FIXED IT! While checking Special:AllMessages (specifically all modified messages) I noticed I had <span color in the three pages that define the arrows. Removed the <span tags on these three pages and the problem vanished! :)
MediaWiki:Categorytree-collapse-bullet MediaWiki:Categorytree-expand-bullet MediaWiki:Categorytree-empty-bullet Back to upgrading my wiki from MW1.22.2 to MW1.31.1. Roger :) On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 5:32 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > This is a puzzle to me. > > <span style="color:#0654AD;">▼</span> > > shows the span tag, like above, when I open the category tree on my > test wiki running MediaWiki 1.31.1 with extension CategoryTree > (bundled in MediaWiki) enabled. That span tag should get parsed by the > browser, not be displayed. > > This did not happen with new MW 1.31.1 install plus CategoryTree > (which is included in that version of MW). That expanded or closed the > category trees for me correctly. > > It started happening when I dumped my wiki's database into that new MW > 1.31.1 instance's database. Yes, I did run maintenance/update.php > after dumping my wiki's database in there. Didn't have any trouble > with that. > > It is a puzzle to me whow the database input and update can cause this > problem of the span tag showing. The span tag is dynamic text -- it is > not selectable in the web browser. The rest of the page text is, but > that problem span tag and it's arrow is not, for example, when you > click on one of the ► arrows on my test wiki's Contents page, which > uses CategoryTree, here: > http://m.rogerchrisman.com/Contents you will see the problem <span tag. > > I don't think my site root level URL shortening is the problem. > CategoryTree worked fine with that, till I dumped my teflpedia wiki's > database into above test wiki. That is when the <span tag started > showing. > > The MediaWiki 1.22.2 wiki I am trying to upgrade > (http://teflpedia.org) uses an old version (from about 2013) of > CategoryTree that does not have this problem. I tested installing the > old version of CategoryTree on my upgraded wiki and that works fine. > However, I'd rather not use an out of date version, and I am puzzled > as to what is causing this <span style="color:#0645;"> tag to show up > displayed on the page instead of being interpreted as html the way it > normally is. It shows up in both Firefox and in Microsoft Edge on my > Windows 10 and in Firefox on my Xubuntu. Haven't tested other > browse►rs. > > Welcome to test it in your browser: > http://m.rogerchrisman.com/Contents > (and click one of the little arrows, not the category page names, to > expand or close the tree). That is what shows the problem <span tag. > > Puzzled! > > Happy New Year! > > Roger > I can't believe it, 2019... almost! _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
