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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.

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!


 * What I've done with our wiki is I built templates for specific key words. e.g. we do a lot of engineering, so for design & development I write  then modify the template to point to the appropriate procedures page.  It's not quite automated, but better than manually adding a link.  Plus, if the link ever changes, you only have to change the template once and the entire site reflects the new link.

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.

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

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 [function.session-start]: 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


 * you will want to post what version of mediawiki you have. If you do not know, go to http:// /Special:Version.  Without it, finding out what function is on line 2453 will be a guess.

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?

In MediaWiki what could be parsing anything before actually parsing any page, this character '<' is appended before any page, in the editor, just everywhere on the top of the page before the wiki actually parsing the page content

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:


 * 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?
 * 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?
 * 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?
 * 1) Are there any good examples of public mediawikis sharing content in any of these ways with private ones?
 * 2) 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?

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?

Untitled
Remarque : Les versions de PHP et MySql sont celles fournies par Xampp 1.1.1.2
 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.8
 * MySQL version: 5.0
 * 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

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:    > the number of users (here is 5).

So that i could use : 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!

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

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

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.

Text of the article
 * Article A

Heading
Text under the heading.

Text of the article.
 * Article B

Heading
Text under the heading.

This is a new combined article.
 * Combined article

Subheading of the combined article
This is a new combined article.
 * Present interpretation of the 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.

This is a new combined article.
 * Correct interpretation of the combined article

want to redirect a different page when user is not logged in

 * MediaWiki version:
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

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.

Question about names and emails

 * 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

Help with two errors

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: www.basilicatawiki.it

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

"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"
 * 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:

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

Gaetano Massari gcm981@yahoo.it

Apache HTTP Server Crashes When Trying To Access Preferences

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.0
 * PHP version: PHP5_SE (Version 5.3.0)
 * MySQL version: MySQL5_SE (Version 5.1.35)
 * URL: This is local

Why does the Apache HTTP Server crash each time I try to access Special: Preferences page? Yet the Mowes Portable interface shows that Apache is running? Thanks.

-Alex

Image display to a network shared file
Would like to display a image via a network shared file. Then if you click on the image it will open the image in a new window. is there something like this?

MediaWiki 	1.15.9 PHP 	       5.2 Mysql 	       5.2

Thanks in advance..

Small icons above line when "Sitenotice" is being used

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.13 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.1.30
 * URL: testing.wikimissing.org/wiki/Template:Move ignore the top message

as you will see on the link provided above, there is a "permently protected" icon what is used on wikipedia.

the icon appears in line with the title when sitenotice is not being used

but when it is, it stays in the same place, causing the error on the page.

when site notice is being used on wikipedia, the icon stays in line

i would like to know how to make that work for my wiki

i do not want to use the paramater on my wiki because i want to use my own custom padlock icons.

many thanks


 * Conact me on wikipedia: Sghfdhdfghdfgfd on Wikipedia.org
 * email me on info@wikimissing.org
 * place a notie on my wiki here (its template:move)

Browsing mediaWiki site using the server name over the intranet
MediaWiki 1.15.3 PHP 5.3.0 (apache2handler) MySQL 5.1.36-community-log URL: Not Public

I have access to the site using http://127.0.0.1:8080/mediawiki but I want to be able to access the site over the intranet, with the server name http://servername:8080/mediawiki

Can someone please direct me to what I have to change to enable this? I am not very familiar with Apache, i appreciate your help.

Suggestion on name for internal page
Just silly question. At my company we have wikimedia installation and it works great. We decided to put links to forms and other compnay information, but only for internal use (we are medical company not internet/web commerce company). What is good term to call our new internal page? Wiki is too limited. This is more than only wiki. Someone suggest Internal Company Portal (after your "community portal" on main page). Do you have suggestion? What is most common?

[RESOLVED] URL variables to automate an edit

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.4 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.87-b20-log
 * URL: http://starwars.wikia.com/

Hello. I am trying to create a URL that can open the edit box, autofill the box with a snippet of code, and save the page, all with one click. I remember seeing such URLs on userpages on Wikipedia, but can't seem to find them again to get the code from them. We already have something similar with our vandal reporting template, which uses variables(?) in the URL to set block expiry and other settings on the Special:Block page. Essentially, what I'm looking to do is take step 2 in this template and modify it to provide a URL that would be something like  http://starwars.wikia.com/index.php?title=Wookieepedia:Featured_article_nominations&action=edit&section=new&text=&save=yes . This would simplify that step of the nomination process slightly, but I'm not sure how to code the last two parts. Is this possible, and if so, how? wikia:starwars:User:Master Jonathan 23:28, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Use &preload= to prefil the box. Auto saving you'd need to use javascript. See Manual:Parameters to index.php for a list of url parameters. Consider also using extension:Inputbox Bawolff 02:39, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I found the JS code for this on Wikipedia. Since installing that code on a sitewide basis isn't practical, particularly since I'm not an admin, I'll probably just leave it the way it is. Thanks for the help anyway. wikia:starwars:User:Master Jonathan 03:05, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

[RESOLVED] Log in error after installing MediaWiki.

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.13(cgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.81-log
 * URL:

After successful installation of MediaWiki, I try to log in with the account information which was entered on the same page as the database information. I enter the username and password then it gives me the error:

Login error There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please hit "back" and reload the page you came from, then try again.

I can create a new user and it does the same thing.

Please help! Thank you.

—173.217.106.74 21:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Do you have a link or it is intranet? --Diego Grez return fire 21:25, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The URL is www.rocketwiki.org. Feel free to create a new account. Bigone5500 21:48, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've got the same problem. I hope someone more experienced pops in. --Diego Grez return fire 22:24, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Works fine for me. (if it didn't work fine, I was going to make the guess that perhaps you had something related to session support misconfigured in php.ini) Bawolff 02:32, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * How can I get support for getting the php.ini file to be configured correctly? Bigone5500 21:08, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Bigone5500, it seems that the problem was fixed, I managed to login too. Could you try logging in too by yourself? --Diego Grez return fire 21:11, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Guys, this is great. But I really wish I knew what was going on. I like when things start working, but when they fix themselves, it leaves one wondering what happened to begin with. Bigone5500 22:07, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know either :) It is working pretty good --Diego Grez return fire 22:20, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

[RESOLVED] Change default skin for entire wiki

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.13(cgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.81-log
 * URL:

How can I make the skin 'Cologne Blue' the default skin for the entire wiki and disable changing it to another? —Bigone5500 21:08, 25 May 2010 (UTC)


 * $wgDefaultSkin. Happy ‑ melon 21:13, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Is this changed in the php.ini file? --Bigone5500 22:34, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * No, in LocalSettings.php you add:


 * If you want Vector, you can change it to any other skin, like "nostalgia", "chick", etc. This won't override the user's preferences. --Diego Grez return fire 22:36, 25 May 2010 (UTC)


 * How can I disable being able to change this for registered users? Bigone5500 22:38, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * You can't, but most likely people will use the default skin. --Diego Grez return fire 22:39, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks guys! Bigone5500 23:01, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I have added a line in LocalSettings.php to include the above code. I changed the text to cologneblue. I logged out and hit ctrl>F5 and the skin stayed at the default. What do you think I did wrong? Bigone5500 23:24, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Try logging out. And check if you added $wgDefaultSkin = "cologneblue"; --Diego Grez return fire 23:36, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Is there a proper place I should insert this code? —Bigone5500 22:03, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * (2 edit conflicts) You should place that everywhere into your LocalSettings.php. --Diego Grez return fire 22:06, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Not to sound really dumb, but what is meant by 'everywhere'? --Bigone5500 22:58, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * <_< Place that at the very bottom of your LocalSettings. OK? --Diego Grez return fire 23:00, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Awesome! That did it Diego! Thanks man! --Bigone5500 23:06, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

No problem. Glad to help. --Diego Grez return fire 04:23, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

(resolved/invalid) Mediawiki is friendly to spammers

 * MediaWiki version:
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

This message is about the site/organisation. I posted somewhere here on May 16, using a time-expiring email address. Just as well it expires, it got flooded with spam. Google finds it sitting in clear view

The (now expired) email address I used is j20100516@js.id.au

—58.6.192.22 09:05, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thats not a mediawiki issue. We can't stop users from doing stupid things like that if they want to. Bawolff 10:09, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

(RESIGNED) Short URLs

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.4
 * PHP version: 5.2.*
 * MySQL version: 5.0.81-community
 * URL: [www.giantspedia.netai.net]

I'm trying to make Short URLs at my wiki but now my pages are styleless (no CSS). Why? My installation directory is not /w but /public_html but in LocalSettings.php change /w to /public_html have the same effect as making no changes. What I got to do?

—81.190.174.209 13:53, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Add an image as a link to show on all pages
I would like to know how to add an image to the bottom of my pages. I have an image which I want to provide as a link to my web host affiliate account. I would like to have it show on all pages. --Bigone5500 15:08, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki version:
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

Two Questions

 * MediaWiki version:
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

Two questions. 1. I've installed 1.16.0beta3.tar.gz but it doesn't have the same looks as wikipedia.org (it looks less nice) why is this? 2. My wiki doesn't seem to support single carriage returns, whereas all other wiki's do?
 * 1) Wikipedia's new skin, Vector, is not enabled by default in 1.16, see $wgDefaultSkin.
 * 2) Please explain further. Can you give a link to your wiki? Max Semenik 10:25, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Add buttons on edit toolbar

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.3
 * PHP version: 5.1.6 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.77
 * URL:

Hello,

I would like to add buttons on my edit toolbar. I've try to modify the MediaWiki:Common.js (as in the FAQ) and it doesn't work. Do have any others issue ?

Regards

Bruno Richard

—164.128.235.36 10:03, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) How can I manually create user accounts?

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.4
 * PHP version: 5
 * MySQL version: 5

I have set my wiki so you have to be logged in, and visitors cannot create accounts; I want it to be private and only open to people I add.

I have looked far and wide to find how I can create user accounts manually, ie what do I do if I want to give access to a friend?

I would have guessed that an Administrator (sysop) can create new user accounts, but I have not found how anywhere ...

Thanks

—Poirot 03:26, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Go to Special:Userlogin, click create an account, fill in appropriate fields, then you can either create them directly or have temporary password sent to them, if email is properly configured. Max Semenik 20:08, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Max! --Poirot 00:31, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Intermitent bug during data entry using Semantic Forms

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.4 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.1
 * URL: Internal Intranet -> no external access.

We are experiencing a intermitted bug during data entry using Semantic Forms using IE. The bug seems limited mainly to users who have logged in for the first time. Further this issue appears to only affect users of IE. User creates account and log-in. User creates a new page using a form, enters data for all fields, hits the "Save Page" button and all the data is lost. If they re-enter the data, then saves, the data is retained. No error messages are displayed. Any assistance welcome.

Thank you, Adam.

dumpBackup.php

 * MediaWiki version:
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Export

The link to dumpBackup.php on the http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Export is not working. It's reported on the discussion part in 2009 but no one seems to be able to help. Can you do something about it?

—212.45.32.70 10:54, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

opt out
I desperately want to stop receiving emails regarding squid. I don't know how it got started, but I am swamped. No one responds when I reply, there is no opt out in the messages and I cannot find an opt out input on the site.

For such of bunch of brainiacs, this is really dumb.

Can somebody help me please? bill@billfair.com

neue Einstellungen
Hallo mein Name ist Harald

ich arbeite in der http://www.stausberg-wiki.de/mediawiki-1.6.11/index.php?title=Hauptseite, und möchte gerne drei neue Links Installieren, die da als wären; Kritik und Anregungen, Mitarbeiterportal und Chronologica, leider weis ich nicht, wie man das macht, da ich technisch nicht versiert bin, und zum anderen weis ich nicht, wie würde man diese Links bearbeiten.

Da ich nur ein Geschichtsschreiber bin, habe ich davon keine Ahnung

Bitte hiermit höflichst um Hilfestellung

--88.152.13.95 20:38, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Some users think my mediawiki site is emitting a trojan threat.

 * MediaWiki version: 1.51.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.13 (cgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.1.45-log
 * URL: http://www.whereelse.ca/toolshop_effect/index.php?title=Main_Page

Users with strict intrusion protection running on their machines get an error about a Trojan coming from my mediawiki site. I can't reproduce it, even with Google Chrome, but I was in a canadian fedgov office where I witnessed it. I figured I had been hacked, so I ran up a fresh copy of the software, replaced the config files so it would look like my site and ran from there yet the trojan is still present according to certain visitors.

Hmmm. Is it possible that my version of mediawiki is behaving as if a trojan is present like some emails look like span to some spam filters? I've (again) compared the distribution code to the code that's running my site and it's the same. How can this be?

Tim Penner Greely, ON, Canada toolshop_sysop@whereelse.ca

—99.254.11.16 17:56, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Searching in user's contributions.
How can I search for a a particular term in a users contributions, e.g User:XYZ made a edit ABC, how do I search for it. ? --Yousaf465 08:58, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Security Settings for User Pages and Talk Pages
How can I add security settings to my user page or talk page? I want only certain users to have access to my page and block all others.