Re: [Mediawiki-l] different views for different users

2011-03-03 Thread Ekompute .info
Thanks for the correction, Platonides. I was trying to do the same as Graham and found that I could not log in when my cookies expired! On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi Graham, do remember to have your log-in link visible at all

Re: [Mediawiki-l] different views for different users

2011-03-02 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi Graham, do remember to have your log-in link visible at all times, otherwise you will have trouble getting in when your log-in session expires or when you clear your cookies. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: graham wrote: Hi, I'd like to set my

[Mediawiki-l] Symlinks

2011-02-24 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, referring to symlinks for multiple websites using a single set of software when we upgrade our Mediawiki software to the latest version, do we need to redo all the symlinks again or will it point to the same file and folder names, if the file and folder names remain the same? -- PM Poon

[Mediawiki-l] Interchanging namespaces

2011-02-18 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, this does sound stupid but because I am converting all my individual websites to use a single set of MediaWiki software, I wonder whether it is possible to standardize my namespaces. As it is, my chronology namespace, say, is using namespace 104 in one website and namespace 108 in another. Is

Re: [Mediawiki-l] One software for multiple websites

2011-02-14 Thread Ekompute .info
, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Brion, thanks for your reply... at least, it still puts hope of me trying to use a single set of software... still struggling, though. On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:08 AM, Brion Vibber br...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Ekompute

Re: [Mediawiki-l] One software for multiple websites

2011-02-14 Thread Ekompute .info
, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I finally manage to link to a single set of MediaWiki software! However, I got the following error: A database error has occurred Query: SELECT lc_value FROM `l10n_cache` WHERE lc_lang = 'en' AND lc_key = 'deps' LIMIT 1 Function: LCStore_DB::get Error

Re: [Mediawiki-l] One software for multiple websites

2011-01-31 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, is it true that multiple Mediawiki websites must share the same database in order to share the same software? I have been combing the internet and this seems to be the case. On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, seems like there are some difficulties

Re: [Mediawiki-l] One software for multiple websites

2011-01-31 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi Brion, thanks for your reply... at least, it still puts hope of me trying to use a single set of software... still struggling, though. On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:08 AM, Brion Vibber br...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

[Mediawiki-l] Dablink

2011-01-27 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I just upgraded to Mediawiki 1.16.1 but I found that the dablink is not working. It is not italicized, nor is it indented. What could be the possible reason? It happens to both my Mediawiki 1.16.0 and Mediawiki 1.16.1 installations, but not my 1.14.0. -- PM Poon

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Dablink

2011-01-27 Thread Ekompute .info
20px 20px;''{{{1}}}''/div Still, when the template is used by another template, e.g. otheruses, the dablink format doesn't seem to take effect. I wonder why. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Benjamin Lees emufarm...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Ekompute .info ekomp

Re: [Mediawiki-l] One software for multiple websites

2011-01-23 Thread Ekompute .info
before pointing to the commonmediawiki folder. Did I set the $IP correctly? On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Daniel for your prompt reply. Actually I had tried that method before but I guess I didn't quite understand it. I was thinking

Re: [Mediawiki-l] One software for multiple websites

2011-01-23 Thread Ekompute .info
platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi, I still cannot understand the procedure given in http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_family However, the LocalSettings comments at the top says: # If you customize your file layout, set $IP to the directory that contains # the other

Re: [Mediawiki-l] One software for multiple websites

2011-01-23 Thread Ekompute .info
to www.example.net? Would it be the corresponding LocalSettings.php? On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi Platonides, thank you for your response. I put all my mediawiki files into one folder called commonmediawiki. I create separate folders

[Mediawiki-l] One software for multiple websites

2011-01-21 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I removed the LocalSettings.php to another folder so that eventually, all my websites can share one common Mediawiki software, rather than repeating it for each website. I put the Mediawiki software in folder Commonsoftware. How do I change the $IP in LocalSettings so that it points to the

[Mediawiki-l] If logged in

2011-01-10 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I am trying to hide my p-cactions menu bar at http://health.jbdirectory.com I used ?php if ($this-loggedin) { ? and ?php } to hide the relevant codes such that only those who log in can access the bar. However, when I do that, the bar disappears for good, even though I am logged in. In other

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Codes for references /

2010-12-30 Thread Ekompute .info
Thank you very much, Platonides... On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 2:45 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi, instead of keying in references / all the time, how can I find the actual codes for it so that I can put it in the associated skin.php? Edit Cite_body.php

[Mediawiki-l] Codes for references /

2010-12-29 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, instead of keying in references / all the time, how can I find the actual codes for it so that I can put it in the associated skin.php? -- PM Poon ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Mediawiki-l] FW: texvc

2010-12-29 Thread Ekompute .info
Do you have $wgAllowSlowParserFunctions = true; in your LocalSettings.php? Anyway, just a thought. May or may not work. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:56 AM, Sandy Ryan sr...@seewolf.com wrote: Help please.. Thank you, Sandy Ryan From: Sandy Ryan [mailto:sr...@seewolf.com] Sent:

[Mediawiki-l] Cleaning up HTML source files

2010-12-14 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi,* *I received *39 warnings, and 0 errors *at http://johor-bahru-insurance.com when I checked by webpage, using HTLM

[Mediawiki-l] Size of edit box

2010-12-09 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I know that the size of the edit box can be set under Preference but I would like to set the default at full width. Which file should I access? -- PM Poon ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Size of edit box

2010-12-09 Thread Ekompute .info
Sorry for the trouble caused. When I set $wgDefaultUserOptions['editwidth'] = 1 ; instead of 0 in LocalSettings.php, I managed to get it working with the Cavendish layout. On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I know that the size of the edit box can

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Fratman_enhanced layout

2010-12-09 Thread Ekompute .info
download already contains cavendish.css inside the Cavendish folder. Seems like you are the only one who can solve this problem. What do you think is the problem? On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Platonides, which file should I put $wgUseSiteCss? I put

[Mediawiki-l] Fratman_enhanced layout

2010-11-28 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I downloaded the fratman_enhanced layout and wanted to do some slight modification. When I created fratman_enhanced.css, it doesn't seem to have any effect on the layout. What could be the problem? The website is at http://huasun.info -- PM Poon

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Fratman_enhanced layout

2010-11-28 Thread Ekompute .info
when I created [[Mediawiki:Nuskin.css]]. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi, I downloaded the fratman_enhanced layout and wanted to do some slight modification. When I created fratman_enhanced.css, it doesn't seem to have any

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Fratman_enhanced layout

2010-11-28 Thread Ekompute .info
29, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi Platonides, thank you for your response. Yes, I created it as [[MediaWiki:fratman_enhanced.css]], just like [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]. Do I need to write $wgUseSiteCss = true; in LocalSettings.php? I wrote

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Uploading video files

2010-06-01 Thread Ekompute .info
though. It's used on wikipedia, so stable enough. Cheers, Laurent On 6/1/10, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have never uploaded any video files because it is rather big, compared to video files. Now that I am into unlimited hosting, I just wanted to test this feature out. I

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Uploading video files

2010-06-01 Thread Ekompute .info
enough. Cheers, Laurent On 6/1/10, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have never uploaded any video files because it is rather big, compared to video files. Now that I am into unlimited hosting, I just wanted to test this feature out. I tried to upload a .mpg video file

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Uploading video files

2010-06-01 Thread Ekompute .info
formats. On 1 June 2010 08:32, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dave, thanks for your response. Problem is the video files are copyrighted and I am just archiving it for my own usage. PM Poon On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Dave butlerdi butle...@gmail.com wrote

[Mediawiki-l] Uploading video files

2010-05-31 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I have never uploaded any video files because it is rather big, compared to video files. Now that I am into unlimited hosting, I just wanted to test this feature out. I tried to upload a .mpg video file that is about 2.65MB in size. The uploading was a breeze but how do I display the video? Do

[Mediawiki-l] #expr problem

2010-04-18 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I am wondering why the expression #expr is not functioning at my website at Teknologi-maklumat http://teknologi-maklumat.jbdirectory.com. I did install the Parserfunction extension and also set slow parser to true. -- PM Poon ___ MediaWiki-l

Re: [Mediawiki-l] rel=nofollow

2010-03-29 Thread Ekompute .info
Thank you very much, Andrew. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Andrew reachouttothetr...@hotmail.comwrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi, I was wondering why [http://www.cyberbookdepot.com/ Free eBook Directory] translates into: a href=http://www.free-link-exchange.co.uk; class=external text

[Mediawiki-l] rel=nofollow

2010-03-28 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I was wondering why [http://www.cyberbookdepot.com/ Free eBook Directory] translates into: a href=http://www.free-link-exchange.co.uk; class=external text title=http://www.free-link-exchange.co.uk; rel=nofollowFree Link Exchange/a How do I change it to rel=follow for all my external links?

[Mediawiki-l] Expression error: Unrecognised word 'error'

2010-03-06 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, what could be the cause of Expression error: Unrecognised word 'error' for the template, cite news and cite journal? It cannot even recognize the single word, Suicide. PM Poon ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[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] Anonymous editing to user talk page

2010-01-24 Thread Ekompute .info
: mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ekompute .info Sent: 24 January 2010 01:11 To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Anonymous editing to user talk page Thanks Platonides for your reply. I

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Anonymous editing to user talk page

2010-01-23 Thread Ekompute .info
, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi, presently I have disabled account creation because I do not forsee anyone will contribute. However, I would like to allow anonymous comments forwarded to my user page which is at Perbincangan Pengguna:Admin

[Mediawiki-l] Anonymous editing to user talk page

2010-01-22 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, presently I have disabled account creation because I do not forsee anyone will contribute. However, I would like to allow anonymous comments forwarded to my user page which is at Perbincangan Pengguna:Admin (bahagian baru), meaning User Talk:Admin (new section). How do I do it? -- PM Poon *

[Mediawiki-l] Error messages

2009-12-29 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I am using shared hosting with GoDaddy. Lately, I am having error messages as follows: [Tue Dec 22 18:42:17 2009] [error] [client 64.202.167.172] FastCGI: incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server /var/chroot/home/content/l/i/h/lihat88/html-x-httpd-php5 [Tue Dec 22 18:44:47 2009]

[Mediawiki-l] Multiple wikis with GoDaddy's sharedhosting

2009-12-05 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I have been scouting the internet for how to have a common set of Mediawiki files (in one common folder) for all my wikis. Because of the way GoDaddy creates the IP address for each wiki, I believe I have to have the specific LocalSettings.php file inside each individual subfolder (unlike

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Multiple wikis with GoDaddy's sharedhosting

2009-12-05 Thread Ekompute .info
, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have been scouting the internet for how to have a common set of Mediawiki files (in one common folder) for all my wikis. Because of the way GoDaddy creates the IP address for each wiki, I believe I have to have the specific LocalSettings.php file

[Mediawiki-l] Retrieved from message

2009-11-12 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I wonder why one of my website suddenly shows the following on the article page when I put in a thumbnail. The message is: Retrieved from [whatever the image page is]. Also, the image page shows: * File * File history * File links * Metadata at the top of the image page. Did I accidentally

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Left-hand panel or right-hand panel?

2009-08-30 Thread Ekompute .info
. Anyway, here is one article that may be of interest: http://www.netprofitstoday.com/blog/website-design-should-navigation-be-on-the-right-or-left-side/ PM Poon On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: I understand that panels on the right

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki using excessive CPU on shared server

2009-08-24 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi Francesco Petracca, you are indeed lucky to have Lunarpages as your webhost. They didn't kick you out like what Maiahost did to me when they claimed that I exceeded their 1.5% CPU usage limit for my Maiahost Multiple Plan. I was in the midst of writing an article when my website was suddenly

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki using excessive CPU on shared server

2009-08-24 Thread Ekompute .info
, most webhosts do not provide any technical support, always telling the same old story... this is third-party software and we don't provide any technical support. PM Poon On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Francesco Petracca, you are indeed lucky

Re: [Mediawiki-l] How do you remove edit buttons from the toolbar?

2009-08-16 Thread Ekompute .info
17, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Michael Daly michael.d...@kayakwiki.orgwrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Alternatively, how about having a second copy of SkinTemplate.php in the relevant skin folder and then redirecting the reference to point to the correct SkinTemplate? I don't know what code changes

Re: [Mediawiki-l] How do you remove edit buttons from the toolbar?

2009-08-16 Thread Ekompute .info
, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Michael Daly michael.d...@kayakwiki.orgwrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi Mike, I amended the following parts: if( $this-iscontent ) { $subjpage = $this-mTitle-getSubjectPage(); $talkpage = $this-mTitle-getTalkPage(); [...] 'useful_links', $this-mTitle

Re: [Mediawiki-l] How do you remove edit buttons from the toolbar?

2009-08-15 Thread Ekompute .info
I think you can go directly to SkinTemplate.php in the include folder to delete it but then again, I understand that one should not meddle with any files in the include folder. PM Poon On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:14 AM, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: MK == Matthias Korn mat...@rockinchina.com

Re: [Mediawiki-l] What is the ideal width for a Mediawiki skin?

2009-08-14 Thread Ekompute .info
background. I guess people with limited sight or those with red green (colour) deficiency might have problems seeing those items at all. Best wishes Katharina Ekompute .info schrieb am 13.08.2009 20:47: Hi Mike, my website is http://dummipedia.org I am referring to the topmost row

Re: [Mediawiki-l] What is the ideal width for a Mediawiki skin?

2009-08-13 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi Mike, my website is http://dummipedia.org I am referring to the topmost row. Regards, PM Poon On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Michael Daly michael.d...@kayakwiki.orgwrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Would centering a 1024px banner do? I was thinking of a banner with two parts so

[Mediawiki-l] CSS help for new skin

2009-08-03 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I just shifted my left panel to the right and am facing a problem with the floating footer. It floats immediately after what is now the right panel. I tried to create a block for the text area and the panel so that it works as one monolithic piece such that whatever is the height of either,

[Mediawiki-l] Can maintenance/update.php be run on shared hosting?

2009-07-28 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I have asked this question before and the answer seems like I can't. The alternative provided then was to reinstall Mediawiki. I tried doing that on GoDaddy but apparently, I faced the time-out. Is there any other method? Actually, it runs find on 1.14.0 but I thought I might as well upgrade

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Can maintenance/update.php be run on shared hosting?

2009-07-28 Thread Ekompute .info
...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Ekompute .info Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Juli 2009 19:43 An: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Betreff: [Mediawiki-l] Can maintenance/update.php be run on shared hosting? Hi, I have asked this question

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Can maintenance/update.php be run on shared hosting?

2009-07-28 Thread Ekompute .info
user and password) 6.Go into a shell (e.g. SSH or PHPShell(see Google)) 7.Run php wiki dir/maintenance/update.php MfG Jan -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Ekompute .info Gesendet

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki installation at Godaddy

2009-07-27 Thread Ekompute .info
. You might have seen this message talking about problem while loading the Zend extensions... I think you should contact their support team if shared hosting, or review your php configuration (try without Zend for instance). Regards Jules 2009/7/27 Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com Hi, I am

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki installation at Godaddy

2009-07-27 Thread Ekompute .info
for instance). Regards Jules 2009/7/27 Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com Hi, I am having a problem installing Mediawiki 1.15.1 at GoDaddy. It says: The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request

[Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki installation at Godaddy

2009-07-26 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I am having a problem installing Mediawiki 1.15.1 at GoDaddy. It says: The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, supp...@supportwebsite.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki Customized Skin: Firefox vs IE incompatibility

2009-07-21 Thread Ekompute .info
with it for Firfefox and IE6.0. Anyone has any idea as to the mystery? See Dummipedia.com http://dummipedia.com/I_Am_America_%28And_So_Can_You%21%29. PM Poon On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jean, thanks for your reply. You are right. I am thinking of the logo and the 4

Re: [Mediawiki-l] v. 1.15.1 : blank page after file upload

2009-07-15 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi Rob, I had a similar problem when I tried to upgrade from 1.10 to 1.14. Finally, I found out that my problem was because I forgot to fill in the table prefix during installation. I didn't realized the problem because of the many wikis that I subsequently created, I don't use table prefixes

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Login page not showing

2009-07-14 Thread Ekompute .info
Wow, Jean-Marc, it works like magic! I really owe you one. If I ever make a success out of any of my website, I will contact you again. PM Poon On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Jean-Marc van Leerdam j.m.van.leer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi PM Poon, 2009/7/13 Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Errors

2009-07-13 Thread Ekompute .info
Oh dear... guess you need to restore a copy of your database backup. The webhost is not responsible, so there is practically nothing much you can say to them. If you don't have a copy, check with them as fast as possible as they may have a temporary backup which is replaced daily. If you wait too

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Errors

2009-07-13 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi Henny Savenije, I think the practice differs from webhost to webhost. I was once asked to pay US$28.75 to restore a backup (without guarantee) by my previous webhost, Siteground. Apparently, they kept 2 daily backups at any one time. The two backups turned out to be corrupted and yet, they said

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Login page not showing

2009-07-13 Thread Ekompute .info
, Jean-Marc van Leerdam j.m.van.leer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi PM Poon, 2009/7/12 Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com: Hi Jean-Marc, thank you once again for your response and for taking the trouble to help me out. I have checked my main.css but could not find the problem that you mentioned. I have

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Login page not showing

2009-07-12 Thread Ekompute .info
whether the pages are empty. PM Poon On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Jean-Marc van Leerdam j.m.van.leer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, PM Poon, 2009/7/10 Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com: Thank you Jim, for taking the trouble to show me the relevant page. Even my Firefox has problems

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Login page not showing

2009-07-12 Thread Ekompute .info
if you can help me pinpoint the problem. PM Poon On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Jean-Marc van Leerdam j.m.van.leer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, 2009/7/12 Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com: Hi Jean-Marc, thank you for your response. I did follow your advice and managed to learn a thing or two

[Mediawiki-l] Dependence on meta.mediawiki.org

2009-07-11 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, although it does not happen too often, it seems like at the moment, access to my website is slowed down considerably because of meta.mediawiki.org. Is there a workaround where I don't have to access meta.mediawiki.org. I think it was trying to access bullet.gif and stuff like that? PM

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Dependence on meta.mediawiki.org

2009-07-11 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I didn't access meta.wikimedia.org but the status bar shows it was trying to get data from there. I wonder why and it hangs for a quite a while before it fully download. PM Poon On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 6:08 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi, although

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Login page not showing

2009-07-10 Thread Ekompute .info
; charset=ISO-8859-1 Ekompute .info wrote: Hi Giuseppe, thanks for your response. It seems that I can't even resize my window in IE, although I could it in Firefox. Changing the text size via the browser doesn't help either. PM Poon It doesn't validate http

[Mediawiki-l] Slow connection

2009-07-09 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I did a new skin and I found out that IE displays the default setting before displaying the layout based on the IEFixes for the skin. This is logical but it makes the display rather awkward for a brief moment. Is it possible to have a conditional statement such that the corresponding default

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Random button not random

2009-07-09 Thread Ekompute .info
)'; . How do I modify the above command to do that? PM Poon On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Platonides, I have tried the method at JBDirectory.comhttp://jbdirectory.combut apparently, it is still not random. I wonder what could have happened. I click

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Random button not random

2009-07-09 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi Platonides, thank you very much for your clear explanation. PM Poon On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Platonides platoni...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi Platonides, thank you for your reply. I have done it and it works for Dummipedia.org but not for JBDirectory.com. I wonder

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Login page not showing

2009-07-08 Thread Ekompute .info
Jul 2009 07:22:24 +0800 From: Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Login page not showing Hi, I created a new skin in MediaWiki 1.14. It works fine with Firefox but the log-in page is not showing in IE 6.0. I wonder why. Please see page at JBDirectory.com http

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Breaking lines in an array

2009-07-06 Thread Ekompute .info
or as suggested, you can replace spaces with nbsp; in that page (or any other html/css trick that puts everything on a single line) Ekompute .info wrote : Hi, I wanted to break the footer so that the copyright message is in its own line rather than flowing over 2 lines. I did the following

[Mediawiki-l] Logo repeating itself

2009-07-05 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I wonder my logo is repeating itself to fill up the space allocated to it at Webmasterteachyourself.com http://webmasterteachyourself.com. When I write no-repeat as in: #p-logobar .pBody { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; padding: 0 0 0 0; margin: 0 0 0 0;

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Logo repeating itself

2009-07-05 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, sorry to trouble everyone. I finally found the answer at Wikispecieshttp://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Logo_Concepts . Sorry for the trouble caused. PM Poon On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I wonder my logo is repeating itself to fill

[Mediawiki-l] Breaking lines in an array

2009-07-05 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I wanted to break the footer so that the copyright message is in its own line rather than flowing over 2 lines. I did the following but it didn't work: $footerlinks = array( 'lastmod', 'viewcount', 'numberofwatchingusers', 'credits', 'privacy', 'disclaimer', 'about',

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Upgrading Mediawiki from version 1.5.6 to 1.15.0

2009-07-02 Thread Ekompute .info
Wow, that's really one great leap forward. The database structure has changed, I think in 1.14. Hope this page helps: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading PM Poon On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Francois Piette francois.pie...@overbyte.be wrote: Hello, I'm running MediaWiki

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Random button not random

2009-06-28 Thread Ekompute .info
there. If you have installed Apache, PHP and MySQL on your computer, you'd be best off using the MySQL administrator program. 2009/6/28 Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com Hi Platonides, thank you for your response. I am a real monkey. I will find out how to execute that query through Google

[Mediawiki-l] Math function

2009-06-27 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I get this error message when I used the math function: *Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): PR(E). According to my webhost, OCaml has been installed and I have added the following to LocalSettings.php: $wgUseTeX = true; $wgUploadPath =

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Math function

2009-06-27 Thread Ekompute .info
Poon On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Alex mrzmanw...@gmail.com wrote: Ekompute .info wrote: Hi, I get this error message when I used the math function: *Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): PR(E). According to my webhost, OCaml has been

[Mediawiki-l] Random button not random

2009-06-27 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, it seems like my random button is not working very well. It keeps on repeating certain pages instead of moving on. How can I can better randomness? PM Poon ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki Customized Skin: Firefox vs IE incompatibility

2009-06-14 Thread Ekompute .info
. As it is, it is hard enough to get traffic even without all the restrictions. PM Poon On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Jean-Marc van Leerdam j.m.van.leer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, 2009/6/12 Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com: The new skin is now adopted at Webmasterteachyourself.comhttp

Re: [Mediawiki-l] breaking sidebar dummipedia

2009-06-13 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi D.D. Sumurai8, I am having tremendous problems with browsers. Seems like my websites only looks good in Firefox. PM Poon On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Sumurai8 (DD) sumur...@gmail.com wrote: A, you are really one very lucky and fortunate guy. I left my website open for

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Looking for help with Extension GoogleSiteSearch on v1.14

2009-06-13 Thread Ekompute .info
. Jake Ford Cell: 615.418.3858 Office: 931.648.8414 Strobe Tech, LLC PO Box 31594 1812-B Alpine Drive Clarksville, TN 37040 www.strobetech.com www.Kiva.org - Loans That Change Lives -Original Message- From: Ekompute .info [mailto:ekomp...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Looking for help with Extension GoogleSiteSearch on v1.14

2009-06-13 Thread Ekompute .info
-Original Message- From: Ekompute .info [mailto:ekomp...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:20 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Looking for help with Extension GoogleSiteSearch on v1.14 Hi Jake, I wonder why

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Looking for help with Extension GoogleSiteSearch on v1.14

2009-06-13 Thread Ekompute .info
subtly put. PM Poon On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: I misread it as No me vulvas, LOL. Anyway, I did translate it and it reads Hello! I am sending this mail again, please, I'm expecting an important mail! By the way, what are you driving at? PM

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki Customized Skin: Firefox vs IE incompatibility

2009-06-12 Thread Ekompute .info
. The skin looks good to me in Firefox 1024 x 768 but sure looks ugly... very very ugly with 800 x 600. Any workaround for that? (P/S: Jean-Marc, can I have a look at your website?) PM Poon On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jean-Marc, thank you

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Restricintg registration for users

2009-06-12 Thread Ekompute .info
A, you are really one very lucky and fortunate guy. I left my website open for registration at Dummipedia.orghttp://dummipedia.org/Free_Simplified_Online_Encyclopediafor almost 2 years and hardly anyone does. PM Poon On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Waleed Pervaiz wperv...@hotmail.comwrote:

[Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki Customized Skin: Firefox vs IE incompatibility

2009-06-10 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, I am trying to design a new skin and although it looks good on Firefox, it looks broken in IE. I am no programmer and to be able to design a new skin that works in Firefox is admittedly an achievement by my own lousy standards. Instead taking care of IE fixes with its many many versions and

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Mediawiki Customized Skin: Firefox vs IE incompatibility

2009-06-10 Thread Ekompute .info
details within the next two or three days so that I can get it displayed. Then, I will contact you for further assistance. Regards and thank you for your helpfulness. PM Poon On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Jean-Marc van Leerdamj.m.van.leer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, 2009/6/10 Ekompute .info ekomp

Re: [Mediawiki-l] userpermissions

2009-06-07 Thread Ekompute .info
You want something like WordPress where you need moderation, rite? I am wondering whether I could import some WordPress features over, eg. the comments section below each article. Anyone has an answer? PM Poon On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Andreas Meyeranme...@anup.de wrote: Hello! When a

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Editing categories alone (like section)

2009-06-06 Thread Ekompute .info
It's going to be a headache when there are too many variables to take care of. For the skins that don't work, I suggest you simply disable them since their formats are so different. After all, you don't have to provide them simply because they exist. PM Poon On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Haim

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Enabling the Common.js feature

2009-05-23 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, do pages need to be enabled? I think the question of enabling does not arise. PM Poon On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Greg Webb gr...@zip.com.au wrote: 23/05/2009 21:06:58 Hi: That's good to know. Do many MW admin/sysops allow the use of Common.js through the settings switch

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Looking for help with Extension GoogleSiteSearch on v1.14

2009-05-13 Thread Ekompute .info
I want. Jake Ford Cell: 615.418.3858 Office: 931.648.8414 Strobe Tech, LLC PO Box 31594 1812-B Alpine Drive Clarksville, TN 37040 www.strobetech.com www.Kiva.org - Loans That Change Lives -Original Message- From: Ekompute .info [mailto:ekomp...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 12

Re: [Mediawiki-l] On hands help with backup, new installation, and restore

2009-05-13 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi Steve, just a couple of weeks ago, I was still having a tremendous phobia to upgrade my wiki from Version 1.10 to 1.14. Couldn't work all the time but fortunately, I was trying it on my new webhost and therefore my original website was unharmed. Took a dressing-down from Michael Daly to get me

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Looking for help with Extension GoogleSiteSearch on v1.14

2009-05-13 Thread Ekompute .info
Adsense account is currently on hold because the PIN number that they sent me did not reach me and I am awaiting a replacement. PM Poon On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jake, I will try to write the whole procedure down in my website so that all can

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Looking for help with Extension GoogleSiteSearch on v1.14

2009-05-13 Thread Ekompute .info
: 931.648.8414 Strobe Tech, LLC PO Box 31594 1812-B Alpine Drive Clarksville, TN 37040 www.strobetech.com www.Kiva.org - Loans That Change Lives -Original Message- From: Ekompute .info [mailto:ekomp...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:25 PM To: MediaWiki announcements

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Looking for help with Extension GoogleSiteSearch on v1.14

2009-05-12 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi Jake, are you referring to Google Search like I have it in Dummipedia.orghttp://dummipedia.org/Free_Simplified_Online_Encyclopedia? Yes, I am using Mediawiki v1.14. Tell me exactly what you need and I will send you the files. As you know, there are 2 files, ie. Google-coop.php and

[Mediawiki-l] Random articles within a particular category

2009-05-11 Thread Ekompute .info
Hi, is it possible to generate random articles within a particular category? PM Poon ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Re: [Mediawiki-l] [SPAM] Re: Importing MySQL tables

2009-05-08 Thread Ekompute .info
for my shared hosting and I have reached my 5 domain name limit. I am running a private Mediawiki on my own computer for years and seems like it has less problems. PM Poon On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Julien Pedrono jul...@pedrono.fr wrote: 2009/5/8 Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com Hi

Re: [Mediawiki-l] [SPAM] Re: Importing MySQL tables

2009-05-06 Thread Ekompute .info
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Julien Pedrono jul...@pedrono.fr wrote: Hi, 2009/5/5 Ekompute .info ekomp...@gmail.com Hi, I backed up the table using phpMyAdmin. So you had some .sql files as a result... I had such a problem a few months ago: - my server crashed - I managed to access

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