DanTMan is correct. We run one code base (except in temporary circumstances where a wiki is in transition to Wikia) and so any changes usually effect everyone. There is one GlobalSettings.php file ... but a different LocalSettings.php file for every wiki. Because managing so many LocalSettings.php files became, well, unmanageable, we put all of them in the database and have a tool that the comm team uses to modify the settings on a per-wiki basis.
In this case, if the $wg var were usually in the LocalSettings file, we could just set this for the wikis that requested it. Since the $wg var lives in the code, changing it will change it for everyone (that is, unless someone in Poland decides to recode the extension). Thanks, John Q. DanTMan wrote: > FALSE!!! Clarification, two reasons. > > Firstly, extensions are not individual. Every wiki references a > GlobalSettings.php with most of the settings all inside of that settings > file. The php files for the extensions are in a shared location. So > updating one wiki's extensions means updating it on every wiki. > > Secondly, just because there are multiple subdomains does not mean that > they have separate files. In fact, I've actually did some > experimentation. I had a single MediaWiki installation running multiple > MediaWiki sites all based on domain testing. All you really do is check > the incoming domain, and that determines how the settings are setup. > Just doing that can make even 100 different wiki run off the exact same > installation just simply by a switch which sets the $wgDBname for each > one to a different database. > > ~Daniel Friesen(Dantman) of: > -The Gaiapedia (http://gaia.wikia.com) > -Wikia ACG on Wikia.com (http://wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_ACG) > -and Wiki-Tools.com (http://wiki-tools.com) > > Krzysztof Krzyz.aniak wrote: > >> Not quite true :-) But I'll handle it anyway. >> >> TwoTailedFox wrote: >> >> >>> I don't see a reason why it wouldn't, each Wikia is run on a >>> subdomain, which means each has it's own MediaWiki extensions, and >>> seperate PHP files. >>> >>> On 11/2/07, Scott Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Great! Can this be done on a wiki by wiki basis? >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/1/07, TwoTailedFox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> You will find the $wgMaxUploadFiles variable is actually in the >>>>> SpecialMultipleUpload.php file itself - The Variable is not coded in >>>>> either MediaWiki or LocalSettings.php. >>>>> >>>>> On 11/1/07, Angela < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 11/2/07, Scott Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is there a way to increase the maximum number of fields in >>>>>>> Special:MultipleUpload ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> According to >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultiUpload>, >>>> >>>> >>>>>> changing $wgMaxUploadFiles should do it, but I don't see this in the >>>>>> page staff use to change such settings. >>>>>> >>>>>> Emil - do you know where it is? >>>>>> >>>>>> Angela >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikia-l mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> "I had a handle on life, but then it broke" >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikia-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikia-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
