Project:Support desk/Archives/Uploading/001

= 2008 =

(RESOLVED) How can I upload file with Microsoft Office files such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.

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

Is there any plug-in software that can support uploading of Microsoft Office files?

Please respond to email james.lo@bossini.com

James Lo

—218.189.153.158 09:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Do you want to upload them or allow users to view them? Please read Manual:LocalSettings.php, you are going to have to add

$wgFileExtensions  = array('jpg','jpeg','png','ogg','ico','bmp','rom','ukx','uc','uax','usx','utx','u');


 * To it except with the extensions you want.

$wgFileExtensions  = array('doc','docx','ppt','pps');

-PatPeter,  MediaWiki Support Team  02:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Uploaded Files with "Umlauts" won't be found
My Wiki runs in German.

Whenever I upload a file that contains an umlaut in its filename, "schäden.png" for instance, the file will be upload under "sch#%&den.png" (something like that). Renaming that file by hand to "schäden.png" makes it be found again.

How can I get those umlauts to be kept within the filenames?

I just can't find any solutions here.

Thanks a lot!

--195.200.70.22 08:33, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Are you still having this problem? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  23:43, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes. I wonder if it has to do with Windows? Since my first entry, I have one Wiki set up on Win XP, one Wiki on Win 2000 and one Wiki set up under Mac OSX. All in German. All set up from scratch. All with their own resources and extensions. While I have no problem at all with uploading files with German umlauts under Mac OSX, it won't work -- as described -- under Win XP and Win 2000.  Same Browsers used under those systems (Firefox, Safari, Opera, IE7 on Windows). I use WOSportable on Windows and MAMP on OSX. Or is it WOSportable? --84.145.122.49 15:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I think you have to upload them in unicode format. Is your wiki set in German language code? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  20:45, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Uploading .doc .xls .xlt .ppt .pps .pdf files

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.1
 * PHP: 5.2.5
 * MySQL: 5.0.24

Hi,

I've seen a couple of threads on here about uploading different file formats but none of them seem to be answered (please correct me if i'm wrong).

Basically i need want to upload different files to my internal wiki site. how do i go about doing this? Is it as simple as changing the file extensions in LocalSettings.php?

Any input greatly appreciated.

Regards,

—62.49.155.133 16:49, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Go in LocalSettings.php and add


 * Except with the extensions you want. I can't believe someone didn't get to you sooner, this is really simple. Also if you have any more questions like this please read all of Manual:LocalSettings.php, before doing so. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  02:31, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Uploading new version of existing file

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.2
 * PHP: 5.2.4 (isapi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.18-nt
 * URL: (internal company site)

Additional Information: Win Server 2003 with IIS

We recently upgraded from MediaWiki 1.5.6. Now, when trying to upload a new version of a file which already existed, we receive the following error: Internal error Could not rename file "public/1/1e/filename.xls" to "public/archive/1/1e/20080306141550!filename.xls".

Do you have any clue what might be causing this?

—Jenn 14:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

In addition, I tried deleting this file and received the following message: Errors were encountered while deleting the file:

Could not rename file "public/1/1e/filename.xls" to "deleted/e/a/e/eaes7fu6npxr7fl0xd2b2tre9zzsbig.xls". Could not rename file "public/archive/1/1e/20080225135004!filename.xls" to "deleted/d/2/y/d2y2u8bns3pg5tgmqc6d53p7lm473jd.xls".

It also said that the deletion was successful. I tried uploading the file again and received the same internal error as before.

---Jenn 19:11, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


 * You can disregard this issue. I forgot to make sure the Users had write/modify permissions for the images folders.  How dumb do I feel now.  Thanks anyways.  --Jenn 16:47, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Upload not properly working with lighttpd/fast-cgi

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.1
 * PHP: 5.1.2 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.26
 * URL: [Installed on a local network]

When I am trying to upload a file on Special:Upload I get the error message "This file is bigger than the server is configured to allow.", but only for files bigger than 5K! I am using the default (upload) settings, both for Mediawiki and PHP. A strange thing is, that a phpinfo-dump reports different values for upload_max_size than configured in my php.ini

When I am echoing the file's size (echo $_FILES['wpUploadFile']['size']), I get a "0" for those files bigger than 5K...

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks in advance. —62.220.4.250 15:20, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Who is your server provider? I think the option is in php.ini to change this. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  02:40, 27 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I am the service provider, so I have full access to php.ini. Which option in php.ini are you talking about?
 * Halfway through php.ini is the upload size file. change it to whatever size you wish. After that, copy it to your wiki directory. --' Truetech    (Talk)  ''  05:21, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Video Streaming
Is there a way to embeb a streaming video, such as the ones in youtube.com on Wiki? Any support is appreciated! Thanks ;) —88.157.68.217 02:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)


 * It can be done, but I'm not entirely sure how. Normal videos can surely be embedded quite easily, such as .ogg and .vid files (I think), as is seen with the various video media on Commons and elsewhere. -- Anon  Diss  05:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Extension:EmbedVideo, lol I had to go through three archives to find Project:Support_desk/Archive_17. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  02:28, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Uploads are timing out

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.1.4 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-log
 * URL: Red Orchestra Wiki

Whenever I try to upload a large file the screen eventually goes blank. I believe this to be because of the server timing out on the upload. Is there anyway to change the server configuration to never time out, something like:

Either that or it is my browser, because it also will not let me upload files on the main page of the website.

—-PatPeter,  MediaWiki Support Team  16:56, 9 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I am having the same problem. Is there a fix for this?


 * Times out when trying to upload a file over the max file upload limit in php.ini. Shouldn't MediaWiki have a error message rather than just timing out?


 * --mailto:pagemedias@gmail.com 19:31, 16 June 2008 (WST)
 * Upload to newest version. --' Truetech    (Talk)  ''  05:22, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Unable to upload images or files
I am not able to upload images or any other media files. pl help i get the following error- Internal error From GuruPedia Jump to: navigation, search
 * MediaWiki: 1.11.2
 * PHP: 5.0.5 (isapi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-community-nt

Could not find file "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\php16A.tmp". each time it is a diff tmp file whats happening Thanking you in anticipation DR MK PILLAI —Drmk 10:19, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


 * You need to set up a temp directory. (See this thread on the MWUsers forums.) —Emufarmers(T 01:28, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

HI THERE, WE HAVE DONE BOTH-

1. CREATED -C:\ WINDOWS\Temp\

2.have set the appropriate temp directory in php.ini. The variable- upload_tmp_dir = "C:\ WINDOWS\Temp\" STILL I CONTINUE TO GET THE SAME ERROR Humbly requesting any one to help Thanking you in anticipation DR MI PILLAI
 * IT was due to permission that were not given on C:/windows/temp folder. Initially my host was not ready for the same a s itwould compromise the security of the site. Would it not be much easier and safer on all of us if the temp folder can be done within the domains folders than else where???
 * Any ays thank soo soo soo mucnh for all who supported especially- Emufarmers
 * DR MK PILLAI

(RESOLVED) unable to upload 4M exported file

 * MediaWiki: 1.10.2
 * PHP: PHP 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.3
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-Debian_1ubuntu3.3-log
 * URL: intranet

Hi there I did everything described at

http://mywiki.ncsa.uiuc.edu/wiki/MediaWiki_Servers#To_increase_the_maximum_upload_file_size

but I still get Upload of import file failed; perhaps the file is bigger than the allowed upload size.

with a 4M file. What should I check more?

I had success with a small xml file, though.

—213.16.111.1 16:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)


 * The solution was to set
 * max_execution_time = 300    ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds
 * max_input_time = 300; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data
 * in php.ini
 * —80.254.184.205 06:50, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) How do I add an Image to a page?
How do I add my image to a page?? Help Kimnctrojans74.141.51.58
 * you just add


 * to your page. Of course you must have uploaded foobar.jpg before (and you need file upload enabled in your wiki. see manual) --80.132.181.8 10:47, 21 April 2008 (UTC)


 * If the wiki uses another language the tag name may vary. Use the editing button "embedded file" (6th button) in edit mode to insert the image. As long as the image has not been uploaded ("Upload file" in the toolbox) the wiki will only show a link Image:foobar.jpg that also leads to the upload form. --BurninLeo 10:00, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) TGZ File Upload, results white page

 * MediaWiki: 1.12.0
 * PHP: 5.2.4 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45
 * URL: intranet...

Hello, if i upload a *.tgz File i cannot view the page of this File. Normally i get a page with all Versions of one file. But for tgz files I only see a white page. for example "image:test.tgz" -> Result a white browser page. Firefox 2.x and IE 7.

All other image pages are still working. If i change the url in "image:test.tgz.zip", so i get a new version page for a file, which is naturally not uploaded.

Has anyone an idea ?

Thx a lot Thomas —Eraser TR 11:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * dunno, how is your apache handling *.tgz-files? --80.132.163.113 12:46, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * -My mistake! it is a firewall problem between two servers....Eraser TR 15:13, 09 May 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Images Upload fails
mediawiki 1.12, Mysql 5, php5, URL:

Hi, After uploadig an Image my wikiinstallation produce an internal mistake: Das Verzeichnis „public/0/0a“ konnte nicht angelegt werden. (The Listing public/0/0a“ could not created)

What's wrong? --Krischan 21:42, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * did you check the write permissions in your "public"-directory (and permissions to climb down into this directory from above directories)? The user your webserver is running as (apache or httpd or whatever) must have permission to write and creating files and directories in your "public" directory. --80.132.163.113 12:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for the Answer, that was my first Idea. But there ist no „public“ Listing in Mediawiki 12. So I created one and putted a chmod 777 on it, nothing changed.

I took the saved images Listing via FTP into the new Installation and putted the content of the old Database via PhpMyAdmin into the tables „images“ and „imageslinks“. The images were shown after a while and all seemed to be all right. Could it be, that this has caused the failiure? I don’t know wether the upload function was ok before. --Krischan 18:14, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * the directory for uploads defaults to /images, but you can chancge that in your LocalSettings.php. Maybe you had defined /public there as the upload-directory? --80.132.159.226 13:54, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I changed the LocalSettings.php from images to public. There are some new Problems with old image files, but the Upload is working now. Thanks! --Krischan 10:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Uploading broken after upgrade 1.10.0 -> 1.12.0
(Windows 2003, IIS)
 * MediaWiki: 1.12.0
 * PHP: 5.2.4 (isapi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.24a-community-nt
 * URL: Intranet only, not visible from the outside world

After an upgrade from 1.10.0 to 1.12.0, file uploads are not working anymore. They all end up with : Erreur interne Impossible de trouver le fichier « C:\WINDOWS\Temp\php4AE.tmp ». which basically translates to Internal error Unable to find file « C:\WINDOWS\Temp\php4AE.tmp ». (and obvisouly, the filename would change everytime).

The thing is that upload_tmp_dir (as reported by ini_get) is F:\Intranet\upload_tmp, not C:\Windows\Temp. The upgrade has not touched either of these directories, and it was working 2 weeks ago with the previous version. I just tried reverting to 1.10.0 and voila, the upload worked again. So I do not believe it is a permission issue.

Any thoughts ?

Thanks for any light you might shed on this issue. Cheers, Romain —143.196.159.101 18:10, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Found the cause. More at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14213 -143.196.159.101 08:23, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Error Message when trying to upload an image

 * MediaWiki: 1.12alpha
 * PHP: 5.2.5 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.51a
 * URL: http://xxx:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Bild:MaskenMetaModell.png

Hello,

i got the following message when i´m trying to upload an image:

Warning: mkdir [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in /opt/lampp/htdocs/mediawiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 1670

I got it also by clicking on a link to an image i´ve already uploaded. i don´t really know much about php so a little help from you guys would be great! :)


 * Update:
 * Ok, the wiki database has been imported from a windows system to a linux system. on the one hand it seems to be a problem with the directoryhierarchy between windows and linux and on the ohter hand with the rwx rights of the directories and the image.


 * Update 2:
 * Ok, i got it, I don´t know how, but i got it :)
 * After deleting and copying the files and directories the image are displayed correctly on the page.
 * —Audioslave 09:26, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Uploading-Logo Error

 * MediaWiki: (Reported by your Wiki's Special:Version page)
 * PHP: 5.2.6 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-community-log
 * URL: http://www.twins-territory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

I'm having two problems with my MediaWiki that I just recently installed to a server for my site.

The first one is regarding uploads. I've went through the step of allowing uploads by setting the option to true. Also, in the php.ini file, I have set that to yes so that uploads will be allowed.

However, I still go to my Wiki page and I can't seem to upload anything, getting the message on this URL below:

http://www.twins-territory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Home.jpg

My second problem is that in the LocalSettings.php file, there seems to be no $wgLogo writing where I can change my site logo. Is there a way to put this in there somewhere?

I'd appreciate any help. This uploading thing is getting pretty frustrating...

—12.218.227.226 16:55, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Resolved on my talk page. Smaug [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] 00:07, 9 June 2008 (UTC)