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= Formatting Support =

How to get around 's symbol usage
I am using to add a piece of code if a variable is correct. The code, however, uses the symbol "|", which is what uses to differentiate strings and values. How can I get my code to work? http://www.vindictushq.com/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Item --74.100.99.189 08:40, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

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?


 * Hi, you have to do it with this valign="top" (→ Help:Table). Bye --Robis 04:42, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

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 ?

Multicolored text/alternating text color

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.12 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.1.46-log
 * URL: http://wikimon.net/

Is there any possible way of making text alternate between two colors? I've tried doing something similar to this here but a lot of problems have arisen doing so, especially when embeddng it within other text. —90.200.52.170 02:25, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Sidebar location changes

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.8 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.91-log
 * URL: http://newschoolcommons.com

For some reason, the location of the sidebar on my wiki has changed on the Main Page (dramatically lower on the left-hand side) and is different on every other page. It seems to be a template issue, as the sidebar is now consistently under the content of each page, when it should be adjacent. I saw no changes under "Recent Changes" that would have prompted this, so I'm not sure why it has happened. Any ideas?

Thanks —Klein741 22:03, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Change font size for interwiki links
I want to know if there is a way to format the font size of interwiki links. I can't figure out how to do it. Example: I want to change the default size of ====wikilink==== to a smaller font. Do I need to insert code between the brackets? —Bigone5500 13:10, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki version:
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

How to utilize info boxes on WikiSites' software?

 * MediaWiki version: 1.16wmf4
 * PHP version: 5.2.4.2unbuntu 5.7wm1 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 4.0.40 wikimedia-log
 * URL: http://dmartinaus.wiki-site.com/index.php/Don_Martin_%28Austin%2C_Texas%29

How to I configure WikiSites' version of software to use standard "info boxes" such as infoperson box, etc?

Dmartinaus 01:38, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

How to alter a specific part of my monobook.css file to get it to work

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.4
 * PHP version: 5.2.13 (cgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.81-log
 * URL:

On WMF projects, I can use the following in my monobook.css file:

On my own wiki, that doesn't work - how can I get it to work so that the background for the "Save page" button is green?

-- Phantom Steve /talk &#124;contribs \ 09:30, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Question on image linking

 * MediaWiki version: MediaWiki
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: http://autoupdate.charleshurstgroup.co.uk/autowiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

When a user clicks on one of my images how can I link them directly to the image without showing the description. I know that link= is available but I can't use that with frame and thumb.

—195.40.4.49 15:22, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Problem with templates
A lot of my templates are not working and i am not sure what i am missing. Look here http://www.adultinfopedia.com/wiki/Template:Female_adult_bio


 * MediaWiki version: newest version of wikimedia
 * PHP version: PHP 5.2.x
 * MySQL version: MySQL 5.0.x
 * URL: http://www.adultinfopedia.com

MediaWiki:Common.css not showing
—115.87.30.198 00:04, 7 July 2010 (UTC)


 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.4
 * PHP version: 5.3.0
 * MySQL version: 5.1.36
 * URL:

Hi! I do not seem to have the MediaWiki:Common.css file, either in the Wiki as a page or as a file. I created a new Wiki page with that name and pasted the basic content suggested on this site, but it does not seem to show any changes when I refresh. Questions: -Do I create my own MediaWiki:Common.css page? -If so, can I paste the content suggested here on this site? -How can I check that the css file is actually being used?

Thanks!

—62.231.49.30 13:58, 8 July 2010 (UTC)