Hi Zichen On 27/02/2012 20:21, Frank Xu wrote: > I'm working on setting up a wikipage for my research lab and our tech support > gave us the interface of mediawiki. Due to the university constrain rules, I > cannot access the backend files such as configure php files etc. However, I > have > such a function that need to be implemented. There is a publication page > which > contains all the publications we had the lab. My boss asked me to make it: > > 1. edit once affect everywhere;
This is how wikis work !? Isn't it? > 2. can be sort by time or authoer name or type (conference, journal, thesis.); Here is the answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table#Sorting > 3. can be colored by different publication type; Seems feasible with CSS. > 4. can be referenced in each person's wikipage but only with a subset of the > publication list (the paper appears in one's page only if he/she was the > author > of the paper. Thus, it creates synchronize challenge with goal 1.) Is possible by playing using template (with a parameter indicating the filter) and the parser functions (hope this is installed on your Mediawiki instance) https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions > I know that we could create a mysql database and use php files to do that > (exactly what we did before.) > I know it is too much to ask, but I'm really dancing with the "handcuff" on > since I cannot access the backend and only via the mediawiki interface. Are > there any other ways to finish this task? > Any suggestions are appreciated. This Mailing-list is not focused on Mediawiki Online usage. mediawiki-l (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mailing_lists) might be a better choice. Regards Emmanuel
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