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= Miscellaneous (unsorted) Issues =

Fatal Error...
I got this on a free webserver (so I don't have an access to it), after trying to save the page or to log in:

Fatal error: session_start [function.session-start]: Failed to initialize storage module: files (path: ) in /mnt/md1/public/d/o/dob/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2453 What should I do now? :-D

Drkazmer

character before DOCTYPE "<<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC .."

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.1.6 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.45
 * URL: local

I got a character above the logo "<" and I don't know what is generating it

and it is always there when I use the rich editor "disabling the rich editor doesn't help"

also with every preview it appends one more character as follow

< < one more thing

viewing page source I find that character before <!DOCTYPE..

<<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC .....

looks like something is appending that character "<" to the (output stream) How to debug such behavior?

FireFox error console shows

help>questions). What is the code that the path infix in the page?

thanks for help

embed copies of authoritative versions of pages from other mediawiki instances, sharing one page history between mediawikis

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

There appear to be many ways of including content from one page to another, including templates and the "embed page" capability (which seems restricted to Special pages). The terms "transwiki", "inclusion" and "interwiki" are used in a confusing way making it difficult or impossible to answer some simple questions:


 * How, exactly and with examples, does one specify that the master or authoritative version of a page is at some other mediawiki, providing both a link to the editable version of that page and a visible & protected copy of it as if it were a page within one's own wiki (identical to the features of wikinfo?
 * How, exactly and with examples, does one simply include an entire non-Special non-template page from the same wiki? Is it possible to include from another wiki that is hosted on the same MySQL installation?
 * How, exactly and with examples, would one implement two-way transclusion so that the page could be edited in either one of two wikis, and the edits would be made reliably on the other to unify the page histories?
 * 1) Are there any good examples of public mediawikis sharing content in any of these ways with private ones?
 * 2) What other approaches, such as "auto-import of Wiki articles via XML using PHP's Expat Library" are used in Mediawiki extensions, and what are the advantages/disadvantages of doing this inclusion using XML rather than mediawiki's internal facilities?

Concurrent users and Add ons to Wiki
Do you know if there are any Microsoft word add ons that can be used with Wiki? Is there a way to lock a document so that no 2 users are updating the same file?

Completely Anonymous Editting (No IP)
Is there a way to allow complete anonymity? Or how about a system whereby an ID is shown instead of showing IPs?
 * MediaWiki	1.13.3
 * PHP	5.2.8 (cgi)
 * MySQL	5.0.67-community

Untitled
Remarque : Les versions de PHP et MySql sont celles fournies par Xampp 1.1.1.2
 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.8
 * MySQL version: 5.0
 * URL:

Comment puis-je afficher la valeur d'une variable contenue dans LocalSettings.php ?

How may I post(show) the value of a variable like $wgStylePath?

Many thanks

How to combine regular expression so that you get the number of contributors per article ? (Extension:contributors)
I would like to use a reg ex to get from:    > the number of users (here is 5).

So that i could use : in a Reg Ex to get the number of contributors in Article.


 * Then, how to get an average on every articles or articles from a special cat ? Thx!

Cannot Create Pages
I'm using Mediawiki 1.6 and whenever I or any of my users click "save page" it leads us to a blank screen and our browser reads "done".

As far as I can see, all the permissions are in place, so I'm really not sure what to do.

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What have I do?
I had to start new MediaWiki 1.15.0rc1 Installation but received:


 * Don't forget security updates! Keep an eye on the low-traffic release announcements mailing list.


 * Checking environment...

Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems.


 * PHP 5.2.6 installed
 * Found database drivers for: MySQL SQLite
 * PHP server API is apache2handler; ok, using pretty URLs (index.php/Page_Title)
 * Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
 * Session save path (/var/lib/php/session) appears to be valid.
 * PHP's memory_limit is 32M.
 * Couldn't find Turck MMCache, eAccelerator, APC or XCache; cannot use these for object caching.
 * Found GNU diff3: /usr/bin/diff3.
 * Found GD graphics library built-in, image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads.
 * Installation directory: /usr/local/www/name_of_site.com/www
 * Script URI path: Installing MediaWiki with php file extensions
 * Environment checked. You can install MediaWiki.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function taint in /usr/local/www/name_of_site.com/www/config/index.php on line 1905

Header
Hi all,
 * MediaWiki version: 1.15alpha
 * PHP version: 5.2.6-pl7-gentoo (cgi-fcgi
 * MySQL version: 5.0.70
 * URL: http://www.wikiberal.org

I'm trying to add a little message on top of my pages, as Wikipedia does for announcing funds raising or polls. Yet I can't find where I can set it up. Could you help me on that?

Thank you !

—Calataxia 11:40, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Do you mean a sitenotice? The sitenotice can be edited by going to MediaWiki:Sitenotice on your wiki. SUL 13:04, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, that was it. Many thanks !
 * By the way, could you indicate me how to use the same blue and white modify button that they use on pl: and fr: wikipedia? --Calataxia 14:51, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's been changed in their CSS stylesheets; you can do just about anything with that and JavaScript. Have a look in fr:MediaWiki:Common.css. Happy ‑ melon 15:23, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks!

Special Upload Pages in Bengali wikipedia
Hello All,

I am from Bengali Wikipedia. We are having a problem with Special Uploading file page in Bengali Wikipedia.We are trying to create the special upload pages as in the English Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Upload). As an experiment we started with the upload page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&uselang=en-ownwork. We have done all possible options to get the page as in English Wikipedia. Everything worked out fine but we have some problem with the License drop down list. I approached English wikipedia as drop down licence tag in Bengali wiki. At present there is no drop down shown in Bengali wiki at Special Uploading file page. Please check.. We want that. How it possible please help us. And also we want to translate it in our language.How can we achieve this? Thanks in advance.—Jayantanth 05:42, 28 May 2009 (UTC)


 * If I Remember Correctly, some of the features of the upload forms on enwiki and particularly at commons are added using JavaScript. Have a poke through the JS that's loaded on the upload page and see if anything clever is being done. Happy ‑ melon 08:44, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

(Solved) Download a file, edit it and save it online - possible ?
Hello !

Here is what I try to do :
 * create a page
 * create a link to a .DOC document
 * upload the document to the wiki.
 * the user click on the link and choose to Open the document. He modify it and want to save it online (so : directly in the wiki, without a re-upload).

My question : is it possible ? Can we do that or do we have to save the file on the computer, modify it and re-upload it to the wiki ? I want to save time to the users...

Thanks in advance ! --Pierrelabrecque 23:58, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

--24.201.129.40 12:36, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * For poeple who want the solution, please visit : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LaunchExternal . This work fine. I have put the documents on a shared drive (on a server) and the user can open the document, modify it and save it. The next time he open it, the document is up to date, so no need to re-uplaod each time the document via the wiki. A nice extension as for I'm concern.

Number of monthly downloads
Can anybody tell me how often mediawiki is downloaded each month? I couldn't find any statistics about this. Great software, keep up the great work! Maziminke 16:29, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I can't believe that there are no download logs out there?!? Maziminke

Toolbox (RESOLVED)
I'm using MediaWiki 1.13 and I've got a little question. How do I hide the toolbox for not logged in users?

—Petru Dimitriu 10:00, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Adding


 * to your wiki's Common.css file will hide it for everyone; you could then override that with JavaScript to show it again for logged-in users. Or, if you'd rather failsafe than fail-deadly, hide it with JS in the first place. Happy ‑ melon 16:04, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you Petru Dimitriu 16:24, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

1.11
A 1.11 wiki can hold o can upload SVG images? --Vilarrubla 14:00, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

unauthorized use of content
I have just come across a site that is using my artwork without permission. Since the site is not in English, I cant figure out what the site is even for, or how to contact them. Below is the link to their site with my art. What is the best way to handle this?

http://www.elmundosefarad.eu/wiki/wiki/index.php?title=LAMED_-_E-NOVINE_ZA_RADOZNALE_IZABRAO_I_PRIREDIO_IVAN_NINI%C4%86

Thanks, Ruth Golmant rgolmant@verizon.net


 * Generally this is not something that anyone here can fix. However there is an email on that page: m_hanau [at] hotmail [dot] com. You might try email that email and seeing what happens. PS: Try Google Translate for a basic translation. Language seems to be either Croatian or Serbian. The URL appears to be a Basque/.eu, so I don't know if you can look up some information on who's hosting the site or not. Calebrw 02:12, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Tabs (RESOLVED)
I'm using MediaWiki 1.13, how can I hide the tabs for the main page? Petru Dimitriu 09:28, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * How do I totally hide the tabs from the pages? Petru Dimitriu 09:54, 7 June 2009 (UTC)


 * You need some CSS. Something like:

will hide the tabs and remove most of the associated whitespace. You might need to tweak the margin-top of the #content element to get the spacing exactly right. Happy ‑ melon 17:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Petru Dimitriu 17:21, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Different default skins for different browsers

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: http://webmasterteachyourself.com

I designed a new skin based on Monobook.php but it doesn't work the way I want it in Internet Explorer, although it does look good to me in Firefox. Apparently, two-thirds of my visitors uses Firefox. How can I use an if-else statement in LocalSettings.php where if a user uses Firefox, the default skin is my new skin, whereas if they use other browsers, then the default is Monobook.php?

—PM Poon 19:44, 13 June 2009 (UTC)


 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.0
 * PHP version: 	5.2.8
 * MySQL version: 5.0.77-community-log
 * URL: wiki.dozor.biz

How can I delete or rename registered users of my Wiki-website? For example, I want to rename admin's account (ID=1) to "administrator" and I need to delete few temporary accounts.

wiki@dozor.biz

—91.122.217.12 05:40, 16 June 2009 (UTC)