Project:Support desk/Sections/Formatting

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= Formatting Support =

How can I get my text to have a "right" alignment?
How can i align a text in a table  at the top. I quessed  could work but it doesn't. Any ideas?

How can I get my text to have a "right" alignment?
I can't figure out how to get text aligned to the right side of the page, despite searching the help pages for "alignment." Please help!

YOUR TEXT HERE Dr. Eme

Existing pages with table code doesn't work in mediawiki 1.13.2

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51a
 * URL: localhost

I have upgraded mediawiki version 1.10.0 with 1.13.2. I have executed update.php and refreshLinks.php. But the pages which have table code has broken. The data is in text table. All the pages are working good with 1.10.0 version. But doesn't work with 1.13.2.

So, I have edited the page which was not working on 1.13.2 and copied the data from other system where it is working with 1.10.0 and saved the changes. but the page is not saving properly and it is removing the '|' and also placing some extra characters to the data.

Even the table format is good also the page is not getting displayed in tabular form.

It works good when i create a new page with table format.

Please help me that what's wrong with version 1.13.2 that doesn't support existing page table code? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.88.84.10 (talk • contribs) 20:49, 31 December 2008. Please sign your posts with ~ !


 * I really need your help in finding this problem. Actually, it looks like there is some encoding problem some where with mediawiki version 1.13.2. This is corrupting the page display. If you are already aware of the problem then please let me know what could be the solution? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.88.85.100 (talk • contribs) 18:21, 13 January 2009. Please sign your posts with ~ !

nowiki tags appear

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5.5
 * MySQL version: 5
 * URL:

Hi all,

I have a certain issue which makes  appear on the results of an mssql query below are the source



Fixed Issues
The table below lists all issues fixed since the last release.

include a path and transfer a excel table

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.0-8+etch13 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch8-log
 * URL:

Hello I'm trying to include the path on the top of a site (example wiki>help>diskussions>). Are there a command? I'm looking for a tool to transfer excel tabel in a wiki table? Thanks for help

html dont show on the page

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.6-1+lenny3 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51a-24+lenny2
 * URL: http://elacd.carnet.hr/index.php/Glavna_stranica

Hello, I was upgrading my wiki to a new version. Everything goes ok except one thing. On this page on may wiki http://elacd.carnet.hr/index.php/E-learning_alati_i_tehnologije there is one photo that is made by GIMP Imagemap plugin. Before was working just fine but now my wiki cant recognize the html code. So i suppose that somewhere i need to eneble that but where? tnx

keyboard changer
Like [ml.wikipedia.org] how to add a option to switch from inscript keyboard to phonetic keyboard ?

Using parameters on another site

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

I have a problem, which I can't solve. I want to make a page or template with contact data, (name, address, telephone number, etc) and use some of that data on another page, for example only the telephone number. How do I define the parameters on the contact-page and how do I use them on another page? Thank you.P

HTML tags do not work in version 1.15

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: http://wiki.processmaker.com

In version 1.6 of MediaWiki I was able to insert tags inside of my Wiki text. This was very useful when linking to parts of the text without creating new section headers. When I upgraded MediaWiki to version 1.15, the tags no longer work and are now displayed like ordinary text. Is there any configuration option in version 1.15 to allow tabs to work properly?

—200.105.153.34 16:22, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Getting 'nowiki' into a template

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.1.6
 * MySQL version: 5.1.77
 * URL:

In articles about Subversion on our company wiki I often need to include example URL's, which have the format of a URL but are not real links. I have been wrapping these in &lt;nowiki> tags to prevent mediawiki from creating links.

I've just thought of creating a template for this, but I haven't found a way to make it work; because if the &lt;nowiki> is in the template, it applies to the argument before substitution.

That is, I tried in the template but of course that just gave me 1

I also tried &amp;lt;nowiki>&amp;lt;/nowiki>

but that produced the 'nowiki' as text in the result page.

Is there any way to achieve this?

I've concocted the markup above so that what you see in the rendered page is what I put in the edit box of the template)

--ColinFine 16:47, 12 March 2010 (UTC)


 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.2
 * PHP version: 5.3.0 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.1.37
 * URL:

Hi, I would like to have two languages: english first and german second. But I did not find information for people who use the mediawiki how to set it up. I tried the Language Temaplate, but it did not work. I also tried out a language link, but this did also not work. Is it possible to add Multilanguage topic in the manual? That would be great. I googled but I did not find useful information.

I would also like to know how this FlaggedRevs works. We need also a system to set a status of the page.

—79.223.172.19 19:23, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


 * MediaWiki version: 1.16alpha-wmf
 * PHP version: 5.2.9 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.84
 * URL: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:Links

I want mywiki work like wikibook site. and I stuck on relative subpage link like in the url.

I want this work in my wiki. how can I do that? I installed necessary extension in my wiki. what should i do?

—211.211.79.164 13:36, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Templates searchable and in kind of WikiCommon

 * MediaWiki version: 1.12.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.12 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51a-24+lenny2+spu1
 * URL: http://wiki.digitus.de/de/Sandbox

Oversight; SpecialInterwiki; SPQRobin; Extension Manager (Version 1.1.1); RawRight, StubManager (Version 1.3.0);ExtensionManager, RawRight, ViewsourceRight; ViewsourceRight (Version 1.1.0)

We want to place a Table with OS-Compatibility-informations to our Wiki. Our Wiki is available in german ( main language) and now translated to english-version. Other languages will follow, but are not supported by the german Wiki-Team... To make sure, that the information on the table is correct for all languages we want to correct only one Table and should be seen from all other languages ( same as the WikiCommon for Pictures). Or is there a better way to to it? the best will be, if this could work even with the links for the products ( Like http://wiki.digitus.de/de/OSCOMP#DN )if you click on the DN-7044 you are linked to the right german article. If the "wikiCommon-Template" would work, the link should forward to the right language ( for example you are on the english OSCOMP-Page and you can see the templated table, you should be forwarded to the english version of DN-7044...)

then i found a little Problem: if i put the Table into a template (http://wiki.digitus.de/de/Sandbox) and you use the seach-Button for trying to find the Article "DOCK5" for example, you can only find the "OS-Kompatibilität" Article, but not the Sandbox-Article... is there a way to let the search-function(Site/fulltext) find the "templated" content too???

Thanks to all for help in advance, Christian

—217.7.83.50 11:06, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

How to change template from default to homepage

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.12
 * MySQL version: 5.0.89
 * URL:

In my new page it says that pages can be set to be "plain" in the Edit page by selecting the homepage template instead of the default template.

But in the editing page I can't find anywhere to change it. I've searched and searched but all the doc I can find is on creating new templates.

—64.81.246.211 00:07, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Reference list not auto-numbering and subscript / superscript format issues.

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.9 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.87
 * URL: http://netgainadvisors.com/wiki/Test_page_2
 * Browsers: IE 8.0 and Firefox 3.5.9

I think this is a formatting question rather than an extension question. I have cite.php installed. I can insert references but when I add the tag at the bottom, it doesn't list the reference #'s (only the up arrow).

Also, the subscript and superscript tags don't seem to do anything when viewed with Firefox. The text is just small (not sub or super located) when viewed with IE. 8.

I have no problems with these features when I look at Wikipedia. Some web developers built my site but I'm the one maintaining it. I am not too technical. Be gentle, please. :)

—Thardyjackson 03:07, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Clickable complete category expansion

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14
 * PHP version: 5
 * MySQL version: 4.1
 * URL: www.cheatwiki.com

I have the CategoryTree extension installed and Categories with the expansion "plus boxes" on my main page. '''Is there a way to provide a button that allows the user to opt for full expansion of the tree in one click? '''

I envision this as useful to a new user trying to find items of interest.

—DougMoffitt 03:16, 7 April 2010 (UTC)