Project:Support desk/Archive 18

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(RESOLVED) flash player

 * MediaWiki: (Reported by your Wiki's Special:Version page)
 * PHP:
 * MySQL:
 * Database:
 * URL:

I have been a member for a few months, and never had a problem, but now when I login, it says I need to update my flash player, but I can't seem to find a link to do that.

—151.202.90.92 01:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * More details please --Zven 01:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah sounds like you are reporting an error for YouTube. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  03:14, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) How/were do I add the google analytics code to my wiki?
May someone help me? I'd like to know, where in which file(s) (index.php or index.php5 or even other files) I#ve to put the code. THX for help. Mirko.
 * URL: http://www.helmstedt-wiki.de


 * You should only add things to localsettings rather than hacking the codebase, here's a snippet I've used to add google analytics in the past --Nad 19:49, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You mean in the LocalSettings.php?, right? And: can you explain or give me an example where exactly to put the code? At the beginning, the end or somewhere else? THX for helping me ;o) Mirko
 * Anywhere in localsettings.php is fine (as long as its within the delimeters and not in the middle of another statement or something) --Nad 09:20, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Any possibility to use images as link?

 * MediaWiki: 1.10.1
 * PHP: 5.2.4 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.27

Hi, is there any possibility to use an image as a link? Like in  ?

Cheers, Timo 13:33, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

P.S.: Gonna upgrade to 1.11.0 but didn't find anything re my problem in the changelog.
 * You could install the Icon extension, which allows you to do this with a very flexible and easy syntax. Otherwise, you can set $wgAllowExternalImages to true in your LocalSettings.php, then create the link like so:  --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  16:36, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Cheers, installed the Icon extension and it dows what I was looking for! Timo

/edit: Any idea how I can use external links? 20:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Just used the $wgAllowExternalImages idea, cheers again! Timo

(RESOLVED) PHP running as a user account - how do I point mediawiki to use it?

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.1
 * PHP: 5.2.4 (apache)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-community-log
 * URL: The Empire of Aesedra

My host has exec disabled which totals any attempt to make thumbnails. I get this:

[Thu Jan 31 01:43:37 2008] [error] PHP Warning: exec has been disabled for security reasons in /home/ulujain/public_html/wiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 1812

I emailed my host and he's set up a /php directory in my username space to run it under my setuid. The thing is, I've no idea how to get mediawiki to use this as opposed to the server's (nobody's) credentials. Do I need to reinstall mediawiki or is there some other way? I'm totally lost here. Thanks in advance. Peter (ulujain.org)

Peter1968 08:14, 31 January 2008 (UTC) (logged in)


 * Scratch this - if I turn use imagemagick off in LocalSettings and just let it use GD it works like a charm. Sorry to waste anyone's time. Peter1968 08:57, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Problems with dot in article name
I have got problem with my local wiki installation. I get errors when there is a dot in an article name. If I want to link to the article about "Edward_Stettinius_Jr." and I add the link like this I get an error: http://localhost/dewiki/index.php/Edward_Stettinius_Jr. The error message says "Edward Stettinius Jr - The page doesn't exist". If I try to access the article at de.wikipedia.org there is not problem: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Stettinius_Jr.

Why doesn't this work at my local installation of mediawiki? Any help or hint is appreciated. Mazi

- Mediawiki: 1.7.1 - PHP: 5.1.6 - MySQL: 5.0.24


 * I have been working on this problem for about 2 hours. Finally I found the solution. The URL has to look like this:
 * http://localhost/dewiki/index.php?title=Edward_Stettinius_Jr.
 * It is important to add index.php?title=articlename. Hope this might help other users having the same problem. Best regards, Mazi
 * 1.7.1 is very old, and since you're running PHP5 there's no reason to stick with such an old version of mediawiki, I'd recommend backing up your DB and upgrading to the latest version. --Nad 20:01, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) How to make a page use a certain skin?
How do I make it so a page will use a certain skin?

—The TattleTale Strangler 00:54, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Off the top of my head I would say something like the following would do it (this sets the skin to "MySkin" if the article is MyArticle and in the MAIN namespace). You could adjust this to work on a namespace basis instead of a specific title too --Nad 09:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * That didn't particularly help me, considering that I have no clue where to place that. So, where do I put it? --The TattleTale Strangler 17:37, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Put it in your LocalSettings.php file --Nad 19:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) cannot download mediawiki - download.wikimedia.org cannot be found
I would like to download and try wikimedia. However the a.m. link returns domain cannot be found.


 * This should be think link you were looking for: Download Mediawiki. Mazi

(RESOLVED) MediaWiki and MS SQL
Hey. Is it possible (in any way) to get MediaWiki work with MicrosoftSQL? Or is there a commercial/free alternavie you can suggest (like a special plugin or extension)?

Thanks a lot and best regards from Freiburg (Germany),

Bernd

—Subwoof3r 14:53, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Nope, there is no support for MSSQL at the time, and I don't think there will be in the near future. — color probe (talk | contribs | [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]]Support team) 18:53, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm working on an MSSQL database class, but it could be a while away yet. If you need it urgently then let me know on aran at organicdesign dot co dot nz as I could re-prioritise some development based on $ --Nad 19:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)