Talk:MediaWiki

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Link to edit pages @ Special:Statistics

 * MediaWiki version: 1.14
 * PHP version: 5
 * MySQL version: 5
 * URL: http://wikademia.org/Special:Statistics

@ http://wikademia.org/Special:Statistics - links to Import Rollback and Upload all link to the URL+&action=edit&redlink=1

But - the pages do exists, so I'm not sure how to have them just link properly to where they should.

Thanks.

Sidebar/Skinning So VERY frustrated

 * Product 	Version
 * MediaWiki 	1.17.0
 * PHP 	5.2.12 (cgi)
 * MySQL 	5.0.87-community

So I downloaded this skin and it worked wonderfully. I edited it all around and got it the way I wanted it. Then I realized there were only 2 sections in the sidebar. I know I'll probably need more than just 2 so I'm trying to figure out how to add a graphical heading to my sidebar like the ones on the other two that were already working properly with the skin. I have the image made and uploaded and I thought I had done what needed doing to make it show up... but it refuses to do so. Please help?

You can see the issue regarding the 'editor' and 'tester' sections. here

I copied and changed this in the main.css Original: /* Toolbox portlet */ text-indent: -9999px; display: block; height: 30px; width: 112px; padding: 0; background: url(title-toolbox.png) no-repeat center; /* This background image is the toolbox subheading */ }	margin: 0 5px 33px 20px; position: relative; z-index:20; }	position: relative; z-index: 3; }
 * 1) p-tb h5 {
 * 1) p-tb ul {
 * 1) p-tbx,
 * 2) p-lang {

To Edited:

/* Editor portlet */ text-indent: -9999px; display: block; height: 30px; width: 112px; padding: 0; background: url(title-editor.png) no-repeat center; /* This background image is the toolbox subheading */ }	margin: 0 5px 33px 20px; position: relative; z-index:20; }	position: relative; z-index: 3; }
 * 1) p-editor h5 {
 * 1) p-editor ul {
 * 1) p-editorx,
 * 2) p-lang {

Then I added the changed portlet text (for editor) underneath the toolbox portlet in the main.css I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Thanks in advance for your help. You can [mailto:crystaltears83@gmail.com email me] if you need further info.

Outdated manual, update needed
"Enabling TeX" manual is changed, look here: mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Enable_TeX --Swift 18:10, 23 December 2011 (PST)

PHP 5.3.2
I have PHP 5.3.x FastCGI enabled in Domain Manager. phpinfo, run from the web, says that I have PHP 5.3.13, but when I run it from the command line, it says that I have 5.2.17. I installed MediaWiki 1.20.0 and am attempting to run update.php to add tables for extensions. However, when I try to run update.php, it says, "You are using PHP version 5.2.17 but MediaWiki needs PHP 5.3.2 or higher. ABORTING. Check if you have a newer php executable with a different name, such as php5." Any ideas on how to fix that? Nathan Larson (talk) 00:59, 9 November 2012 (PST)
 * I solved it. The solution: /usr/local/php53/bin/php update.php Nathan Larson (talk) 02:16, 9 November 2012 (PST)
 * I confirm that Nathan Larson solved this issue. I had the same issue and used the same work-around to resolve it. Thanks, Nathan Larson! - Ecorave (talk) 12:43, 12 October 2013 (PDT)

MediaWiki 1.19.2 installation issues
Hi, there seems to be some issues with 1.19.2 installation procedure. On default shared setup, it fails to create databases. I contacted the support and they suggested the following:


 * install MW under new user (the first problem was memory usage limit, which is per-user)
 * set the domain to PHP 5.3 CGI (not FastCGI)
 * temporarily disable mod_security by de-selecting "Extra Web Security"
 * customizing PHP.ini with a phprc file containing "max_execution_time = 500" and "max_input_time = 500"

After that, the script still fails, but manage to create and populate all the database table. So when you restart it, it works. It's a workaround, we're waiting for long-term solution.

Ilya Schurov (talk) 00:55, 25 November 2012 (PST)

Apparently we're still waiting for a solution, as the installation failed for me too. Kendall (talk) 19:51, 6 August 2013 (PDT)
 * Kendall and Ilya, posting this on here is not going to help you. DreamHost staff do not check the talk pages. Try manually downloading MediaWiki 1.21.1 (stable) or MediaWiki 1.19.7, the LTS release. --Jeffw (talk)(contribs) 06:26, 7 August 2013 (PDT)

Thanks a lot for the advice, Jeff! I was really just leaving a note for the next person who finds this page and wonders whether Ilya's report from last year is still applicable, but I appreciate your input. For the record, step 3 of the suggested workaround (disabling mod_security) enabled me to install the "One-Click" WordPress package, so I'll stick with that for now. Kendall (talk) 17:19, 19 August 2013 (PDT)

After server move thumbnail creation broke
Running 1,19.2 and after being moved to a new server newly uploaded images are not having thumbnails created. The image does upload, but it is like Imagemagick isn't working. Any hints? KeithS (talk) 05:29, 15 December 2012 (PST)
 * Increase the memory to unlimited: $wgMaxShellMemory = unlimited; in your LocalSettings.php. --Jeffw (talk)(contribs) 07:17, 4 August 2013 (PDT)

NOTE: You also may need $wgMaxShellMemory = unlimited; to get the Math extension working.

Upgrading past the current supported version, 1.19.2?
Is there any particular reason that the one-click install is version 1.19.2, and not the most recent version 1.21.1? (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download) I'm considering upgrading my current install from 1.16.x and would like to know if anything is likely to break if I upgrade to a more recent version. Velochicdunord (talk) 17:53, 3 August 2013 (PDT)
 * Yes. The reason is because 1.19 is a long-term release. Therefore, it makes more sense to support 1.19 (less upgrading). I can host your 1.21 wiki for you if you'd like. (http://www.mywikis.com) --Jeffw (talk) 07:06, 4 August 2013 (PDT)
 * Let me inspect your wiki, I'm an expert in these things :) I'll need to know the URL. --Jeffw (talk)(contribs) 07:10, 4 August 2013 (PDT)
 * Yeah, well. There are a lot of wiki experts. Those one-click installs usually aren't the greatest idea. mw:Manual:Installation Nathan Larson (talk) 18:45, 31 January 2014 (PST)

User-to-user email settings
Actually it seems questionable whether one can get user to user email settings (e.g. mw:Manual:$wgEnableUserEmail) to work at all. The other ones, e.g. email notifications, should be okay. Nathan Larson (talk) 23:42, 31 January 2014 (PST)

Required resource
"A wiki can be very resource intensive. Each page may require a database call and if users are editing, I could see how even a single wiki on shared hosting with 2k unique visitors per day could run out of resources." Nathan Larson (talk) 00:47, 3 February 2014 (PST)

Problems with page titles ending in question marks
Has anyone else had problems with page titles ending in question marks on Dreamhost servers? Usually it will chop off the question mark and send you to a nonexistent page. Nathan Larson (talk) 22:44, 9 March 2014 (PDT)

Problems with images loading if smaller than original
I'm having issues with my wiki, in that all my images if I upload a large size and then scale it down, end up showing nothing but the broken image icon in the area that I've scaled it. If I upload the full size and use that however, it shows up fine. Anyone else having this issue or know where I can look for a solution? --Thenightfollower (talk) 01:03, 9 May 2014 (PDT)