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Resolved: 404 when using short url

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.5 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.67.d7-ourdelta-log
 * URL: www.jainkosh.org

Hello, I have been trying to use short url for my wiki by following instructions at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/wiki/Page_title_--_no_root_access but could not achieve the results. My server is Apache and my wiki is saved at htdocs\Mediawiki. I have tried saving the .htaccess file in htdocs\Mediawiki, htdocs\, htdocs\sample_html, htdocs\Mediawiki\sample_html, but it didn't work. Whenever I tried to go to www.jainkosh.org/wiki/Main_Page, it throws error 404, page not found. This is what I have put in my .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)$ /Mediawiki/index.php?title=$1 [PT,L,QSA] RewriteRule ^wiki/*$ /Mediawiki/index.php [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^/*$ /Mediawiki/index.php [L,QSA]

Can you please help me in getting this working?

Thanks a lot, Vikas

I tried the same settings on Godaddy.com server and it worked fine there. Somehow on my localhost it didn't work and was giving 404. Works great on the godaddy server.

Can I link files directly off my server to our wiki page, or must they be uploaded?

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

Is it possible for me to link files from my server to MediaWiki without uploading them. We have an extensive database of projects we would like to incorporate into the our wiki site but do not want to duplicate all those files by uploading them.

Permissions not working correctly

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.9-1 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.24-community-nt
 * URL: Behind Firewall

I am having issues with users (including sysops) not beign able to edit, upload files, etc, when the $wgGroupPermissions['*'][value] = false. For instance, I want anonymous users to NOT be able to edit pages, but when I change the ['edit'] to FALSE, no one can edit pages. I have looked in the admin guides and forums and have not been able to find an answer as to why this is happening. Below is what I have for permissions set in my LocalSettings.php

$wgAddGroups['sysop'] = array( 'bot' ); $wgRemoveGroups['sysop'] = array( 'bot'); $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['userrights'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions = array( 'sysop' ); $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['passwordresetself'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['passwordreset'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['move'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['read'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['edit'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['viewedittab'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createpage'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createtalk'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['userrights'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['noratelimit'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['block'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createaccount'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['delete'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['bigdelete'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['deletedhistory'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['undelete'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editinterface'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editusercssjs'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['import'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['importupload'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['move'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['patrol'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['autopatrol'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['protect'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['proxyunbannable'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['rollback'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['trackback'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['upload'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['reupload'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['reupload-shared'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['unwatchedpages'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['autoconfirmed'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['upload_by_url'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['ipblock-exempt'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['blockemail'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['markbotedits'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['suppressredirect'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['apihighlimits'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['browsearchive'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['deleterevision'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions = array( 'user' ); $wgGroupPermissions['user']['read'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['createpage'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['createtalk'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['viewedittab'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['upload'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions = array( '*' ); $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createtalk'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['upload'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['viewedittab'] = true;

—Rob Presley

Signatures don't work properly on 1.15.1
Also asked here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Signatures#Invalid_links_in_signatures_-_MediaWiki_1.15.1.

I just realized that ~ is creating links to SomeUserName and not User:SomeUserName. Is this a known MediaWiki bug? Is there a fix and/or workaround?

hiding an added sidebar portlet from logged out

 * MediaWiki 1.15.1
 * PHP 5.2.6-3ubuntu4.2 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2
 * URL:

I have a "For Editors" portlet added to MediaWiki:Sidebar

For Editors
 * Recent Changes
 * To be Fixed...

I would like to hide this to logged out but not the  portlet above it.

In monobook.php I'm already hiding two divs from logged out thus:

data['loggedin']) { ?> .editsection { display: none; } .editornote { display: none; } 

I have tried to do what I want by adding the line


 * 1) p-editors .portlet {display: none;}

but it does not do the trick.

Have I got the wrong syntax or should I try and add the for editors box some other way as a custom box to make it easier to hide? Thanks

—Zacknuts 05:37, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Hide / Show content for specific users or anonymous users (via permissions)

 * MediaWiki version: newest
 * PHP version: newest
 * MySQL version: newest
 * URL: -

Is it possible to hide specific content for some people? Only who have high privileges can read specific content?

—86.81.6.117 16:15, 15 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Have you tried the Blacklist-Extension? It allows to create a namespace and make it visible to users of a certain group only. -- Achimbode 15:15, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Simultaneous edit handling

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.3.0
 * MySQL version: 5.1.36
 * URL: Intranet

How are multiple concurrent edits to the same page handled?

Suppose I have a page dedicated to reports that many users may be simultaneously editing. Will the wiki handle their edits without loss of any information?

—Ilnolen 19:46, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Something similar to early WikiWords?
Hey, I'm setting up a wiki right now and i need to know if it is possible to create variables/functions for strings in wiki articles and pages?
 * MediaWiki: 1.14.0

e.g. wikipage Some text on the page And even more text. So now i know for sure that ppl at my company filling the wiki will miss to add links to other pages from time to time. I just want to make sure that the links to other pages that exist will be created. So i need to know if it's possible (maybe using MagicWords) if i set the string text as a variable for the function text. I have no idea how to do that and if it is even possible :).

Manual:$wgDefaultLanguageVariant - variant or full code?
Solved by trial and error, Manual:$wgDefaultLanguageVariant improved.

—G.Hagedorn 21:52, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Navigating to a page and then pressing back during an edit loses edit

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.3.0
 * MySQL version: 5.1.37
 * URL: N/A (localhost)

I'm using XAMPP 1.7.2 When I'm editing an article and then navigate to an new page and afterwards press back the content that I edited reverts to the version before the edit. Also when pressing back after pressing Show preview I get a session timeout error.

This doesn't happen on the official English Wikipedia.

Can you help me fix this?

—79.179.55.171 11:24, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

More than 200 articles in Category View
I have two questions for MediaWiki Technician: I ask because it specifically at the use of a categorytree would be clearer for my applications. Where there is a parameter, which can arise from eg 200 to 1000? Best wishes: --80.120.157.197 11:56, 4 November 2009 (UTC) (GT1976 from Austria - ) —80.120.157.197 12:03, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Is it possible to view the Wikipedia categories for more than 200 articles in a category on one page without going to the next 200?
 * 2) Is it possible to display a self MediaWiki operated more than 200 articles in a category?