https://oldclassic.wikipathways.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Developers%3AHowToTameMediaWiki 2026-06-20T18:54:42Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.13.1 https://oldclassic.wikipathways.org/index.php?title=Developers:HowToTameMediaWiki&diff=13270&oldid=prev 2008-05-17T15:19:32Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:19, 17 May 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>** Use:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>** Use:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*** Get local time/date</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*** Get local time/date</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Useful queries ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Show all deleted pathways:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;pre&gt;select distinct(ar_title) from archive where ar_namespace = 102;&lt;/pre&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Creating a link to a wiki page ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Creating a link to a wiki page ==</div></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-06-20 18:54:42 --> </table>

Thomas https://oldclassic.wikipathways.org/index.php?title=Developers:HowToTameMediaWiki&diff=6841&oldid=prev 2007-07-19T02:48:07Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 02:48, 19 July 2007</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* http://www.wikipathways.org/index.php/MediaWiki:Common.css</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* http://www.wikipathways.org/index.php/MediaWiki:Common.css</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* http://www.wikipathways.org/index.php/MediaWiki:Sidebar</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* http://www.wikipathways.org/index.php/MediaWiki:Sidebar</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== How to Restrict Special Pages ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Alter /var/www/wikipathways/includes/SpecialPages.php</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Add 'block' as a third term to the array of each special page you want to restrict. This, in effect, requires 'block' permissions for users to be able to view the Special Page, or even see it lists under Special pages.</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-06-20 18:54:42 --> </table>

AlexanderPico https://oldclassic.wikipathways.org/index.php?title=Developers:HowToTameMediaWiki&diff=6835&oldid=prev 2007-07-04T21:43:40Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:43, 4 July 2007</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Using DynamicPageList2 (DPL):</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Using DynamicPageList2 (DPL):</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DynamicPageList2</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DynamicPageList2</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Commonly editted admin pages ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* http://www.wikipathways.org/index.php/MediaWiki:Common.css</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* http://www.wikipathways.org/index.php/MediaWiki:Sidebar</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-06-20 18:54:43 --> </table>

AlexanderPico https://oldclassic.wikipathways.org/index.php?title=Developers:HowToTameMediaWiki&diff=6834&oldid=prev 2007-07-04T21:30:04Z

<p><span class="autocomment">How to control the browse page</span></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:30, 4 July 2007</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 20:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 20:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== How to control the browse page ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== How to control the browse page ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Using DynamicPageList2 (DPL):</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Using DynamicPageList2 (DPL):</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">en</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wikinews</del>.org/wiki/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Wikinews</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">DynamicPageList</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* http://<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mediawiki</ins>.org/wiki/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Extension</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">DynamicPageList2</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-06-20 18:54:43 --> </table>

AlexanderPico https://oldclassic.wikipathways.org/index.php?title=Developers:HowToTameMediaWiki&diff=6833&oldid=prev 2007-07-04T21:24:43Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:24, 4 July 2007</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* $title: the Title object of the wiki page</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* $title: the Title object of the wiki page</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* $text: the text that the link should display (text between the &lt;a&gt; tags)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* $text: the text that the link should display (text between the &lt;a&gt; tags)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== How to control the browse page ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Using DynamicPageList2 (DPL):</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:DynamicPageList</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-06-20 18:54:43 --> </table>

AlexanderPico https://oldclassic.wikipathways.org/index.php?title=Developers:HowToTameMediaWiki&diff=5667&oldid=prev 2007-05-08T03:01:04Z

<p>New page: Because MediaWiki's documentation is very sparse and scattered it may be hard to handle sometimes. This page is intended for additional function documentation and short howto's on problems...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Because MediaWiki's documentation is very sparse and scattered it may be hard to handle sometimes. This page is intended for additional function documentation and short howto's on problems that took you a while to find a solution for. Please put them here, so we don't run into them twice.<br /> <br /> == Resources ==<br /> * [http://svn.wikimedia.org/doc/ Auto generated documentation and source code]<br /> * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Database_layout Database layout]<br /> <br /> == Some useful global variables ==<br /> * $wgSkin: the currently used skin<br /> ** Use:<br /> *** Get link objects<br /> * $wgUser: the current user<br /> ** Use:<br /> *** Get local time/date<br /> <br /> == Creating a link to a wiki page ==<br /> Use the function Skin::makeKnownLinkObj(Title $title, String $text):<br /> * $title: the Title object of the wiki page<br /> * $text: the text that the link should display (text between the &lt;a&gt; tags)</div>

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