askPascal

Change List when askPascal was on MediaWiki

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Moved to Confluence and now Obsidian

Did not try to track changes to go to Obsidian

Contents

  • [1 To Do]
  • [2 May 10 Update]
  • [3 May 08 Update]
  • [4 Web Page Counter]
  • [5 Added eBooks Management]
  • [6 Added email via smtp]
  • [7 Added Boilerplate extension & management]
  • [8 Google Analytics]
  • [9 Disable PhpAdmin access from outside]
  • [10 Added Extensions]
  • [11 Imported Help Pages from MediaWiki]
  • [12 System Pages: About, Privacy, Disclaimer]
  • [13 Footer]
  • [14 Logo]
  • [15 Skins MonoBook.php]
    • [15.1 AdSense Code]
    • [15.2 Edit Protections]
  • [16 LocalSettings.php Configurations]

To Do

  • Need to complete [Green Pepper Sauce]
  • Need to complete [Morels Sauce]

May 10 Update

  • Remove referral section in left pane, inside MonoBook.php
    <h5>Referrals</h5>
     <div class = "pBody">
	<script type="text/javascript">
            <!--
	     google_ad_client = "pub-XXXXXXX";
	     google_ad_output = "textlink";
	     google_ad_format = "ref_text";
	     google_cpa_choice = "CAEaCO2CMYkg3UJjMABQBVBHUDQ";
	     //-->
	  </script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>
      </div>
  • Changed minimum words required in biography from 50 to 0 in SpecialConfirmAccount.php
$wgAccountRequestMinWords = 0;
  • Adding user account creation queue confirmation extension Extension
  • Re-enable account creation by anonymous users, in LocalSettings.php, disable:
 # $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;

May 08 Update

  • Correct problem in eBook extension which inserted a blank line in all pages before the !DOCTYPE parameter…invalidating the feed. This was due to extra line feeds at the end of the extension (strange!) code.
  • Added Talk with WebMaster Google Chat link in MonoBook.php
  • Setup feeds.feedburner.com/askPascal/Recipes
  • Added NewsChannel extension:
extensions/NewsChannel/NewsChannel.php
  • Updated to Mediawiki 1.12.0

Web Page Counter

  • Done: Changed StatCounter to WebStats (StatCounter has good data but free account locks after a certain time) . Check at http://www.webstats4u.com/s?id=4262156
  • Done: Add old visitor count, using StatCounter—Pascal 20:58, 26 February 2007 (PST)
  • Done: Model it on Google Analytics
     [Google Analytics]

Added eBooks Management

  • Created [[Special
    ]
  • Created new $wgGroupPermissions['eBooks']['ebooks'] = true; permissions and group
  • Created [EBooks_Extension]
  • Restricted access to special page to people in eBooks group

Added email via smtp

  • Changes in LocalSettings.php via moof account on 1and1
  • Use reply to on askpascal

Added Boilerplate extension & management

  • —Pcrausaz 00:27, 9 December 2006 (PST)
    • Included boilerplate.php and load in LocalSettings
    • Added new page MediaWiki:Boilerplate
       for default content
  • Create [How to Create a Recipe] describing the process—SysOp 00:10, 24 December 2006 (PST)

Google Analytics

Disable PhpAdmin access from outside

  • In the basic configuration of XAMPP, PHPMyAdmin have a public access. You can close this ‘gap’ with the “config.inc.php”. Open the configuration file of PHPMyAdmin and edit the ‘auth_type’ lines:
    • Orginal Lines
      • cfg\['Servers'\]\[i][‘auth_type’] = ‘config’;
      • cfg\['Servers'\]\[i][‘user’] = ‘root’;
      • cfg\['Servers'\]\[i][‘password’] = ‘secret’;
    • Now correctly …
      • cfg\['Servers'\]\[i][‘auth_type’] = ‘http’;
      • cfg\['Servers'\]\[i][‘user’] = ‘xxx’;
      • cfg\['Servers'\]\[i][‘password’] = ;

Added Extensions

Imported Help Pages from MediaWiki

System Pages: About, Privacy, Disclaimer

  • Modified (—Pcrausaz 15:49, 2 December 2006 (PST)):
    • privacy - this is a link only. Edit MediaWiki
       for the link text and [AskPascal
      _policy] for the wiki page to which to link.
    • about - this is a link only. Edit MediaWiki
       for the link text and [AskPascal
      ] for the wiki page to which to link.
    • disclaimer - this is a link only. Edit MediaWiki
       for the link text and [AskPascal
      _disclaimer] for the wiki page to which to link.
  • Created logo and favicon logo images. Check [System
    Design] for details—Pcrausaz 14:43, 2 December 2006 (PST)
  • Modified LocalSettings.php to include pointer to logo image: $wgLogo=""
  • Modified htdocs\xampp\index.php to include "" —Pcrausaz 22:55, 4 December 2006 (PST)
  • Modified wiki/index.php to include meta icon info (see above) —Pcrausaz 22:56, 4 December 2006 (PST)
  • also add Favicon.ico in wiki directory (this one should be sufficient)

Skins MonoBook.php

AdSense Code

  • Inserted into ./skins/MonoBook.php —Pcrausaz 22:08, 30 November 2006 (PST)
  • Check [System
    AdSense] for details —Pcrausaz 22:08, 30 November 2006 (PST)
  • PC: Ad Sense Insert —Pcrausaz 22:41, 4 December 2006 (PST)

Edit Protections

  • PC: Modified to allow edit only by people logged in
  • PC: hide the section edit links for users who are not logged in? —Pcrausaz 22:41, 4 December 2006 (PST)

LocalSettings.php Configurations

  • Added Custom Logo personalization —Pcrausaz 20:52, 1 December 2006 (PST)

    • $wgLogo=”AskPascal.png ”;

  • Check how to restrict type of files to be uploaded —Pcrausaz 22:08, 30 November 2006 (PST)

    • $wgFileExtensions = array(‘gif’,‘png’,‘jpg’,‘jpeg’,‘xls’,‘doc’,‘ppt’,‘wmv’,‘swf’);
    • $wgVerifyMimeType = false;
    • $wgStrictFileExtensions = false;
    • $wgCheckFileExtensions = false;

  • Enable File Upload: Changed $wgEnableUploads = true; —Pcrausaz 22:08, 30 November 2006 (PST)

  • Anonymous Protections —Pcrausaz 22:08, 30 November 2006 (PST)

    • To disable account creation by anonymous visitors
    • $wgGroupPermissions[’*’][‘createaccount’] = false;
    • To require that users log in to edit
    • It’s worth noting that if you set this, you may also want to set
    • $wgGroupPermissions[’*’][‘edit’] = false;
    • $wgShowIPinHeader = false; # For non-logged in users

  • Define new namespace for Recipes —Pcrausaz 22:08, 30 November 2006 (PST)

    • $wgExtraNamespaces = array(100 => “Recipe”);
    • $wgNamespacesWithSubpages += array(100 => true);
    • $wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault += array(100 => true);