2009/5/17 Markus Krötzsch <mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org>: > On Samstag, 9. Mai 2009, Dan Bolser wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm using the "intro=" and "outro=" query parameters to provide the >> table header and footer to get tabular output with the >> "format=template" in an ask query: >> >> http://smw.referata.com/wiki/Talk:Use_the_ask_template_format_to_create_tab >>ular_output >> >> >> This is working great with a couple of caveats: >> >> 1) the "... further result" link appears at the top of the table for >> some reason. I'd expect it to appear after the end of the table... how >> is this text interacting with the various "format=" settings? > > The link is put to the top by MediaWiki since it does not understand how to > otherwise treat this text within a table context. The best workaround might be > to have "searchlabel=" (empty) as a parameter to completely hide this part. > You can give the quer another time with the same parameters but "limit=-1" to > get a "further results" label anywhere you want ("-1" skips any checks so that > the link is displayed even for 0 results, saving resources, but it might be > good to change text to "show all results" or something similar). You can also > include this additional query into the "outro=" part to make sure it is only > displayed if there are any results at all. > >> >> 2) the "... further results" link takes you to a "Special:Ask" page >> that ignores the ""intro=" and "outro=" query parameters (leading to a >> very messy result). Is it possible to get Special:Ask to respect these >> and other settings? > > This would require some extension of the SMW code. It is not possible in the > current SMW-version. Using the above method for creating the "further results" > link, a possible workaround would be to use another format in this "limit=-1" > query. Then it would at least be usable. > >> >> With regard to 2, there appears to be at least one related bug for >> "Special:Ask". Click on "... further results" for any >> "format=template" query -> Click on "[Edit query]" -> Click "Find >> results" -> You see the error "Provide a value for the parameter >> "template" for this query format to work.", i.e. the template >> parameter is lost when you click edit query, and has to be manually >> added (along with intro and outro if necessary). > > Interesting. This might indeed be the case. > > In general, it would be very helpful if you could file your bug reports and > feature requests at MediaZilla, since we may otherwise forget about them ...
hehe - sorry about that ... sometimes even I forget about them too! Did you log this one already, or would you like me to go do that? actually I found that even if you do pass a template you get the same error. Thanks for the reply, Dan. > Thanks, > > Markus > >> >> >> Cheers, >> Dan. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>--- The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your >> production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to >> Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK >> i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image >> processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com >> _______________________________________________ >> Semediawiki-devel mailing list >> Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > > > -- > Markus Krötzsch > Semantic MediaWiki http://semantic-mediawiki.org > http://korrekt.org mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
