[Mediawiki-l] The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver

2010-01-28 Thread Massimo Canonico
Hi, I got this error even if I followed the instruction on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Upload First of all, that public means that wikimedia is expecting to use a directory called public? I have installed mediawiki from tgz file, without change the default values. How is it possible? If it is

Re: [Mediawiki-l] The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver

2010-01-28 Thread Chad
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 5:52 AM, Massimo Canonico m...@di.unipmn.it wrote: Hi, I got this error even if I followed the instruction on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Upload First of all, that public means that wikimedia is expecting to use a directory called public? I have installed mediawiki

[Mediawiki-l] Reference don't appear when user is not logged in

2010-01-28 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, after 4 years, I just discovered that a user will not be able to see my references with references / if he is not logged in! However, Wikipedia can display the references without the need for a user to log in. How can I accomplish it? -- PM Poon * http://dummipedia.org The 5-Minute Concise

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Reference don't appear when user is not logged in

2010-01-28 Thread Jean-Marc van Leerdam
Hi, On 28 January 2010 14:13, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, after 4 years, I just discovered that a user will not be able to see my references with references / if he is not logged in! However, Wikipedia can display the references without the need for a user to log in. How can I

[Mediawiki-l] Making only a part of the content visible for a group of users

2010-01-28 Thread Maximiliano Milicich
Hello, We've recently installed a wiki for IT dept usage but came to the conclusion that it would be very useful to let end users see some of the articles. The thing is we don't want them to see all the content mainly because it would confuse them. For instance, if they search for Accounting we

Re: [Mediawiki-l] The upload directory (public) is not writable by the webserver

2010-01-28 Thread Massimo Canonico
On 01/28/2010 11:52 AM, Massimo Canonico wrote: Hi, I got this error even if I followed the instruction on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Upload First of all, that public means that wikimedia is expecting to use a directory called public? I have installed mediawiki from tgz file, without

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Making only a part of the content visible for a group of users

2010-01-28 Thread Christensen, Courtney
Have you considered using the $whWhitelist to allow users to see only those pages you want them to? It might be a little tedious to keep the list up, but not more so than some of your other options. -Original Message- From: mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Making only a part of the content visible for a group of users

2010-01-28 Thread Maximiliano Milicich
I see... Thank you ! In fact, thanks to the clue you gave me, I've just found this extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WhiteList We're gonna check it out to see if it's what we're needing. Any other options ? Thanks indeed Regards MA_Xx On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:57 PM,

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Style pages based on category, possible?

2010-01-28 Thread Jean-Marc van Leerdam
Bernard, On 28 January 2010 14:58, bern...@bernardhulsman.nl bern...@bernardhulsman.nl wrote: Jean-Marc, you have to use http://handleiding.wikiation.nl/MediaWiki:Common.css . That is where it is defined. It is no standard MW feature. There is no LocalSettings involved. The Common.css is only

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Making only a part of the content visible for a group of users

2010-01-28 Thread Platonides
Maximiliano Milicich wrote: I see... Thank you ! In fact, thanks to the clue you gave me, I've just found this extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WhiteList We're gonna check it out to see if it's what we're needing. Any other options ? Thanks indeed Regards MA_Xx

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Add parameters to a internal Search across a internal link

2010-01-28 Thread Platonides
Thomas Gries wrote: Am 27.01.2010 14:47, schrieb Juan Jesús Cremades Monserrat: I'm triying to create a Internal Link which result will be a search. Until now, I've written this: [[Special:Search *|* the_word_I_search]] I want that this link do not go to Special:Search else the result of the