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Previous page history was archived for backup purposes at Project:Support_desk/old on 2015-07-30.

I wrote a extension for one wiki page to connect to some outside url, I just put <changelog /> in that artcile, it will hook to my extension to call Changelog.php to execute Changelog::getLog()

getLog method will do curl connect to my outside url to get json content and re-format it to html string and return, they work perfectly in 1.27, but after I upgrade to 1.33, it still get the content I want, but it cached the result, when outside url changes content it won't go with it, I need to edit article and save to get new content again, I try to add

$cache = new CacheHelper();

$cache->setCacheEnabled(false);

in getLog function was not change anything, how to disable cache on the page which use this extension

You should probably not touch the CacheHelper class.

In your extension, call $parser->disableCache();

* @deprecated since 1.28; use getOutput()->updateCacheExpiry()

it's deprecated, and I tried both $parser->getOutput()->updateCacheExpiry(0); and $parser->disableCache(); in my method still got old content

Hi, I'm new to MediaWiki. On Special:Version, there are "Installed Software". How do we install additional software on Mediawiki? For example, I managed to get 'Elastica' and 'CirrusSearch' to show up on the Special:Version of the wiki I'm trying to build, but I don't get 'Elasticsearch' listed under Installed Software. What do I need to do in order for my Special:Version to show Elasticsearch under installed Software?

After setting up MediaWiki to correctly connect with the running Elasticsearch service, it should show up under Special:Version#Installed software.

the left side of vuze does not show up so therefore I can not copy a dvd

Wrong support forum.😕

How to apply style to a column in a table? I have added the desired style in the first few rows in the table. Do I must repeat the styles in every row?

I have heard of an html tag named col, but it does not seem to work in mediawiki.

If you want the same style on every row of the table, you just need to set all styles in the head of the table.

Example:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; color: green;"

|Orange |Apple |12,333.00 |- |Bread|Cake|500.00 |- |Butter|Ice Creme|1.00 |}

In this table every row will have the color green

a specific column, not an entire table or a row

See Help:Tables#Common_attributes_for_columns,_column_groups_and_row_groups.

So there is no way. I can only repeat the style in every row.

Maybe you could create a template to call for each row. The template would contain the CSS style. This could look neater and be easier to change.

Yes. This is exactly what I did.

Is there a reliable way to sync (copy and merge) the content of two different Mediawiki installations?

I have an internal installation where we work on most the time, but some external contractors won't get access to the internal installation, so we are thinking about getting them their own installation and mirror parts of the content to that installation. Problem is, doing this manually will be a pain, so I'm looking for a way to automate this procedure.

Sync should be in both directions, as both parties can create and update content.

I hoped there would be an extension for that, but couldn't find one yet.

Try Extension:Push.

Extension:Sync

Good afternoon.

I've been donating from time to time to Wikimedia Foundation, thus giving one email address, with which I'm contacted for further donations.

I thought it meant I did have a plain Wikipedia account, which does not seem the case.

Is there a point of linking both, simply to avoid double-time "please donate" notifications ?

Thanks

Currently in a process of moving our mediawiki site to sharepoint, What will be the best way to do this ?

Fixed.

Hi there,

I updated my wiki from MW 1.31 to MW 1.33 today.

After performing the update I got this:

http://www.huskywiki.de/HuskyWiki//index.php?title=Hauptseite

Can anybody give me a hint...?

Hello Everyone, I just install Patroller Extension but the special page do not work.

Error:

[d44cb3b3a9530efc09215f79] /index.php/Special:Patroller Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBUnexpectedError from line 2385 of /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php: Invalid non-numeric limit passed to limitResult()

Backtrace:

#0 /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1321): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->limitResult(string, string, boolean)

#1 /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1267): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->selectSQLText(array, string, array, string, array, array)

#2 /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/extensions/Patroller/SpecialPatroller.php(253): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->select(array, string, array, string, array, array)

#3 /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/extensions/Patroller/SpecialPatroller.php(97): SpecialPatroller->fetchChange(User)

#4 /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/includes/specialpage/SpecialPage.php(522): SpecialPatroller->execute(NULL)

#5 /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/includes/specialpage/SpecialPageFactory.php(578): SpecialPage->run(NULL)

#6 /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/includes/MediaWiki.php(287): SpecialPageFactory::executePath(Title, RequestContext)

#7 /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/includes/MediaWiki.php(862): MediaWiki->performRequest()

#8 /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/includes/MediaWiki.php(523): MediaWiki->main()

#9 /var/sentora/hostdata/zadmin/public_html/dotwikis_com/index.php(43): MediaWiki->run()

#10 {main}

Will this ever be fixed?

I am also having this problem.

This is supposed to be fixed according to phab:T232985

Extension:Patroller gives error, on browsing to Special:Patroller .

Reported here and here.

MW v1.30

[WsAfET-@jcqxiKxPT0bRjQAAAUk] /index.php/Special:Patroller Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBUnexpectedError from line 2479 of /home/my_username/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php: Invalid non-numeric limit passed to limitResult()
Backtrace:

#0 /home/my_username/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1395): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->limitResult(string, string, boolean)
#1 /home/my_username/public_html/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1341): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->selectSQLText(array, string, string, string, array, array)
#2 /home/my_username/public_html/extensions/Patroller/SpecialPatroller.php(246): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->select(array, string, array, string, array, array)
#3 /home/my_username/public_html/extensions/Patroller/SpecialPatroller.php(97): SpecialPatroller->fetchChange(User)
#4 /home/my_username/public_html/includes/specialpage/SpecialPage.php(522): SpecialPatroller->execute(NULL)
#5 /home/my_username/public_html/includes/specialpage/SpecialPageFactory.php(578): SpecialPage->run(NULL)
#6 /home/my_username/public_html/includes/MediaWiki.php(287): SpecialPageFactory::executePath(Title, RequestContext)
#7 /home/my_username/public_html/includes/MediaWiki.php(851): MediaWiki->performRequest()
#8 /home/my_username/public_html/includes/MediaWiki.php(523): MediaWiki->main()
#9 /home/my_username/public_html/index.php(43): MediaWiki->run()
#10 {main}

PS, i noticed my username appears in this error message, visible in this error message (obscured above). Might that be a security vulnerability?

thx

Same problem, I do have same error, Try using Extension:PageTriage. I think it is better than Patroller

>PS, i noticed my username appears in this error message, visible in this error message (obscured above). Might that be a security vulnerability?

That's why we generally reccomend people don't enable detailed error reports on production wikis (That said, its not really a vulnerability per se)

not a production site yet :)

it's my ftp username, so that seems a bit unsafe.

This is supposed to be fixed according to phab:T232985