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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 02, 2007, 04:43:51 AM
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Okay, I've got everything set up perfectly on the test-server -- with one caveat: Pagetitles that have an ampersand (&) in them don't load properly. For instance "Roxy & Elsewhere" stops at "Roxy", and then offers up a "yet to be edited" page. I've tried every possible way around it, to no avail. The problem's there because of the rewriting of "ugly urls" (index.php?title=Whatever to index.php/Whatever).
Since I'm on a shared hosting plan, my only option was to use mod_rewrite in a .htaccess file (see this mediawiki page and this one for more).
What's more, the wiki is now set up to be accessed from wiki.killuglyadio.com/wiki/Main_Page by default ("/wiki/" instead of "/index.php/"). This is how wikipedia does things. However it still does allow access via "/index.php/" - in order for Google to still serve up correct pages. With time, as Google crawls the wiki, it will start replacing the "/index.php/" pages with "/wiki/" pages and at some point I could drop the support for "/index.php/". If ya know what I mean...
My question: this ampersand problem, is it important? Important enough not to upgrade to 1.11.0? The obvious workaround would be to replace the ampersands in any page-titles with "And" instead of "&".
Is that acceptable for you guys? Let me know before I go on... |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 01, 2007, 10:32:53 AM
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I'm now working on getting our custom template to play well with the new installation.
This includes backing up the live mediawiki install, with all its custom prefs and image folder, of course.
It's okay to continue editing on the live wiki for now, as its database will be the one that gets upgraded, once i've got the customization on the test server worked out.
Important note: Any image uploads made after I posted this message will not be included in the latest install. So I would urge all wiki contributors not to upload any images for the time being.
If that, erh, makes any sense to you  |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 01, 2007, 07:47:18 AM
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But why? What is the point of it? They are obviously unaware of the low volume of contributions so they will be spotted and reverted straight away. 1.4.2!!! Wikipedia (now at 1.11.0) uses a CAPTCHA for registration and before you can save an article with a web link within the text. One day all upgrades will come with a Revert button
I just managed to successfully install 1.11.0 on a test domain and upgrade (a copy of) the old database in the process... huzzah! I'll be attempting the same on the live wiki. Stay tuned...  |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 01, 2007, 05:14:31 AM
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I'm all for a more secure login-procedure, and would love to implement a CAPTCHA-test. However we need to find a solution/module that is compatible with ZWJ's current version (MediaWiki: 1.4.2) -- which is not at all a recent version. In case you did find one, please do let me know.
Me, I'm (once again) looking into upgrading the wiki to the latest version, which I suppose has native support for CAPTCHA. This is not something for the faint of heart though. Procedure:
- back up database (currently at 127.8MB, meaning I have to export table per table of which there are 26)
- back up current wiki's files
- set up test-domain, upload newest mediawiki version
- copy current ZWJ database to another hostname (so as not to touch the "live" db data)
- run upgrade.php
- if things haven't exploded by this point: overwrite older (current) wiki-files with the latest version on "live" server
- run upgrade php, pointing it to the "live" database
- bliss -- or permanent damage
I'll keep you posted... |
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The White Zone / Uncle Beat / Re: Kill Ugly Radio's World Tour
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on: September 14, 2007, 12:27:38 PM
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'Tis done. Should be leaving the EU for the first US leg of the world tour tomorrow. Godspeed, KUR book!
Mighty grand.
The vine now looks like this:
evaristo (IT) >> detonator (US) >> Bappy Lorenzo (US) >> gnarlyartly (US) >> SOFA (US)>> Frunobulax (US) >> HairFarmer (US) >> calhounw (US) >> Sam Ber-Dino (US/Philly-ish) >> Jim2006.9 (CAN) >> nanookoftheanchorage (ALASKA)>>Fotog_Chris (US)>>> SinisterMidget(UK) >> mopper_smurf(NL) >> centralscrew10iser (AUS) >>>engel(GER)>>>Ego VonKrylon(USA)>>>fat bola(Wales, UK)>>>Ashley (UK) |
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The White Zone / Uncle Beat / Re: Kill Ugly Radio's World Tour
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on: August 18, 2007, 08:59:10 AM
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Early August my foot. Just got back from Serbia. Currently finally having time available to brainstorm on my 2p-ages. It cometh, not speedily but it cometh.
In any case: congrats for being the one who has kept hold of the KUR World Tour Book for the longest time! I'm going to ask Dr Sharl to design a digital medal for this. You're bound to be on the receiving end! |
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The White Zone / No Commercial Potential / Re: The Voice Of Cheese
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on: August 06, 2007, 04:28:12 AM
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I'm waiting for my little tune to be posted....
Is there a problem with it ?
Your tune will get posted, no worries. I'm posting them chronologically on HotPoop, so yours will be next at some point. Also, there haven't been any VOC's in the past weeks because, well, real life had sort of taken over recently for me...
I'll contact you when your tune is up for the VOC. |
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The White Zone / Uncle Beat / Re: Kill Ugly Radio's World Tour
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on: June 19, 2007, 06:46:31 AM
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Got notice from propellerkuh that the book has arrived at his place. Evaristo: keep your eyes peeled...
propellerkuh (AT) >> evaristo (IT) >> detonator (US) >> Bappy Lorenzo (US) >> gnarlyartly (US) >> SOFA (US)>> Frunobulax (US) >> HairFarmer (US) >> calhounw (US) >> Sam Ber-Dino (US/Philly-ish) >> Jim2006.9 (CAN) >> nanookoftheanchorage (ALASKA)>>Fotog_Chris (US)>>> SinisterMidget(UK) >> mopper_smurf(NL) >> centralscrew10iser (AUS) >>>engel(GER)>>>Ego VonKrylon(USA)>>>fat bola(Wales, UK) |
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The White Zone / Uncle Beat / Re: FZ - 3 x DVD 60's & 70's stuff
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on: May 27, 2007, 04:56:42 AM
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This one's off to vrnzr(BE) on Tuesday (tomorrow's a national holiday -- ya know the Holy Spirit descending on the apostles and all that jazz!) The vine as it currently stands:
vrnzr(BE)>>>Searsponcho(NL)>>>Skoljic(CRO)>>>diplodocus(USA)>>>KZap(USA)>>>r2daft2(UK)>>>Lunchmeat(USA)>>>Engel(GER)>>>SinisterMidget(UK)
>>>mingus(USA)>>>wazoologist(AUS)>>>victator(RO)
Wonder if any of You guys know what song the MOI are doing at the end of the third dvd, it´s not mentioned in the content of the dvd. Just curious becouse I have this song constantly in my head now.
Can't answer that one just now Gus, as I've yet to watch all 3 DVD's! Maybe someone earlier up in the vine could provide some insight? |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Anatomy of a DISCOGRAPHY
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on: May 15, 2007, 03:33:00 AM
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Barry, can you run multiple Wikis from the same installation? If it is technically feasible (I guess so), would you have the kindness to do so? Don’t know what the consequences would be though: space issues, memory issues, any kind administrative issues, ... things that might give you a conehead... If that is too complicated, maybe custom namespaces could do the trick? Again: don’t know what the consequences would be.
You can't run several wiki's from one single install as far as I know. I would have to set up a second subdomain (secondwiki.killuglyradio.com) and install a fresh copy of the MediaWiki software there. Some caveats:
- software versions would differ. Dreamhost now has a one-click-install feature which it didn't have when I installed the current wiki. I've looked into manually upgrading ZWJ but the amount of hoops to jump through is just too much (you need to upgrade from the current version to the very next version one by one, which means I'd have to upgrade about 7/8 times -- each time running the risk of data-loss or -corruption).
- with a second wiki in place, a lot of "special" pages need to be recreated: guidelines, about, frontpage, wiki syntax, ...
- information becomes scattered once again, which is exactly what we tried to avoid when we started ZWJ.
If at all possible I would by far prefer refining the existing structure at the current wiki... |
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The White Zone / Uncle Beat / Re: Zappa on Saturday Night Live - DVD
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on: May 09, 2007, 11:19:38 AM
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Been trying to obtain Engel's snail mail for three days now to no avail, so these will be going out to Victator and Wazoologist instead.
Current vine status:
Barry(BE) >>> Victator(RO) <-------- this is outside of the vine
Barry(BE) >>> Wazoologist (AU) |
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