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problems with GIF after upgrade to MediaWiki 1.11.0

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.4 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.27

Hi, I upgraded from MediaWiki 1.6 to 1.11.0 and all went well except: Images in GIF format don't show anymore on the pages. PNG and JPG images are OK, but when I put, it will give me only this text as a hyperlink, w/o showing the image.. Any help appreciated! —Theo s 10:03, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Found an answer at, but unfortunately this script maintenance/rebuildImages.php is not at my server... :( Theo s 10:16, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, found the script, but it contains errors...

code-snippet as of line 82:

printf( "%s: %6.2f%% done on %s; ETA %s [%d/%d] %.2f/sec <%.2f%% updated>\n",                       wfTimestamp( TS_DB, intval( $now ) ),                        $portion * 100.0,                        $this->table,                        wfTimestamp( TS_DB, intval( $eta ) ),                        $completed,   // $completed does not appear to be defined.                        $this->count,                        $rate,        // $rate does not appear to be defined.                        $updateRate * 100.0 ); flush; }

The comments state that 2 variables ($completed and $rate) are not defined, and that's the case.. Theo s 11:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Anybody any suggestions please...?? Theo s 11:11, 27 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Unzip the rebuildimages script from the .zip file of MediaWiki and put it in its respective folder. -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  23:30, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, that's what I did before... See the code-snippet above. Output from the script:

test1-wiki 2008-01-04 22:29:49: Processing image... PHP Notice: Undefined variable: completed in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 87 PHP Notice: Undefined variable: rate in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 89 2008-01-04 22:29:49: 14.81% done on image; ETA 2008-01-04 22:29:49 [0/675] 0.00/sec <0.00% updated> PHP Notice: Undefined variable: completed in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 87 PHP Notice: Undefined variable: rate in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 89 2008-01-04 22:29:49: 29.63% done on image; ETA 2008-01-04 22:29:49 [0/675] 0.00/sec <0.00% updated> PHP Notice: Undefined variable: completed in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 87 PHP Notice: Undefined variable: rate in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 89 2008-01-04 22:29:49: 44.44% done on image; ETA 2008-01-04 22:29:49 [0/675] 0.00/sec <0.00% updated> PHP Notice: Undefined variable: completed in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 87 PHP Notice: Undefined variable: rate in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 89 2008-01-04 22:29:49: 59.26% done on image; ETA 2008-01-04 22:29:49 [0/675] 0.00/sec <0.00% updated> PHP Notice: Undefined variable: completed in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 87 PHP Notice: Undefined variable: rate in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 89 2008-01-04 22:29:49: 74.07% done on image; ETA 2008-01-04 22:29:49 [0/675] 0.00/sec <0.00% updated> PHP Notice: Undefined variable: completed in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 87 PHP Notice: Undefined variable: rate in /var/www/vhosts/www.test.arbace.nl/HTML/arbace/maintenance/rebuildImages.php on line 89 2008-01-04 22:29:49: 88.89% done on image; ETA 2008-01-04 22:29:49 [0/675] 0.00/sec <0.00% updated> test1-wiki 2008-01-04 22:29:49: Finished image... 0 of 675 rows updated test1-wiki 2008-01-04 22:29:49: Processing oldimage... test1-wiki 2008-01-04 22:29:49: Finished oldimage... 0 of 1 rows updated

Thanks in advance for any help. Theo s 22:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Bump. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  18:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Are you still having this problem? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  19:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately yes, I do. I tried uploading existing images again, and even tried to upload converted images (from GIF to JPG or the other way around)... nothing seems to help... :( Theo s 21:53, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * What does your  read? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  00:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

$ cat LocalSettings.php | grep -i wgfileextensions $wgFileExtensions = array( 'gif', 'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'ogg', 'rtf', 'doc', 'xls', 'ppt', 'pdf', 'zip', 'wzmul' );
 * Thanks, Theo s 10:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Where did the

$ cat LocalSettings.php | grep -i wgfileextensions come from? I haven't seen that before, also try changing your file extensions to: $wgFileExtensions = array('jpg','png','ogg','gif','jpeg','rtf','doc','xls','ppt','pdf','zip','wzmul'); Also may I ask are you able to upload your .zip files? I am trying to upload similar files on. -PatPeter,  MediaWiki Support Team  15:41, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The "cat" command is used on our Linux server to display the content of the LocalSettings.php file, grep -i to filter only the wgfileextensions setting. I accidently included the command when I posted my message, the cat is not in de LocalSettings.php file...
 * I will change the $wgFileExtensions setting according to your advice, but don't see much difference... I will post any change in behaviour here after I'm done.
 * Yes, I can upload .zip files, no problem... I will take a look at your trouble there.
 * thanks again, Theo s 12:22, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * update: changed to $wgFileExtensions but that makes no difference at all... :( Theo s 12:33, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Bump... anybody? Theo s 14:30, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

TOC not redirecting properly
I'm getting a wrong redirect for the TOC. IF there's an heading called "Story" the link should be http://www.domainsite.ext/article#STORY but the links redirect on http://www.domainsite.ext/#STORY, without "article" so the browser is redirected to the home page!!!

I think it's an hosting problem, How can I fix this? Thanks in advance! --Lorenzone92


 * I'd be nice if you gave your url and your wiki information so we can help you. -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  16:03, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * The wiki is on www.rockciclopedia.com. For istance if you go here and you click on "Origini" you'll be redirected to the home page... --Lorenzone92 21:54, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Someone on your wiki edited a page wrong, it is either a system file or a MediaWiki file that defines how the ToC displays. Do you have access to your wiki's system files and MediaWiki files? Ask all your admins who have the same permissions if they did anything. -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  23:27, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm the only admin and I've edited nothing... I think I have to replace relative links with absolute links in the PHP file that pertain to contents table... --Lorenzone92 13:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes they need to be absolute. -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  19:52, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


 * OK but I've edited nothing... So I don't know where the problem could be! What do you think? Which is the PHP file that "manage" the ToC? --Lorenzone92 22:38, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * MMh... no one can help me? --Lorenzone92 15:44, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee!! :P --Lorenzone92 11:36, 30 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Ouch sort of forgot about you here, sorry. Anyway it might have been edited when you installed MediaWiki (i.e. random bad default edit or loss of info in file transfer). I can't find any help information on the Table of Contents on MediaWiki, stay posted. -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  17:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


 * So what do you think I can do? Which files can i reupload? Which PHP file create the ToC? P.S.: Thx for your help! ;) --Lorenzone92 17:51, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I'd start with re-uploading the /includes/ directory, along with its sub-directories. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 06:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * And re-uploading that dir I won't lose my pages? --Lorenzone92 18:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes you won't lose your pages, includes aren't attached to your database. You would lose a Special page if you forgot to re-upload it though. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  18:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I've reuploaded all the directory with also subdirs but the redirections don't work anyway (for example here look at the ToC.. :( I tried to set all my files/dirs CHMOD to 777 but it's the same... --Lorenzone92 18:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Don't forget me! :P --Lorenzone92 14:24, 14 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Don't worry, as long as you continue repling to the questions and whatnot your thread will remain here until it is resolved, see the policy up above, this is just one heak of a problem. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  17:25, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

This is what the source of your TOC is:

So I am going to have to put this up for another MST member, I am pretty sure there is an option somewhere for enabling "fullURL" for ToC or something. -PatPeter,  MediaWiki Support Team  00:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * mmh... so what should i do? --Lorenzone92 17:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * mmmhh? :P --Lorenzone92 22:01, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Good job, keep bumping, I know someone here must know the config setting to enable full URL. -PatPeter,  MediaWiki Support Team  02:28, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Bump, bump, bump... :D --Lorenzone92 17:07, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm still here....... --Lorenzone92 21:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC) :P


 * I need help..... --Lorenzone92 18:26, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Background image on pages?
I'm designing a page layout template for members of a wiki I admin to use for their user page and other pages that they create. I'd like to be able to use an image for backgrounds in this template. How can I accomplish this?


 * What versions of MediaWiki, PHP, etc. are you running along with a URL of your wiki? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  17:06, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! Let's see. This is needed for two separate wiki's really. The first is as follows: MediaWiki version: 1.6.8 PHP version: 	5.2.4 MySQL version: 	5.0.45-community URL: http://evolution-rpg.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page The second is as follows: MediaWiki version: 1.11.0 PHP version: 	5.2.5 MySQL version: 	5.0.45-community URL: http://sharnyl.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

75.167.211.181 13:41, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * You would have to upload the image to your wiki whether it be manually (using FileZilla or whatnot), or using the upload function. Then you would have to write out the code as to where the image is supposed to go in for instance MediaWiki:Monobook.css, if that is what you want to guide off of. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  15:29, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I guess I should rephrase the question as this: How can I tell the wiki to accept the html coding for using an image for a background that the text would be placed on? Example coding:  75.167.211.181 13:41, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Please sign your posts with ~ . As for the body tags I don't know I will leave this to another member of MST. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  18:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I hope this is solved too because I really want to do this too. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  00:39, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Me too! I'm anxious to be able to do this ^_^ 75.167.199.197 01:27, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Just curious if there's a step closer to resolving this? 75.167.199.197 18:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Thumbnails Not Working
I get an error for thumbnails: "Error creating thumbnail: sh: convert: command not found". My LocalSettings.php includes the line '$wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/local/bin/convert";' and this is the correct path for the convert executable. And it has execute privileges for all users. Any idea what could be wrong? (Reinstalling ImageMagick did not help either.)—99.236.141.81 04:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, I encountered the same problems like you before. Are you using a webhost to host your site? If so, this thing requires your webhost to do something as it involves some server security features. &mdash; PM Poon 12:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * No, I am not using a webhost. I'm using MediaWiki 1.11, Apache 2, PHP 5, and MySQL 5. —99.236.141.81 19:17, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Perhaps I should have mentioned that the files involved were SVG files. —99.236.141.81 19:28, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Try setting $wgSVGConverterPath to /usr/local/bin --Nad 20:25, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, it works now. Thanks! —99.236.141.81 21:48, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

I had this same problem before I upgraded to 11, I haven't uploaded any images yet, I am still trying to restore my database. PatPeter 01:56, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

I have a problem that is like this: Error message: Error creating thumbnail: The system cannot find the path specified. I have a line in my Localsettings.php: $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert", but in that folder there are no commands, just files like svnstat and ulimit*. What command do I need to convert? How can I solve this problem? -194.138.26.89 11:52, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes when I try to upload a file it asks me if I want to open or save, how can I fix this? I am using Mozilla Firefox. -PatPeter 02:33, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Look here: Image. -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team
 * Do you have a recent version of ImageMagick installed? find where it's put the convert command and set $wgImageMagickConvertCommand to its full pathname. --Nad 05:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I have this for my image settings in LocalSettings.php:

$wgEnableUploads		= true;
 * 1) To enable image uploads, make sure the 'images' directory
 * 2) is writable, then set this to true:

$wgUseImageResize		= true; $wgUseImageMagick      = true; $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert";

How do I find the full URL? -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  05:20, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Not sure if this was addressed, but  from the command line should give you the correct path to convert for your OS if it (and which) is installed --Zven 08:06, 6 January 2008 (UTC)


 * So where can I find "which convert"? -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  23:02, 6 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You don't find it, just type which convert in to your shell and it will tell you the full pathname of the convert utility which you should then set your $wgImageMagickConvertCommand to (or create a symlink to it in /usr/bin since that's the normal location for it). If it doesn't find any, then you shuld install ImageMagick or set $wgUseImageMagick to false so it uses PHP's GD lib instead --Nad 23:18, 6 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Forgive me for being a noob, but where can I type it, like where is the shell? -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  04:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The shell is just the command line of the computer your wiki is running on, if you've never accessed the shell, then I guess you must be running your wiki on a shared web host who offer restricted access to the system in which case you'll need to ask them whether they have ImageMagick installed and where it is located etc. --Nad 04:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I have full access to the database along with the image files, the includes, extensions, LocalSettings.php, etc. but I don't have access to the computer the Wiki is running on, correct. In /usr/bin is the default location for that, do you mean that those are folders on the computer server? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  22:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Secure Shell would be useful to give you a Shell console. Then you can check if the file convert is in the filesystem path by typing  in the console--Zven 03:57, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Any particular client you would suggest? FileZilla is listed here, but I don't think that is SSH... the wikipedia page is somewhat confusing. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  18:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like your on a windows machine connecting to a *unix server. Putty will do the job. All those applications are using the SSL protocol, some provide secure copy functionality, some provide an interactive SSH window console. One that does both is best. --Zven 19:36, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Cannot upload images

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.1.4 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-log
 * Database: Unknown, if you know how to figure it out please tell me.
 * URL: Red Orchestra Wiki

Whenever I try to upload an image on Mozilla Firefox it asks me if I want to open or download, how do I stop it from doing this so I can upload images?

—-PatPeter 02:59, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Worked fine for me on Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.11: http://www.maporchestra.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Test.jpg — color probe (talk | contribs) 13:52, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I should have been more specific, I didn't make my full report here but rather in another thread in Archive 14 about what is not uploading. For instance anything that is not a jpg, png, or ogg causes an error like this, my file extensions:

$wgFileExtensions  = array('png','jpg','jpeg','ico','bmp','ogg','doc','xls','ppt','docx','xlsx','pps','mp3','sxc','pdf','nse','rom','ukx','uc','uax','usx','utx','u');


 * I actually don't need pdfs and docs so I will take those out:

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


 * -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  20:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Also somehow FileExtensions got deleted from LocalSettings, probably when I upgraded the wiki, so let me put that back in and check. -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  20:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * BUMP. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  20:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Anyone? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  02:30, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I've seen this behaviour in my previous installation (MediaWiki 1.6). Sometimes it went wrong (downloaded the index.php) and most times it went right... So whenever this occured, I just tried again. I never found out what the problem was, sorry. Theo s 12:26, 22 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Update, it is PHP (the program) asking you if you want to download index.php, so that problem is fixed, now the newer problem is that now it displays a blank page when I try to upload. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  01:28, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Broken redirect

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.1.4 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-log
 * Database: Unknown, if you know how to figure it out please tell me.
 * URL: Red Orchestra Wiki

So if you look at my Special:Listredirects page then you will see that this text it displayed:

1. :Lyes Krovy (edit) (delete) → Talk:Lyes Krovy

I think this happened when I changed my Extranamespaces from:

$wgExtraNamespaces = array(110 => "Portal", 120 => "Portal_talk", 130 => "Technical", 140 => "Technical_talk", 150 => "WikiProject", 160 => "WikiProject_talk", 170 => "History", 180 => "History_talk", 190 => "Manual", 200 => "Manual_talk", 210 => "Extension", 220 => "Extension_talk", 230 => "Map", 240 => "Map_talk", 250 => "Server", 260 => "Server_talk", 270 => "Modification", 280 => "Modification_talk", 290 => "Mutator", 300 => "Mutator_talk", 310 => "Unit", 320 => "Unit_talk", 330 => "Clan", 340 => "Clan_talk", 350 => "Term", 360 => "Term_talk", 370 => "Tactic", 380 => "Tactic_talk", 390 => "Weapon", 400 => "Weapon_talk", 410 => "Tank", 420 => "Tank_talk", 430 => "Role", 440 => "Role_talk", 450 => "Player", 460 => "Player_talk");

to

$wgExtraNamespaces = array(100 => "Portal", 101 => "Portal_talk", 102 => "WikiProject", 103 => "WikiProject_talk", 104 => "Technical", 105 => "Technical_talk", 106 => "History", 107 => "History_talk", 108 => "Manual", 109 => "Manual_talk", 110 => "Extension", 111 => "Extension_talk", 112 => "Map", 113 => "Map_talk", 114 => "Server", 115 => "Server_talk", 116 => "Modification", 117 => "Modification_talk", 118 => "Mutator", 119 => "Mutator_talk", 120 => "Unit", 121 => "Unit_talk", 122 => "Clan", 123 => "Clan_talk", 124 => "Term", 125 => "Term_talk", 126 => "Tactic", 127 => "Tactic_talk", 128 => "Weapon", 129 => "Weapon_talk", 130 => "Tank", 131 => "Tank_talk", 132 => "Role", 133 => "Role_talk", 134 => "Player", 135 => "Player_talk");

and moved Lyes Krovy from one namespace to another. Help appreciated.

—-PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  23:22, 2 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm... If possible, you might have to run the  command line script on your server. I'm not sure if this will work, though. Otherwise, you may have to hack into the MySQL server (for example, using phpMyAdmin) and delete everything about ":Lyes_Krovy", although you should check that very carefully. — color probe  (talk | contribs) 13:59, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * What programs can I use to run the command line? -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  15:53, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You could try phpShell. — color probe (talk | contribs) 18:01, 5 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Also how do I start phpMyAdmin? -PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  03:29, 6 January 2008 (UTC)


 * To start phpMyAdmin and phpShell do I need to have access to the entire server computer? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  02:30, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Image for section edit links from within MediaWiki (no extension)

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.4 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-community-nt
 * Database: Er... Is this not the same as MySQL?
 * URL: Home intranet. You can try http://gateway-86558bc/wiki/, but I don't think it'll work. :D

I have a question about using an image or imagemap for the edit links. Can I do that without hacking together an extension? I tried putting an image in MediaWiki:Editsection and it showed up as instead of an image. Am I trying to do the impossible? Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 19:50, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * If you have image hotlinking enabled (aka $wgAllowExternalImages is true), try putting the full url of the image in the page and see if that works. If not, there IS an extension available that does this, just can't remember what it's called and I'm too lazy atm to search for it :) --Skizzerz talk 21:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Good idea on the $wgAllowExternalImages thing, but it didn't work. I'll go search for the extension, I guess. Thanks! Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 22:11, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Found it; the extension is Edit Section Link Transform. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 22:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The EditSectionLink hook was introduced in MW1.11 which allows you to change the URL that it links to. Also, there's a system message called editsection-brackets which allows you to customise the format of the edit links further to make them into images etc. The final result is wrapped in a span with class attribute set to "editsection" so that further CSS styles can be applied. Using the official hooks is more efficient than Edit Section Link Transform which does regular expression replacement of the rendered page content. --Nad 22:14, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, thanks, Nad! I'll have to look into the documentation for that hook and see if I can't write my own extension to fuss with the links. Regex replacements are a little bit of overkill, and I notice it has [square brackets] hard-coded into the regex. Hmm... *Goes off to think * Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 00:42, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Extension:Google Custom Search Engine

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.1.4 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-log
 * Database: Unknown, if you know how to figure it out please tell me.
 * URL: Red Orchestra Wiki

Alright so how do I get this extension to work? I made the page as said here, but any search returns to the main page, I actually wanted it to look like Wikipedia, where you can choose between Google search and MediaWiki search on the SpecialSearch.php.

—-PatPeter, MediaWiki Support Team  20:05, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Anyone else use this extension? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  16:34, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Adding an additional Sidebar

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

Hi there I try to develop a little MediaWiki for some friends. They requested an additional Sidebar on the right side. General question: - is this possible? - I guess so... If it is possible, which file do I have to edit? I searched for Extensions but haven't found one, anyone knows about this? Ben

—212.184.19.70 10:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You can create many sidebars as is done on this wiki, edit the MediaWiki:Sidebar article. See also Manual:Interface/Sidebar --Nad 19:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Putting one on the right side will require some trivial CSS changes though. — color probe (talk | contribs | [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]]Support team) 19:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Great. Thanks for your help.Can you tell me in which file I have to add some css code?
 * CSS code can be put in the wiki article Mediawiki:Common.css --Zven 01:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your hint. Actually my skills writing CSS are low (sorry for that). So can you please give me more help concerning the code?
 * I read some CSS help :). Is it right, that I have to add in common.css some lines starting #rightcolumn {float:right etc} If this first thought is ok, then how to tell the code that there should be some Information in it (the right column)? Normally there is some html code e.g. text but even if I add this div tag to monobook.php I don't know how to add a WikiText into it... Hope you can understand my problems. Have a nice weekend.
 * Ok I found a possibility to insert a Wikitext into a div tag. Now the (last) problem is the Position. I added my div Container in monobook.php at several places. None of them was ok. Someone knows where exactly (after/before which lines) I have to add my code?. Or is it the wrong way? As color probe wrote I have to do the placement with "trivial" css?

Directory permission

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.1.2 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.22-Debian_0ubuntu6.06.2-log
 * Database: MySQL 5.0
 * URL: Wiki of it.comp.console

Hi

I have problems with file upload. When I upload a file, a new dir is created (ie. /images/4/4e/), this dir has 700 CHMOD and the file whitin has 644, so it can not be read from www. Why ? Check this url http://www.ventublog.it/wikicc/images/a/af/EQ2.gif, I get this error: Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /wikicc/images/a/af/EQ2.gif on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. This is a server issue or a MediaWiki misconfiguration ? —82.51.143.78 21:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The images directory and all subdirectories must be CHMOD 777 in order for it to work. --Skizzerz talk [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  23:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I try to CHMOD 777 all /images tree but any new dir create by mediawiki script get CHMOD 700 and the files within take 644. —82.51.143.217 12:30, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The files being 644 is fine, but you need to set up the /images directory so that all subdirectories automatically take on the permissions of the /images directory when they are created (can't remember the command for that offhand). --Skizzerz talk [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  20:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I have no shell access to Apache webserver, have to ask sysadmin to do this ? —87.17.195.53 22:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You don't need shell access, just access to the filesystem. For example, most FTP clients allow you to change the permissions of a folder by right-clicking on it, and cPanel has an option for changing directory permissions as well. --Skizzerz talk [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  21:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I have only FTP access, I try to assign 777 to /images tree but any new dir created into this tree by MediaWiki gets 700. There's a FTP command that all subdirectories automatically take on the permissions of parent dir ? —85.44.144.202 22:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Could it be whoever is administering your server has set umask so that new directories are created with 700? On my machine umask is 022 which causes my directories to be created with 755 and everything works fine. 65.28.68.235 12:37, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Cannot delete pdf files

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.0 (apache2handler)
 * PostgreSQL 8.1.5 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)


 * URL: Private net, so you cannot do anything

when trying do delete uploaded file I get this response: A database error has occurred Query: INSERT INTO filearchive (fa_storage_group,fa_storage_key,fa_deleted_user,fa_deleted_timestamp,fa_deleted_reason,fa_deleted,fa_name,fa_archive_name,fa_size,fa_width,fa_height,fa_metadata,fa_bits,fa_media_type,fa_major_mime,fa_minor_mime,fa_description,fa_user,fa_user_text,fa_timestamp)  SELECT 'deleted',IF(img_sha1=, , CONCAT(img_sha1,'.pdf')),'1','2008-01-14  10:27:08  GMT','',0,img_name,NULL,img_size,img_width,img_height,img_metadata,img_bits,img_media_type,img_major_mime,img_minor_mime,img_description,img_user,img_user_text,img_timestamp  FROM image WHERE img_name = 'Helpdesk.pdf' Function:  LocalFileDeleteBatch::doDBInserts Error: 1 ERROR: function concat(text,  "unknown") does not exist HINT: No function matches the given name and argument  types. You may need to add explicit type casts. Backtrace:
 * 1) 0 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Database.php(779): DatabasePostgres->reportQueryError('ERROR: functio...', 1, 'INSERT INTO fi...', 'LocalFileDelete...', false)
 * 2) 1 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Database.php(1845): Database->query('INSERT INTO fi...', 'LocalFileDelete...')
 * 3) 2 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/filerepo/LocalFile.php(1216): Database->insertSelect('filearchive', 'image', Array, Array, 'LocalFileDelete...')
 * 4) 3 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/filerepo/LocalFile.php(1297): LocalFileDeleteBatch->doDBInserts
 * 5) 4 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/filerepo/LocalFile.php(873): LocalFileDeleteBatch->execute
 * 6) 5 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/FileDeleteForm.php(75): LocalFile->delete('')
 * 7) 6 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/ImagePage.php(491): FileDeleteForm->execute
 * 8) 7 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Wiki.php(397): ImagePage->delete
 * 9) 8 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Wiki.php(48): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(ImagePage), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
 * 10) 9 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/index.php(89): MediaWiki->initialize(Object(Title), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
 * 11) 10 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/index.php5(1): require('/srv/www/ipwiki...')
 * 12) 11 {main}

I have tried to delete with nukePage.php and the response is: php maintenance/nukePage.php Image:Helpdesk.pdf Erase Page Record Searching for "Image:Helpdesk.pdf"...PHP Warning: pg_query: Query failed: ERROR:  relation "page" does not exist in /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/DatabasePostgres.php on line 506 A database error has occurred Query: SELECT page_id  FROM page  WHERE page_namespace = '6' AND page_title = 'Helpdesk.pdf'  LIMIT 1 Function: LinkCache::addLinkObj Error: 1 ERROR: relation "page" does not exist Backtrace:
 * 1) 0 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Database.php(779): DatabasePostgres->reportQueryError('ERROR: relatio...', 1, 'SELECT  page_id...', 'LinkCache::addL...', false)
 * 2) 1 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Database.php(1224): Database->query('SELECT page_id...', 'LinkCache::addL...')
 * 3) 2 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Database.php(1104): Database->select('page', 'page_id', Array, 'LinkCache::addL...', Array)
 * 4) 3 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/LinkCache.php(146): Database->selectField('page', 'page_id', Array, 'LinkCache::addL...', Array)
 * 5) 4 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Title.php(1655): LinkCache->addLinkObj(Object(Title))
 * 6) 5 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/maintenance/nukePage.inc(25): Title->getArticleID
 * 7) 6 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/maintenance/nukePage.php(17): NukePage('Image:Helpdesk....', true)
 * 8) 7 {main}

Can I delete it by hand or what?

Regards Tomas Jensen tcj(at)tdc.dk --Tomas 07:30, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes just go into the system files of your Wiki using FileZilla or a similar program, find the PDF in your /images/ folder and delete it, then go into your wiki and delete the blank page. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  15:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Still cannot delete the page. Wiki returned: A database error has occurred Query: INSERT INTO filearchive (fa_storage_group,fa_storage_key,fa_deleted_user,fa_deleted_timestamp,fa_deleted_reason,fa_deleted,fa_name,fa_archive_name,fa_size,fa_width,fa_height,fa_metadata,fa_bits,fa_media_type,fa_major_mime,fa_minor_mime,fa_description,fa_user,fa_user_text,fa_timestamp) SELECT 'deleted',IF(img_sha1=, , CONCAT(img_sha1,'.pdf')),'1','2008-01-16 07:13:32 GMT','teeest',0,img_name,NULL,img_size,img_width,img_height,img_metadata,img_bits,img_media_type,img_major_mime,img_minor_mime,img_description,img_user,img_user_text,img_timestamp FROM image WHERE img_name = 'Helpdesk.pdf' Function: LocalFileDeleteBatch::doDBInserts Error: 1 ERROR: function concat(text, "unknown") does not exist HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need to add explicit type casts. Backtrace:
 * 1) 0 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Database.php(779): DatabasePostgres->reportQueryError('ERROR: functio...', 1, 'INSERT INTO fi...', 'LocalFileDelete...', false)
 * 2) 1 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Database.php(1845): Database->query('INSERT INTO fi...', 'LocalFileDelete...')
 * 3) 2 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/filerepo/LocalFile.php(1216): Database->insertSelect('filearchive', 'image', Array, Array, 'LocalFileDelete...')
 * 4) 3 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/filerepo/LocalFile.php(1297): LocalFileDeleteBatch->doDBInserts
 * 5) 4 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/filerepo/LocalFile.php(873): LocalFileDeleteBatch->execute
 * 6) 5 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/FileDeleteForm.php(75): LocalFile->delete('teeest')
 * 7) 6 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/ImagePage.php(491): FileDeleteForm->execute
 * 8) 7 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Wiki.php(397): ImagePage->delete
 * 9) 8 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/includes/Wiki.php(48): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(ImagePage), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
 * 10) 9 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/index.php(89): MediaWiki->initialize(Object(Title), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
 * 11) 10 /srv/www/ipwiki.ip.tdk.dk/index.php5(1): require('/srv/www/ipwiki...')
 * 12) 11 {main}

Regards --TomasJensen 07:30, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * But did you succeed in deleting the main file using FileZilla? If you use FileZilla it is impossible to get messages like that. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  00:22, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I did it from a shell

Regards --TomasJensen 09:58, 17 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You deleted the file from a shell? Download and try to delete it with FileZilla. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  02:46, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

What is the difference. ought to do the same. It seems that the page is not being deleted from the database. How do i do that by hand? --Tomas 13:05, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The difference is that FileZilla is best for this operation, download it, install it, and use it to delete that file. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  16:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

DONE... - But still - The page has not been deleted from the database. Now what??? FileZilla only deletes the file from the filesystem not the database.

--Tomas 08:34, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The way that the deletion of images/media/etc. works is that it moves it from one folder (the /images folder) to another folder, it doesn't delete it entirely. Modifying the database by hand to remove the page on-wiki would work, but it is very risky and I have no idea how to do it :) --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  20:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

To which folder should my file be moved to then ? And when i use FileZilla how would the wiki "know" that the file has been moved. I dont think FileZilla reports to the wiki, that the file has been moved. The database must know what happens otherwise it still point to a removed file.

--Tomas 11:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Well you are getting the errors when you click the "delete" tab when browsing image (or documents) in this case? The problem is that there is interference between the signals you are sending using the "delete" key and the database where the file cannot be completely deleted. If you need to completely remove the file then completely remove the file using FileZilla, then when you try to delete the actual Image: page it should let you. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  16:33, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

That has been tried but still the same :O((

--Tomas 10:02, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

This is a bug in 1.11.0 see: bug 11905 It's already been fixed, you just need to get all the changes... These three files fixed it for me: http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/Database.php?revision=26040&view=markup http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/DatabasePostgres.php?revision=26043&view=markup http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/filerepo/LocalFile.php?revision=26043&view=markup I saw it with deleting any files. --Danbrice 23:43, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Need to leave the user names as they are typed to integrate mediawiki into logging using CAS.

 * MediaWiki: 1.11
 * PHP: 5.2.3
 * MySQL: 5.0.41
 * Database:
 * URL:

Hello there! I noticed thta wikimedia uses the php funcion ucfirst to convert the first character in the username to capitals. I am trying to integrate the mediawiki into my faculty site using CAS authentication, so i would need to leave the names as they appear. So far i've noticed that in user.php at line 413 and also at line 532 it uses the function ucfirst. I changed it to ignore it yet it keeps doing this, and it shouldn't. Am I missing somewhere else where this function gets called? I know it's against the usual way mediawiki works, but can this problem be solved? Thanks - Juanan —147.83.181.16 18:33, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The LocalSettings.php configuration global Manual:$wgCapitalLinks may be useful here without having to modify the codebase --Zven 20:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The thing is that this seems to apply only in the 1st letter of links (including included pages, images and categories). Not to usernames, (wich i need) - Juanan

Help searching INSIDE Wiki pages for IP addresses referenced in the actual page

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.1
 * MySQL: 5.0.38

Hello, I have an internal Wiki setup for documenting corporate LAN WAN information. This information contains IP addresses that appear within a page.

How can we Search for IPs in WikiPages? Typing an IP address in the search box yields a search for IPs of contributors. Also the text we will be searching appears in a PRE box.

Here is an example, I would like to be able to search on what is in the below box. I would like to be able to search on 192.168. for example or the full 192.168.0.1 and get results for pages containing the documented IPs.

WorkstationA = 192.168.0.1 WorkstationB = 10.1.1.1

—198.133.105.247 02:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Images not appearing as thumbnails

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.0.5 (cgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-community-log
 * Database: Not sure

I'm having problems getting certain images to appear as thumbnails, when using both the Image:Name.jpg|thumb feature and the gallery tag. While some images will look fine, others will simply display as the alternate text in articles and an empty box in the gallery.

From what I can tell, there doesn't seem to be any predictable pattern to guess which images will do this. All are JPGs, but other JPGs have worked fine. Size does not appear to make a difference. All read the MIME type as "image/jpeg", but others with the same MIME type have worked out okay. The closest thing I could find in the FAQ was this, but it doesn't appear to be the same thing. I could ask an administrator at my web host to run the rebuildImages.php script, I suppose, but I wanted to ask here first. Besides, The software hasn't been updated recently as far as I know, and the problem is happening on images uploaded just now... and I'd rather not have to ask them to run the script every time I add some new stuff.

Thanks in advance for the help. I appreciate it.

—66.68.143.7 12:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Log Trouble

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.3 (apache)
 * MySQL: 4.1.22-standard
 * Database:
 * URL: http://www.vibe-ent.com/w/index.php

I have tried to install 2 extensions onto my wiki but for some reason they both are having the same problem. The extensions in question are Makebot & Newuserlog. Whats happening is that the Page Title and the filter are not parsing the language strings resulting in code appearing in the page title and drop down menu. Is there another setting I have to change to fix this issue

—210.1.216.73 12:15, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

smaler RSS Feed from Mediawiki
Hi, i get an RSS Feed from my Mediawiki per: URL/wiki/index.php?title=Spezial:Neue_Seiten&feed=rss and it´s 2MB BIG, so if i have 200 Readers i habe 400 MB Traffic. How can i get a smaler RSS Feed with only Topic-Titels as Link and "no Content"?
 * MediaWiki: newest
 * PHP: 5.X
 * MySQL: 5.X

Thanks

—91.17.120.4 15:26, 20 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Can you give the actual link? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  01:33, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

[RESOLVED] Log messages of extensions are lost
All messages of extensions (not of core) are not shown in Special:Log, but things like
 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.2 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.41-community-nt
 * URL: not public

16:58, 20. Dec. 2007 WikiSysop (Talk | Contributions | block) 

or "" and so on. When I created the MediaWiki:giverollback-logentrygrant page with the content of the normal message, it worked as before. But in the i18n files in the extensions/ directory there are still the messages. I update the extensions every day from SVN.

—84.139.119.64 16:35, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

"but things like {this} or '' and so on" this clause is a fragment, please correct your grammar and try asking the question again. -PatPeter,  MediaWiki Support Team  01:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)


 * A fragment?? I thought it was clear. In Special:Log instead of the normal messages of extensions just the names of the messages are shown, like  instead of "granted rollback status to $1" or something like this. --84.139.75.193 15:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)


 * No you are still not clear as to what you are asking, your original post doesn't even contain a "?". -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  16:36, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The question of course is: How can I get the log messages back into the log? --84.139.103.165 10:12, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * As for grammar for example did you mean to say: "but things like {this} or '' and so on are (shown)", as an elliptical phrase? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  16:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, it should have been repeated: "XYZ is not shown in Special:Log, but things like {this} or <...> are shown. --84.139.103.165 10:12, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for not helping but complaining about my clear sentences. I resolved the problem myself; for those who want to know: I updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1. It seems a code change of the extensions was made. --84.139.90.147 15:29, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Edit Toolbar not shown...

 * MediaWiki: newest
 * PHP: 5.X
 * MySQL: 5.X
 * URL: http://iwenzo.de/wiki/

I Could not see Edittoolbar! Whats wrong?

User: test34

PW: gerald

PS: Please don´t post URL correctly, i want no index into google "thanks"

PS2: On Firefox is see on Sourcecode:

 /*<![CDATA[*/ addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_bold.png','Fetter Text','\'\'\,'\'\'\,'Fetter Text','mw-editbutton-bold'); addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_italic.png','Kursiver Text','\'\,'\'\,'Kursiver Text','mw-editbutton-italic'); addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_link.png','Interner Link',,,'Link-Text','mw-editbutton-link'); addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_extlink.png','Externer Link (http:// beachten)','[',']','http://www.beispiel.de Link-Text','mw-editbutton-extlink'); addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_headline.png','Ebene 2 Überschrift','\n== ',' ==\n','Ebene 2 Überschrift','mw-editbutton-headline'); addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_image.png','Bildlink','Bild:','','Beispiel.jpg','mw-editbutton-image'); addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_media.png','Mediendatei-Link','[[Media:',']]','Beispiel.ogg','mw-editbutton-media'); addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_math.png','Mathematische Formel (LaTeX)','','<\/math>','Formel hier einfügen','mw-editbutton-math'); addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_nowiki.png','Unformatierter Text',' ','<\/nowiki>','Unformatierten Text hier einfügen','mw-editbutton-nowiki'); addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_sig.png','Deine Signatur mit Zeitstempel','--~',,,'mw-editbutton-signature'); addButton('/wiki/skins/common/images/button_hr.png','Horizontale Linie (sparsam verwenden)','\n\n',,,'mw-editbutton-hr'); /*]]>*/

So whats wrong!?!? (The Imagefiles are in the folder!) —91.17.107.104 08:16, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Making a page with special character in its name available for anonymous users
Wiki pages can be made available to anonymous readers via the following statment in LocalSettings.php $wgWhitelistRead = array( 'Special:Recentchanges' )

How can I make sites available, if the name contains, e.g., German umlauts. The following has no impact. $wgWhitelistRead = array( 'Spezial:Letzte_Änderungen' ) --212.183.10.146 11:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Are you using the right encoding for the LocalSettings.php file? And have you actually set $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read']=false;? :--MF-Warburg 14:31, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, GroupPermissions are correct, I tried
 * $wgWhitelistRead = array( 'Hauptseite', utf8_decode('Spezial:Letzte_Änderungen'), utf8_encode('Spezial:Letzte_Änderungen'), 'Spezial:Letzte_%C3%84nderungen' );
 * --212.183.10.146 11:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

MediaWiki Search mechanism - how does it work?
Hi there,

I am a postgraduate student (and advocate of Wikipedia) doing research for a project at the Centre for Digital Library Research at Strathclyde University on Wikipedia/Web 2.0. With no technical expertise I am having trouble finding out the answer to the following question, so if anyone could help me it would be much appreciated!

Why, if I search for the string "gdl.cdlr" does this article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daldowie

show up in the search results, but not this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Maxton

?

As far as I can see, "gdl.cdlr" is part of what I call 'hidden text' behind the clickable link, and looking at the source code I see little difference; gdl.cdlr is not tagged as metadata; nor is it given as a keyword.

How does the MediaWiki search software work, and why am I am observing this effect?

Yours, Kathleen Menzies (kmenzies@cis.strath.ac.uk)

—86.142.45.46 07:56, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Database error
Hi,

I'm using an (unsupported! I know! :) PostgreSQL 8.x backend and Semantic MediaWiki 1.0 with my MediaWiki 1.11.

I've patched MediaWiki so that it runs perfectly fine with my PostgreSQL DB.

Just a couple of minutes ago I tried to create a new Semantic MediaWiki Property, which caused the following error message:

Warning: pg_query [function.pg-query]: Query failed: ERROR: for SELECT DISTINCT, ORDER BY expressions must appear in select list in /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/includes/DatabasePostgres.php on line 506 Internal error

A database error has occurred Query: SELECT DISTINCT subject_id FROM smw_relations WHERE relation_title='SmwStr' ORDER BY subject_title LIMIT 26 Function: SMW::getAllPropertySubjects Error: 1 ERROR: for SELECT DISTINCT, ORDER BY expressions must appear in select list

Backtrace:


 * 1) 0 /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/includes/Database.php(779): DatabasePostgres->reportQueryError('ERROR: for SEL...', 1, 'SELECT DISTINC...', 'SMW::getAllProp...', false)
 * 2) 1 /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/includes/Database.php(1224): Database->query('SELECT DISTINC...', 'SMW::getAllProp...')
 * 3) 2 /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/includes/storage/SMW_SQLStore.php(446): Database->select('smw_relations', 'DISTINCT subjec...', 'relation_title=...', 'SMW::getAllProp...', Array)
 * 4) 3 /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/includes/articlepages/SMW_PropertyPage.php(56): SMWSQLStore->getAllPropertySubjects(Object(Title), Object(SMWRequestOptions))
 * 5) 4 /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/includes/articlepages/SMW_OrderedListPage.php(82): SMWPropertyPage->doQuery
 * 6) 5 /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/includes/articlepages/SMW_OrderedListPage.php(60): SMWOrderedListPage->getHTML
 * 7) 6 /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki/includes/articlepages/SMW_OrderedListPage.php(48): SMWOrderedListPage->showList
 * 8) 7 /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/includes/Wiki.php(383): SMWOrderedListPage->view
 * 9) 8 /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/includes/Wiki.php(48): MediaWiki->performAction(Object(OutputPage), Object(SMWPropertyPage), Object(Title), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
 * 10) 9 /Volumes/Data/www/MediaWiki/index.php(89): MediaWiki->initialize(Object(Title), Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest))
 * 11) 10 {main}

Any ideas how I could fix this?

Cheers, Martin

code question/ how to change the code for a wiki page?

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

—62.225.191.42 07:22, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

hi there i want to add some meta informations to the code of some wiki pages



i can view the code but cant work with it and since i dont have a html data to work with cuz its stored in the db how can i work with it?
 * You can add the following code snippet to your LocalSettings which should do the trick --Nad 20:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

thx for answer but i want to add some meta informations to like 500+ Pages dont think this trick will work here :(

Can't get my wiki back after loosing some tables in database
- Hi, I had a hard disk crash an now only certain tables seems to contain information in my database. I tried to put on the wiki back, but it says that it can't find some tables. My important information is most in searchindex table. Is there any way to get this information back in a wiki ? or any other possibility ? I already tried to move only the searchindex table to another wiki but it didn't work. Thanks, Eric.
 * MediaWiki: 1.5.7
 * PHP: 5.1.6-1~bpo.1 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 4.0.24_Debian-10sarge2-log
 * URL: http://elearning.itinet.fr/wikibibi/index.php/

—195.25.195.79 16:24, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Is MediaWiki ADA Section 508 Compliant?
I am looking at MediaWiki as a solution for my University, but we are restricted by State Law from purchasing software that is not ADA Section 508 compliant. Therefore, I am asking the question as to MediaWiki's accessibility features.
 * MediaWiki does not cost any money, so if they used the exact word "purchasing", then you're free to go regardless ^_^. If not... then looking through the requirements of it a lot of them are either upheld or broken by the individual people using the wiki, as all text and textual formatting in the pages themselves are user-input. Users can make use of their userspace CSS and JavaScript (providing $wgAllowUserCss and $wgAllowUserJs are enabled) to change colors, sizes, contrast, etc. of the page as well as using it to define access-keys for things that don't already have them (all the tabs, personal links, etc. already have access keys, so no worries there). But for things like flashing text and making sure all images have alt text, that's up to the individual user when they are editing pages. I hope that answers your concerns :) --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  17:10, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Style Locations

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

Hello Everybody, where do I find the CSS for MonoBook Style on my server?

Thanks for help

—91.3.123.25 17:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * All CSS is in the /skins folder, with monobook-specific being in /skins/monobook. --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  17:10, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

And which one is the css for (e.g.) editing the h1? Thanks for help.
 * Rather than hacking files, it is often better to use the MediaWiki:Common.css article to make css adjustments. That way they're still in effect after upgrading etc without having to keep track of which files were adjusted. --Nad 20:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm absolute beginner. The page I'd like to change is www.helmstedt-wiki.de. Maybe you can help me a little? ;o) THX! What do i have to do there? Can you give me an Example? Mirko.


 * To, for example, make &lt;h1&gt;s red, you can use the CSS:


 * Note the  part; that's very important, otherwise first-level headings outside the content could be altered.


 * Insert your CSS into MediaWiki:Common.css to enable the changes for all skins (note that some have different document structure, so  may have to be changed). To just alter the default Monobook skin, use MediaWiki:Monobook.css. Other skins also have their own CSS files in the MediaWiki namespace. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 08:36, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Reduce database size - Text table

 * MediaWiki: 1.6.5
 * PHP: 4.4.7 (cgi)
 * MySQL: 4.1.19-log
 * Database:
 * URL:

Hello. On my database I have the TEXT table, but its size is about 45 MB. I wonder if I can delete old records from that table in order to import a lighter version of the database for backup purposes. Thank you

—200.41.118.206


 * You can run the maintenance script deleteOldRevisions.php if you want to remove all non-current revisions from the database. It's nothing I'd do, since I'm kind of a digital pack rat who doesn't like to delete anything that might be useful (like revision histories), but if you're OK with dumping the history of your pages, be my guest. And don't let me discourage you with my personal opinion; it's just that, an opinion. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 20:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I should mention that purgeOldText.php is a good one to run first, since it removes text records that aren't being used (e.g. aren't referenced from either the revision (history tracking) or archive (deleted stuff) tables). Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 20:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You shouldn't worry too much about old revisions when it comes to backup size because after you compress the backup, all the revisions reduce to an extremely small size since they're mainly repeated information. For example, our OrganicDesign wiki is 584MB, but after compressed with 7zip is only 23MB. --Nad 20:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

500 Internal Server Error

 * MediaWiki: 1.6.5
 * PHP: 4.0
 * MySQL: Unsure - created by install package on ISP's site.
 * URL: http://wiki.derekspalla.com/

When I first installed MediaWiki at Christmas time, I had no issues and was creating articles. Then recently when trying to get to my Wiki, I started to receive a "500 Internal Server Error" with the following message: The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request. The script had an error or it did not produce any output. If there was an error, you should be able to see it in the error log.

When I look at the files via FTP, all of the files are exactly the same as they were on the first install. I have uninstalled and reinstalled a couple of times to no effect.

I am using my ISP's InstallCentral application to install MediaWiki. My ISP is PowWeb.

Currently my LocalSettings.php file has a $wgScriptPath	="/home/users/web/b812/pow.derekspalla/htdocs/derekspalla/wiki";

I have also tried setting the $wgScriptPath to "http://wiki.derekspalla.com/"; which is what it was set to before when it worked fine.

Any ideas what might be happening?

Kind Regards,

Derek Spalla

—74.224.209.176 03:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The first thing you have to do is find out what the error message is, either check the php error log, or turn on error reporting. --Nad 08:07, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Here are the messages from the error logs: PHP Fatal error: newfromkey [function.require]: Failed opening required '/hermes/web05/b812/pow.derekspalla/htdocs/derekspalla/wiki/skins/.php' (include_path='/hermes/web05/b812/pow.derekspalla/htdocs/derekspalla/wiki:/hermes/web05/b812/pow.derekspalla/htdocs/derekspalla/wiki/includes:/hermes/web05/b812/pow.derekspalla/htdocs/derekspalla/wiki/languages') in /hermes/web05/b812/pow.derekspalla/htdocs/derekspalla/wiki/includes/Skin.php on line 121

PHP Warning: newfromkey(/hermes/web05/b812/pow.derekspalla/htdocs/derekspalla/wiki/skins/.php) [function.newfromkey]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /hermes/web05/b812/pow.derekspalla/htdocs/derekspalla/wiki/includes/Skin.php on line 121

Derek--208.115.19.242 14:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It looks like a problem with your skin setting, try changing $wgDefaultSkin maybe --Nad 21:03, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) ca-nstab-main
How would one change the title of ca-nstab-main on the Main page of a MediaWiki installation (i.e. from "article" to something else) without having to edit server side scripts (adding something to either monobook.css or common.css, perhaps?)? --58.169.232.209 05:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Edit the system message MediaWiki:Nstab-main (also you need $wgUseDatabaseMessages set to true for messages in the MediaWiki namespace to take affect). --Nad 08:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Font
This is a very simple question but I haven't been able to find a suitable solution anywhere. How would one change the font of the text within articles (and only the text within articles) for every article? --58.169.232.209 05:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Add a CSS rule to your MediaWiki:Common.css which changes the font style such as #bodyContent { font-family:sans } --Nad 07:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

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)

Change logo

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

My company has downloaded MediaWiki and I need to know how I can change the logo by finding the LocalSettings.php file (without alerting my IT Dept.- they would take way too long to come back with an answer)

—199.171.110.108 14:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * LocalSettings.php is created by the configuration script you have to run to create the database, ... It is created in the config/ directory and you have to move it in the parent directory in order that the wiki works. To change the logo edit this file and set the $wgLogo to the url path of the logo. i Alex  15:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

pdf woes

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.5
 * MySQL: 5.0.45
 * URL: Internal only

I don't have an error; just a problem. Actually, 2 problems. Here's the scenario: I have ~1000 pdf manuals I would like searchable and indexed into my wiki. I have searched though every extension that I could find. Most of the extensions about pdfs are for creating pdfs out of wiki pages. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
 * 1) How do I transfer files to a wiki without doing them 1 at a time? I tried just putting 1 into the images dir but it looks like they need a DB entry as well.
 * 2) How do I make pdf files searchable on my wiki? I would love to do it as google has; click here for the file or click here to see it in html format.

—BruceWayne 16:54, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * There's the importImages.php maintenance script, but that's just bare-bones, and uploading them as files won't index the text contents as far as I'm aware. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 08:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

That looks like it will import the pdfs. I'll have to go through the php and see if I can make it recursive. I think there's a couple hundred folders. How's about making them search-able? Forgot to sign my last comment.. Doh! —bruceWayne 14:22, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

1.6.10 Install problems
I Am trying ti install 1.6.10 as that is the version the install recommended as I am running PHP Version 4.4.7 and can not upgrade at this time.

Here are all the lines of the install page, including the error:


 * 1) PHP 4.4.7 installed
 * 2) PHP server API is apache; ok, using pretty URLs (index.php/Page_Title)
 * 3) Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
 * 4) PHP is configured with no memory_limit.
 * 5) Have zlib support; enabling output compression.
 * 6) Neither Turck MMCache nor eAccelerator are installed, can't use object caching functions
 * 7) Found GNU diff3: /usr/bin/diff3.
 * 8) Found ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert; image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads.
 * 9) Found GD graphics library built-in.
 * 10) Installation directory: /home/laplante/public_html/wiki
 * 11) Script URI path: /wiki
 * 12) Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki.

Generating configuration file...
 * 1) Database type: mysql

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare initialisemessages (previously declared in /home/laplante/public_html/wiki/config/maintenance/InitialiseMessages.inc:14) in /home/laplante/public_html/wiki/maintenance/InitialiseMessages.inc on line 14

Thank you for any help you may be able to provide! —66.82.9.108 02:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Custom interwiki icons
Hi, is there a simple way to add custom interwiki icons?

Like on http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki

using css. or to be exact how to add interwiki shortcut in from of < a class="XXX_external" Gcardinal 09:14, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Looks like that site is using a different wiki engine. However, you can change the background icon for all external links in MediaWiki:Common.css (or MediaWiki:Monobook.css for just the default Monobook skin). The main declaration from Monobook's main.css is:


 * Get yourself another icon and put that code into Monobook.css (or Common.css, depending on whether you want the change to be global or just to one skin), then modify the  part to point to the relative or absolute URL of the new icon. Adjust the padding as necessary. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 09:31, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes I know I can do that, but I want different icons for different Interwiki's. Like on DocuWiki if its a Wikipedia link they have a W in front of the link and if its a external link they have a globe. I use many different interwiki link's on my website so I really need a good way to show what link where. Example from DocuWiki http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:syntax#links Gcardinal 09:34, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * With other words I need to find function that writes <a class="external" href="http ... ">INTERWIKI: bla bla</a> so I can add interwiki into the class filed Gcardinal 14:06, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Use the following CSS:


 * Obviously replace the site_url with the URL of the site, and the path_to_new_external_image should be the path to the correctly-sized new external icon you wish to use. You can see a few examples here (search for "Styling links"). --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  15:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the answer, but I was more interesting into adding Interwiki shortcut as a part of a class="" on <a .. >. Method with CSS is sure a nice solution - but there is a bit of other stuff I want to add like tooltip using javascript on iterwiki links and other stuff. So would be really great if someone could point me where I can "patch"/edit the interwiki"output" function. THank you. Gcardinal 23:44, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Enabling search in my MediaWIki site

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

Hi, I created www.LovelyIndia.Org the issue here is I want google and other search engins to crawl and index content. As I understand contents lie inside MySQL, not sure how can a search engin robot will crawl and index so user can find pages from search engins.

Thanks!!

—131.107.0.73 02:00, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm under the impression that MW is crawable by default by google. This is supported by the fact that Wikipedia has a robots.txt with some Disallows.  Don't take my word alone for it though. <font color="#006500">Smaug  02:04, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The web robots access the page via normal means, so the page content is displayed for them. Unless you have a global disallow in your robots.txt/.htaccess/whatnot, your site will be eventually indexed. --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  03:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Help in installing multiple wikis
Hello,
 * MediaWiki: 1.11.1
 * PHP: 5.2.5 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.51
 * URL: local testing
 * More: Using XAMPP 1.6.5

I know this has been mentioned a lot of times but I still haven't found the solution. Most tutorials rely on the fact that your multiple wikis will be under a subdomain (i.e. http://wiki1.domain.com/, http://wiki2.domain.com etc.). This isn't what I'm looking for.

I am currently configuring my wikis in my localhost on my personal machine. I want to upload the same structure and data on my host. What I don't want is use multiple subdomains for each wiki. I am planning to have different DIRECTORIES for each wiki. So, my directory would look something like this:

root root/wikis/wiki1 root/wikis/wiki2 etc.

I still want to use the same database with different prefixes (although the idea to use the same user pages/accounts etc. would be even better).

Any help for the setup? What is the best way to configure this? Should I have a whole MediaWiki installed in each folder or is there a better (cleaner) way?

—Pek 21:34, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * A cleaner way would be to have the files in one folder, then have a conditional in the main folder's LocalSettings.php that includes the correct localized "LocalSettings.php" (in quotes because it isn't required to be named that) based off of what virtual directory is being accessed. Of course, you'll need to set up rewrite rules for each virtual directory. Also, making index.php work will be very tricky, and will more than likely require some sort of hack. I'll look into this a bit more deeply in a few days, if you can wait until then. --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  21:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, I know that. But since some hosting sites cost money to create a sub domain I won't be doing this. Is there any other way? I don't mind waiting. Thank you. --Pek


 * What hosting company are you using? Most of the ones I've come across give you some number of subdomains for free with their basic hosting package. <font color="#006500">Smaug  02:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It should be fine setting it up with multiple directories, I would do it by making each subdirectory a symlink to the main wiki dir, and then add some code into your localsettings which sets dbprefix etc based on $_SERVER[SCRIPT_URL] or similar (you may also need to set one or more path variables) --Nad 20:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Message for guests?

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.1
 * PHP: Not needed for question
 * MySQL: Not needed for question
 * URL: Not needed for question

Is there a way to make it so you can make a message that only shows up for guests? Thanks!

—The TattleTale Strangler 01:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You should be able to set a notice that appears only for users who aren't logged in by putting the text in MediaWiki:Anonnotice. You'll also need $wgUseDatabaseMessages set to true (which it is by default) in LocalSettings.php. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 11:00, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Header on all pages?
http://modpedia.scribblewiki.com/Main_Page

Hi, I got a remotely hosted one, and I'd like to know how I get a header on all pages. I edited the MediaWiki:Sitenotice page, but nothing is showing up on all the other pages. I tried the purge thing, but nothing. Help? —70.9.152.183 02:32, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You don't have access to LocalSettings.php, do you? ScribbleWiki may have set $wgUseDatabaseMessages to false as a means of reducing server load. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 11:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Internal link "option" switches?
Recently I learned that the special page Special:Listusers can have an option appended to it to list only users in a certain group, e.g., Special:Listusers/sysop (equal to a URL of /index.php?title=Special:Listusers&group=sysop ). I searched in vain for documentation of other such switches. Is there some secret master list stashed somewhere? This one is really useful! I want more! --Töff 02:44, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * ... Hah, LOL, I found THIS, but no more. What a teaser. --Töff
 * Practically all of them have that ability. As to WHAT it does -- that differs from page to page but it's usually to do an autosearch or narrow the results set. --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  03:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you; I guess that's a useful hint for helping me figure out the available switches on my own. I was really hoping for a list, though. Otherwise I will be shooting in the dark and certainly missing a lot of really cool things. Although I might hit an easter egg or two, I guess :) Could be fun! --Töff 05:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * They're not undocumented switches, its simply that the special page class allows the addition of its first argument in the path to make the URL shorter, but that method is optional and can always be replaced with a normal query-string, for example when moving page "foo" you could use index.php?title=Special:Movepage&target=Foo instead of Special:Movepage/Foo --Nad 20:40, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Aha! The "first argument" ... which I guess can be discovered by twiddling with any particular special page via its menus. That's good to know! Thank you! ... Why the first argument, only, I wonder? Seems like a laziness at some point. Maybe because this feature is not a lot in demand. --Töff
 * Its just that the SpecialPage class automatically extracts the part of the url after the slash and supplies it in a variable called $param that your special page code can then use for its own purposes if written to use it. You could write a special page to split $param on slashes so that you could use more than one parameter separated by them such as special:foo/a/b/c/d --Nad 09:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

MediaWiki doesn't load with display_errors = On in php.ini?
This should be a trivial thing, so I don't feel too guilty asking anyone this question. Can someone else do a test on MediaWiki 1.11 to see what happens when switching  and   in php.ini? It seems that on my machine, under Apache 2.2.4/Win32 on Windows XP, MediaWiki fails silently and returns a blank page if the server has enabled error display. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 11:07, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It shouldn't fail silently if error reporting is on. Try seting error_reporting to E_ALL, and check the error log too --Nad 20:33, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It's been on  the whole time, but nothing shows up in the error log. I did just uninstall php_exif.dll, which was throwing errors that the file couldn't be found (which is BS and another problem to be solved at some point). It's just toggling   that makes it work or not; which is really strange, because I could swear that I used it with error display on in previous versions and it didn't make any difference. Could it be something to do with Windows, or a bug in Apache 2.2.4 or PHP 5.2.4 that I should upgrade to fix? (Not that I want to. Last time I tried updating Apache, I very nearly hosed my entire setup. I know now why there are servers still using Apache 1.1.3 and other old versions like that.) Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 18:22, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Displaying Recent Changes on Main page
Is there a way to show the 5 most recent changes on other pages, such as the main page? —70.9.60.36 01:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Try transcluding in an article, this is on the lines of what you are wanting --Zven 01:50, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Shortcut system

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.1(Reported by your Wiki's Special:Version page)
 * PHP: 5.2.3 (apache)
 * MySQL: 4.1.22-standard
 * URL: Vibe Entertainment

I am wanting to create a shortcut system the same as what Wikipedia has with WP:... going to the Wikipedia namespace ( Wikipedia:... ). is someone able to explain has this is accomplished

—210.1.216.73 08:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Those "shortcuts" are called "interwiki" links, see Help:Interwiki linking. There are also some extensions concerning interwiki in Category:Interwiki extensions. --Nad 12:39, 29 January 2008 (UTC)


 * If the shortcuts are kept internal, using the configuration setting $wgNamespaceAliases would be more useful. — color probe (talk | contribs | [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]]Support team) 17:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

HTML Error
I have copied an number of templates from Wikipedia to use on my site and have the following problems. All appears to be well except that rather than displaying the pages correctly, tables on these pages that are delivered by those templates don't appear to interperate commands like ,   and. This only happens when the tables form part of a template, I can, for instance include the following directly in a table and have it render correctly
 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.3
 * MySQL: 5.0.27
 * URL: http://www.gough-name.org.uk/wiki

The templates concerened are: Tnavbar, Navbox and Navbox/core. An expample of the problem can been seen at: http://www.gough-name.org.uk/wiki/ErrorPage

—Martin Gough 10:17, 29 January 2008 (UTC)


 * That's because Wikipedia's templates are an ugly mix of wikicode and HTML. You need HTML Tidy for Wikipedia templates to work perfectly. See Manual:$wgUseTidy for more info. If you just want the functionality of those templates, then see Manual:NavFrame and add the CSS & JS codes to your wiki. -- Sayuri 17:30, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Two TOC's on one page whilst developing extension
I'm developing an extension to process wikitext to change the section level of a page. My extension code is this: <?php $wgExtensionFunctions[] = "wfRescetionExtension"; function wfRescetionExtension { global $wgParser; $wgParser->setHook( "resection", "renderresction" ); } function renderresction( $input, $args, &$parser ) { $input = $parser->recursiveTagParse( $input ); return $input; }
 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.1.6
 * MySQL: 5.0.22
 * 1) At the moment the function does nothing - it will change == to === etc...

When I create the following page in my wiki ==Section1== ==And again== ==more== ==what next== ==Blah== ===One=== ===Two=== ==Blah2==

I get a page with two TOCs (table of contents) - does anyone know how to solve this? -155.198.158.97 10:49, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

<?php # Define a setup function $wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'wfResectionParserFunction_Setup'; # Add a hook to initialise the magic word $wgHooks['LanguageGetMagic'][]      = 'wfResectionParserFunction_Magic'; function wfResectionParserFunction_Setup { global $wgParser; # Set a function hook associating the "example" magic word with our function $wgParser->setFunctionHook( 'resection', 'wfResectionParserFunction_Render' ); } function wfResectionParserFunction_Magic( &$magicWords, $langCode ) { # Add the magic word # The first array element is case sensitive, in this case it is not case sensitive # All remaining elements are synonyms for our parser function $magicWords['resection'] = array( 0, 'resection' ); # unless we return true, other parser functions extensions won't get loaded. return true; } function wfResectionParserFunction_Render( &$parser, $param1 = '') { # The parser function itself # The input parameters are wikitext with templates expanded # The output should be wikitext too $output = wfResection_fetch_($parser,$param1); $output = preg_replace('/=(=+)/','==$1',$output); $output = '=='.wfResection_getTitle($param1).'=='."\r\n".$output; //$output = $parser->recursiveTagParse( $output ); return $output; } function wfResection_fetch_($parser, $page) {   $title = wfResection_getTitle($page); if ( !is_null( $title ) ) { $text = $parser->fetchTemplate($title); }   return $text; } function wfResection_getTitle($page, $ns = NS_MAIN) {   $title = Title::newFromText($page,$ns); return $title; }
 * I've resolved this myself by taking a different approach using a custom parser function instead which allows you to transclude pages and then adjust the section level - it can be used like this see code below -155.198.158.97 14:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

How to remove the access to special:userlogin on special:specialpages

 * MediaWiki: 1.11
 * PHP: 5.2.3
 * MySQL: 5.0.41
 * Database:
 * URL:

Hi there! here I am again, asking questions..but now i got an account. The question this time is how do i get to delete the access (the link that is) to the special:userlogin page that appears when you click on the sidebar's link "special:specialpages". So far I tried to delete/coment the line 81 in specialpage.php, wich contents -> 'Userlogin'                => array( 'SpecialPage', 'Userlogin' ), this seems to work but the upper right corner that used to content the following links : "username", "my talk", "my preferences", "my watchlist" , "my contributions" and "log out" disappear, thus rendering me unable to logout, for example. Any idea on how should I do this? Thanks a lot in advance!

—Juanan 17:53, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Commenting out this line remove completely the access to this page and you won't be able to login any more. You can replace this line by


 * but the link at the top of any page will be accessible by any not logged in user. <font color="#66A7CC">i <font color="#9966CC">Alex  18:12, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Unblocking users
I blocked a few users, since they were bots, but I accidentaly blocked a "normal" user, and i checked "forever" (my Wiki is not in English, so I don't know if it really says "forever", but something like that). Now I wonder how to unblock him. Is it even possible? I tried to use "block" again and change it to "two days" but then my Wiki says the user is allreadu blocked. What to do?
 * You can go to Special:Ipblocklist, click the "unblock" link at the right of the block entry, give a reason and confirm. <font color="#66A7CC">i <font color="#9966CC">Alex  18:55, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

script error oin mainpage

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.5
 * MySQL: 5.0.45
 * URL: Its a local wiki

—217.6.218.146 08:08, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi

On my mainpage i get an script error:

Line: 10 Character: 92 Error: ';' expected Code: 0 URL: http://wiki/index.php?title=Haupseite

I can´t find the error.

Thx
 * uh, we can't help you if it's a local wiki because we don't have access to the scripts you are using. Please publish it somehow or something if you want help, then post the URL here. --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  16:29, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Problem with deleting images
I'm posting here on behalf of the owner of the wiki; image deletions don't seem to be working properly on it. Any time any sysop tries to delete an image, it gives a "could not create directory (path)" error, for example:
 * MediaWiki: 1.11.1
 * PHP: 5.1.6 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.48-log
 * URL: Bemanipedia

Error deleting file: Could not create directory "deleted/b/6/f".

Any idea how to fix this? --Coredesat 11:47, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Make sure php safe_mode is off and that the /images directory and all subdirectories are chmod 777. --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  16:31, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Randomly select 20.000 pages
Hi guys, I want to randomly select 20.000 pages from table page. I use PHP and tried this query "SELECT page_title FROM page WHERE page_is_redirect=0 AND page_namespace=0 ORDER BY RAND LIMIT 20000" This query has a veeeery long execution time. How can I improve my query? I had a look at the values of page_random in table page but I don't know how to use this values to speed up my query. Any kind of help is appreciated. Many thanks in advance, Mazi


 * Using the page_random values in a SQL statement is quite simple
 * "SELECT page_title FROM page WHERE page_is_redirect=0 AND page_namespace=0 ORDER BY page_random LIMIT 20000"
 * Nevertheless the execution takes nearly two hours to randomly select 20000 articles. Any ideas how to speed this up? Mazi


 * Mazi you use this Support desk enough, please either make an account or sign your posts with . -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  15:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) How to set up bookmarklets on a wiki page?

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

I'm trying to set up bookmarklets on a wiki page to document and allow their use by the wiki page readers. Unfortunately none of the formats for a link seem to recognise a link with a javascript url. I suspect that it's impossible. But before giving up I thought I would check. Is it impossible? At the moment I've compromised by pointing the wiki at a page of HTML on my personal PC. A useful stop gap but not a very good long term solution! Do you have any better suggestions?

—77.107.68.20 15:55, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Wiki markup does not allow javascript links, as then any editor could use one to execute some nasty javascript on an uneducated user who doesn't check link targets. If you want to make a link with javascript, you're best off writing some tag extension that you put on a page (like ) and that will put the javascript link up for you. Feel free to email me if you need more help with setting that up. --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  16:22, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * If anyone decides to write such an extension, I'd be interested in using it. That is, if I don't write one myself at some point. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 18:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The extension HTMLets allows you to use JavaScript (trust me, it works on my wiki.) —The TattleTale Strangler [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  01:47, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Uploading Large Files
I keep trying to upload large files and it keeps timing out. How do I fix this? MediaWiki- 1.11 (The URL says 1.6 because I don't know how to move the wiki into the main folder and prevent it rom messing up. If you can help me with this too I'd appreciate it) Link- http://lolslayer.com/mediawiki-1.6.10/index.php5?title=Main_Page PHP5 MYSQL5 -157.89.75.237 17:45, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


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

—189.71.17.161 18:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.4 (cgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-log
 * URL: http://lolslayer.com/mediawiki-1.6.10/index.php5?title=Main_Page

157.89.75.237 19:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I also have a new problem. I get a "Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 38273024) (tried to allocate 3652 bytes) in /homepages/35/d215937493/htdocs/lolslayer/mediawiki-1.6.10/includes/media/Bitmap.php5 on line 168" message when I try to visit http://lolslayer.com/mediawiki-1.6.10/index.php5?title=Special:Newimages. Any help on this too?
 * 157.89.75.237 09:59, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Display Error in Extension:Newuserlog
Why isn't my wiki picking up the extension's text from the language file?

(I asked a couple days ago on the author's talk page I mean the Extension Discussion page, but I admit to being impatient [spoiled by the great service here at the Help Desk!], and anyway this seems like a general issue, so I am crossposting.)

etc.
 * My Special:Log/newusers displays the title as  &amp;lt;newuserlogpage&amp;gt; .
 * The dropdown menu of logs also displays  &amp;lt;newuserlogpage&amp;gt; .
 * The text at the top of the log page is literally  .

It seems to be rather inconsistent, whether I'm logged in as Admin or not. But logged in or logged out, I still get language errors.

--Töff 19:22, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki=1.11.0 / PHP=5.1.6 / MySQL=5.0.37 / URL=Pale Ravens.


 * p.s. I wouldn't mind just hard-coding it in English, as my wiki won't be of any use in other languages. (Meant to ask how to disable the other langs, too ...)


 * Nobody? ... too bad, it looked like an easy one for you vets. I guess I'll keep poking at it. --Töff


 * I can't fix it ... :(

Config gets stuck during environment check
I've happily been using Mediawiki for some time on my local PC, but I'm having problems installing Mediawiki 1.11.0 on a web host I've not used before. They support PHP and MySQL (in fact I've installed Wordpress successfully). My problem is that the config script gets stuck immediately after showing the PHP version. At the top of the page is the follow error message:
 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: PHP 5.2.3
 * MySQL: 5.0.22 (I think)
 * URL: My Test site

@return string */ function mw_get_session_save_path { $path = ini_get( 'session.save_path' ); $path = substr( $path, strrpos( $path, ';' ) ); return $path; } /** * Is dl available to us? * * According to http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.dl.php, dl * is *not* available when `enable_dl` is off, or under `safe_mode` * * @return bool */ function mw_have_dl { return function_exists( 'dl' ) && is_callable( 'dl' ) && ini_get( 'enable_dl' ) && !ini_get( 'safe_mode' ); }

I'm not really very techie, so I'd really appreciate some help. If it is any use, when I installed Wordpress earlier I had to manually replace the "Localhost" in their config script to the name of the web server. But I thought the Mediawiki installer did all that through the config page? :) —Seaweed 22:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Desperated! How to an Enter = break line ?
Hi!

Can you just tell me where I can find an anwers to this question?

I have my own mediawiki. When I'm editing an article, I don't want that "Enter" are ignored. I want it become in a &lt;br&gt;

I don't want to press Enter twice. I don't want to use &lt;pre&gt; or &lt;nowiki&gt; tags... I need to keep the rest of the default format.

Want can I do? Change the wikimedia setting? Add an extention?

Thank you very much!

Julien


 * Pasted from my talk page. I might note that this user probably doesn't have access to the WikiMedia wiki settings. ;-)
 * Oh, and to attempt answering the question, this is probably going to need either a parser extension or a core file hack. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] 04:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh he means when users do this:

Regards, Name

And it shows up as:

Regards, Name

That is definitely a core file hack. -PatPeter,  MediaWiki Support Team  15:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

You can use  on wiki pages. You can use that as a quick solution. --The TattleTale Strangler 04:23, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

How to upload Large Files?
hi,

How to enable large file uploads? i had put '''$wgMaxUploadSize = 1024*1024*500; $wgUploadSizeWarning = false; and this one is too $wgCheckFileExtensions = false; not making any change !! plz mail me to likhin@gmail.com any valuable helps will be appreciated.


 * You will also need to change some configuration in the php.ini file, specifically the upload_max_filesize option. See File Uploads Configuration Options. If you don't have access to this file, you will probably have to contact your webhost provider. — color probe (talk | contribs | [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]]Support team) 18:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * What folder is php.ini in? -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  23:06, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * This problem is similar to mine . -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  22:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

After edit first few sections of content repeated continuously

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.5 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.24a-log
 * URL: Behind Firewall

On some pages, after an edit the first few sections of content are repeated continuously. So I rolled back to the previous version and all looks ok when viewing the article, yet when in edit mode you see only the repeated content and cannot get past it.

I can't see what it might be on the page causing this. We have recently upgraded from 1.5.5 to 1.11.0.

Thanks, SG

—168.224.1.14 15:04, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I would probably check to see if you had upgraded correctly. If not, then I'd try clearing your cache. It might just be your computer. If that still doesn't work, I'd have a friend go to the edit page and see if it repeats there. If it's still there, then try reinstalling MediaWiki. It won't erase your data at all, and it'll fix your wiki problems. I feel your pain, since I can't rollback the Main Page without it going all the way back to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on my wiki. --The TattleTale Strangler 04:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Systemmessage 'mainpagetext' and 'mainpagedocfooter' not editable throu MessagesYY.php
Hi! i edited the MessagesYY.php, to extend some descriptions. Some messages of the array are correctly displayed, after editing. But some are not. e.g. 'mainpagetext' and 'mainpagedocfooter'. And none of this messages are Specialpages (listed also in the FAQ). The modified text is displayed in Allmessages correctly, but only there (e.g. 'mainpagetext' and 'mainpagedocfooter'). I don' use cachemechanism and purged the page (which use the messages) allready. In the FAQ are listed an maintenance script rebuildMessages.php, but it seems been removed.
 * MediaWiki: 1.11.1
 * PHP: 5.3.2
 * MySQL: 5.0.41
 * URL:

How can i modify this messages 'mainpagetext' and 'mainpagedocfooter' without using Special:Allmessages?

Thank you! --Ozz 07:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Viewing Previous Revisions Crashes mysql

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.1
 * PHP: 5.2.4 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-community
 * URL: not publicly viewable: accessible on intranet only

Trying to view older revisions is crashing MySQL and MediaWiki is displaying the following error:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "Database::selectField". MySQL returned error "2006: MySQL server has gone away (localhost)".

The original revision and the last couple revisions work fine. All the other revisions cause this error. I can use the mysql command line client and SELECT * from text WHERE old_id= for all the old revisions that cause the crash with no problem.

Any ideas what is going on?

Glen

—209.222.206.50 19:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I think it might have to do something with your MySQL. Are you sure that your database isn't just full? —The TattleTale Strangler [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  01:46, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Further to previous enquiries
At the beginning of January I came on here as an anon asking about the size of the Media and general queries following up from the PHP version I needed, and consequent contact with my provider revealed that I could upgrade to PHP 5, but it would cost. I can't afford it, so I have to put up with PHP 4.4.7. That means if I am to put MediaWiki onto my domain, it will have to start with version 1.6.15.

Now my question(s);


 * 1) Where do I find version 1.6.15 to download?
 * 2) Are the installation instructions any different to any other installation, including that of the current version?
 * 3) Are the following features a part of V1.6.15;
 * 4) Check User (the main reason why I am installing)
 * 5) Colourful signatures (a la Wikipedia)
 * 6) Making the default editing having an account (Wiki-Site's default is anonymous editing as an example of what I DON'T want)
 * 7) More groups than just "User, Sysop and Bureaucrat"
 * 8) The ability to change the side nav bar and add stuff
 * 9) Once installed where do I find the security updates to V1.6.15 and anything else I may need or might want for that version

Sorry if these questions seem dim, but I am making sure I have all the information I need so I can proceed with as little assistance as possible. TLPG 00:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Hope this helps --<font style="color:Red;">Chris  01:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) here
 * 2) Nope just unzip and setup the wiki via browser
 * 3) The CheckUser Extension won't work with 1.6.15 but you may be able to do some tweaking to get it to work
 * 4) If you mean disabling anon editing then see here
 * 5) Default groups are User, Sysop, Bureaucrat and bot, see here for how to add extra groups
 * 6) see Manual:Interface/Sidebar
 * You might be able to use userIP check user's predecessor SVN --<font style="color:Red;">Chris  01:45, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * First off, it's 1.6.10, not 15. And to answer your very last question, 1.6.10 is the latest security update for that version, and there will be no more official upgrades of that version, as it is no longer a supported version. --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  03:21, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh great! Now I'm caught between a rock and a hard place - unsupported version equals susceptibility to hacking. Not only that "tweaking" to get the CheckUser working is not within my computer capabilities. Balance that with the cost to switch servers on my domain host to get PHP 5.......it hurts thinking about it!

I'll talk to my domain host again. Thanks for your help so far, guys. Just one more question (a general one) - because my computer knowledge is so basic I hope you lot can help me with some simple queries should the need arise once I finally get around to whatever ends up being done. TLPG 10:32, 2 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Might I just add that I think charging for a PHP upgrade is ridiculous. What host are you using? I'd like to make sure never to use them. (The number of hosts who still use PHP 4 and even 3 is also ridiculous, I might add again.) Tuvok[Talk/en.wp] [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  12:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Source Forge still uses php 4, they say they have a plan to upgrade to php 5 but they haven't put a date and nothing seems to be happening, very annoying! And that's on top of all the other config you need to do to get mediawiki running! --<font style="color:Red;">Chris  02:03, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

How to show NEW Pages on main page

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

Is there a quick way I can list, say the last 5 or 10 New Pages with just titles created and have this list show on the Main Page. Also, same for most recent Revised pages.

—81.156.192.201 14:29, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * For newest page, you can include  (replace 5 by the number of pages you want to show), for most recent Revised pages, if you think about Special:Recentchanges, you can do the same (but it's not possible with all special pages). <font color="#66A7CC">i <font color="#9966CC">Alex  18:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Is there a way I can display just the title of the page. So:

12:33, 4 February 2008 ‎Scratchpad (hist) ‎[22 bytes] ‎127.0.0.1 (Talk)

becomes

Scratchpad

(RESOLVED) Help setting up MediaWiki

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

I am installing a wiki for my family site. I installed it to http://www.mwape.com/wiki, as you can see that does not work. So i pointed my browser to http://www.mwape.com/wiki/config, and it gives me 3 errors, which you can see. I have the database made, i use Bravenet, i uploaded the whole wiki package to the site as a /wiki directory, so what do i do now?

—68.81.129.174 18:03, 3 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I probably wouldn't use Bravenet. I've often found issues with Bravenet in the past, so I recommend FreeMySQL.net The first error says it cannot access /misc/23/115/679/303/4/user/web/mwape.com/wiki/install-utils.inc in /misc/23/115/679/303/4/user/web/mwape.com/wiki/config/index.php on line 39. This probably means that the permissions for your wiki are not set to 777. See your FTP's help for setting permissions. I'd probably set the entire wiki to the permission 777, since MediaWiki is always being edited. The second error says that the file doesn't exist. That means it obviously doesn't exist. I'd make sure you installed it correctly, and if not, contact MediaWiki. Same for the third, it's not installed properly. So, overall, I'd change the permissions of your /wiki directory [and all its subdirectories] and make sure you had installed it correctly. I still advice that you go with FreeMySQL.net, since it's very reliable and free. --The TattleTale Strangler 04:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Mediawiki for exclusive commercial use possible

 * MediaWiki: (Reported by your Wiki's Special:Version page)
 * PHP: 5.2.5
 * MySQL: 5.0.45
 * URL: not yet available

Hello, I read the GPL license and tried to introduce myself in terms of GPL and licensing, but I dont get through regarding to my question because I did dnot find a clear enough answer.

I would like to build up a technical based knowledgebase for a special printing industrial sector with longtherm commercial issues. In this case I would like to set up an own license agreement for my mediawiki for the users and potential interested companies. Does the GPL license only affect the mediawiki code and do I have the possibility to choose between the Creative Common Licenses and an own license or am I forced to use the Creative Commons. I want to help the actual branch with my specialised knowledge but do not want that other companies can copy the text and images I made myself. The mediawiki should be free for all but not be free to copy. User and interested companies should only be able to refer to the site.

Thanks in advance Best regards Patrick Emmler

—84.162.237.254 20:23, 3 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The GPL license affects only the MW code. To content put onto pages you can attach any license you want. :) <font color="#006500">Smaug  22:44, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Template & Symbol box in the writing page

 * 1) How to add a template in the page to write/edit articles?
 * 2) How to add also the symbols box in that page?

--Lorenzone92 21:09, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * *1) Help:Templates? <font color="#006500">Smaug 22:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)


 * No, I didn't explain properly... I mean this... --Lorenzone92 13:26, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * You can find it in MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning, for the symbols box, i think you speak about MediaWiki:Edittools. If you want to use it, install Extension:CharInsert and the content of this page in your MediaWiki:Common.js (we use a function that load that page from our MediaWiki:Common.js) so that it works properly. <font color="#66A7CC">i <font color="#9966CC">Alex  16:11, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks! And how to add code up to the box? --Lorenzone92 14:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well there is MediaWiki:Sitenotice, but that applies to every page. And I wouldn't really call that a box, more like text. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  14:58, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, thanks.. And how to remove the main page title (look at this image)? --Lorenzone92 19:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * See Manual:FAQ. <font color="#66A7CC">i <font color="#9966CC">Alex  19:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * This is resolved. —The TattleTale Strangler [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  05:07, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Navigation

 * MediaWiki: (Reported by your Wiki's Special:Version page)
 * PHP: 5
 * MySQL: 5
 * URL: F3J

Hello. How to navigate a page on the wiki. To have [1, 2, 3, 4 ...] —88.85.170.161 09:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Are you talking about just a certain article having multiple pages? If you are, I don't really think you can do that without having to create a new page and link to that page. --The TattleTale Strangler 04:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Nothing in Special:Version info will displayed (blank page)

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.5 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.51
 * URL: This is an intranet URL and cannot be accessed

After I've installed the Extension:Prefix Security extension, I've the problem of displaying something in Special:Version. I know, this is now only my problem or the problem of the developer of this extension :) But maybe someone can give me a hint about this problem of displaying a blank Special:Version Page? What does Special:Version need to display the versions of the installed software...?

Many thanks in advance!

—Timotheus.elias 11:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Blank pages mean PHP errors, so see this page, then come back with the specific errors that have been reported. --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  01:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Try uninstalling the extension and reinstalling it. The most likely problem is a one-time installation error. Tito<font color="#008000">xd (?!?) 04:39, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Bots

 * MediaWiki: 1.6.10
 * PHP: 4.4.7
 * MySQL: 4.1.22

I am trying to install the "makebot" extension,it seems ok in "version" page like: "Special pages: MakeBot, Special page allows local bureaucrats to grant and revoke bot permissions, by Rob Church Extension functions: efMakeBot" but while I use the url Special:Makebot, it saids"You have requested an invalid special page, a list of valid special pages may be found at Special:Specialpages."

Would you please help?

—A-Kint 11:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The actual code require a newer version of MediaWiki, if you want to use it with 1.6.10, you have to use the version from July 2006 that you can get by following these links :
 * http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/Makebot/Makebot.php?revision=15225
 * http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/Makebot/Makebot_body.php?revision=15218
 * http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/Makebot/Makebot.i18n.php?revision=14940
 * <font color="#66A7CC">i <font color="#9966CC">Alex  16:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * An easier solution would be to just go to "User rights management" in Special pages and manually set someone as a bot. It'll save you a lot of trouble and is only about 3 clicks. Otherwise, just use what iAlex said. —The TattleTale Strangler [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  01:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Send Email on Updates / New Documents

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.4 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45
 * URL: you can't get to it...

Is it possible to have an email send to all users on all updates / new documents ? thanks —166.33.79.92 15:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I would probably try this extension for mass-emailing. If you want to just have people "subscribe" to updates, try this extension. Hope that helped! —The TattleTale Strangler 03:38, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Inserting a random article on Main Page?

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

I would like to insert a random article into my main page (so that every time someone visits the main page, they see a random article inserted within a boundary box...sort of like Wikipedia does with their "Today's featured article" page).

I have not yet discovered a method of doing this...is there a reference page that I am missing?

—74.128.207.61 16:17, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Try putting on the main page. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  14:49, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Tried that...it lights up in red, so it wants to go somewhere, but apparently there is nothing to go to. I also tried it using  instead of  and still nothing. Did I perhaps set up the wiki wrong, somehow? 74.128.207.61 16:16, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Special:Randompage (note: page, not article) cannot be transcluded onto other pages by default. You can modify it's entry in /includes/SpecialPage.php to make it includeable, however (follow the examples from other includeable special pages in that php file). --Skizzerz talk - contribs [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  21:05, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Statistic of search requests
Hello. Is there a way to get a statistic of search requests? I'd like to know, what users are looking for in my wiki. Something like Special:Wantedpages, but based on "not found" users queries? —213.148.8.233 22:19, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Special:Statistics has most pages visited, which is similar, if you wanted what is searched the most then it would probably be a plug-in to this page. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  23:38, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Then again MediaWiki (the site not the code) has this option turned off, so look here. -PatPeter, [[Image:Tournesol.png|20px]] MediaWiki Support Team  23:39, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * You might want to check out Extension:SearchLog, this gives a tabular summary of search requests. You could also check the server logs of search requests by filtering on specific query string requests, although searches will be urlencoded --Zven 01:49, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

The SearchLog - is very close to what I need, Special:Statistics shows popularity of existing pages, but I need "What pages I have to add, that readers looking for". The only problem: SearchLog incorrectly shows UTF-8 chars. --89.175.73.253 12:12, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I have modified Extension:SearchLog to display raw Unicode/UTF-8 characters by escaping the ampersands. A special page example is running on OrganicDesign:Special:SearchLog, see if that is what you want. --Zven 23:30, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Still not working, the same black diamonds :-( --Konstbel 18:06, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Is your wiki site publically accessible? Can you tell me what the characters are in the source generating the diamonds? The UTF-8 character &#38;#xFFFD; is a diamond with a question mark inside '�'. Try putting each of these searches in to the new version -See Extension talk:SearchLog --Zven 20:29, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * No, site is inside intranet. The HTML code of the generated page is looking like  рћс‚с‡рµс‚с‹  1   . If I open the log file in editor with UTF-8 support, I can read the search phrases, they are really in UTF-8. --Konstbel 15:29, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Navbox

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.1.4 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.45-log
 * Database: Unknown, if you know how to figure it out please tell me.
 * URL: Red Orchestra Wiki

http://www.maporchestra.com/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Navbox

I don't know why there is that extra and  there, any help?

—-PatPeter,  MediaWiki Support Team  23:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Direct upgrade from 1.6 to 1.11?
Just a quick question... Can I upgrade to the latest version directly, from 1.6.10? —208.53.157.29 01:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki: 1.6.10
 * PHP: 5.2.0
 * MySQL: 5.0.32


 * The only thing I can tell you is to just reinstall MediaWiki. It won't erase your members or pages or data from your current wiki, but rather, it would replace the current version. Hope that helped! —The TattleTale Strangler 03:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Won't that give you a 1.11 installation with an incompatible 1.6 database? Prodego 03:03, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The release notes [] (and SVN upgrade notes) provide information about upgrading. You will need to run Manual:update.php and potentially upgrade in steps through each major release, but I would try backing up the database/images etc and upgrading directly to 1.11.1 first. --Zven 00:21, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Wiki Encoding Problem

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.3 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.37-community-nt
 * URL: http://wiki.myelectrical.com/

I have had a wiki up and running for a year or so without problems. Recently I have just moved to Dubai and when I first tried the wiki here I received the following error (on some pages only):

''Content Encoding Error (content_encoding_error) Server response could not be decoded using encoding type returned by server. This is typically caused by a Web Site presenting a content encoding header of one type, and then encoding the data differently. For assistance, contact your network support team.''

The wiki was fully functional before I arrived in Dubai (and may still be in other countries). After further investigation I found that the wiki is functional except for certain pages:

http://wiki.myelectrical.com

http://wiki.myelectrical.com/index.php

http://wiki.myelectrical.com/index.php?title=Special:Random

http://wiki.myelectrical.com/index.php?search=iec

etc.

Example working pages are:

http://wiki.myelectrical.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

http://wiki.myelectrical.com/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges

http://wiki.myelectrical.com/index.php?title=CT_Dimensioning

... most article pages seem to be working

http://wiki.myelectrical.com/index.php?xx (where xx can be a lot of things)

etc.

I've tried quite a lot of things to resolve this without success. Any suggestions/help would be much appreciated.

—62.140.211.130 06:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

(RESOLVED) Change systemtext for one specific page?

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.5 (cgi)
 * MySQL: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch1
 * URL: this

How can I change the content of one systemtext for a specific page? My Wiki is under license CC-BY-SA. But on this I quoted the text of the GFDL. And the experts for licensing-questions from the German Wikipedia told me, that I have to change the footertext for this page too, that there appears the GFDL-license in the footer instead of the CC. How can I do this?

—Astrid 11:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * resolved by syrcro from Wikipedia by this: --Astrid 19:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Can´t find the template for footnotes?

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * PHP: 5.2.3 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.2.3 (apache2handler)
 * URL: (in my local server..)

I´ve searched everywhere but can´t find a solution. Basically I try to use the tags and or  and assign them with Special:Userrights. Tuvok[Talk/en.wp]  MediaWiki Support Team  17:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Customize Printable Version & Formatting Question

 * MediaWiki: 1.9.2
 * PHP: 5.1.6
 * MySQL: 5.0.22

Hello there,

is it possible to customize the "Printable Version"? For example i want to fill in a header and footer. Which file must be edited?

And the other question is: Is there a formatting tag to tell the wiki, that tabulators and breaks should be interpreted as normal? So they should look like normal tabulators and breaks. The tag   doesn't give me any formatting.

Thanks for your help in advance! Flo

—217.7.54.186 12:45, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Rearrange categories
I have a question that concerns categories. Categories sort alphabetically using the english alphabet right? Since the Tagalog alphabet is quite different: A B K D E F G H I L M N NG O P R S T U W Y; how can I make use of that order in the Tagalog Wikipedia instead of the English default one? Thanks! <font color= "#FCD116">-- <font color= "#0038A8">Felipe  <font color="#CE1126">Aira  13:28, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * That's an interesting one! I have a solution, but its not perfect and is a bit of a hack. The ordering of the category listings is in includes/CategoryPage.php script in the doCategoryQuery method starting about line 188. You'll see a line that says:

array( 'ORDER BY' => $this->flip ? 'cl_sortkey DESC' : 'cl_sortkey', Try changing that line to the following two lines: $sort = "FIELD(LEFT(UPPER(page_title),1),'A','B','K','D','E','F','G','H','I','L','M','N','NG','O','P','R','S','T','U','W','Y'"; array( 'ORDER BY' => $this->flip ? "$sort DESC" : $sort, There's a couple of issues with it though, firstly it only sorts based on the first character, subsequent characters are sorted with normal ASCII, secondly the "NG" will never match since its two characters, and third, any other letters not included in your list will appear at the start in undefined order. --Nad 21:33, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the help. I'll add english alphabet letters which are not in the Alphabet and "ñ" since they are usually used in loanwords from Spanish and English. Additional question: what's the case with the Spanish Wikipedia since their alphabet has "ñ" and "rr" and "ch", is "ñ" placed at the end since it come after Z in unicode or had they fixed it? <font color= "#FCD116">-- <font color= "#0038A8">Felipe  <font color="#CE1126">Aira  10:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Server Problems...

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

I've been some problems with my server (I think). There are several times when I will visit my wiki and the resulting page will be completely blank. This is not a 404 error, the URl is clearly visible in the address bar, but the page is completely blank....even the source code.

It doesn't happen for very long (the longest "outage" so far was 10 minutes), usually it is only down for 1-2 minutes, and then it comes right back. But it is very annoying, and if someone is visiting my page for the first time and encounters the blank age, they may not come back, thinking it a dead site.

My hosting company (Siteground) insists that there is no problem and that it must be my internet connection. However, I have a friend in another state whom I was chatting with via IM, and I asked them to look at the site at the exact moment, and they got the same thing, a blank page, so it cannot be just me.

My questions are:


 * Has this happened to anyone else?
 * Is Siteground a good server, or should I look into someone else?
 * If I need to transfer to another server...how easy/difficult is it to move an entire wiki database? Is it just a matter of exporting and re-importing the MySQL database? I am sure there are more steps than this.

Sorry for the long post, but....this is getting frustrating. It happens 3-4 times an hour as of late.

—74.128.207.61 16:12, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If its an intermittent problem like that and you're not experiencing the same thing with other sites, then I can't see how the provider can say its not their problem. It should be no problem moving the site elsewhere, just take a complete copy of your wiki directory structure so you get your localsettings and uploaded files, and export your database as SQL (not XML or other custom format or you may not have the same tools on your target server). When you set up your new database, try and keep all the login and database name the same to avoid need to do any configuration changes. --Nad 19:42, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

This is what they told me: The issue you have experienced was explained in my previous reply. That is why I have used the same response. I apologize if it sounded unprofessional.

I have now double checked the error logs on the server and the error_log under the public_html folder on your account. There is not errors which may cause this issue.

That means that the issue could be caused only from a script which is timing out. This caused the blank screen on location from which there is a lack of Internet to our Data-Center.

Unfortunately there is nothing we can do to prevent such network glitches because they are not on our network.

Please let us know if we may assist you further on this matter.

Looking forward to your reply.

I don't understand how it can be happening to me and to other viewers of the site...from another state even...and it is our faults and not the servers! Maybe someone here can explain it?

-74.128.207.61 22:35, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Mozilla Firefox display problem

 * MediaWiki: 1.11.0
 * MySQL: 5.022

I'd like to know why this very short piece of code is displayed differently in Internet Explorer and Mozilla:

<LI>description. <br style="clear:both;"/> <LI>description. <br style="clear:both;"/>
 * It's always risky doing invalid html and assuming that different browsers will correct it the same way. You should close your LI's and contain them within a UL. --Nad 19:45, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Problem Description In internet explorer photos are well positioned, alligned to the very left of the page; in Firefox Mozilla, instead, pictures are not alligned on the left but the latter starts at former end right border. The problem doesn't appear before loading the 2 images. Any help?

Thanks, Ettore

—87.9.121.35 17:22, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Adding a IFRAME to Wiki

 * MediaWiki: Nothing shows, should be latest version 1.11.xxxx
 * PHP: 5.2.0
 * MySQL: 5.0.22-community-max-nt
 * URL: http://www.bandwiki.net/

I am NOT a PHP programmer to say the very least, and have just created a new wiki, we want to add our advertising banner script to our wiki by using a inline frame. Our banner program uses ASP, and with an iframe, I could link to our ASP code.

I have tried to edit the CSS, but whereever I put the code it don't seem to work. Again not a PHP programmer.

I want the frame to be aligned on the right side of the browser window and have a width of 165 and a height of 610.

—216.223.16.33 17:35, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Try Extension:Include --Nad 19:50, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

LocalSettings not created. Getting "Undefined index: REQUEST_METHOD"

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

When configuring the wiki, I am getting a notice at the bottom after it says, "Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki."

Notice: Undefined index: REQUEST_METHOD in C:\Program Files\Idiom\WorldServer\tomcat\webapps\wiki\config\index.php on line 564

LocalSettings.php is not created and installation is incomplete.

—208.4.152.131 19:47, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Normally the lack of the REQUEST_METHOD index means that the script was not executed from webspace, or perhaps that you're using a non-standard webserver which doesn't conform properly to the CGI standard, what are the specifics of your environment? --Nad 19:56, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

--I'm working with Tomcat on a Win2003 Server box.
 * In what context is the mediawiki code being executed? --Nad 20:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

''--Not sure what you mean by "context". I'm executing the code in Tomcat in /webapps/wiki. I'm using the latest PHP (5.2.5)''
 * Is that the tomcat prowler browser? Try configuring using a webbrowser like IE, or firefox and see if there is a difference --Zven 21:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Forget that, it looks like your talking about the tomcat server environment --Zven 21:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

--Yes I'm working with Apache Tomcat
 * I think you have an odd setup, but I can't know unless I have more info, so if you create a script which calls phpinfo and save the resulting html and paste in to User talk:Nad (inside &lt;pre>...&lt;/pre> tags) I may be able to be of more help --Nad 21:54, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Faulty date/time in "last modified"

 * MediaWiki: 1.7.1 (on Ubuntu 7.04 server)
 * PHP: 5.2.1 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: PostgreSQL 8.2.6 on i486-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC cc (GCC) 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4), Hooks: AutoAuthenticate: (HttpAuthPlugin, autoAuthenticate)
 * URL: http://kakrafoon.dyndns.org/guiden (guest, guest)

Hello,

I get the last modified date displayed as 1970-01-01 on all pages in my wiki. Signature (four ~ ) works fine. The list in recent changes is also showing the wrong date.

I hade a look in the db in the tables pages and recentchanges. The timestamps there seems to be fine, eg "2008-02-12 20:16:01+01"

Cheers

—erk 20:51, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Soo ...
Is Media Wiki a support system for things like Wikipeia as in it helped launch it, it added Wiki Markup or it made it look the way iot does? Cause I've been looking for something and I thing I've found it! I was just wondering, becuse my wikithing looks nothing like this! thanks, Akira-otomo 22:49, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki support is for supporting people who use the MediaWiki software --Nad 23:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Embedding image from internal share

 * MediaWiki: 1.10.0
 * PHP: 5.2.3 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL: 5.0.41-community-nt
 * URL: internal

Hi,

Is there a way to a way to embed an image from an internal share? ie. \\computer\share\image.jpg

Thanks, Tim

—159.140.254.10 23:34, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Try $wgSharedUploadDirectory. You may need to map a drive to the path as a UNC (\\computer...) may not work. Also the location will need to be available from the http side and set in $wgSharedUploadPath. --Nad 23:49, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

How do I set an Admin?

 * MediaWiki: (Reported by your Wiki's Special:Version page)
 * PHP: 5.2.3
 * MySQL:
 * URL: My Test Wiki

Hi, I'm learning about Wikis and just installed MediaWiki on ruth.micahtillman.com as a test for a project I'm doing at the end of the month.

I can't figure out how to create a user with Admin powers. When setting up, it had me create a WikiSysop and a "root" user, but neither of those logins seems to work on the main screen. I've been playing with an account I created but I'm going to need admin powers once there are several people working on the wiki.

Is there a file I need to edit for this?

I looked around on your site but didn't seem to find anything.

Thanks.

- Ruth —69.250.43.175 04:07, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Anyone can create an account from Special:Userlogin, only users of group Bureaucrats can assign existing users as Sysops in the special page Special:Userrights. See W:Wikipedia:Bureaucrats and W:Wikipedia:Administrators for more information. --Zven 04:35, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Looking for Database-Backup-Plugin with scheduler
I am looking for a MediaWiki Database-Backup-Plugin. It should have an integrated scheduler that can backup the database and maybe send it via E-Mail. WordPress has a very nice Plugin that can do this: http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup/ Does this kind of plugin exist for MediaWiki?

—PMay 10:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)