User:Dan Nessett/Technical/Notes on Refactoring CZ

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 $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['skipcaptcha'] = false; into LocalSettings.php, since the defaults of the MW standard are not the same as the CZ modified version. Also need to set $ceAllowConfirmedEmail = true; $wgCaptchaTriggers['addurl'] = false; $wgCaptchaTriggers['createaccount'] = true; $wgCaptchaTriggers['badlogin'] = false; While the FancyCaptcha module is loaded, it is not used, since by default $wgCaptchaClass = 'SimpleCaptcha'; and LocalSettings doesn't override this default.	Works
EmbedVideo		Works
ExpandTemplates	The default size of the input box is 11 chars. Have to add the following css: textarea { border: 1px solid #2f6fab; color: Black; background-color: white; width: 100%; padding: 0.1em; overflow: auto; } It isn't exactly clear where this css is supposed to go.	Works But mystery of css is unsolved.
ImageMap		Works But Minimal testing so far since I do not have the CZ images on my personal clone.
inputbox		Works
Newuserlog	This extension is obsolete and replaced by core functionality starting in 1.14. So, if we upgrade to a more recent MW version, we shouldn't bring this extension along.	Works
ParserFunctions		Works
Renameuser		Works
Timeline		Works
TreeAndMenu	This extension replaces Treeview4 which is obsolete. TreeAndMenu is backwards compatible with Treeview4, so the replacement, should not cause problems. (There are only 3 pages which reference this extension and I have tested all of them.	Works
wikihiero		Works

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}}

• For some reason Special:Popularpages doesn't work in the MW version, nor does it appear in the SpecialPages list.

Solved. Had $wgDisableCounters=true in LocalSettings. Changed it to false.

• Conversely, Special:ExpandTemplates doesn't work in the CZ version, nor does it appear in the SpecialPages list.

Actually, it does work. However, it doesn't show up in the Special:SpecialPages list