that the permissions of the ./images/deleted directory can not be changed to 777. Apparently it was made (or is owned) by another user. I have no root access, so I can't chown the directory.

I also tried to create another directory (del), set its permissions to 777. And then included in the LocalSettings.php  :

  $wgFileStore['deleted']['directory'] = "$wgUploadPath/del";
  $wgFileStore['deleted']['url'] = null; 
  $wgFileStore['deleted']['hash'] = 0;

This doesn't help either. Even worse, after trying to delete a file, it turned out that also the owner of del was changed...

Any suggestions?


-> I managed to resolve it myself, after browsing mediawiki and Google for the same problem. It turned out that Safe_Mode should be tunred off (search on Safe_Mode for instructions how to do that).

--- Gert-willem Romer ---

[edit] Upload Zip Files

I need to be able to upload zip files and possibly a few other extension to my Wiki. I have searched and read pages but am still unable to work out how to do this. Please if you do have a solution for me include the file name that I would need to edit to change or add code into


You can add this to LocalSettings.php:

$wgFileExtensions[] = 'doc';

Don't know if it works for ZIP files though.

[edit] uploading documents

  • MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
  • PHP version: 5.1.6
  • MySQL version: 5.0.22
  • URL:

Hi folks,

I encounter the following problem when uploading a document. When I uploaded a document and then upload a new version of the document, I can't see the new version of the document when I download it. Another user can see it. After an hour or so I'm also able to see the updated document. I tried it with the IE and Firefox, same problem. I also emptied my cach and all other options within the browser, so I guess it has to do with the MediaWiki itself. Thanks for your support.



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

  • MediaWiki version: MediaWiki 1.15.1
  • PHP version: PHP 5.2.11 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: MySQL 5.0.87-community
  • URL: [[1]]

I have recently updated this wiki to 1.15.1 and have the same problem reported by others. That is: ‘Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in /home/naturewe/public_html/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2012’ Most of the requests and replies in the forums, some dating back to 2006, having the same problem have provided some sort of ‘solution’ but ones that I cannot properly understand, although where possible all solutions have been attempted. Shell access is not available to me. If anyone is able to guide me through the solution it will be much appreciated. Darryl

144.131.29.144 06:11, 13 January 2010 (UTC)


I have the same question.

  • MediaWiki version:1.15.1
  • Mysql version :MySQL 5.0
  • PHP version: PHP 5.0.5

System:Windows XP I have set the documents in the right way. The documents included the php.int,LocalSettings.php,DefaultSettings.php,http.conf.When I upload the images.That is 'Warning:mkdir()[function mkdir]: No such file or directory in D:\wiki\Apache2\htdocs\testwiki\includes\GlobalFunctions.php on line 2012'. Thanks for your help.

I just find the solution in the support. I added this statement to GlobalFunctions.php at line 2011 to fix the path: $dir = str_replace('/', '\\', $dir); I hope this solution is helpful to the users who have the same question.

[edit] (RESOLVED) Restriction on Uploads doesn't work

  • MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
  • PHP version: 5.2.6-3ubuntu4.2 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2
  • URL:

I added the line:

$wgGroupPermissions['something']['upload'] = false;

To the LocalSettings.php file, but the user group "something" can still upload files. I want the file uploads to be restricted to the "sysop" group.


Johannekie 10:46, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

The user and sysop groups have the upload right by default. Even if you disable upload for the something group they'll still get it from the user group, so you'll need to add
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['upload'] = false;
to LocalSettings.php. Check Special:ListGroupRights to make sure that only sysops have the upload right. Reach Out to the Truth 15:07, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. I posted another question on another Support page http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk/Sections/Miscellaneous#How_can_I_restrict_certain_user_groups_from_Special_pages

If someone can please look at that as well.

[edit] Wiki not loads doc-files saved in MS Word 2007 format 97-2003

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1 (in Russian)
  • PHP version: 5.2.6-3ubuntu4.5 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2
  • URL:

Our wiki not loads files *.doc which was created in the MS Word 2007 and saved in the format suitable for MS Word 97-2003. Message is: File is damaged or has an incorrect extension. Please check the file and try to download it again. (in Russian: Файл либо повреждён, либо имеет неверное расширение. Пожалуйста, проверьте файл и попробуйте загрузить его ещё раз.) Help please.

194.85.96.104 17:26, 28 January 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Image Support

[edit] Error on uploading PNGs

  • MediaWiki: 1.11.1
  • PHP: 5.2.6 (cgi)
  • MySQL: 5.0.81-community
  • URL: MedRevise.co.uk

Whenever anyone tries to upload a PNG, we get this error: "The file is corrupt or has an incorrect extension. Please check the file and upload again."

Any ideas? —MedRevise 17:19, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Still waiting for a hand... MedRevise


Anyone? MedRevise 22:58, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Images from Wikimedia Commons sometimes show, sometimes not

This error apparently comes and goes like the wind. Even at the very same time some images show and some images don't. I cannot see any logical pattern in this. Can somebody help? —87.104.58.186 08:28, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Problems showing images on my new wiki

Pictures from Wikimedia Commons sometimes show, sometimes not. It is completely unpredictable. Very unsatisfacory indeed. Can somebody help? —87.104.58.186 08:49, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Some of the images (from Wikimedia Commons) show, some don't. The pattern seems to be completely illogical and unpredictable. Am I really the only one to whom this has happened. What can the reason be. And how (if at all) can it be solved?

87.54.18.7 11:04, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Commons Image doesn't show in my wiki

I changed source on this way in localsettings.php. but It's doesn't show image files from it.

Badbread 14:28, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Memory error

  • MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
  • PHP version: 5.2.3
  • MySQL version: 5.0.45
  • URL: Private

An uploaded image (2.16 MB) connot be displayed. It causes an Error

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 19736 bytes) in C:\Web-Server-apache\xampplite\htdocs\RE-WO-WIKIENTW\includes\media\Bitmap.php on line 172

sometimes in Line 173! Since im not an expert, I haven't got a clue what I'm supposed to do. Or what that means anyway.

Please help! —93.122.64.71 15:24, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

You will need to raise PHP's memory limit. The memory limit is set in php.ini (as memory_limit) and possibly overridden in LocalSettings.php with ini_set('memory_limit', '20M'); Platonides 15:31, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures won't show after migration

Hello, I have a functioning wiki (http://www.uss-saipan.de/mediawiki-1.13.0/index.php5/Hauptseite). I wanted to migrate to another server, so I set up a database there, installed the same wiki-version and imported the text-data from the old one. Went well, everything is there. But not the pictures. In the old wiki I have them on the same server and only wrote "http://...." and the picture showed without problems. Now I have the wiki on another server and the pics on the old one, and it won't show anything, even if its the complete link. I tried to put one of the pictures up to the new server, same result. I set it directly in the images folder of the wiki - same. I used every possible combination with [[ and without, complete and not complete URL. No picture. Don't understand this, because it worked in the old wiki (and still works). I will migrate with my whole site to the new server, but until now, it seems, this does not solve the problem. Please help, sat for hours on this now.... thanks



134.100.71.6 09:32, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Formatting Support

[edit] How can I get my text to have a "right" alignment?

How can i align a text in a table <TD> at the top. I quessed <TD VALIGN="middle"> could work but it doesn't. Any ideas?

[edit] How can I get my text to have a "right" alignment?

I can't figure out how to get text aligned to the right side of the page, despite searching the help pages for "alignment." Please help!

<div style="float:right;">YOUR TEXT HERE</div> Dr. Eme

[edit] Existing pages with table code doesn't work in mediawiki 1.13.2

  • MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
  • PHP version: 5.2.6
  • MySQL version: 5.0.51a
  • URL: localhost

I have upgraded mediawiki version 1.10.0 with 1.13.2. I have executed update.php and refreshLinks.php. But the pages which have table code has broken. The data is in text table. All the pages are working good with 1.10.0 version. But doesn't work with 1.13.2.

So, I have edited the page which was not working on 1.13.2 and copied the data from other system where it is working with 1.10.0 and saved the changes. but the page is not saving properly and it is removing the '|' and also placing some extra characters to the data.

Even the table format is good also the page is not getting displayed in tabular form.

It works good when i create a new page with table format.

Please help me that what's wrong with version 1.13.2 that doesn't support existing page table code? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.88.84.10 (talkcontribs) 20:49, 31 December 2008. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

I really need your help in finding this problem. Actually, it looks like there is some encoding problem some where with mediawiki version 1.13.2. This is corrupting the page display. If you are already aware of the problem then please let me know what could be the solution? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.88.85.100 (talkcontribs) 18:21, 13 January 2009. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

[edit] nowiki tags appear

  • MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
  • PHP version: 5.5
  • MySQL version: 5
  • URL:

Hi all,

I have a certain issue which makes < nowiki ></ nowiki > appear on the results of an mssql query below are the source

{{{1}}}

[edit] Fixed Issues

The table below lists all issues fixed since the last release. {{#mssql: 10.5.1.5 | WikiUser | Redmap | TrackPlus360 | Select [Issue Number], Subsystem, Build, Synopsis FROM ReleaseNotes WHERE (Project LIKE '{{{1}}}') AND ([Release Scheduled] LIKE '{{{2}}}') AND ([Release Scheduled] NOT LIKE [Release Noticed]) ORDER BY [Issue Number]}}

[edit] include a path and transfer a excel table

  • MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
  • PHP version: 5.2.0-8+etch13 (cgi-fcgi)
  • MySQL version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch8-log
  • URL:

Hello I'm trying to include the path on the top of a site (example wiki>help>diskussions>). Are there a command?
I'm looking for a tool to transfer excel tabel in a wiki table?
Thanks for help —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.101.18.161 (talkcontribs) 08:23, 22 January 2009. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

[edit] html dont show on the page

Hello, I was upgrading my wiki to a new version. Everything goes ok except one thing. On this page on may wiki http://elacd.carnet.hr/index.php/E-learning_alati_i_tehnologije there is one photo that is made by GIMP Imagemap plugin. Before was working just fine but now my wiki cant recognize the html code. So i suppose that somewhere i need to eneble that but where? tnx

[edit] keyboard changer

Like [ml.wikipedia.org] how to add a option to switch from inscript keyboard to phonetic keyboard ?

[edit] Using parameters on another site

  • MediaWiki version: 
  • PHP version: 
  • MySQL version: 
  • URL:

I have a problem, which I can't solve. I want to make a page or template with contact data, (name, address, telephone number, etc) and use some of that data on another page, for example only the telephone number. How do I define the parameters on the contact-page and how do I use them on another page? Thank you.P

[edit] Implementing Infoboxes, other templates as well

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1 
  • PHP version: 5.2.9 (cgi-fcgi) 
  • MySQL version: 5.1.30
  • URL: [http://www.wikiutah.tk

The Wiki I am doing is entirely dedicated to the state I live in. The problem is, I cannot get several templates/features working correctly. I cannot get the following working:

  • Template:Infobox - Infoboxes wont work. This includes all the templates that Template:Infobox requires as well.
  • references / & ref and /ref tags wont work. Not sure how to properly implement ref lists.
  • Can't get thumbnails working correctly.
  • Note: I have temporarily unlocked all template pages I have created so other people can better assist me.

98.202.34.8 03:48, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Applying formatting to columns

What's the current best way to assign a style to a given column (which may or may not be a header)?

Context: This is being proposed as a replacement means of displaying test, as opposed to the current method. There's currently a debate whether the control images should be treated as headers, and if not, how to apply a specific presentation to a given column. As far as I know, it should be possible in raw HTML. --Sigma 7 19:40, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

The best way would be to use the HTML COLGROUP and COL elements and apply styles to those, but MediaWiki doesn't allow that. Wanderer 20:34, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Aligning a table to the right

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 5.2.9 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: 5.0.81-community

I'm having some trouble getting a wikitable to align to the right, while pushing everything in the way to the left. See this page for what is going on now. The [edit] text for the section is on the left side of the wikitable (stuff on the right), but the separation line for the section is not stopping, but continuing.

How can I make it align to the right while pushing everything else to the left?

-TRF


[edit] Extension Support

[edit] (RESOLVED) EmbedImg Extension, Advice rather than tech help needed on Images

  • Product Version MediaWiki 1.14alpha (r45489)
  • PHP 5.2.4-2ubuntu5wm1 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL 4.0.40-wikimedia-log
  • www.trialworks.com/wiki

Hello, This is more of an "advice needed" post. I wanted to use the Upload/Image functions in MediaWiki but I believe I cannot... my webhost does not give me easy access to php.ini and I really don't want to go through the headaches of making them enable uploads in PHP, so I've kind of given up.

I did, however, download EmbedImg Extension and absolutely love it. It lets me take a address to an JPG or PNG file and paste it into the wiki, and in turn it displays the image (Rather than the path). The problem is that it's parameters only let me change size, but not location. I need to be able to align those images "right" with text, so that it all looks good. Aside from the extension, I got around the upload system by writing, in ColdFusion, an upload agent. It lets any of my users - in a super simple fashion - upload an image to the site and obtain the link, which then goes into the Wiki Article. It's really simple but very effective for my needs.

So now, I am just dealing with a formatting issue. It needs to be uber easy for my users. How would you guys/girls handle the alignment or would you really work on getting the Wiki upload stuff to work (btw, I feel my ColdFusion app is easier to use for my users than the Wiki stuff).

Karl @ www.trialworks.com/wiki Thanks!!

UPDATE: sorry to waste space, I think I've solved my little crisis with <div style="float: right;">

[edit] MediaWiki oes not find texvc - but texvc exist in the math folder !!!

  • MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
  • PHP version: 5.2.4
  • MySQL version: 5.0.51a
  • URL: not public ... local network

Hi there,

I need help, cause I tried serveral times to setup texvc for our MediaWiki. I downloaded and installed the latest version of OCaml and run the 3 steps:

  1. Change to the "math" sub-directory of your MediaWiki install
  2. Run 'make' (or 'gmake' if GNU make is not your default make). This should produce the texvc executable.
  3. Enable $wgUseTeX and $wgEnableUploads in your LocalSettings.php and everything should work.

I've seen no errors during the make but the MediaWiki does still not find the texvc !!! I checked the math folder and there is an texvc...

how can I resolve the problem ???

thank you !!!

Alex

I have some problem with mediawiki-1.13.3-42.fc10.x86_64 on fedora 10 x86_64 and resolved it from http://zaphod.lite.msu.edu/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5757.
The solution was to run texinfo rehash, and run fmtutil-sys --missing.

Ivan

[edit] How-to restrict access to a Special Page? (Resolved)

  • MediaWiki version: 1.13
  • PHP version:  5.0

Hi,

I'm using the extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UploadCSV where I can update pages with an CSV file. As this extension can easily cause vandalism, I want to restrict the access for just "administrators". Like when trying to access this page as a normal user: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Block

I added:

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['uploadcsv'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['uploadcsv'] = true;

to LoaclSettings.php - but everyone can still access the page. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks, Chris


add to uploadCSV.php

// New user right - required to access Special:Maintenance $wgAvailableRights[] = 'uploadcsv';


function wfUploadCSVStart() {

       global $wgMessageCache, $ExtensionTitles, $wgOut, $wgUser;


# If the user doesn't have the required 'maintenance' permission, display an error if( !$wgUser->isAllowed( 'uploadcsv' ) ) { $wgOut->permissionRequired( 'uploadcsv' ); return; }


add to LocalSettings.php

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['uploadcsv'] = true;

[edit] Extension Licensing Guidelines

I was wondering if there were licensing guidelines for extensions. I am combined several extensions with MediaWiki and noticed that some of the extensions have licenses that are incompatible with other extensions (e.g. Affero v.3 with a majority of extensions under GPL v.2). There are also several extensions that have no license indicated--is there a default license if you are coding for combination with MediaWiki? I was wondering if there was already guidance or if there could be some written on these topics. Thanks.

[edit] Patrolled edits

[edit] Mass unpatrolling

Could we please manage the unpatrolling action in a list, by ticking and/or pasting a category of pages? JackPotte 19:33, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Anterior approval

Would it be possible to apply the patrolled label on all contributions of the patrollers group, and not only to those post-Patrolled_edits installation? JackPotte 20:59, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Bot flag

It's almost unreadable: could we please filter the patrolled logs by hiding the bots? JackPotte 18:45, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Undeletable exclamation mark

I've reported the bug. JackPotte 20:19, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] A question

  • MediaWiki version: 1.16alpha-wmf
  • PHP version: 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.7wm1 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: 4.0.40-wikimedia-log
  • URL: Georgian wikipedia

Hello, sorry to disturb you, but can you please explain how to install an extension to wikipedia? I'm an admin at ka-wiki, and would like to install the abuse filter extension. The instruction on the page of the extension doesn't suit, as it was difficult to find localsettings.php. So, if you please, can you give some instructions, or point to a page where all this is explained? Regards,


Gaeser 06:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

All such requests should be posted to Bugzilla, with link to discussion establishing community consensus regarding that. Max Semenik 06:39, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
All right, thank's a lot. :)--Gaeser 14:14, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 5.1.6
  • MySQL version: 5.0.45
  • URL:

I'm running redhat Linux 5.3. I believe I've seen all the different extensions out there for exporting to different formats but I haven't found one that suits my needs. I need to be able to export the wiki pages into a PDF or HTML for printing and such. Like I said I've seen the few extensions that are out there and believe that the PDF extension might work for me but it requires htmldoc which doesn't seem to be available to Redhat. Do you have any recommendations? Thanks for your great work.


158.147.20.62 13:48, 5 February 2010 (UTC)


[edit] Miscellaneous (unsorted) Issues

[edit] Generate TOC from one page on another page

  • MediaWiki 1.13.2
  • PHP 5.2.10-pl0-gentoo (apache2handler)
  • MySQL 5.0.70-log

In short, I've got a page that includes a link to a target page. I'd like to include the TOC of the target page underneath the link to the target page so it acts like a jump table into the page. Is there an automatic way to do this, or am I stuck making and updating links manually? Thanks.

[edit] Linking pages by words

Hi, is there a plugin that automatically links key words to other Wiki pages? At the moment I am manually creating links but I'm sure there must be another way?

Any help would be much appreciated!

[edit] How to add certain structured info to a list or table by an inputbox or submit button

MediaWiki 1.14.0 PHP 5.2.9 (apache2handler) MySQL 5.1.33-community URL local


I would like to make a list on a wikipage. This list must contain "name", "date" and "in" or "out" fields wich can be filled in by an inputbox. The goal is someting like a log for our users, so we can have an overview of who is taking hardware on the road.

Can this be done in wiki (php)? And how?

Thanks in advance.

[edit] How to add product feeds from affiliates?

MediaWiki 1.15.0 PHP 5.2.9 MySQL 5.1.33 URL local

i would like to include product feeds from affiliate networks on my website Klusopedia . Can this be implemented and how? My affiliate network offers xml and csv feeds.

Thanks

[edit] Fatal Error...

I got this on a free webserver (so I don't have an access to it), after trying to save the page or to log in:

Fatal error: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]:
Failed to initialize storage module: files (path: ) in /mnt/md1/public/d/o/dob/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2453

What should I do now? :-D

Drkazmer

[edit] character before DOCTYPE "<<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC .."

  • MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
  • PHP version: 5.1.6 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: 5.0.45
  • URL: local

I got a character above the logo "<" and I don't know what is generating it
and it is always there when I use the rich editor "disabling the rich editor doesn't help"
also with every preview it appends one more character as follow
<
<
one more thing
viewing page source I find that character before <!DOCTYPE..
<<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC .....

looks like something is appending that character "<" to the (output stream) How to debug such behavior?


FireFox error console shows


</* generated javascript */

what could be generating that character "<"?

sounds like HTML vs XHTML but how it could be fixed?

[edit] embed copies of authoritative versions of pages from other mediawiki instances, sharing one page history between mediawikis

  • MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
  • PHP version: 
  • MySQL version: 
  • URL:

There appear to be many ways of including content from one page to another, including templates and the "embed page" capability (which seems restricted to Special pages). The terms "transwiki", "inclusion" and "interwiki" are used in a confusing way making it difficult or impossible to answer some simple questions:

  1. How, exactly and with examples, does one specify that the master or authoritative version of a page is at some other mediawiki, providing both a link to the editable version of that page and a visible & protected copy of it as if it were a page within one's own wiki (identical to the features of wikinfo?
  2. How, exactly and with examples, does one simply include an entire non-Special non-template page from the same wiki? Is it possible to include from another wiki that is hosted on the same MySQL installation?
  3. How, exactly and with examples, would one implement two-way transclusion so that the page could be edited in either one of two wikis, and the edits would be made reliably on the other to unify the page histories?
  4. Are there any good examples of public mediawikis sharing content in any of these ways with private ones?
  5. What other approaches, such as "auto-import of Wiki articles via XML using PHP's Expat Library" are used in Mediawiki extensions, and what are the advantages/disadvantages of doing this inclusion using XML rather than mediawiki's internal facilities?


[edit] Concurrent users and Add ons to Wiki

Do you know if there are any Microsoft word add ons that can be used with Wiki? Is there a way to lock a document so that no 2 users are updating the same file?

[edit] Completely Anonymous Editting (No IP)

  • MediaWiki 1.13.3
  • PHP 5.2.8 (cgi)
  • MySQL 5.0.67-community

Is there a way to allow complete anonymity? Or how about a system whereby an ID is shown instead of showing IPs?

No ^demon 12:10, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Untitled

  • MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
  • PHP version: 5.2.8
  • MySQL version: 5.0

Remarque : Les versions de PHP et MySql sont celles fournies par Xampp 1.1.1.2

  • URL:

Comment puis-je afficher la valeur d'une variable contenue dans LocalSettings.php ?

How may I post(show) the value of a variable like $wgStylePath?

Many thanks

[edit] How to combine regular expression so that you get the number of contributors per article ? (Extension:contributors)

I would like to use a reg ex to get from: User1,user2,user3,user4,user5 ----> the number of users (here is 5).

So that i could use : {{contributors/Article}} in a Reg Ex to get the number of contributors in Article.

Then, how to get an average on every articles or articles from a special cat ? Thx!

[edit] What have I do?

I had to start new MediaWiki 1.15.0rc1 Installation but received:

Don't forget security updates! Keep an eye on the low-traffic release announcements mailing list.
Checking environment...

Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems.

  • PHP 5.2.6 installed
  • Found database drivers for: MySQL SQLite
  • PHP server API is apache2handler; ok, using pretty URLs (index.php/Page_Title)
  • Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
  • Session save path (/var/lib/php/session) appears to be valid.
  • PHP's memory_limit is 32M.
  • Couldn't find Turck MMCache, eAccelerator, APC or XCache; cannot use these for object caching.
  • Found GNU diff3: /usr/bin/diff3.
  • Found GD graphics library built-in, image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads.
  • Installation directory: /usr/local/www/name_of_site.com/www
  • Script URI path: Installing MediaWiki with php file extensions
  • Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function taint() in /usr/local/www/name_of_site.com/www/config/index.php on line 1905

[edit] Does MediaWiki have access counter function?

I want to know that how many times is every page accessed. Can every page show its access times as the home page(main page)do? For example, japanese edition home page show "このページは 1 回アクセスされました。"(English: This page is accessed 1 times.)


If MediaWiki has this function, how do I configure it? If not, do I need to modify MediaWiki's source? How?

  • Wiki Environment:
  • MediaWiki 1.14.0
  • PHP 5.2.9 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL 5.1.33


Thanks & Best Regards ZhuZengyang

[edit] Headings in included articles

  • MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
  • PHP version: 5.2.0-8+etch16 (apache2handler)
  • MySQL version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch11-log
  • URL: http://www.wikiskripta.eu

There is a logical need to decrease heading levels (position when embedded + 1) of included articles in Wikiskripta. Does it exist any extension sorting the problem out? Maybe it should be reported like a bug, surely also in other Wiki-projects would be logical and useful to decrease the indluded heading levels.

Article A
Text of the article
== Heading ==

Text under the heading.
Article B
Text of the article.
== Heading ==

Text under the heading.
Combined article
This is a new combined article.
== Heading of the combined article ==

{{:Article A}}
=== Subheading of the combined article ===
{{:Article B}}
Present interpretation of the combined article
This is a new combined article.
== Heading of the combined article ==

Text of the article
== Heading ==

Text under the heading.
=== Subheading of the combined article ===
Text of the article
== Heading ==

Text under the heading.
Correct interpretation of the combined article
This is a new combined article.
== want to redirect a different page when user is not logged in ==

<!-- IMPORTANT: Fill out the "Subject/headline" box above. Then go to your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page and note your software version info below. -->
* MediaWiki version: 
* PHP version: 
* MySQL version: 
* URL: 
<!-- Now, please report your error, or ask your support question below. (You can remove this line before saving.) -->
When user is not logged in, then it redirect to the same index.php page, but I want to redirect to a different page such as login.php which is a copy of index.php file. Please let me know how to configure the redirection (using Apache). Thanks.

== How can I restrict certain user groups from Special pages ==

*MediaWiki 1.13.3 

*PHP 5.2.6-3ubuntu4.2 (apache2handler) 

*MySQL 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2

*URL local

Hi,

I'm trying to restrict the specials page to only the sysop user. Other user should not be allowed to view anything on it. I was thinking of just restricting the link in the toolbox for it. And I tried using http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar#Add_or_remove_sections_.28JavaScript.29 but adding the code to the common.js file didn't make any difference. 

Then using the SimpleSecurity extension I tried blocking the Namespace Special, but then the user cannot logout.

Is there another way I can restrict the Specials pages to only the sysop usergroup?

:Try with [[Extension:Lockdown]] [[User:Platonides|Platonides]] 16:21, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

== Wiki claims uploads are disabled when they're not ==

Latest Wiki, MYSQL and PHP, Latest Apache, intranet
Made sure countless times that uploads are all okay and yet I still get prompted that they're disabled whenever I try to add something to my images database.  Made sure PHP uploads are enabled as well. What could I be missing?
--[[User:Zephyrtr|Zephyrtr]]

:I suspect the problem lies on ''Made sure countless times that uploads are all okay''. Have you set <code>$wgEnableUploads = true;</code>? Perhaps you placed it at the top of LocalSettings.php instead of at the bottom? [[User:Platonides|Platonides]] 16:23, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

== Having problems with email sending ==

* MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
* PHP version: 5.3.1 (apache2handler)
* MySQL version: 5.1.41-community
* URL: 

Not sure what's wrong, I've followed every direction I can find including one from another site that discussed how to send emails via Stunnel, but I can't get my Wiki to send any emails.
Here's the link for the directions I followed with Stunnel (for a different project, but the directions are generic): http://www.projectpier.org/node/817

If someone could tell me what I'm doing wrong, please do so. I want to set my Wiki so that only users with confirmed emails can edit pages, but right now, I can't. Thanks!


—[[Special:Contributions/173.81.147.219|173.81.147.219]] 16:15, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Edited to post correct URL. My ISP blocks incoming port 80 requests.

-[[Special:Contributions/173.81.147.219|173.81.147.219]] 06:07, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Edited to remove the URL, my ISP has completely blocked any hosting possibilities I have.

-[[User:YmerejO42|YmerejO42]] 07:54, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

== Import failed: No pages to import. ==

I am attempting to import templates and articles from MediaWiki and en:Wikipedia into a new wiki, version 1.15.1, and I succeeded just once, but now, using Special:Import and browsing to an XML page which looks OK with Metapad, I get the following:
Importing pages… 
Import failed: No pages to import.
What can I do about this?--[[User:Dthomsen8|Dthomsen8]] 19:39, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

== Link to Text of certain Paragraph ==

<!-- IMPORTANT: Fill out the "Subject/headline" box above. Then go to your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page and note your software version info below. -->
* MediaWiki version:  	1.14.0
* PHP version:  	5.2.6-1+lenny4 (apache2handler)
* MySQL version:  	5.0.51a-24+lenny2
* URL:
<!-- Now, please report your error, or ask your support question below. (You can remove this line before saving.) -->

I need to find a solution to have parts of a wiki page and of a usual website permanently synchronized. Editing should be able (as simple as) on a wiki page.

Is there a possibility to link get a link to only the text of a certain paragraph of a wiki page?

I think of something like the "cell permalink"-Option in editgrid ([http://www.editgrid.com/user/dan-yell/Musik/Accordeon%20Chords!B5 text of a single cell] of a [http://www.editgrid.com/user/dan-yell/Musik/Accordeon%20Chords!A1:B1 spreadsheet]).

The wiki's admin would agree to that, but he wouldn't agree to change any of the configurations.

If that's not possible, I would be grateful if somebody'd tell me how to integrate such a piece of text like [http://www.editgrid.com/user/dan-yell/Musik/Accordeon%20Chords!B5 the example above] into a wiki page, so we could use editgrid as content management system for both, a usual website and a wiki page.

<!-- The following bit will be converted to a signature with timestamp. (You can remove this line before saving.) -->
—[[User:Dan-yell|Dan-yell]] 17:20, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

== Help:Navigation creation ==

I attempted to create a Help:Navigation page on a new Wiki, version 1.15.1, as an Administrator, and when I saved, I received this message: (reduced)

'''Internal Server Error'''<br/>
'''The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.'''

Is there a configuration parameter to be set so I can create and edit help pages?--[[User:Dthomsen8|Dthomsen8]] 23:18, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

== Question about names and emails ==

<!-- IMPORTANT: Fill out the "Subject/headline" box above. Then go to your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page and note your software version info below. -->
* MediaWiki version: 
* PHP version: 
* MySQL version: 
* URL: 

I am a Volunteer at the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and we were thinking about starting a MediaWiki and I had a question about the collection of names and emails. For all the members/users that would register under our MediaWiki, would we have access to their names and email addresses for organization purposes?


Please contact me at intern2@christopherreeve.org

Thank you

== How to use Tibetan characters on MediaWiki ==

<!-- IMPORTANT: Fill out the "Subject/headline" box above. Then go to your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page and note your software version info below. -->
* MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
* PHP version: 5.2.10 (Apache)
* MySQL version: 4.1.22-standard-log
* URL: 

How can I use Tibetan script/characters in MediaWiki?

I did a standard install of the MediaWiki system and set MySQL to store characters as binary.

Thanks


—[[Special:Contributions/90.184.67.152|90.184.67.152]] 13:34, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

== How to delete users ==

<!-- IMPORTANT: Fill out the "Subject/headline" box above. Then go to your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page and note your software version info below. -->
* MediaWiki version: 1.15.0
* PHP version: 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.3
* MySQL version: 5.1.37-1ubuntu5
* URL: 

How do I delete a user from my wiki?



—[[Special:Contributions/132.183.13.9|132.183.13.9]] 19:49, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

== Help with two errors ==

<!-- IMPORTANT: Fill out the "Subject/headline" box above. Then go to your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page and note your software version info below. -->
* MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
* PHP version: 
* MySQL version: 
* URL: www.basilicatawiki.it
<!-- Now, please report your error, or ask your support question below. (You can remove this line before saving.) -->

Hi, I've two errors on my mediawiki website www.basilicatawiki.it

* The first mistake is about the Latex. Why it doesn't work on my site? It seems it doesn't write something...
* Se second error is in the homepage. I cannot access on the special page and everytime I receive this sentence: 
"Fatal error: Call to a member function isListed() on a non-object in /web/htdocs/www.basilicatawiki.it/home/includes/SpecialPage.php on line 210"

What I have to do? Please help me... Sorry for disturb,
Regards

<!-- The following bit will be converted to a signature with timestamp. (You can remove this line before saving.) -->
Gaetano Massari
gcm981@yahoo.it
== Email address as username ==

<!-- IMPORTANT: Fill out the "Subject/headline" box above. Then go to your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page and note your software version info below. -->
* MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
* PHP version: 5.2.5
* MySQL version: 5.0.51a-community-nt
* URL: 
<!-- Now, please report your error, or ask your support question below. (You can remove this line before saving.) -->

I am integrating MediaWiki with a site that uses email addresses as usernames.  How can I configure MediaWiki to allow email addresses as usernames?
—[[User:Ssevern|Ssevern]] 16:39, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
:[[Manual:$wgInvalidUsernameCharacters|$wgInvalidUsernameCharacters]]. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 18:16, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

== sysop controls over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser  AWB] ==

<!-- IMPORTANT: Fill out the "Subject/headline" box above. Then go to your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page and note your software version info below. -->
* MediaWiki version: 
* PHP version: 
* MySQL version: 
* URL: [http://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D Tamil wiktionary]

*I am [[User:தகவலுழவன்|தகவலுழவன்]], one of the ta.wiktionary-sysop.([http://toolserver.org/~vvv/sulutil.php?user=%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D My wiki edit history '''<''' 22,000])  I want to avoid the edits of AWB in the '''Recent changes''' main  page of Tamil Wiktionary; but I want to show in the bot edits section of ''Recent changes''. What are the steps to be followed? How can i '''control, the AWB edits''' of others. Thanks in advance.--[[User:தகவலுழவன்|தகவலுழவன்]] 13:45, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

== Upgrade..? ==

<!-- IMPORTANT: Fill out the "Subject/headline" box above. Then go to your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page and note your software version info below. -->
* MediaWiki version: 1.15.1 and 1.6.5
* PHP version: 
* MySQL version: 
* URL: mylittlewiki.org

I was using 1.15.1 mediawiki and after a big mess I upgraded to 1.6.5. So I have the EXACT same wiki coding, but now it doesn't work. I can't get image galleries to work or images to link to other pages. My code worked just fine before. I thought maybe I needed to add more extensions to enable galleries and image linking, but everything I read says extensions become obsolete with newer versions. Please let me know what I have to do.


—[[Special:Contributions/68.50.239.219|68.50.239.219]] 03:27, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
:Because 15 > 6, 1.15 is also later than 1.6.5. Obviously, such downgrade will not work. [[User:MaxSem|Max Semenik]] 07:07, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

== Finding the source of Wiki Software and Editing ==

<!-- IMPORTANT: Fill out the "Subject/headline" box above. Then go to your wiki's [[Special:Version]] page and note your software version info below. -->
* MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
* PHP version: 5.2.4
* MySQL version: 5.0.45-community-nt
* URL: http://www.missouribusiness.net/wiki/
<!-- Now, please report your error, or ask your support question below. (You can remove this line before saving.) -->
Recently, I was hired to maintain a Wiki for a department of my college.  I've spent alot of time being a wikipedia contributer, but not as an administrator.  Before I came here, someone else was maintaining the wiki and left it pretty much with bare bones.  Right now, I am trying to create templates such as infoboxes, but it never works and I was told to download Parser Tools to the Wiki.  However, there is not Wiki software on any of the computers I've worked on, and no one seems to know where the source computer was that has the software.  Is there a way I can install Parser Tools without the software in my drive, or am I even going in the right direction to making our wiki able display such things as infoboxes, changing the background skin, etc.?

<!-- The following bit will be converted to a signature with timestamp. (You can remove this line before saving.) -->
Spike—[[Special:Contributions/128.206.83.121|128.206.83.121]] 21:35, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

:Infoboxes and such are defined in templates. Some templates use CSS, which may be in a system message (a page in the wiki) or in the skin files. These files are stored in the internet server that is running the wiki. Extensions are also stored in the internet server running the wiki. You'll need access to that server, which is something entirely separate from accessing the wiki itself. You need to read up on templates, skins and installing extensions. Start by reading the related public domain help pages (in [[Help:Contents]]) then move on to the User and System Administrator hubs (in [[Manual:Contents]]). [[User:Hamilton Abreu|Hamilton Abreu]] 00:12, 4 February 2010 (UTC)