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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.

Email Notification with added/changes Message of the watch list

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13
 * PHP version: PHP 5.2.0 (with apache W2K Server)
 * MySQL version: MySQL 4.1
 * URL: INTRANET

Dear Folks,

is there any way to get a email notification for the watch list with information about what is changed on a site? Example: I have something like a "New Ticker" and if someone add some note I would like to have the Information in my email. Maybe with a limitation of the 100 characters?

Is that possible?

Thank you very much In advance

Remo

Date 27.05.2009 17:35


 * You need to make sure that the $wgEnotifWatchlist config setting is set to true on your wiki, then check the "receive email notification when a page I'm watching is edited" preference (not sure exactly what it's called) in your preferences. Happy ‑ melon 16:07, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

The problem is NOT to get a email, the problem is to get a email with the information what has been changed.

Example: Dear XXXX, The News Wiki page News Ticker has been changed on 07:29, 28 May 2009 by anonymous user. He insert following Information: "to day we have 50° and sonny weather, tomorrow starts raining".

That what I'm looking for. Any idea?

Remo Date 28.05.2009 09:47
 * Ah, I see. No, that functionality is not available, as far as I know. And it would be quite difficult to summarise complicated changes in that fashion (just adding a line is one thing, but what about when someone fixes a bunch of typos over the whole page?).  You could file a bug over at bugzilla, but I'm not sure there would be much interest in it. Happy ‑ melon 08:49, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, thank you very much for helping. Remo

How do I manage a wiki account when the original admin leaves a company?

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

The company I work for has a wiki account set up and the original admin has left the company. I now am managing this and do not know how to login as admin and modify some of the confiugurations. The first task I have is to change the e-mail response address from the former employee's e-mail address to the company e-mail address. Any assistance will be appreciated.—Sfowlerad2 16:12, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

—Sfowlerad2 16:12, 28 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Do you have shell access? That is, many of the wiki's configuration settings are set in LocalSettings.php, a file on the server that hosts the MediaWiki installation. In order to be able to change configuration settings on the wiki, you need to be able to channge and update this file. Happy ‑ melon 16:36, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Shortcuts definition such as WP => wikipedia. (not about interwiki)

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.4

Hello. Where are mediawiki shortcuts define ?
 * 1) NOT in MediaWiki:Searchaliases. (this page is for MWsearch extension)
 * 2) NOT in interLinks, (this is for inter-wiki links ; not for internal shortcut.)

For example in en:wikipedia: where is it defined that [[WP:xxx ]] =>  [[Wikipedia:xxx ]] so that for example WP:About will not be a red link if Wikipedia:About exists. ? —almaghi 09:06, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) REDIRECTxxx ? Greudin 09:57, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * They are set as namespace aliases. See Manual:$wgNamespaceAliases. Happy ‑ melon 15:09, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thx Happy-melon, didnt notice. Greudin 18:28, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, thank you very much for helping. It was written on manual:Namespace but I needed to read it twice before viewing it... --almaghi 13:40, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Search not working. Only takes you to advanced search page.

 * MediaWiki version: mediawiki-1.14.0
 * PHP version: PHP 5.0.5
 * MySQL version: 4.1.14
 * URL: (Private Intranet Website)

If you enter a page name or partial name and click on "GO" or "Search" it does not search. It just takes you to the "Advanced Search" page.

Can anyone give any ideas as to what the problem can be?

—66.211.2.151 22:32, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Optimize wiki for saving server capacity

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0rc1
 * PHP version: 5.2.6 (cgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch8-log
 * URL: password protected...

Is there a way to save 	integrity of the server by "optimizing" the system? F.e.: Disable some functions, wich are not realley necessary? Greez

—85.4.68.161 16:38, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * There are many features that are configurable, and disabling almost any of them will provide an improvement in performance. Which features you consider "not really necessary" is largely dependent on your own priorities and the nature of the wiki you are running. Happy ‑ melon 17:51, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * This page is great^^ Exactly what I was looking for. Thx. --85.4.68.161 18:56, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Addition signs ("+") do not work in page titles

 * MediaWiki version: 114
 * PHP version: 5
 * MySQL version: 5
 * URL: http://wikademia.org/C++

Addition signs ("+") do not work in page titles! Help, please. Thank you. : )

Wikademia


 * They're being eaten by your Apache rewrite rules. See Manual:$wgLegalTitleChars. Happy ‑ melon 21:27, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Combining users of MediaWiki with SMF Forum

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.4
 * MySQL version: 4.1.21
 * URL: http://www.superstorm.net/wiki.php
 * Base-URL: http://wiki.superstorm.net/

Is it possible to use the same userdatabase of my SMF forum with the MediaWiki userdatabase? I'd like to set the SMF database as main, which uses SHA1 password encryption: sha1(strtolower($username) . $password) But then, in order to make my members able of just having to log in once to be logged in on both Forum and Wiki, I'd have to change the Wiki userdatabase and the password encryption used on the pages.

If you could tell me how and where to make those minor edits, I would be very pleased.

Thanks in advance, Tyilanmenyn

tyilanmenyn@superstorm.net

—77.163.53.241 08:39, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

What is category id?

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

What is a category id? Is it an integer generated based on the category name?

—158.130.93.78 18:17, 16 June 2009 (UTC)