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Everything Else => Site Specific Forums => Site Suggestions, Requests, and Updates => Topic started by: Sy Ali on June 18, 2006, 02:59:23 am

Title: Update The Wiki Already
Post by: Sy Ali on June 18, 2006, 02:59:23 am

https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Sysy (https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Sysy)

    *  Special:Version reports that you're using a truly ancient version of MediaWiki. It's fast and painless to update.
          o Back everything up (the database and files)
          o delete the maintainance directory.
          o Uncompress the latest version, overwriting the existing files.
          o Edit AdminSettings.php (see AdminSettings.sample for info) to add the database info.
          o cd maintainance;php update.php

    * enable $wgSpamRegex
          o Mine bans all div tags: $wgSpamRegex="/<div/i";
          o You might like: $wgSpamRegex="/overflow\s*:\s*auto/i";

    * Install Bad Behavior my notes (http://jrandomhacker.info/Bad_Behavior) .. it's VERY easy to install.

    * Install http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SpamBlacklist_extension (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SpamBlacklist_extension) .. it's a bit annoying but it's worth it.

At this point you could probably safely allow anonymous editing again.

    * Update MediaWiki:Sidebar
          o See mine (http://jrandomhacker.info/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sidebar) for info.


I have all kinds of notes on http://jrandomhacker.info/MediaWiki (http://jrandomhacker.info/MediaWiki) especially MediaWiki security (http://jrandomhacker.info/MediaWiki_security) and MediaWiki tricks and tips (http://jrandomhacker.info/MediaWiki_tricks_and_tips).

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Benefits of updating:

    * Security security security!
    * Speed improvements:
    * Administrator improvements. It's a lot easier to administer ex.: change the sidebar, change the css, change the javascripts all within the wiki. Better banning, reversions, etc.
    * Better recent changes (like not displaying your own edits)
    * Email features -- get notified of changes via email.
    * and lots more..


Ban this user for spamming:
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