Thanks Russel, I did manage to fix it with the help from the users on the mailing list. It was an issue with the ftp binary/ascii mode transfer which was spoiling localsettings.php
Alok On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Russell Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Sure, but perhaps it doesn't meet the requirements for an extension? e.g. > certain variables, functions or methods may be expected to be provided. > > Russell > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Alok Watve" <[email protected]> > To: "Jon Davis" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:02:09 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] How to "activate" a new extension > Thanks a lot for the response. > My script runs fine as a standalone > > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Jon Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> You don't need to do anything to "activate" an extension. Once you've added >> the requisite line to LocalSettings.php (ex: >> require_once("$IP/extensions/MyExtension/MyExtension.php"); ), the next >> time you load a page on the wiki, your extension is there. You can check on >> [[Special:Version]] of your install, as it shows all installed extensions >> there. >> >> If it isn't listed in Special:Version, then you probably either A) don't >> have your LocalSettings.php correct or B) Have a coding error in your >> extension. >> >> -Jon >> >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 17:30, Alok Watve <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I am a total n00b to mediaWiki. I am writing a new extension to >>> dynamically generate an SVG file. I have written the extension and >>> copied the files in the right places. >>> But mediaWiki does not seem to pick up my extension. DO I need to >>> restart the apache server or something like that in order to make sure >>> my change in LocalSettings.php is picked up. >>> >>> What I don't understand (and I do not think is documented very well ) >>> is how does mediawiki know that the file LocalSettings.php has changed >>> and needs to be re-loaded. >>> >>> Alok >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> >> >> >> -- >> Jon >> [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ >> http://snowulf.com/ >> http://ipv6wiki.net/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
