Template talk:Pear

See also: User:Odessaukrain/Template:Pear

Sorry

Jldupont, I really respect all of your work. You are definitely the most active and helpful author of extensions that I have ever seen on Mediawiki.

Like most programmers you use complex language which is sometimes difficult for newbs like me to understand. My changes recently and a few weeks ago on this page are only a poor attempt at making it easier to understand complex coding issues.

1. I understand why you use a template, because it allows you to enter and update information on several pages at once. But it is rather confusing to edit any of the pages which use this extension. You can't see the changes on the page directly after you make them. I think if I tried I could probably change this, but I don't want to get you angry.
2. By prominently explaining so many programs that most mediawiki users don't use --

Nevermind. It is easier to make a carbon copy of the page, modify it, then see what you think than try to explain in detail the reason behind any possible changes.

Thanks for all of your hard work. Odessaukrain 13:21, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! See you around. Jean-Lou Dupont 13:57, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Here it is: User:Odessaukrain/Template:Pear. Tell me what you think, and institute any of these changes into the actual Template:Pear, or better yet, cut and paste it into the template. :) Odessaukrain 14:23, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Citations

• The idea of wrapping the PEAR section in a box is appealing to me
• I do not see the citations you are using. Jean-Lou Dupont 16:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

The idea of wrapping the PEAR section in a box is appealing to me

Be my guest :) I won't edit your page again unless you ask me too.

I do not see the citations you are using.

Good point. I thought of that too. That is the one problem about using the <ref> tags, you would have to put:

==Notes==

<references/>

...at the bottom of each page. I am willing to do this if you would like.

OTHER MINOR COSMETIC CHANGES

How about removing the tags which make the page invisible in the template itself, and moving the no includes section up above.

As you can see from my changes, [1] I simply changed the layout, I didn't change any of the content.

Collecting and organizing content in a more simple and straightforward manner is my talent which I have always excelled at. This talent doesn't hold a candle to your incredible programming abilities, but I think I can contribute a little bit to your pages.

Odessaukrain 16:48, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Great! Agreed to be above, you can proceed with the changes. Thanks! Jean-Lou Dupont 16:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

FootNotes

What is happening with the footnotes?? Jean-Lou Dupont 18:50, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

require extensions SecureHTML SecureHTML.php

I think:

require 'extensions/SecureHTML/SecureHTML.php';

is supposed to be:

{{#tag:source|require_once( "extensions/{{{1}}}/{{{1}}}.php ");|lang="php"}}

For the SVN download. I modified this on User:Odessaukrain/Template:Pear but I didn't change in on Template:Pear

This works provided that one unpacks the tarball without changing the layout. Nonetheless, you are correct. Proceed :-) Jean-Lou Dupont 18:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Odessaukrain 17:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Template:PearFooter

STOP STOP STOP STOP!! Don't try and edit all my extensions individually !!! Add Template:PEARfooter in Template:Pear instead !!!! Jean-Lou Dupont 19:11, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

Then the notes will be above everything else. But that is great, that sure as hell saves me some time. I will blank Template:PEARfooter now.

I noticed to changed your preferences probably because of me. SORRY :( I refine my comments a lot.

I really am trying to make your extensions better a tiny bit than when I arrived, to help not only others but you, but I am a clumsy maid :) Odessaukrain 19:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

error in installation manual:

bad:

require_once ( "$IP./extensions/ViewsourceRight/ViewsourceRight.php" );

good:

require_once ( $IP. '/extensions/ViewsourceRight/ViewsourceRight.php' );

bye...