Project:Support desk/Sections/System

__NEWSECTIONLINK__ = MediaWiki System Support =

What does this function do?? (brackets)

 * MediaWiki version: SVN build
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL: http://sunwell5.0lx.net/testwiki

What does this function do??

Is this related to ParserFunctions? I'm not sure what this does, but would be interested to know.

AC —Sunstar NW XP 19:59, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * looks a bit odd (only closing ]]), please tell in which correlation you found that bit. -- :bdk: 11:52, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

API Block while allowing talk page editing

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14alpha
 * PHP version: 5.2.5 (apache)
 * MySQL version: 4.0.40-wikimedia-log
 * URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Is it possible to block users using the API without blocking them from editing their own talk page? I was working on a program that helps sysops patrol AIV, but ran into this roadblock. I can find nothing in the documentation, and by default, it blocks them from editing their own talk page.

—DavidWS 18:14, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

How to hide the "view source" link to anonymous users

 * MediaWiki version: 1.12
 * PHP version: 5
 * MySQL version: 4.1
 * URL:

Hello there!

I want to know if it's possible to hide the "view source" links in all the pages to anonymous users.

Regards, —Luis 20:45, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Problem getting ImageMagick to work.

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: PHP5
 * MySQL version: 4.1.22-standard
 * URL: http://keeperofstories.com/wiki

How do I fix this?

Error creating thumbnail:

Warning: passthru has been disabled for security reasons in /home/kos/public_html/wiki/includes/GlobalFunctions.php on line 2030

I am having trouble getting imagemagick to work. I have the right path but no luck.

Here's my config file lines...

$wgEnableUploads      = true; $wgUseImageMagick = true; $wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert"; $wgFileExtensions = array('png','gif','jpg','jpeg','svg');
 * 1) To enable image uploads, make sure the 'images' directory
 * 2) is writable, then set this to true:

$wgShellLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
 * 1) If you use ImageMagick (or any other shell command) on a
 * 2) Linux server, this will need to be set to the name of an
 * 3) available UTF-8 locale

--IP 13 November 2008

Mailto Email Link Not Working

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.5
 * MySQL version: 5.0.45
 * URL:

We have just upgraded to MediaWiki version 1.13.2, and we are now noticing that all mailto links are not working properly. We are using the format [mailto:test@test.com Test Email], but it is not converted into a hyperlink on the wiki page. We have, also, just implemented FCKeditor version 2.5.1. So, we are not sure if this may have something to do with it as well. Please reply to knechtum@gmail.com

—70.129.197.15 23:09, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

IIS/PHP/MySQL & MediaWiki

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.5 (cgi-fcgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.24-community-nt
 * URL: http://sawserver.gotdns.com
 * E-mail: sawbg.a@gmail.com

I've gotten my own wiki running (with MediaWiki) using IIS 6.0 (Win Server 2003), PHP5 and MySQL Server 5. I can access my wiki over my home network with only slight delay, but away from home it is pointless to try. When away, IE can load most of the page, but tells me there is an error in line 10, char 106. Can someone help me fix this? I don't understand PHP, but I want to learn.

Also, I get an line at the bottom of each pages that says: Error in my_thread_global_end: 1 threads didn't exit PHP Warning: Unknown: open(/tmp\sess_rmnakjotcf7vs780gmf7ai2251, O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (/tmp) in Unknown on line 0

What does this mean? How can I fix it?

Lastly, where are my entries (i.e., About Wiki) stored on the HDD? Are they somewhere buried in the wiki's root folder?

NOTE: If you're like me, you can't access my wiki outside the LAN. Too slow.

—208.63.200.152 20:26, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Sharing one wiki for multiple domains. Why is the template is not showing?

 * MediaWiki version: 1.11
 * PHP version: 5.2.5
 * MySQL version: 5
 * URL:

Hi, I need to share one wiki (database, images, core) for multiple domains. If I copy my wiki in a different folder, it shows correctly (I just modified the wiki path in LocalSettings), for example:

mysite.tld/wiki mysite.tld/wiki2 (ok) mysite2.tld/wiki3 (template not showing, why?)

But if I need to show this on a different domain (mysite2/wiki), the wiki-template is not loading, I see only the text. Is there something else I need to change except the path in LocalSettings?

Thanks a lot for any hint! —77.23.145.92 19:26, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Removing the "Remember my login on this computer" function
hi!
 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version:
 * MySQL version:
 * URL:

i have installed mediawiki 1.13.2 an it works great. now i have a question: is it possible to deactivate the "Remember my login on this computer" function?

many thanks for your support!

best regards, —Bpczi 20:35, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You can try to put $wgCookieExpiration to 0, this will not remove the checkbox but cause the cookies to expire immediately. This will change in 1.14.0, since setting $wgCookieExpiration to 0 in that version will remove the checkbox. i Alex  18:21, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Tables not aligned and not using formatting from common.css

 * MediaWiki version: 1.12.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51
 * URL: http://www.lingwiki.com

I was working on my site as normal last night, and everything was displaying just fine. I came back this morning and suddenly the infoboxes are not aligning on the right like they're supposed to, and only explicitly stated table code is doing anything, as can be seen here. The last time my wiki went from working perfectly one moment to absolutely screwing up the next was when I last updated the Wiki software back in May; worked fine for two days, then I tried to continue where I left off before going to work when I got back and suddenly it refused to connect to the database, costing me 2 years and 20,000 pages worth of stuff to date at the time. Things are finally starting to gel again, but now...more randomness? I've checked the log to see if anyone has edited Common.css or any of the box templates recently, which they haven't. I've resaved Common.css to reassert it, nothing. I've cleared the cache, nothing. I'm out of options and feeling just a slight bit paranoid at the moment...

—71.198.127.97 15:13, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Turn Auto-Number Headlines on by system default

 * MediaWiki 1.12.0
 * PHP 5.2.5 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL 5.0.51a
 * URL: Intranet based system

I am trying to turn Auto-number Headings on as a default system setting and can't figure out how to do this. I have looked into hooks and the config file with no success. Any suggestions on where I might be able to do this?

Bobby 14:29, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

All web pages I access from IE of Firefox look lined up verticaly

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.45
 * URL: still in the intranet space

I am running Apache 2.2.10 on Fedora 8. It does no matter which skin I appply. I have installed a few additional skins: Daddio, Drupal and WordPress. When a new user logs in, the page look changes but all the UI elements are still lined up vertically.

Thank you for your time and help, Alex —Alexkovsky 18:30, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

How can I put our Bulletin Board in our MediaWiki?

 * MediaWiki version:1.7.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.0-8+etch11
 * MySQL version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch6-log
 * URL: local

So my problem is, I want to take our Bulletin Board into our Mediawiki! Are there any opportunitys? I've got no idea except the Copy-Paste function! But we have so many textes in it that it will be stupid to copy all the textes :)

Many Thanks

Marc — 08:54, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Merging data from Confluence into MediaWiki
Hello,
 * MediaWiki version:  	1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.1.6 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.16-standard-log
 * URL: internal

I have been using Confluence and MediaWiki side by side for a while now. All users have stopped confluence and now use MediaWiki but i am trying to merge the data over from confluence into the existing MediaWiki. I am wondering if somebody has accomplished this migration before and how it is done. Thanks

-Anthony acaiafa@mypublisher.com December 12 2008

—65.242.204.162 23:35, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

additional parameters in ' mailto: ' links

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.0-8+etch13 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch8-log
 * URL: intranet

Is there a way to include subject fields and other options in a mailto link in mediawiki? The HTML syntax for mailto links would be text, but this obviously fails because any space in the subject field would be interpreted as the separator... and standard html doesn't work at all. Is there any workaround for this, or some feature of the software that I have overlooked? —Carelesshx 10:45, 15 December 2008 (UTC)