Extension talk:MediaWiki Bulletin Board

Demo Page
Is there any demo-page to try out this extension? --Nyks 14:12, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Pretty Cool
I have this running on tmug.org here here are some issues


 * when setting up a fourm, if users only is selected, error is returned, saying forum_perm was left blank
 * it is confusing - what is specials group?
 * PM system - users can't delete a PM - kind of understandable because of delete permissions w/i MW itself

TMUG 01:22, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * thanks for the demo. But we need to be a member to post and there is no message. The only way to really know how it works still seems to install it. Any other demo? --70.52.210.6 14:28, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Simple, effective
I installed MediaWiki Bulletin Board here on Dirtopia. Some of the CSS is embedded, but what do you want? It's version 0.1! Thanks. --Travisk 07:38, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Error message
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /chroot/home/yes0song/wiki/extensions/mwbb/mwbb.php:95) in /chroot/home/yes0song/wiki/includes/WebResponse.php on line 9

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /chroot/home/yes0song/wiki/extensions/mwbb/mwbb.php:95) in /chroot/home/yes0song/wiki/includes/WebResponse.php on line 9

--Yes0song 10:58, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I also have this problem. The output started at is whichever page you currently are accessing. --68.150.34.225 03:40, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

I solved the problem by deleting the closing tag in mwbb.php. (version 1.11alpha)--Courant 01:21, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I got another problem. --Courant 01:33, 8 September 2007 (UTC) (Original exception: exception 'MWException' with message 'Detected bug in an extension! Hook wfpmnav failed to return a value; should return true to continue hook processing or false to abort.' in C:\xampp\xampp\htdocs\mediawiki\includes\Hooks.php:133)

I got the same problem as Courant, MediaWiki 1.11.0 says, 'Detected bug in an extension! Hook wfpmnav failed to return a value; ....' It installed fine, but it seems the newer MediaWiki maybe is a little more careful about returns being proper. Anyone know how to fix this? Sketch 02:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I solved my own problem by adding return true; before the closing } in the following functions in PM.php and SpecialPM.php - wfpmcheck function and wfpmnav function. Watch out also for the return earlier in the function. This is probably a hack and should have some type of validation to return true, anyway it works for me. --Sketch 22:12, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Admin panel
I can't see the link to the Admin panel anywhere. There is text saying visit the Admin panel, but no link. How do I access it. Thanks Gsix14 08:41, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Install.php did not work for me
Install.php did not work for me. So, I copied the  into MySql to create a table. I replaced the  with the prefix of my data, and it worked. I have MediaWiki v1.9 and I didn't find the code on SkinTemplate.php mentioned in the pm install section. Is this because v1.9 has its own pm message function?--Kohyin 07:36, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I am a MySQL retard. How do I edit the .sql file so that I can manually install. . . and for that matter. . . how do I manually install? When I run the install.php, I get There is an error stopping the installation please check your database immediately. I am assuming that communication is happening because I get an auth error when i intentionally screw up my credentials. Any help is greatly appreciated. Jimmy anathema.pth@gmail.com

Typo in common.php
Hello developper. I use MWBB-0.1.zip. I attached diff file. --- common.php.orig    2007-03-31 12:10:22.000000000 +0900 +++ common.php 2007-03-31 12:10:22.000000000 +0900 @@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ 'no_cat_admin'=>'There is no category. Please create a category first!', 'no_cat_delete'=>'There is only 1 category. You can\'t delete all categories!!', 'no_forum_delete'=>'There is only 1 forum. You can\'t delete all forums!!', -'powered_by'=>' Forum section Powered by MWBB ' +'powered_by'=>' Forum section Powered by MWBB ' )); ?> --Kamataki 03:31, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually to tell you the truth, that's PHP's way of telling it that isn't part of the code. /' just tells it to show ' instead of ending the script. Hope this helps! --67.141.8.226 01:41, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Help!
http://kdeopsys.110mb.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Forum (my site) is set up but not working. HELP!

Nice bit of software. Modding it up now.
For a 0.1 version bit of code, this is pretty darned decent. Seems to work just peachy in mediawiki 1.9. I am using it as a framework and trying to supe it up a little to do some of what I need. First off, I have set up the topic display to be actually readable... in the existing version, long topics are pretty much illegible. Next up I am de-embedding all the CSS. When I have made a slightly more skinnable version with the CSS separate I will post it here for all to enjoy. If I can get avatars and things like that working after, I will continue to post any successes here.

221.29.158.74 05:19, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiCode
I've worked on enabling wikicode on MWBB. I'm not a programmer, you see, but i've tried out something like that:

1. I found the lines in topic.php: $html.=' |  '.$skin->makeKnownLink('Special:Post/reply','Quote','tid='.$topic_data['topic_id'].'&quote='.$data[$i]['post_id']); $html.=' '; $html.=' '; }  return $html; } And after "return $html" and before " } " i've put $html=$wgOut->addHTML($html); $html=$wgOut->addwikiText($html);

That's providing an bold ( bold ), italic ( italic ) text, links ( links ), and graphics. The signatures ( and ~ ) does not work.

I'm testing it now.

Author?
I couldn't find the author for this page when adding the template Bouncingmolar 02:46, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Compatibility problems with IE7.
--TDeeming 09:59, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * After installing to my MW 1.93... and using several of the hints above to get it working... Thanks!
 * like manually creating the msql tables...
 * I found that the monobook skin layout was distorted.
 * There is a space between the tabs and the pages.
 * The navigation bar has disappeared on some pages... like the help page...
 * I had experienced this after installation of the "myblogs" extension... but at some point the problem just went away, but I am not sure why.
 * Just for fun, I decided to try another browser (Firefox 2.0)... and the format of the pages was fine.


 * The MWBB extension itself "appears" to be working without any immediate problems, but with this formating problem with IE7... I'm afraid I will have to disable it again.


 * I also entered this information on the sourceforge site Bulliten Board... but it seems as if nobody is monitoring it.


 * Anyone have any ideas?

Monobook formatting
I finally found an easy way to install a forum but this extension causes me too much trouble to adjust it to my needs. Same formatting problem in IE as described above and even in Firefox when the edit/post box appears, the sidebar shows up below the body content (works fine in other skins though). I'd be happy to see the normal wiki post box load at the bottom of the topic like this > Extension:TalkHere uses it. --Subfader 20:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

EditToolbar
Why does the EditToolbar doesn't appear when posting / editing --Subfader 20:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Preview button
Instead of the (useless) Reset button a Preview buton would make much more sense. --Subfader 20:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Normal text format instead of wiki format
The text should be formatted like in pre tags to enable easy posting like in a normal forum, cos the tag is a hell of a bitch :)

Some wiki codes are already ignored so maybe this would be easy to implent? --Subfader 20:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Number of topics / replies
The Admin forum lists the number of topics (not working) and posts. I want that overview for the main forums when in Special:Forums where it makes much more sense! --Subfader 20:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)--Martin, 2007-08-20

Permalinks
This should def be possible like on Bugzilla. --Subfader 20:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Forum Search / Namespace
The forum is not searchable. It should have its own namespace in order to do so. This way it would also be possible to call "latest posts" like you can do now on Special:Newpages for the TALK namespace. --Subfader 20:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * How the hell would they do that? --83.104.41.175 15:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Skin.php
Where in skin.php can I change the background color of the topic posts? Or is it not possible because you'd actually have to post a background color? --Subfader 15:56, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Private Messages
The PM's are limited to 200 by default, but since there is no way for the user to delete them, the admin nees to rise the number to unlimited? --Subfader 17:06, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

But since there seems to be no workaround I'd be happy if anyone can recommend another forum extension before i waste too much time configuring and going live with it. --Martin, 2007-08-20
 * Please take a look at DPLForum. The DPLforum is a heavily-adapted derivation of DynamicPageList 1.12, geared toward displaying forum-style layouts. It's not as fancy MWBB, but the information can be searched... which was another one of the complaints I had the MWBB and I don't have the skin problems.  Anyway, I am planning to use it until MWBB becomes stable.--TDeeming 11:40, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The DPLForum doesn't look like a real forum. No Reply buttons etc and I don't understand the category thingy in there. --Subfader 20:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Images bug
posting images in a thumb box like  destroys the post. --Subfader 16:43, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Signatures
Add this to post.php directly after line 264, it will make signatures work.

--EdK 15:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

MediWiki 1.11 breaks PM
MediaWiki v1.11 errors on this extension. MediaWiki internal error.

Original exception: exception 'MWException' with message 'Detected bug in an extension! Hook wfpmnav failed to return a value; should return true to continue hook processing or false to abort.' in /var/www/html/mediawiki-1.11.0/includes/Hooks.php:133

This version does not like the setting of $wgHooks found in mwbb.php. By commenting out the two lines that set $wgHooks the wiki successfully displays. I have not explored what gets broken by removing these hooks. SpecialPage::addPage( new SpecialPage( 'Pm','',true,false,'$wgforum_root/SpecialPm.php') );
 * 1) $wgHooks['PersonalTabsbeforelogout'][]= array('wfpmcheck');
 * 2) $wgHooks['SkinTemplateBuildNavUrlsNav_urlsAfterPermalink'][]=array('wfpmnav');

--PBM 164.44.67.4 18:20, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Problem with New Topic and Navigation List
Hi, when i start a new Topic or when i want to replay on a topic, My Navigation bar goes down.... What is the Problem or what can I do to solve this Problem? I have tried it with Version 0.1 and also today with 0.2....

Please help me

Kin

need help
The hook "beforetempexec" dosen't work, so I want to know where I can add this hook(like "wfRunHooks( beforetempexec, array( ... ));"). Thanks! -Alpha3 11:26, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Bug in install.php
Line 12 in install.php should read...

DataBase Server: " name="dbserver" maxlength="200" size="25" />

This bug only kicks in when trying to install using a DB that can't be accessed using 'Localhost' for the server.

Feature updates?
There are alot of requests for additional features here, many I want, has any one made any progress on these?

I am looking to attempt to modify the code myself to include many of the features mentioned above, but would like to know if anyone has had any luck to date, and maybe share their code?

Otherwise, if anyone wants to help/work with me to implement many of these features, I would be interested in hearing from them

And once done, post the code changes/new features here for the benifet of the community.

Euan:HTPCnz.net

Is this being worked on?
It's been a while since the previous update, so are you really working on this? (January 20, 2008)


 * I don't think this extension is active anymore - and - the title table is misleading - it reads as if this extension is written by and fully supported by WikiMedia Foundation. It isn't. From the table MWBB is Mediawiki Bulletin Board, a Message board or forum extension for Mediawiki by Wikimedia Foundation. this isn't by Wikimedia Foundation, mediawiki is but not the extension. I say this extension is no longer active  - D&#39;oh 20:47, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Comparison to AWC Forum Extension
I had this extension installed, and love the admin features, but hated the skin and it lacks basic forum details such as last post and number of threads/posts...

But I have now managed to install AWC's forum extension on mediawiki 1.11....

It has a much better basic skin, more like a proper forum while still looking wikied, stating the number of posts/threads, and last post...

But it does lack the admin features of MWBB, such as:
 * Forum specific permissions with Moderator, Forum administrator, Special Member rights
 * Topic moderation: Closed, Sticky, Global Announcement topics

It would be great to see the front end of the AWC forum extension merged with the back end of the MWBB extension...

Anyone interested?

This is how the AWC forum extension looks on mediawiki 1.11 (my htpc wiki)

--HTPCnz 10:02, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Avatars?
It would be nice if avatars were available for MWBB. If anyone can get the script for it, please let me know. --The TattleTale Strangler 17:22, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Tutorial: How to change User_profile to User in MWBB
Here's how you change to User instead of User_profile. Just copy the code below and replace it in topic.php from where it starts with //skin function to return $html; }. Hope this helps!

//skin function function showtopic(&$data,&$skin,&$topic_data) { global $wgUser,$wgOut, $wgScriptPath; $html=' '; for($i=0;$igetGroups; if(count($groups)>0) $groups=implode(',',$groups); else $groups=''; $userlink=$skin->MakeKnownLink('User:'.$data[$i]['user_name'],$data[$i]['user_name']); $html.=' '; } return $html; }

—The TattleTale Strangler  MediaWiki Support Team  18:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)