Extension talk:Bibwiki

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Getting error under MW 1.11
Invalid argument supplied for foreach in /my/server/path/installation/extensions/Bibwiki/Bibwiki.body.php on line 4161 Nonetheless, it appears to work, namely is adding to the bib file. Got this when I tried to add a URL entry. Something about $wgTitleLinkTags, which is a global, but is it to be set in the settings file or somewhere else? --Jeffmcneill 00:50, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Version: Mediawiki 1.10.0
We followed the http://www.plaschg.net/bibwiki/Main/Configuration as posted but we got an error with the message "Fatal error: Call to a member function read on a non-object in C:\wamp\www\mediawiki-1.10.0\extensions\Bibwiki\Bibwiki.php on line 3880"

I had the same error with MV 1.10, you can see it in http://www.estigmergia.net/wiki/Especial:Bibliography. I also have the notification "Error: Opening file failed" in that page... --Esenabre 17:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


 * the problem results from a failed read access to $wgBibPath. I guess this is a configuration problem (access rights, PHP configuration etc.). The code which raises the error is:

...   $d = dir($wgBibPath);     # <--- this failes while (false !== ($f = $d->read)) { if (preg_match('/\.bib$/',$f)) { ...


 * -- Wplaschg 09:37, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Can't get source script
Can you maybe paste the script(s) here or nearby? Access to the homepage URL timed out. Hoogs 02:41, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Same problem for me. The server is not accessable. Is there a mirror or something? --StefanGrossmann 12:16, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Problem with My Configuration?!
I have followed the installation instructions and keep getting the following error when I try to load the wiki:

Warning: require_once(extensions/Bibwiki/Bibwiki.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/wiki/LocalSettings.php on line 167

Fatal error: require_once [function.require]: Failed opening required 'extensions/Bibwiki/Bibwiki.php' (include_path='/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/wiki:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/wiki/includes:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/wiki/languages:.:/usr/local/php/lib/php') in /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/wiki/LocalSettings.php on line 167

I have installed several other extensions without any trouble. I tried shutting the other extensions off to see if they were clobbering each other, but the error remained. I am using MW 1.11.0. I keep thinking that I must have missed something in my configuration, but I have gone over the instructions repeatedly and cannot figure out what it is I missed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--rowenrye 00:44, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Do I feel dumb or what? Somehow the permissions on my Bibwiki folder were not set properly. I just did chmod 755 and everything works fine. Sorry...

--rowenrye 05:43, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Persistent links to amazon.de Despite Changing Settings to amazon.com
I have gone into Bibwiki.body.php and edited the wgAmazonURL value at line 1089 changing

'wgAmazonURL' => 'amazon.de',

to

'wgAmazonURL' => 'amazon.com',

I have also tried allowing the value to be blank, and relying on the statement below:

if (empty($wgAmazonURL)) $wgAmazonURL = "amazon.com";

Despite this, my Amazon links on my Special:Bibliography page persist as amazon.de links. I cannot find any other reference to amazon.de in the Bibwiki files.

In my wiki, I am writing reviews of various books and would like to have the Amazon.com link available automatically for reference as well. I was hoping to use Bibwiki's Amazon link, but I have been unable to change its behavior such that amazon.com is the link that is generated when I look at the bibliography. Please advise. --rowenrye 23:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * $wgAmazonURL defines the URL from which Bibwiki *imports* bibliographic data. To change the link to Amazon next to an ISBN, edit the variable $wgISBNLinkTags in the library settings file that you use (default for the english language: libs/Library-US-Washington--LoC.php). You can change the library settings in the Bibwiki preferences. Thanks for the hint: I'll change the link from 'amzon.de' to 'amazon.com' in 'Library-US-Washington--LoC.php' because it doesn't make much sense there. -Wplaschg