MediaWiki-l May 2008

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Mysql ISAM vs InnoDB
by Jim Hu 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

$wgDBtransactions gets set to true if using InnoDB tables. Is there an advantage to using InnoDB tables? The disadvantage is that with MySQL there is a file, ibdata1, that seems to grow endlessly if InnoDB tables are used. See http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=1341 We're wondering if we should just convert everything to MyISAM. Any thoughts? ===================================== Jim Hu Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2128 TAMU Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX 77843-2128 979-862-4054

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Custom namespaces and discussion pages
by Snowolf 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I've created some custom namespaced on one of my wikis, Botwiki (previously known as pywikipedia). I've put these lines in my LocalSettings.php file: - --- #Custom namespaces $wgExtraNamespaces = array(100 => "Manual", 101 => "Manual talk", 102 => "Python", 103 => "Python talk", 104 => "Php", 105 => "Php talk", 106 => "Perl", 107 => "Perl talk", 108 => "AWB", 109 => "AWB talk", 110 => "IRC", 111 => "IRC talk", 112 => "Other", 113 => "Other talk" ); $wgContentNamespaces[] = 100; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 102; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 104; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 106; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 108; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 110; $wgContentNamespaces[] = 112; - --- However, I have a big problem: when I go to a page in one of these new namespaces (not the discussion, the main ones), for example http://botwiki.sno.cc/wiki/Perl:Copyright_Violation_Bot , I found the red link to the discussion page. It's right, as there is no discussion page for that article. But if you click on it, it brings you to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_Bot&a… correct, of course. But have a look of the article and discussion tabs: they are both red! The first, "article", leads to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_Bot&a… when it should lead to http://botwiki.sno.cc/wiki/Perl:Copyright_Violation_Bot and the second, "discussion", leads to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Talk:Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_… , when it should lead to http://botwiki.sno.cc/w/index.php?title=Perl_talk:Copyright_Violation_Bot&a… . It's the first time I deal with custom namespaces :-( but I have some ideas of what it can be. Can the problem be with the $wgContentNamespaces settings? So it detects everything as ns0? (don't think so). Or can it be the fact that I haven't used an underscore in the $wgExtraNamespaces definition? Snowolf -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGWhk7sdafW5NQMtERAuX+AKDQ7QLNjXv9cu+ZbSLXidMzgi/vNgCaA7VT +VTgR3iI/BI7FVDqcyRZVJ0= =a4yP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Moving lots pages to a different namespace?
by Mark London 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

I want to moving all pages in a certain namespace (about 60 pages) into the the "main" namespace. I couldn't find how to do this, so I tried exporting the pages and importing them and I ran into all sorts of problems. Is there a way to do what I want without using the import and export features (and without having to move each of them manually)? Thanks.

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Database error
by Veronica Lopez Diaz 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hello everybody, When I search after some terms, which have not been defined yet, or after editing an entry (but not always???), I get the following error message: Database error >From MiWiki For query "sales" Jump to: navigation, search 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 "". MySQL returned error "1030: Got error 127 from storage engine (localhost)". Has anybody had this error before? How may I fix it? Thanks a lot in advance for your help and best regards, Veronica P.S: I found a similar message at the The Wikitech-l Archives, but in my case no table name was written, so what shall I do???? -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer

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Multiple languages
by James Gardiner 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

Morning! I am building a web site for a family member who is in the process of completing a PhD and MediaWiki looks like the ideal CMS to use as they will be able to update their own web site (delegation is always important :-) Two questions: 1) There may be a need to have certain pages in multiple languages. Is the best way to do this for a small site is to add a language identifier to the page title eg: here is the CV in [[CV.en|English]] or in [[CV.nl|Dutch]]. Is there a way to do this and still have a more readable title eg "English CV" rathern than "CV.en"? 2) I see from the LocalSettings.php that it is possible to prevent access to certain pages for users who are not logged in. Do I need to list all the pages I want blocked or is it possible to do wildcards eg internal* TIA James

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How to Add additional logo to footer like the "powered by mediawiki"?
by zham rock 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Hi Guys - How to Add additional logo to footer like the "powered by mediawiki"? Regards' -zham

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problems with 'Variables' extension
by Derrick Farnell 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

Hi I've tried posting about this problem on the extension's talk page, but to no avail. I'm using the 'Variables' extension: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Variables which creates the variable {{CURRENTUSER}}. When I simply insert all of the code provided into LocalSettings.php, it works fine. However, if, as suggested, I instead only insert the line: require_once( "$IP/extensions/MyVariables/MyVariables.php" ); at the bottom of the LocalSettings.php file, and place the code in the file 'MyVariables.php' in the folder 'MyVariables' in the folder 'extensions', then it doesn't work - the layout of the wiki pages just becomes a bit broken-up and there are several lines of code superimposed along the top of every page. I've double-checked every step of the process and can't find any errors. Can anyone see why the extension would work the first way but not the second? Thanks in advance for any help. Derrick

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Cooperation-iws - Mediawiki on liveusb
by Olivier 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Hi, I am posting here for people that might be interested in running Mediawiki on a nomad home / intranet server. I developped scripts to remaster Ubuntu Hardy (and soon Debian Lenny) Live CD so that to make Live CD (Demo purpose only) or Live USB (functionnal version) which provide web services of open source web applications. The Cooperation-IWS Live USB allows you to have a ready to run server contained on a usb key or a usb hard drive. Proposed Mediawiki module is version 1.12.0 (Actual) and other applications are also proposed: Gallery2, Wordpress, KnowledgeTree, Nuxeo, PhpBB3, Mantis, Zenphoto, Moodle, Cacti, snort, base, ossec, net2ftp, webmin, samba, ssh, ... As I am not a Mediawiki user myself (for the moment), only the bare install is proposed and I am waiting for demands to add more functionnalities. Cooperation-iws is under GPL2. A demo Live CD or Live USB version is also available. The blog's project address is here: http://cooperation-iws.gensys-net.eu/blog @+Oliv

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splitting db
by Nicolas Forget 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Hello, My wiki (wikignole.be) has a limited db (max 45 MB). At the moment, the db is almost full (44mo). So i have to reduce it. I tried to compress the old revisions but i didn't earn a lot of storage. The best solution would be to split the db on two or three different databases. I found this page http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgDefaultExternalStore who seem to be a solution (the number of bases is not a problem). I tried to do it (i edited DefaultSettings.php ) but don't succeed to fin the good configuration (i tried login:pass@adress but it failed). Could someone help me? Regards, Nicolas

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Semantic mailing list somewhat reluctant
by Rolf Lampa 03 Jun '08

03 Jun '08

Hi all, When I try to post to Semantic Mediawiki's mailing list my mails gets rejected with the following message in "Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender": <semediawiki-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net <http://mail.rilnet.com/src/compose.php?send_to=semediawiki-devel%40lists.so…>>: host mail.sourceforge.net[66.35.250.206] said: 550-Postmaster verification failed while checking <rolf.lampa(a)rilnet.com <http://mail.rilnet.com/src/compose.php?send_to=rolf.lampa%40rilnet.com>> 550-(result of earlier verification reused). 550-Several RFCs state that you are required to have a postmaster 550-mailbox for each mail domain. This host does not accept mail 550-from domains whose servers reject the postmaster address. 550 Sender verify failed (in reply to RCPT TO command) What is "550-Several RFCs", and what does "postmaster 550-mailbox" mean? I tried to post the message placed at the end of this post. Perhaps someone here knows the answer or can give a hint how I can post it in the appropriate mailing list . Regards, // Rolf Lampa Hi all, Being new to Semantic Mediawiki I'm trying out things. I now need to pick single values from properties on a Settings page. How do I ask in order to get a single value, as opposed to a list of values. Example: Data exist on a page named and categorized as SystemSettings: SystemSettings: ------------------------------------ * [[Company_name::<name>]] * [[Founded_in::<year>]] * etc. [[Category:SystemSettings]] ------------------------------------ Now, from another page I'd like to retrieve and display the value of the property SystemSettings->Company_name, using a template for formatting, like so (somehow asking for the value, I don't know how though...): ------------------------------------ {{get property value|companyname= {{#ask: ...<single settings page> and its property <company name?>... }} }} ------------------------------------ How can I "pick" a single value from a property on a particular page? Is there any documentation page out there with a complete reference explaining the syntax for different use cases like this? Regards, // Rolf Lampa

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