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Search-Extension, dynamic-list functionality

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.0-8+etch11 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch6-log
 * URL:

Which extension is responsible for the Search of Mediawiki. I mean the dynamic-list functionalitiy of the Search-form in the navi.

I need to find pages only with puting some letter in the input field and then get a drop-down list of articels.

So, could somebody please tell me which extension I have to install for this?

—Fightgnome 10:17, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Extension development, what hooks to use

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.18
 * URL: http://wiki-reputation.cs.umn.edu

I need to add background color to every word in an article based on its age. I am confused as to what hooks i need to use for the same. Also, how do i extract words from a mediawiki article? Any help would be apprciated.

—128.101.35.44 18:26, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Installing extensions – Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by... [German]

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.2 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.2.2 (apache2handler)
 * URL: Intranet

Hallo, ich bin leider nur dem Deutschen oder Französischen mächtig. Vielleicht kann mir trotzdem jemand helfen! Also: ich brauche ein Extension, mit dem ich Artikel oder Kategorien schützen kann. Ich hab auch genügend Extensions hier gefunden. Aber egal welche Extension ich installier, bekomme ich IMMER diese Fehlermeldung: Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\xampp\htdocs\MinjusWiki\LocalSettings.php:1) in C:\xampp\htdocs\MinjusWiki\includes\WebResponse.php on line 10

Kann das vielleicht daran liegen, dass ich eine anderssprachige Media-Wiki-Version (luxemburgisch) habe? vielen dank im vorraus, --JimHawk 13:06, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

automatically generate a list of keywords

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

I have no Wiki yet - but I would like to.

Based on the latest Wiki version I have one question:

Is it possible to generate a list of keywords? I would like to have a special page with (more or less) detailed information where I find content to my keyword (like an index) inside my wiki. When you search for a article you get detailed information for the typed word. But I would like to have a printable overview about the keywords - so that I can print out the complete wiki and have a directory/indices-list

I would like to mark words inside the article (like: cost center ) and the Special page generates automatically an alphabetical list like (KEYWORD: ARTICLE Header - Place inside article)

e.G.:
 * Cost Center
 * Organisation - 10.3 Organisation Forms
 * Business - 7.5.11 Center Forms

—80.133.173.238 09:42, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Installing TreeAndMenu

 * MediaWiki version: 1.11.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.5 (apache)
 * MySQL version: 4.1.22-standard
 * URL: www.elektro-ikt.no

Is it possible to get help with installing TreeAndMenu. I want it to show in the navigation bar at left. I can give access to the url if someone want to help me.

TST—77.110.193.21 10:03, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

FCKEditor integration fails with current SVN MediaWiki 1.14 rev. 43724

 * MediaWiki: 1.14alpha
 * PHP: 	5.2.0-8+etch13 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 	5.0.32-Debian_7etch8-log
 * URL: http://160.45.63.55/test/Main_Page ; this page is ok, but an error occurs when clicking on edit (we have no anonymous access, however).

The integration of FCK was attempted with an up-to-date MediaWiki and following the instructions. A record of the attempts is openly available. About the documentation: Note that there is some confusion with the extension already checked out in MediaWiki extensions, which is marked BROKEN and was not used. Or should it be?) The error message is:

Catchable fatal error: Argument 1 passed to Skin::setupUserCss must be an instance of OutputPage, none given, called in /usr/share/mediawiki/FCKeditor/FCKeditor.body.php on line 341 and defined in /usr/share/mediawiki/phase3/includes/Skin.php on line 560

See also http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:FCKeditor_(by_FCKeditor_and_Wikia)#Not_Working_1.14_r40286 for same error experienced by another user several months ago. Any help or experience with this?

—G.Hagedorn 15:44, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Error with Lifemarks, cannot access protected property …

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.6 (cgi)
 * MySQL version: 4.0.27-standard
 * URL: http://wiki.voelkersbach.de

Hi there,

I'm german - so please sorry for my bad english :-)

I've installed the LifeMarks-Extension and when I click on Lifemarks in my SpecialPages i get this error:

Fatal error: Cannot access protected property OutputPage::$mParserOptions in /homepages/40/d203059780/htdocs/voelkersbach.de/wiki/extensions/LifeMarks.php on line 493

I've done everything from the howto - I have no idea whats going wrong...

What can i do?

Regards Thomas —Thomasnoth 22:08, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Infobox?

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.0-8+etch11 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch5-log
 * URL:

Hallo, i have make me an own Wiki. Now I want to make an Post whith an Infobox, but it wount make. Can you tell me, how I Install/Build this feature/Extension?

Thanks

PS: you can write me an e-mail. creutznacher@gmail.com

—79.207.88.201 19:20, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Can't get Extension : Google Adsense 2 working

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.5 (apache)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.67-community
 * URL: http://www.fordmondeo.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

I've followed the instructions on the Extension:Google Adsense 2 page (Extension:Google_AdSense_2) but nothing appears to be happening. Please help as I'm not too conversant with Mediawiki or wiki software in general.

Many Thanks

Nick —82.44.254.89 19:10, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Local authentication on Linux, NIS

 * MediaWiki version
 * MediaWiki 	1.13.2
 * PHP 	5.1.6 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL 	5.0.45

I am trying to find an extension that will allow me to use local authentication on the linux server to authenticate users.

I use NIS on the Linux cluster and I'd like to have the option of using my NIS users edit the wiki.

I'd like to have the NIS groups be setup to control the access and editing of the wiki.

I think I can use Active Directory, but that is not what I need to do in this case.

On google there is a UnixLocalAuth.php extension, but I cannot find anywhere to download it.

Thanks THP3 —136.141.6.76 00:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Using the Boilerplate extension - Help needed.

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.5 (cgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.45-community-log
 * URL: http://www.jefferson-wiki.com/wiki/

I am trying to start a new wiki and need to give our users a predefined form to help them begin to add content to our wiki. Other wiki's use scaffolds to help build a new wiki. It helps to give new users some structure to help them build a new wiki. The closest thing I could find on MediaWiki is the Boilerplate. It is supposed to let the admin give the users some predefined text for the wiki to help them get started. I am very new to this and am running into problems. I need some help!

I am seeking information on the use of the Boilerplate extension. I have followed the instructions and have copied the code from Boilerplate.php to the extensions directory. However, where should the Boilerplate file be located and what are the contents of the file?

In the instructions it says:

Step 3: Create a page named Boilerplate on your MediaWiki site. Whatever is included in this Boilerplate page will serve as the default template for any new pages created on your site.

But they do not give any details on where the file should go. How to I point to the file? What is the text of the Boilerplate file look like? If someone can show me the syntax of the file contents and how to use them to create a form for the user to fill in when creating a new article that is exactly what I need. An example Biolerplate file would be even better. Does anyone have an example of a site that uses the Boilerplate that would be good too.

Thanks, Steve

Please send any help you can provide to me at duffsb @ comcast.net

—68.37.61.154 19:39, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Problem with GenericEditPage extensions

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.6 (cgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.68-log
 * URL: http://www.streetkiss.com/mediawiki/

Hi, When I try to edit a page with the extension GenericEditPage it add " " at the end of the article You can see the problem here : http://www.streetkiss.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Test_Uniwiki if someone could help by leaving a message on the wiki page bellow or to my email : etienne.martin@streetkiss.com it would be very nice !

—Monsieur Martin 20:18, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

DPL-Error: Illegal mix of collations ... for operation 'concat' (localhost)

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.2
 * MySQL version: 5.0.41
 * URL: localhost

Hallo,

I try to use the DPL extension. So I installed it and as an exampled I typed the following code:

 category = Management 

The result was this error message:

The DPL extension (version 1.7.4) produced a SQL-statement which lead to a Database error... After the SQL-statement the Error message is shown:

The error message is: Illegal mix of collations (utf8_general_ci ...) for operation 'concat' (localhost).

Do I have to change any settings in my database? Or do you have any idea?

Thank you for your endeavors.

Uwe Henning —194.114.62.70 08:24, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Permanent shortcuts

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5.1.6 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.27
 * URL: I was asked not to give it.

How do you add permanent shortcuts/redirects to namespaces in a wiki? For instance, on the English Wikipedia, "WP:[Something]" always redirects to "Wikipedia:[Something]", without the need for the creation of many redirect pages entitled "WP:[Something]". Thus, how do you add such permanent redirects?

—It Is Me Here  t / c 19:55, 16 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Use $wgNamespaceAliases. —Emufarmers(T 23:51, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

TinyMCE extension error

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.0
 * MySQL version: 2.9.11
 * URL: Intranet

I installed TinyMCE extension and returned a error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined method Parser::stripToc in C:\Arquivos de programas\EasyPHP 2.0b1\www\wiki\extensions\TinyMCE_MW.php on line 257

how fix this?

—Graffo 12:31, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Tex does not work

 * MediaWiki 1.13.3:
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch8
 * URL: http:www.eewiki.de

Latex does not working on my Webaccount by Sysprovide.de. I have only FTP-Upload. NO SSH! This is a part of my Configuration at the LocalSettings.php:

To enable image uploads, make sure the 'images' directory is writable, then set this to true: $wgEnableUploads      	= true; $wgUseImageResize		= true; $wgUseImageMagick 		= true; $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert";

$wgUseTeX          = true; $wgTexvc			= "/var/www/empty/web254/"; $wgMathPath			= "{$wgUploadPath}/math"; $wgMathDirectory	= "{$wgUploadDirectory}/math"; $wgTmpDirectory		= "{$wgUploadDirectory}/tmp"; But it doesn't work. Do you have any idea? I have got only a bug report:

Parser-Fehler (Das temporäre Verzeichnis für mathematische Formeln kann nicht angelegt oder beschrieben werden.): a+b=c He doesn't find the temp folder. Where is usually the temp and math folder in the wiki?

Regards

Sven Tesker —Tesker 18:17, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Configuring MediaWiki SMTP to send email to users

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.5 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.50-enterprise-gpl-nt-log

I am trying to configure the SMTP to send users email. I put the SMTP array of parameters in the localsettings.php file. But I get an error when I try to click the 'email password' dialog from the login page. In the error below, it mentions the incluses\UserMailer.php line 108.... that is the line (	require_once( 'Mail.php' );). Where is the Mail.php file located? I don't see it under the includes folder. Is there a wiki page the describes the complete instructions for configuring MediaWiki mail?

Warning: require_once(Mail.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\apache\apache2.2\htdocs\mediawiki\includes\UserMailer.php on line 108 Fatal error: require_once [function.require]: Failed opening required 'Mail.php' (include_path='D:\apache\apache2.2\htdocs\mediawiki;D:\apache\apache2.2\htdocs\mediawiki/includes;D:\apache\apache2.2\htdocs\mediawiki/languages;.;C:\php5\pear') in D:\apache\apache2.2\htdocs\mediawiki\includes\UserMailer.php on line 108

Melissa —Doughertyma 19:46, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Extension:Farmer and transwiki problems

 * MediaWiki version: SVN build
 * PHP version: 5.26
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: Localhost

I installed Farmer, and it shows the special page - as it should do, but it won't let me create the wikis.

This is from my LocalSettings.php file: $wgSharedTables = array( 'user' => $sharedPrefix . 'user', 'user_groups' => $sharedPrefix . 'user_groups', 'interwiki' => $sharedPrefix . 'interwiki', 'math' => $sharedPrefix . 'math', );

require_once( 'extensions/ExtensionFunctions.php' ); require_once( 'farmer/Farmer.php' );

/* We use the internal _matchByURLHostname function to find the wiki name */ $wgFarmerSettings['wikiIdentifierFunction'] = array('MediaWikiFarmer', '_matchByURLHostname'); $wgFarmerSettings['dbAdminUser'] = 'root'; $wgFarmerSettings['dbAdminPassword'] = 'west'; $wgFarmerSettings['dbTablePrefixSeparator'] = '_-_'; $wgFarmerSettings['newDbSourceFile'] = realpath(dirname(__FILE__)). '/extensions/farmer/daughterwiki.sql';

$wgFarmerSettings = array( 'configDirectory' => realpath(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/configs/', 'defaultWiki' => 'autowiki1', 'wikiIdentifierFunction' => array('MediaWikiFarmer', '_matchByURLHostname'), 'matchRegExp' => '', 'matchOffset' => null, 'matchServerNameSuffix' => 'localhost',

'onUnknownWiki' => array('MediaWikiFarmer', '_redirectTo'), 'redirectToURL' => 'http://127.0.0.1/',

'dbAdminUser' => 'root', 'dbAdminPassword' => 'west',

'newDbSourceFile' => realpath(dirname(__FILE__)). '/daughterwiki.sql',

'dbTablePrefixSeparator' => '', 'dbTablePrefix' => '',

'defaultMessagesFunction' => array('MediaWikiFarmer', '_getDefaultMessages'),

'perWikiStorageRoot' => 'C:\xampp\htdocs\autowiki1', 'defaultSkin' => 'monobook', );

$wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'MediaWikiFarmer_Initialize';

/** $wgGroupPermissions['*']['farmeradmin'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['farmeradmin'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createwiki'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createwiki'] = true; $wgAvailableRights[] = 'farmeradmin'; $wgAvailableRights[] = 'createwiki'; require_once('farmer/Farmer.php');
 * These should really go in the initialize function, but MediaWiki initializes
 * $wgUser before the extensions are initialized. Seems like weird behavior,
 * but OK.

$wgFarmer = new MediaWikiFarmer($wgFarmerSettings); $wgFarmer->run; Whenever I try to run Special:Farmer this error occurs: Fatal error: Call to undefined function wfmsghtml in C:\xampp\htdocs\autowiki1\Farmer\MediaWikiFarmer.php on line 112

Also, when I try to transwiki some Wikimedia files with large page histories, this notice happens:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 120 seconds exceeded in C:\xampp\htdocs\autowiki1\includes\StringUtils.php on line 126

Anyone know how to fix this??

Thanks. --82.42.237.84 15:39, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Userpages extension

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5.2.6 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 4.1.22-standard

I wanna create a extension in order to display extra info (determined by a interface message) in the user page. What hooks I need to use (or to add)? Userpages are special pages? Thanks.Eloy 23:06, 31 December 2008 (UTC)