Project:Support desk/Sections/Formatting

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= Formatting Support =

How can I get my text to have a "right" alignment?
I can't figure out how to get text aligned to the right side of the page, despite searching the help pages for "alignment." Please help!

YOUR TEXT HERE Dr. Eme

Existing pages with table code doesn't work in mediawiki 1.13.2

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.2
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51a
 * URL: localhost

I have upgraded mediawiki version 1.10.0 with 1.13.2. I have executed update.php and refreshLinks.php. But the pages which have table code has broken. The data is in text table. All the pages are working good with 1.10.0 version. But doesn't work with 1.13.2.

So, I have edited the page which was not working on 1.13.2 and copied the data from other system where it is working with 1.10.0 and saved the changes. but the page is not saving properly and it is removing the '|' and also placing some extra characters to the data.

Even the table format is good also the page is not getting displayed in tabular form.

It works good when i create a new page with table format.

Please help me that what's wrong with version 1.13.2 that doesn't support existing page table code? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.88.84.10 (talk • contribs) 20:49, 31 December 2008. Please sign your posts with ~ !


 * I really need your help in finding this problem. Actually, it looks like there is some encoding problem some where with mediawiki version 1.13.2. This is corrupting the page display. If you are already aware of the problem then please let me know what could be the solution? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.88.85.100 (talk • contribs) 18:21, 13 January 2009. Please sign your posts with ~ !

nowiki tags appear

 * MediaWiki version: 1.13.3
 * PHP version: 5.5
 * MySQL version: 5
 * URL:

Hi all,

I have a certain issue which makes  appear on the results of an mssql query below are the source



Fixed Issues
The table below lists all issues fixed since the last release.

include a path and transfer a excel table

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

Hello I'm trying to include the path on the top of a site (example wiki>help>diskussions>). Are there a command? I'm looking for a tool to transfer excel tabel in a wiki table? Thanks for help

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What is it,

HTML displaying in infoboxes

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.10
 * MySQL version: 5.0.84
 * URL: http://www.televisionunlimited.net/wiki/index.php/WDJT-TV

For some reason some of my infoboxes will display HTML code. I have installed the ParserFunctions extension and it still does it. What can I do to solve this problem?

—68.76.156.5 02:16, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Table of Content nesting issue

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14
 * PHP version: 5.2.9
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51a-community
 * URL:

On some pages with a forced TOC (I believe it is a page with less than 4 headers) (using the magicword) each top level past the first gets nested into the previous top level. The following is what it should be. The following is what it is doing Changeing the following line in the Parser.php file under includes/parser had no effect. I have tried a number as low as 0 and as high as 9000. (($numMatches >= 4 ) || $this->mForceTocPosition); Also of note is that I have added a global template to all my pages with a and then forcing a TOC with a template where I want it on certain pages. However, the nesting issue only manifests on pages with fewer than 4 headers.
 * First Level
 * Second Level
 * Second Level
 * First Level
 * Second Level
 * Second Level
 * First Level
 * Second Level
 * Second Level
 * First Level
 * Second Level
 * Second Level

98.221.161.224 14:05, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Strange Problems after Migration: Edit text within a template and it doesn't show unless you're logged in.
MediaWiki 1.15.0 PHP 5.2.6-3ubuntu4.1 (apache2handler) MySQL 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 http://wiki.micds.org

This is not a public wiki necessarily. So it will be tough to see the actual issue, but I'll try to explain. We moved the wiki from one server to another with little issue other than the following. The new server is running Ubuntu.

When editing inside of one of our templates, (See Upper School in the left navigation), the edits don't show unless you're logged in. Obviously you need to login to edit, but if you logout the links to the new pages do not show. It seems strange that this would be due to a move and that the symptoms are limited to this one template. It looks like our other template, (Middle School) is working fine.

Any thoughts?

—12.41.115.66 21:02, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

class plainlinks

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.9
 * MySQL version: 5.0.51b
 * Skin: Modern

Hi there, it is not an error but I have found no other place on this wiki to ask this question. How do I have to change the Common.css if I want all external links to be shown as plainlinks as a standard? Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you and cheers —kgh 09:16, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Automatic redirect to current month
Is it possible to make an automatic redirect from the page "sündmused maailmas" ("current events" in Estonian) to August 2024 ? Right now, we change it every month manually, but is there a way to do it automatically? #REDIRECT August 2024 does not work (no automatic redirect). —Jaan513 07:09, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki version: 1.16alpha-wmf (r55286)
 * PHP version: 5.2.4-2ubuntu5wm1 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL version: 4.0.40-wikimedia-log
 * URL: http://et.wikipedia.org

NOT SUPPORTING .ASC FORMAT

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

DOES WMS8.2 NOT SUPPORT .ASC FILE FORMAT? IF NOT THEN HOW DELINEATE THE WATERSHED HAVING IN .asc format.

—210.212.8.61 12:12, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

External dynamic images in MediaWiki

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.6-1+lenny3 (apache2handler)
 * MySQL 5.0.51a-24+lenny1-log
 * URL: http://www.nobaq.net

Hi,

I want to include a small piece of HTML in my Sidebar:





I read that I can't use HTML in Mediawiki. So I would take Mediawikis syntax. The link is no problem but how to I include external non-static images like above?

Thank you!

—93.83.102.170 16:13, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Question about html in templates

 * MediaWiki version:  1.15.0
 * PHP version: 5.2.10
 * MySQL version: 5.0.68
 * URL: http://wiki.arameen.be

Hello,

I'm from Belgium, sorry for my english I'm new on mediawiki...i'had a problem with the template on my site Modèle:Infobox Saint the html code like (, , or link to images don't show correctly ). What is the problem ?

thx for your help

—193.74.142.250 08:47, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

How do I stop the search results showing formatting wikitags?

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.6
 * MySQL version: 5.0.67
 * URL:

Hi there

I have searched everywhere i can for an answer to this, so sorry if it has been answered; it must have been but I can not find it.

When my users use the Search option the results that are returned include wiki formatting tags

example


 * 1) About

Supported Devices
There is a full list of Supported Devices 5 KB (751 words) - 10:00, 21 August 2009

Below is a list of devices which are confirmed to run with the current version o… We also maintain a list of unsupported devices 716 B (107 words) - 00:33, 25 August 2009
 * 1) Supported Devices

Yet, when I search in this MedaiWiki for something the results are returned with no formatting tags

How do I stop the search results returning things like the links symbols [] ' etc

thanks

—Daj 14:48, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Need help installing the new Vector skin

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.1
 * MySQL version: 4.0
 * URL: http://workoutwiki.org

I am trying to configure the new vector skin. However, after downloading the files from this site: http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/skins and uploading to my server, when trying to select the skin from the list, I get the following error message:

"Override this function."

What am I missing? Thanks for your help!

—Rarroyo 01:03, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I have the same problem with this skin (only using PHP version 5.2). Does anybody have any hints for an solution?

—Christian 07:44, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Moving Template:Infobox Country from Wikipedia to kanto.referata.com

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1 (r53910)
 * PHP version: 5.2.1 (apache)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.81-community
 * URL: kanto.referata.com

When I copy Template:Infobox Country from Wikipedia to [kanto.referata.com], the gray background and horizontal dividers that appear on Wikipedia do not appear on my site. How do I get them back? Also, how do I remove all the links from the infobox that I will never use? —CJMiller 02:48, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Help with changing CSS in Monobook template

 * MediaWiki version: 1.15.1
 * PHP version: 5.2.9 (cgi)
 * MySQL version: 5.0.81-community
 * URL: Private

Hi, I need help with the monobook.css

I have been trying to change the property of these borders to test out different colors and transparency. I cannot seem to find the CSS tags and attributes for the circled borders below: The sidebar, the top tabs and the border underneath the heading. I would also like to make the white space inside the top tabs transparent. Can anyone please tell me what tags format the color of these and just to specify the filename if other than monobook.css. Please and thank you. :)



Mdkcheatz—Mdkcheatz 19:25, 6 September 2009 (UTC)