Navigation menu just like the one in Mediawiki
How can I get the same menu that is being used in MediaWiki itself (the one on the left). Is there any extension that I can download to be installed into my own MediaWiki? ...
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how to add images in semantic media wiki
HI, How to add images in semantic media wiki I need some images to display on my main page in (semantic media wiki) ...
MediaWiki Template Parsing with HTML Tags
Hi all, How do I parse wiki markup within tags? For example, I'm creating a template to insert an iframe into my personal wiki page: Template:iframelink contains: <html> <iframe src="http://www.{{{1}}}.com"></iframe> </html> However, I can't pass anything to {{{1}}} because it's within the <html> tags. What work-arounds ...
Mediawiki create fixed categories and subcategories and pages by admin
Hi, Is it possible in media wiki to before hand create fixed number of pages under categories and subcategories, so that users can come and just enter data for those pages. No user is allowed to create pages, categories and subcategories. Also do we have custom templates for mediawiki which we can just install and get going. Thanks ...
MediaWiki renderer in Java/Javascript supporting mathematical symbols and formulas.
I need a renderer/parser in Javascript or Java for MediaWiki syntax which supports mathematical symbols and formulas. ...
Resizing SVG image in MediaWiki
We display SVG images in MediaWiki using a template with this code: {{#tag:svgfile||src={{{1}}}|height={{{height|300px}}}|width={{{width|600px}}}}} where {{{1}}} is the uploaded file. Now we want to be able to rescale the image, just like we do with JPGs, etc, using: [[Image:<file name>.JPG|200px]] Does anyone know how to do that?...
MediaWiki tag extensions: updating table of contents (TOC).
Writing a tag extension. Suppose I want tag <foo> to add its character contents as another entry in the page's table of contents. Surrounding the content with == (for instance) doesn't work. It creates an <h2> and 'edit' hyperlink but no TOC update (I've made sure to test with more than four <foo>s since anything less won't render a TOC,...
MediaWiki Template for external URL
I've created a few templates on our WIKI and I have a basic understanding of how they work. I have one template I'm working on right now that refuses to behave, at least not the way I expect it to. The purpose of the template is to format a external link in a consistent way. The name of the template is "NSURL" Here is the template ma...
Why do I keep getting this "help" error code from Wikipedia API?
Hi, I'm trying to get a random page from Wikipedia, using WikiMedia's documented Random method. Safari has no problem getting the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=random&rnlimit=1&rnnamespace=0&format=json But when I do, using Ruby HTTP/Net, I keep getting this exact error page: http://en.wikip...
How many xml http requests is too much for a pc to handle?
I'm running mediawiki on an apache on a regular pc running vista (don't know the specific specs, but a regular pc, one year old, nothing special). Edit: I'm guessing something like duo core 2 2 giga hertz processor, broadband connection (500 kb/s at least) and most of the time the requests will be sent through LAN (but sometimes through...
Display "Real Name" in Mediawiki instead of user name
In MediaWiki, I want to change the user names in the history and recent changes to the "real name" as entered in the user's preferences. For example, in the recent changes I see this: (diff) (hist) . . Somepage; 11:03 . . (+285) . . Coolguy123 (Talk | contribs | block) But I want to see this: (diff) (hist) . . Somepage; 11:03 . . (...
Why am I getting null value when trying to use the mediawiki api from a chrome extension js script?
I have a javascript script in a chrome extension i'm building. It is content script. The script is using mediawiki api: function wikifind(str) { var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); url = "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=xml&titles="+str; req.open("GET", url, true); req.send; } I have two ...