Manual talk:FAQ/Meta

Licence in Talk-pages
Are the Talk-pages also non-GFDL since they are not included in the distribution ? // Rogper 20:59, 31 May 2004 (UTC)


 * Talk pages are GFDL. MediaWiki is GPL though. I don't think this is related to them not being included. Accorded to Brion's latest edit, the reason help pages are not included is just because there is no clean, generic, internationalized help page set. Angela 06:18, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Offline Version of Wiki?
I happen to be in a situation where Internet access is very limited. Are there any current or future projects in the works to create DVD versions of the Wiki? If so, where and how can they be purchased. jpaisley@gmail.com

Re-arranging headings
I've split the "Customization" heading into "Configuration" and "More complex customization", because it was disproportionately large, and mixed issues of built-in customization facilities with issues of actually changing core pieces of the code. Of course, people asking questions won't necessarily know which is which, but I figure people answering can always move the section. However, if you disagree, feel free to revert the change but make sure you include the answer regarding LocalSettings.php/$wgSitename which was introduced in the same edit. - IMSoP 22:27, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

pre, without the monotype or table
Is there a way to be able to markup a selection of text, as with PRE and /PRE, but without having the text become monotype and in a table like that? .. just have it appear as normal text? -- Sy / sysy.homeip.net


 * I'm not entirely sure what it is that you want to happen, but I think you may want the and  tags; they just suppress the wiki's parser from processing everything between them (I used it just then). So as you know: the text between  and  isn't put "in a table", it's just a paragraph with a border round it (OK, it's a subtle difference), and is done using CSS. See Help:Editing for more information on what markup is available. - IMSoP 17:42, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Help:Installation FAQ
Is linked in the intro, and redirects to MediaWiki FAQ. - Wikipedia:User:Amgine

Short Urls
Why does wikipedia have urls like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

while my metawiki has urls like this: http://james.westcoastbmx.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page


 * The Wikimedia sites use an Apache configuration to "rewrite" the URL. See Rewrite rules .--Zigger 01:19, 2005 Jan 26 (UTC)

remove auto numbering from TOC and some access question
I went to some wiki sites and their Table Of Content are not numbered, so i was wondering how do i do that?

and also is there any ways to block not log-in users from reading a certain page??

1.4 Beta question about MonoBook.pt formerly xhtml_slim
I know nothing about this, so I´ll just shoot. Does it have any meaning that the .pt file (I formerly used to change the left nav bar links in 1.3) is in the disabled folder and not active yet?? I really wanted to add a couple of links to the nav bar, but felt a drawback seeing it had changed.. So I tried changing the Navigation links array in DefaultSetting.php, but it didn´t work, The link was actually showing up, but with errors, and also leading to an error page. Now I really don´t know nothing about computers nor coding, but I really had no trouble getting the things configured in version 1.3. but I need 1.4 since I need the db prefix option. I just wanted to know if this is only a temporary thing, or will the .pt files have no meaning at all once it gets stable?? Well sorry If I posted this in the wrong area...but as I said I know nothing about computerstuff :-)


 * Probably the majority of support requests have been related to PHPTAL: problems storing the temporary files, problems loading the temporary files, inconsistency of temporary files, permissions of temporary files, and the inability to run on PHP5 with the older version (and the incompatibility of the new PHPTAL version with PHP4). So, MonoBook no longer uses PHPTAL and has been rewritten. MonoBook.php contains the new base template.


 * If you manually install PHPTAL and move the skin files out of disabled/ you can use the PHPTAL version of MonoBook if you really want to.


 * As far as $wgNavigationLinks, note that the strings in there are message names -- you must then create MediaWiki: pages with the actual contents. --brion 22:11, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Help:accept 3 character search Terms
Is it possible to change the search configuration settings to accept searches with only 3 letters in v.1.4? I undertook a couple of changes under "$wgDBminWordLen" and "$wgDBmysql4"(DefaultSettings.php) but unfortunately without any success. Of course I was not sure whether this was the right place to tweak these settings. I also wanted to express my thankfullness since you already helped me out before.
 * Oh I`m sorry, I see this is a mysql thing(I guess)...(if I am right delete me)


 * It is indeed. See this mailing list post (which includes a special case for MySQL 3.x) and this one (which includes actual sample config lines). - IMSoP 20:19, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Users Ask Qs? - Delete Users of Wiki Spam
I imagine this talk page is where users can suggest additions to the FAQ? Is there another place for that? (a FAQ directory run on a wiki sounds ideal!) Must I subscribe to a mailing list?

Is there a way to delete users instead of just blocking for hours? My mediawiki installation was recently the victim of wiki spam and we have WhiteList enabled, so an account UserUser was created by a script I imagine. How do I delete users? Thanks. -bwiese@!cotse.com