[11:06:46] Hi, do you have examples of modern looking sites done with mediawiki? [11:12:01] Masa_: Hmm, let's see, http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page [11:12:12] Not really modern though. [11:13:32] Define modern :) [11:15:04] Masa_: I think wikia http://arrow.wikia.com/wiki/The_Flash might also count. [11:15:05] Reedy: Marquee! blink! frames! [11:15:30] p858snake: :D You're still in the last decade. [12:49:26] Hey guys, morning [12:50:59] I've been using MediaWiki without GIT since 2008, making upgrades manually. I need someone that can GIT MediaWiki and extensions, and migrate the data to this new installation. [12:51:23] If you guys could message me with contacts, I'd appreciate [13:12:28] Ed_Brazil: You don't have to use git [13:17:25] Use the upgrade guide on mediawiki [13:17:50] on mediawiki.org, it's fairly easy. [13:26:22] i thought it was best to use it [14:49:47] i have many wikis os the same database. like i have a wiki for english and another one in portuguese... one begging with like pt_page and the other table en_page [14:49:55] it changes anything on this update? [14:50:09] is there something else i have to do? [14:52:39] No, table prefixes still work fine [14:54:33] nice. because my localsettings.php actually detects the domain and fowards to another localsettings file, depending on the domain [14:56:13] wont that be a problem? i'm trying to update for the first time. the guy that upgraes for me is on vacation [14:56:59] you will just need to run the database updates for all wikis individually [14:57:04] If you do that, it's fine [15:10:15] it will ask me when i run update.php? [15:10:18] :) [15:13:55] No [15:22:35] can you give me a clue? should i set the localsettings with database information for each wiki and run the update for each? does the update.ini gets database information in localsettings file? [15:23:32] Depends how you've got it setup [15:23:56] maintenance scripts have a --wiki option that you can specify a database name with [15:24:05] e.g. --wiki enwiki [15:24:17] but it largely depends on how you have your farm set up [15:24:50] the help for that paramter is "Wiki ID for wiki farms. This may be of the form dbname or dbname-prefix. LocalSettings.php will be run with the MW_DB and MW_PREFIX constants defined accordingly." [19:19:20] Anyone available to answer an installation question? [19:19:37] Maybe, what's the question [19:20:09] I'm having trouble connecting to PostgreSQL [19:20:47] Takes a really long time, then says "DB connection error: MySQL server has gone away (localhost:5432)." [19:22:39] uh, are you using postgresql or mysql? [19:23:19] I'm trying to use postgresql, though the only options are MySQL and SQLite, even though Postgre is listed as supported [19:23:38] From what I've read the fact that I specified a port should indicate that it's PostgreSQL [19:23:46] That (probably) means that you don't have php compiled with postgress support [19:24:00] you may have to install a package like php-postgress or something [19:24:31] hmm [19:27:12] is there a way to check if php already has the postgres support? This is on a production server I'm not super familiar with, and tbh I've never used php [19:27:12] or maybe php-pgsql [19:27:24] create a page containing just [19:27:28] then browse to it [19:27:40] It should list all extensions php is complied with [19:27:49] thanks, I will try that [19:27:52] for postgress support you need it to have pgsql extension enabled [19:28:24] Also keep in mind, MediaWiki's postgress support is somewhat experimental, the mysql support is much better tested and more stable [19:29:52] On debian/ubuntu you probably want to do something like apt-get install php5-pgsql [19:30:13] this is a Windows server [19:31:02] Hmm, on windows, I don't know. You probably have to download some dll file, and then add a line loading it to your php.ini file [19:31:25] yep [19:32:16] make sure the dll you download matches the specs of whatever PHP you're running or else you'll have issues (version, thread safe vs not thread safe, visual studio version) [19:33:12] you might already have it downloaded [19:33:25] check your php.ini for a line ";extension=php_pgsql.dll" [19:33:29] and remove the ; in front, then save [19:34:48] yeah, it's in the ini file. Just delete the ; and save? [19:34:59] yep [19:35:04] then restart apache or IIS (whichever you use) [19:35:45] after that restart, the mediawiki installer should show Postgres as an option [19:47:40] and like magic, there it is... thanks for the tip! [21:02:51] RFC meeting starting in #wikimedia-office: image and oldimage tables [22:11:18] oh no, http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Special:RecentChanges is massively spammed ...... could some people assist there pls. ? thx. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam#Quickest_solutions_to_try_first [22:19:23] hey guys, whenever i write something in my wiki page and i hit Enter to start a new line, when i save the page it shows up in the same line instead.. how to stop that from happening? [22:21:34] Smokie: use two newlines to separate paragraphs [22:23:57] MatmaRex, is there a way around that? like a plugin? [22:24:35] Smokie: not really. why do you want that behavior? [22:25:04] MatmaRex, ill show you an example, one sec [22:27:11] MatmaRex, http://pastebin.com/Dra1Q0cy [22:28:55] Smokie: you can display preformatted text by wrapping it in

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[22:29:02] Smokie: or by indenting every line with a single space [22:30:36] MatmaRex, so like start the page with

 and ending it with

? and what does indenting mean? hehehe [22:31:02] Smokie: add a space at the beginning of the line [22:31:21] Smokie: yes. or just add them around the part which you need to format this way [22:37:01] unfortunately thats what im looking for but i guess if there is no other way