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Extension LinkTitles

Wiki editors can add the magic word to a page to prevent automatic linking of page titles (remove spaces before and after NOAUTOLINKS).

__ NOAUTOLINKS __

Template:SlideBox

{{SlideBox|width=80%|float=left|
Header [[Content]] Is Shown
|
Body text is hidden
}}

Customize Editing Toolbar

http://bradleymonk.com/User:Bradley_Monk/common.js http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiEditor/Toolbar_customization

section

{String} (optional) The name of the section in the WikiEditor. Defaults to 'main'

id

{String} (required) Unique id (ie. 'my-button')

icon

{String} (recommended) URL to the icon, should be square about 21 to 22px

label

{String} (required) Tooltip displayed when hovering button

insertBefore

{String} (optional) Wikitext to be inserted before the cursor on-click

sampleText

{String} (optional) Text inserted in place of the cursor if no text was selected

insertAfter

{String} (optional) Wikitext to be inserted after the cursor on-click

callback

{Function} (optional) Called when the button is clicked

autoSummary

{mixed} (optional) Null or an Object with the following properties:
- summary: {String} (required) Edit summary that should be used
- position: {String} (optional) 'append', 'prepend' or 'replace'
- delimiter: {String} (optional) delimiter between the (possibly) current summary and the to-be-inserted summary

Image Annoation

<div class="wpImageAnnotatorEnable">
<span class="wpImageAnnotatorPageName" style="display:none;">[[Sandbox]]</span>
<span class="wpImageAnnotatorFullName" style="display:none;">[[Sandbox]]</span>
<div class="wpImageAnnotatorFile">[[File:Foo.png]]</div>
<div style="display:none;"><div><div><!--IMAGE NOTES BELOW -->{{ImageNoteEnd|id=-1}}
</div>

Livelets

Livelets

To create livelets, wrap any areas of the page in the #live parser-function.

In the following example, a transclusion of the page called Template:MyVerySlowTable has been turned into a livelet:

{{#live: {{MyVerySlowTable}} }}

References and Citations

In-text references make it easy to copy the text to another page; on the other hand, they make it hard to read. References containing a lot of data, quotes or elaborate citation templates can make up a significantly larger fraction of the source than the text that will actually be visible. To avoid this, recent versions of the extension allow moving some or all of the references into the <references /> section, to the place where they will actually appear to the reader. Thus,

According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<ref name="miller" /> The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref name="smith" /> ==Notes== <references> <ref name="miller">E. Miller, The Sun, (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23-5.</ref> <ref name="smith">R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref> </references>

will have the same output as the first example above, although the numbering and order of the references will not in general be the same.

HTML

Example

iFrame Code


<html>
<iframe src="http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_iframe.asp" 
height="300" width="350" frameborder="1" seamless="seamless" style="float:left">
</iframe>
</html>

iFrame Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
align	left, right, top, middle, bottom	Specifies the alignment of an iframe according to surrounding elements
frameborder	1, 0	Specifies whether or not to display a border around an iframe
height	pixels	Specifies the height of an iframe
longdesc	URL	Specifies a page that contains a long description of the content of an iframe
marginheight	pixels	Specifies the top and bottom margins of the content of an iframe
marginwidth	pixels	Specifies the left and right margins of the content of an iframe
name	name	Specifies the name of an iframe
sandbox	"", allow-forms, allow-same-origin, allow-scripts, allow-top-navigation	Enables a set of extra restrictions for the content in the iframe
scrolling	yes, no, auto	Specifies whether or not to display scrollbars in an iframe
seamless	seamless	Specifies that the iframe should look like it is a part of the containing document
src	URL	Specifies the address of the document to embed in the iframe
srcdoc	HTML_code	Specifies the HTML content of the page to show in the iframe
width	pixels	Specifies the width of an iframe

Tables

wikitable

Link	Description
BioNetGen	A web-based tool for automatically generating a biochemical reaction networks from user-specified rules for biomolecular interactions.
B10NUMB3R5	(BIONUMBERS) A database of useful biological numbers.
BioInformatics Services	BioInformatics Services is a biotechnology consulting firm specializing in using computational biology to solve complex biological and data analysis problems.
cellmigrationgateway	modeling software
CellML	The CellML language is an open standard based on the XML markup language at the University of Auckland and affiliated research groups.
CompCell Bio Web	Development site for teaching modules on quantitative cell biology.
DOQCS	Quantitative Cellular Signaling (DOQCS) is a repository of models of signaling pathways.
E-Cell	A Multi-Algorithm, Multi-Timescale Simulation Software Environment.
Gfit	A program for global regression analysis of experimental data.
Kitware	Professional Visualization Solutions, Tools and Support.
MCell	General Monte Carlo Simulator of Cellular Microphysiology.
Minimotif Miner	Application to search for short sequence motifs in Proteins.

Upgrading MediaWiki

Step 1 - download latest stable version of MediaWiki

Step 2 - determine database credentials from dreamhost

Get Hostname (e.g.)

mysql.bradleymonk.com

Get Database name (e.g.)

bradleymonk_com

Get Database User name (e.g.)

username

Get Database User pass (e.g.)

password

Step 3 - back-up existing files and the database

Go to: mysql.example.com
Enter db user and password when prompted
click on db in left panel
click on the "Export" tab
check "Save as file"
click "Go"

Step 4 - FTP the mediawiki.tar.gz file to the /w directory

Step 5 - Unpack the tarball

Use the console to SSH into the /w directory and unpack tarball

$ssh bradleymonk.com -l username
Change to the /w directory

$tar xvzf mediawiki.tar.gz

this unpacks into a new folder: /w/mediawiki

Step 6 - Move files and rename directory

Copy files from old to new directory

LocalSettings.php
logofile.png
images (or upload) directory
extension directory
custom skins
.htaccess file

Swap-rename directories

rename old directory /w_old
move new directory out of /w_old to top level domain
rename new directory to /w

Step 7 - Run MediaWiki update script

login with SSH again:

$ssh bradleymonk.com -l username

change to the /w/maintenance directory
enter: $php update.php

If the prompt gives an error like: "you're using php version 2.x mediawiki requires version 3.x"
try entering these:

$/usr/local/php53/bin/php update.php
$/usr/local/php54/bin/php update.php

Check if the upgrade worked by going to the MediaWiki page "Special Version"