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 Need to move setting of skipcaptcha permission into

LocalSettings.php, since the defaults of the MW standard
are not the same as the CZ modified version. Also need
to set $wgCaptchaTriggers and $wgCaptchaTriggersOnNamespace
in LocalSettings, so ConfirmEdit settings are quickly visible.

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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