Posts Tagged ‘MediaWiki’
Open Source Extension for Microsoft Word Supports MediaWiki
This project demonstrates the open, extensible and interoperable nature of the Microsoft Office suite suite the underlying Windows operating system, and further demonstrates the increasing connection between open source development and the Microsoft platform.
The more into open source the Microsoft communities get, the better.
Tag Extensions in MediaWiki
How to Create Sysops in MediaWiki 1.15.1 with the Extension for LDAP Authentication 1.2a
1) Log in to the database
2) Run the following statement:
INSERT INTO user_groups (ug_user, ug_group) VALUES (<User ID>, 'sysop')
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Database_layout
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_groups_table
http://fernandoribeiro.eti.br/2009/11/27/mediawiki-extension-for-ldap-authentication/
You can also link to groups in the directory, as explained here.
MediaWiki Extensions for Video
- OFlash (stable) – uses JW Player
- MediawikiPlayer (beta) – also uses JW Player
- EmbeddedVideo (beta) – the security warning is enough to keep me out
Bug in Apache HTTP Server 2.2 on Windows
It causes the (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters error when using MediaWiki’s short URLs.
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41441 (vote for it!)
How to Change the Logo in MediaWiki 1.15.1
You may want to either clone an existing skin or create a new one, just so not to lose your logo upon upgrades.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgDefaultSkin
MediaWiki Extension for LDAP Authentication
For Active Directory, you might want to add this to <Install Dir>/LocalSettings.php:
require_once "extensions/LdapAuthentication.php"; $wgAuth = new LdapAuthenticationPlugin(); $wgLDAPDomainNames = array( "fernandoribeiro.eti.br" ); $wgLDAPEncryptionType = array( "fernandoribeiro.eti.br" => "clear" ); $wgLDAPSearchStrings = array( "fernandoribeiro.eti.br" => "USER-NAME@fernandoribeiro.eti.br" ); $wgLDAPServerNames = array( "fernandoribeiro.eti.br" => "ds.fernandoribeiro.eti.br" );
How to Redirect to the MediaWiki Main Page in Apache HTTP Server 2.2
<?php
$host = $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"];
header("Location: http://$host/wiki");
?>