User:Dan Nessett/Technical/Notes on Refactoring CZ

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Where to get svn_load_dirs.pl and configure it

You can get svn_load_dirs.ph.in here: svn_load_dirs directory

Edit the file and (around line 26) change the following line: 

< my $svn = '@SVN_BINDIR@/svn';

by replacing @SVN_BINDIR@/svn by the directory in which svn resides. For Ubuntu the line would like like: 

< my $svn = '/usr/bin/svn';

MW standard extensions to check

Extension Name Notes Status
CategoryTree The default limit on entries displayed is 200.

This is controlled by $wgCategoryTreeMaxChildren

 Works
CharInsert Works
CheckUser Requires db schema changes

First execute php CheckUser/install.php
After executing install.php, do full db backup
Make sure error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE
and display_errors = Off in php.ini

Works
Cite Works
ConfirmAccount Works
ConfirmEdit
EmbedVideo
ExpandTemplates
ImageMap
inputbox
Newuserlog
ParserFunctions
Renameuser
Timeline
TreeAndMenu
wikihiero

Refactoring issues

  • It appears many pages (including the Request Account page) has constables@citizendium.org hardwired in. There is no magic word available to access the $wgPasswordSender global variable or any other email address. This is something that the Citizendium extension should add (i.e., a magic word for the site's configured complaint email address).
  • It also appears that many Mediawiki namespace pages have http://en.citizendium.org hardwired. These should be changed to: {{SERVER}}{{SCRIPTPATH}}
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