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diff --git a/Mediawiki_Setup_Guide b/Mediawiki_Setup_Guide
index b410697..440beaf 100644
--- a/Mediawiki_Setup_Guide
+++ b/Mediawiki_Setup_Guide
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
== Introduction ==
-'''Currently undergoing revisions to upgrade from mediawiki version 1.23 to 1.27.
-Should be done on 5/30/2016'''
-
'''tldr''': Automated setup on gnu/linux after you set options in [[#Dependent Variables and Functions]], except email. Any code which is not ready to be run has bold text saying so immediately before it.
''' Goals / Why use this guide? '''
@@ -21,15 +18,15 @@ Should be done on 5/30/2016'''
* Self hosting, single Linux system with Bash shell
* Root shell is assumed throughout
-* Code blocks are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idempotent idempotent] unless stated otherwise
+* Code blocks are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idempotent idempotent]
'''Version Support'''
Very minor adjustments needed for other distros. Help expand this list.
-* Mediawiki 1.23
-* Fedora 20 (tested)
-* Ubuntu 14.04 (tested)
-* Debian 7
+* Mediawiki 1.27
+* Debian 8 (tested)
+
+Pre 5/2016 revisions ran Mediawiki 1.23, tested on Fedora 20 and Ubuntu 14.04.
== Production Server Prerequisites ==
@@ -98,8 +95,8 @@ export mw_branch=REL1_27
# customize these questions to something your contributors would know,
# is not super common / scriptable, and doesn't have the answer in the question
captchaArray() {
- if ! grep -Fx '$localSettingsQuestyQuestions = array (' $mwc
- tee -a $mwc <<'EOF'
+ if ! grep -Fx '$localSettingsQuestyQuestions = array (' $mwc; then
+ tee -a $mwc <<'EOF'
$localSettingsQuestyQuestions = array (
"What is the name of the wiki software this site (and wikipedia) uses?" => "Mediawiki",
"What does f in ofswiki.org stand for?" => "Free"
@@ -124,47 +121,47 @@ export mw=/var/www/$mwdomain/html/w
export mw_email="admin@$mwdomain"
-Here we define some small useful bash functions. This should be part of the same file.
+Here we define some small useful bash functions. This can be part of the same file.
# for convenience, Mediawiki config file
mwc="$mw/LocalSettings.php"
-if isdeb; then
- apache_user=www-data
-else
- apache_user=apache
-fi
+# identify if this is a debian based distro
+isdeb() { command -v apt &>/dev/null; }
+# tee unique. append each stdin line if it does not exist in the file
+teeu () {
+ local MAPFILE
+ mapfile -t
+ for line in "${MAPFILE[@]}"; do
+ grep -xFq "$line" "$1" &>/dev/null || tee -a "$1" <<<"$line"
+ done
+}
# get and reset an extension/skin repository, and enable it
-mw-ext () { mw-extra extension $@; }
-mw-skin() { mw-extra skin $@; }
+mw-ext () { mw-extra extensions $@; }
+mw-skin() { mw-extra skins $@; }
mw-extra() {
- local type=${1}s # extension or skin
+ local type=$1 # extension or skin
shift
- local clone=true
- if [[ $1 == -g ]]; then
- clone=false
- shift
- fi
local ext
for ext in "$@"; do
- if $clone; then
- local original_pwd="$PWD"
- # it's ok that this fails if we already have it
- url=https://git.wikimedia.org/git/mediawiki
- target=$mw/$type/$ext
+ local original_pwd="$PWD"
+ # it's ok that this fails if we already have it
+ url=https://git.wikimedia.org/git/mediawiki
+ target=$mw/$type/$ext
+ if [[ ! -e $target/.git ]]; then
git clone $url/$type/$ext.git $target
- if ! cd $target; then
- echo "mw-ext error: failed cd $mw/extensions/$ext";
- exit 1
- fi
- git fetch
- git checkout -qf origin/$mw_branch || git checkout -qf origin/master
- git clean -xffd
- cd "$original_pwd"
fi
+ if ! cd $target; then
+ echo "mw-ext error: failed cd $mw/extensions/$ext";
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ git fetch
+ git checkout -qf origin/$mw_branch || git checkout -qf origin/master
+ git clean -xffd
+ cd "$original_pwd"
case $type in
extensions)
if [[ -e $target/extension.json ]]; then
@@ -183,8 +180,8 @@ EOF
sed -i '/^wfLoadSkin/d' $mwc
sed -i '/^\$wgDefaultSkin/d' $mwc
teeu $mwc </dev/null; then
+ apache_user=www-data
+else
+ apache_user=apache
+fi
+
== Install Mediawiki Dependencies ==
@@ -203,15 +207,46 @@ The best way to get core dependencies is to install the mediawiki package itself
[[mediawikiwiki:Manual:Installation_requirements|Manual:Installation_requirements]]: Overview of installation requirements.
+Note, this guide needs a little adjustment before it will work with php7.0: make sure settings are still valid, update ini path.
+
+# From here on out, exit if a command fails.
+# This will prevent us from not noticing an important failure.
+# We recommend setting this for the entire installation session.
+# If you are running commands interactively, it might be best to
+# put it in your ~/.bashrc temporarily.
+set -eE -o pipefail
+trap 'echo "$0:$LINENO:error: \"$BASH_COMMAND\" returned $?" >&2' ERR
+source ~/mw_vars
+
if isdeb; then
+ # main reference:
+ # https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_Ubuntu
apt-get update
- # noninteractive to avoid mysql password prompt
- DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install mediawiki ImageMagick php5-mysqlnd php-apc
+ apt-get install -y ImageMagick
+ if apt-get install -s mediawiki &>/dev/null; then
+ # in debian wheezy time-frame distros, mediawiki was packaged.
+ apt-get -y install php-apc mediawiki
+ else
+ # https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_requirements
+ if apt-get install -s php7.0 &>/dev/null; then
+ # note, 7.0 is untested by the editor here, since it's not
+ # available in debian 8. it's listed as supported
+ # in the mediawiki page.
+ # noninteractive to avoid mysql password prompt
+ DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y apache2 mysql-server \
+ php7.0 php7.0-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-xml \
+ php7.0-apcu
+ else
+ DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y apache2 mysql-server \
+ php5 php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 php5-apcu
+ fi
+ fi
service apache2 restart
else
+ # note
# fedora deps are missing a database, so some is translated from debian packages
yum -y install mediawiki ImageMagick php-mysqlnd php-pecl-apcu mariadb-server
@@ -257,7 +292,9 @@ Here, we [[mediawikiwiki:Download_from_Git]], or reset our installation if it is
mkdir -p $mw
cd $mw
# this will just fail if it already exists which is fine
-git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git .
+if [[ ! -e .git ]]; then
+ git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git .
+fi
# to see available branches: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle
# and
# git branch -r
@@ -265,7 +302,9 @@ git checkout -f origin/$mw_branch
git clean -ffxd
# Get the php libraries wmf uses. Based on:
# https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_Git#Fetch_external_libraries
-git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/vendor.git
+if [[ ! -e vendor/.git ]]; then
+ git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/vendor.git
+fi
cd vendor
git checkout -f origin/$mw_branch
cd ..
@@ -273,7 +312,7 @@ cd ..
# Drop any previous database which may have been installed while testing.
# If upgrading, we should have a db backup which will get restored.
# https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading
-mysql -u root -p$dbpass <<'EOF'
+mysql -u root -p$dbpass <<'EOF' ||:
drop database my_wiki;
exit
EOF
@@ -323,6 +362,7 @@ fi
# remove any existing directory
rm -rf $mw/../analytics
mv piwik $mw/../analytics
+cd $mw
rm -rf $tmpdir
@@ -356,48 +396,39 @@ a2ensite $mwdomain.conf
Then, copy the input to apache-site below and insert it into the apache config.
-Here, I use my scripts to setup apache. It's behind nginx because the same server hosts other sites which are not convenient to use the same apache instance.
+Here, we use some scripts automate setting up the Let 's Encrypt cert and
+the apache config.
+
+temp=$(mktemp -d)
+cd $temp
+git_site=https://iankelling.org/git
+git clone $git_site/acme-tiny-wrapper
l=$mw/../../logs
-mkdir $l
+mkdir -p $l
-acme-tiny-wrapper $mwdomain
-dd of=/etc/apache2/ports.conf <<'EOF'
-Listen 8082
-EOF
+acme-tiny-wrapper/acme-tiny-wrapper $mwdomain
+
+git clone $git_site/basic-https-conf
{ cat <\n $(< $line)\n";
- done
-} | apache-site -i -p 127.0.0.1:8082 -- - $mwdomain
-nginx-site -p 8082 $mwdomain
-
-
-
-Turn on the new configuration
-
-if isdeb; then
- a2ensite $mwdomain.conf
- # for short urls
- a2enmod rewrite
- # We restart rather than reload because of the module
- service apache2 restart
-else
- systemctl reload httpd.service
-fi
+find -L $(readlink -f $mw/..) -name .htaccess \
+ | while read line; do
+ echo -e "\n $(< $line)\n";
+done
+} | basic-https-conf/apache-site -r ${mw%/*} - $mwdomain
Now mediawiki should load in your browser at $mwdomain .
-Allow proper search bots and internet archiver bots, via [[Mediawiki:Robots.txt]]
+Allow proper search bots and internet archiver bots, via [[Mediawiki:Robots.txt]],
+and install the default skin.
dd of=$mw/../robots.txt <<'EOF'
@@ -406,6 +437,7 @@ Disallow: /w/
User-agent: ia_archiver
Allow: /*&action=raw
EOF
+mw-skin Vector
'''Skippable Notes'''
@@ -426,7 +458,6 @@ teeu $mwc<
Settings I recommend which are different than the defaults.
@@ -465,8 +496,7 @@ EOF
# Increase from default of 2M to 100M.
# This will at least allow high res pics etc.
php_ini=$(isdeb && echo /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini || echo /etc/php.ini)
-sed -i 's/^\(upload_max_filesize\)\b.*/\1 = 100M/'
-sed -i 's/^\(post_max_size\)\b.*/\1 = 100M/'
+sed -i 's/^\(upload_max_filesize\|post_max_size\)\b.*/\1 = 100M/' $php_ini
if isdeb; then
service apache2 restart
else
@@ -485,14 +515,15 @@ Style settings. Omit to use a different style.
teeu $mwc <<'EOF'
$wgLogo = null;
-$wgShowIPinHeader = false;
-$wgFooterIcons = null;
+#$wgFooterIcons = null;
EOF
# Make the toolbox go into the drop down.
-cd $mw
-git remote add ian git@gitorious.org:mediawiki-toolbox-patch/mediawiki-toolbox-patch.git
-git fetch ian
-git rebase ian/REL1_23-toolbox-in-dropdown
+cd $mw/skins/Vector
+if ! git remote show ian-kelling &>/dev/null; then
+ git remote add ian-kelling https://iankelling.org/git/Vector
+fi
+git fetch ian-kelling
+git checkout ian-kelling/REL1_27-toolbox-in-dropdown
== Install and Configure Mediawiki Extensions ==
@@ -502,54 +533,51 @@ When installing extensions on a wiki with important content, backup first as a p
''' Extensions with no configuration needed '''
{| class="wikitable"
-! Name
-! Description
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Cite|Extension:Cite]]
-| Have references in footnotes.
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:CiteThisPage|Extension:CiteThisPage]]
-| Ability to generate citations to pages in a variety of styles.
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:CSS|Extension:CSS]]
-| Allows CSS stylesheets to be included in specific articles
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:DynamicPageList|Extension:DynamicPageList]]
-| Embed page lists from categories & combinations of categories
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Echo|Extension:Echo]]
-| Notification subsystem for usage by other extensions
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Gadgets|Extension:Gadgets]]
-| UI extension system for users
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:ImageMap|Extension:ImageMap]]
-| Links for a region of an image
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Interwiki|Extension:Interwiki]]
-| Tool for nice links to other wikis
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:News|Extension:News]]
-| Embed or rss recent changes
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Nuke|Extension:Nuke]]
-| Mass delete of pages, in the case of spam
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:ParserFunctions|Extension:ParserFunctions]]
-| Useful for templates
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Poem|Extension:Poem]]
-| Useful for formatting things various ways
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi|Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi]]
-| Source code highlighting
-|-
-| [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Variables|Extension:Variables]]
-| Define per-page variables
-|}
+ ! Name
+ ! Description
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Cite|Extension:Cite]]
+ | Have references in footnotes.
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:CiteThisPage|Extension:CiteThisPage]]
+ | Ability to generate citations to pages in a variety of styles.
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:CSS|Extension:CSS]]
+ | Allows CSS stylesheets to be included in specific articles
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Echo|Extension:Echo]]
+ | Notification subsystem for usage by other extensions
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Gadgets|Extension:Gadgets]]
+ | UI extension system for users
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:ImageMap|Extension:ImageMap]]
+ | Links for a region of an image
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Interwiki|Extension:Interwiki]]
+ | Tool for nice links to other wikis
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:News|Extension:News]]
+ | Embed or rss recent changes
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Nuke|Extension:Nuke]]
+ | Mass delete of pages, in the case of spam
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:ParserFunctions|Extension:ParserFunctions]]
+ | Useful for templates
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Poem|Extension:Poem]]
+ | Useful for formatting things various ways
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi|Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi]]
+ | Source code highlighting
+ |-
+ | [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:Variables|Extension:Variables]]
+ | Define per-page variables
+ |}
-mw-ext Cite CiteThisPage CSS DynamicPageList Echo Gadgets ImageMap Interwiki News \
+mw-ext Cite CiteThisPage CSS Echo Gadgets ImageMap Interwiki News \
Nuke ParserFunctions Poem SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi Variables
@@ -593,7 +621,12 @@ fi
mw-ext Math
# php5-curl according to Math readme
if isdeb; then
- apt-get -y install latex-cjk-all texlive-latex-extra texlive-latex-base ghostscript imagemagick ocaml php5-curl
+ curl_pkg=php7.0-curl
+ if ! apt-get -s install $curl_pkg &>/dev/null; then
+ curl_pkg=php5-curl
+ fi
+ apt-get -y install latex-cjk-all texlive-latex-extra texlive-latex-base \
+ ghostscript imagemagick ocaml $curl_pkg make
else
# todo, php5-curl equivalent on fedora
yum -y install texlive-cjk ghostscript ImageMagick texlive ocaml
@@ -735,9 +768,11 @@ There are quite a few [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Namespaces|special pages]] which act
# get repo
-mkdir ~/opt
-git clone --recursive https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/pywikibot/core.git ~/opt/pywikibot
-cd ~/opt/pywikibot
+if [[ ! -e ~/pywikibot/.git ]]; then
+ git clone --recursive \
+ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/pywikibot/core.git ~/pywikibot
+fi
+cd ~/pywikibot
#updating
git pull --all
git submodule update
@@ -750,7 +785,7 @@ Relevent docs: [[mediawikiwiki:Manual:Pywikibot/Use_on_non-WMF_wikis|Manual:Pywi
-cd $HOME/opt/pywikibot
+cd $HOME/pywikibot
dd of=user-config.py <
-pw="$HOME/opt/pywikibot"
+cd "$HOME/pywikibot"
-dd of=$pw/scripts/${mwfamily}_setup.py<
@@ -871,39 +911,41 @@ Family name, and all its duplicattions documented as supposed to be $wgSitename,
== Automatic Backups ==
-Copy this to a file (the next block assumes ~/bin/remote_wiki_backup) on a different machine than the one hosting mediawiki. Also copy ~/mw_vars to the same machine. Setup passwordless sudo to the mediawiki host (specifically, name the host $mwdomain). This will make a versioned backup of the wiki to ~/backup/wiki_file_backup and ~/backup/wiki_db_backup.
+Here we will have a daily cronjob where a backup host sshs to the mediawiki host, makes a backup then copies it back. Copy ~/mw_vars to the backup host at /root/mw_vars. Setup passwordless ssh from the backup host to the mediawiki host. Then run this code on the backup host. This will make a versioned backup of the wiki to ~/backup.
-
+
+backup_script=/etc/cron.daily/mediawiki_backup
+sudo dd of=$backup_script <<'EOFOUTER'
#!/bin/bash
-source ~/mw_vars
-
# if we get an error, keep going but return it at the end
last_error=0
trap 'last_error=$?' ERR
-
+source ~/mw_vars
+logfile=/var/log/${mwdomain}_backup.log
+{
+echo "#### starting backup at $(date) ####"
ssh root@$mwdomain < ~/wiki_backup/wikidump
-sed -i '$ d' $mwc # delete last line
+mkdir -p ~/wiki_backups
+mysqldump -p$dbpass --default-character-set=binary my_wiki > ~/wiki_backups/wiki_db_backup
+sed -i '\$ d' $mwc # delete read only setting
ENDSSH
-rdiff-backup root@$mwdomain::/root/wiki_db_backup ~/backup/wiki_db_backup
-rdiff-backup root@$mwdomain::$mw ~/backup/wiki_file_backup
-
+set -x
+rdiff-backup root@$mwdomain::/root/wiki_backups ~/backup/${mwdomain}_wiki_db_backup
+rdiff-backup root@$mwdomain::$mw ~/backup/${mwdomain}_wiki_file_backup
+set +x
+echo "=== ending backup at $(date) ===="
+} &>>$logfile
+if [[ $last_error != 0 ]]; then
+ echo "backup for $mwdomain failed. See $logfile"
+fi
exit $last_error
-
-
-Run this script on the backup machine to setup daily backups at 4 am.
+EOFOUTER
-
-chmod +x $HOME/bin/remote_wiki_backup
-x="$(mktemp)"
-crontab -l > "$x"
-teeu "$x" <<'EOF'
-0 4 * * * x=$($HOME/bin/remote_wiki_backup 2>&1); [[ $? != 0 ]] && echo "$x"
-EOF
-crontab "$x"
+sudo chmod +x $backup_script
If you are like most people and don't use the old-school mail spool, setup the backup system to send mail externally. Some ways to do that are on this [http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/36982/can-i-set-up-system-mail-to-use-an-external-smtp-server stackoverflow answer]. Then make local mail to your user get forwarded to an address you will read:
@@ -928,14 +970,19 @@ To test a backup restore:
# Change REPLACE_ME in the code below (as in the backup section so you get the right variables),
# Execute the code on the backup machine.
-
+
+#!/bin/bash
source ~/mw_vars
HOSTNAME=REPLACE_ME source ~/mw_vars
-rdiff-backup -r now ~/backup/wiki_file_backup /tmp/wiki_file_restore
+rdiff-backup -r now ~/backup/${mwdomain}_wiki_file_backup /tmp/wiki_file_restore
scp -r /tmp/wiki_file_restore/images root@$mwdomain:$mw/images
-rdiff-backup -r now ~/backup/wiki_db_backup /tmp/wiki_db_restore
+rdiff-backup -r now ~/backup/${mwdomain}_wiki_db_backup /tmp/wiki_db_restore
scp -r /tmp/wiki_db_restore root@$mwdomain:/tmp
-ssh root@$mwdomain "mysql -u root -p$dbpass my_wiki < /tmp/wiki_db_restore/wiki_db_dump"
+ssh root@$mwdomain <
Then browse to your wiki and see if everything appears to work.
@@ -950,7 +997,7 @@ Major version upgrades should be done manually, and it is recommended to use a n
Minor updates script:
-s=$HOME/bin/mediawiki_update
+s=/etc/cron.daily/mediawiki_update
dd of=$s<<'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
source ~/mw_vars
@@ -970,13 +1017,6 @@ done
php $mw/maintenance/update.php -q
EOF
chmod +x $s
-
-x="$(mktemp)"
-crontab -l > "$x"
-teeu "$x" <
== Upgrading Major Versions ==
@@ -992,15 +1032,25 @@ My strategy is:
== Setup Piwik ==
+Note,
-# docs suggests using separate database user, google lead me here for how
-# https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-a-new-user-and-grant-permissions-in-mysql
+# based on recommendation from install page
+if ! dpkg -s php5-gd &>/dev/null; then
+ apt-get install -y php5-gd
+ service apache2 restart
+fi
+
+# docs suggests using separate database user
mysql -u root -p$dbpass <
@@ -1008,7 +1058,7 @@ EOF
Unfortunately, Piwik does not document how to do a fully automated install, and although it certainly seems possible, my first glance at the config file after doing manual steps showed a lot of noise, so we are sticking with the manual steps for now.
-In a browser, navigate to your_domain/analytics. Follow these steps [http://piwik.org/docs/installation/#the-5-minute-piwik-installation the-5-minute-piwik-installation], using the database password from the previous section.
+In a browser, navigate to your_domain/analytics. Follow these steps [http://piwik.org/docs/installation/#the-5-minute-piwik-installation the-5-minute-piwik-installation]. Use the user/db/pass from the previous section.
We are going to use an extension to handle the javaScript tracking tag part.
@@ -1020,7 +1070,7 @@ Under settings -> user settings, click the cookie to exclude your current browse
git clone https://github.com/DaSchTour/piwik-mediawiki-extension.git $mw/extensions/Piwik
-mw-ext -g Piwik
+mw-ext Piwik
teeu $mwc <_paq.push(['setSiteId', 2]);
-'''Automatic Updates'''
+'''Updates'''
-Automatically update on tuesday, 3 am server time. This code will create an update script at ~/bin/piwik-remote-update. Based on [http://piwik.org/docs/update/ piwik.org/docs/update].
+Based on [http://piwik.org/docs/update/ piwik.org/docs/update]. Previously it's been seen to require manual steps, so it is not recommended to put in a cron script.
-
-s=~/bin/piwik-update
+
mkdir -p ${s%/*}
-dd of=$s < "$x"
-teeu "$x" <<< "0 3 * * tue $s"
-crontab "$x"
+$piwik_path/console core:update
@@ -1080,26 +1117,26 @@ Mediawiki.org has pages for ~5200 extensions. Mediawiki maintains ~700 extension
Here are brief descriptions of extensions that are part of distributions and why they were rejected for this wiki.
{| class="wikitable"
-|+
-| '''InputBox''' || Add html forms to pages. Can't imagine using it. Would install if I did.
-|+
-| '''Pdfhandler''' || Gallery of pages from a pdf file. Can't imagine using it. Would install if I did.
-|+
-| '''Footnote''' || deprecated in newer versions
-|+
-| '''NewUserNotif''' || Send me a notification when a user registers. Seems like an excessive notification.
-|+
-| '''NewestPages''' || A page creation history that doesn't expire like recent-changes. Meh
-|+
-| '''RSSReader''' || Embed an rss feed. Can't imagine using it. Would install if I did.
-|+
-| '''Openid''' || Poor UI. 2 pages & 2 links which is confusing & ugly.
-|+
-| '''Validator''' || dependency of of semantic
-|+
-| '''Semantic''' || Seems like a lot of trouble around analyzing kinds of data which my wiki will not have.
-|+
-| '''wikicalendar''' || Make a calendar of events etc. Can't imagine using it. Would install if I did.
+ |+
+ | '''InputBox''' || Add html forms to pages. Can't imagine using it. Would install if I did.
+ |+
+ | '''Pdfhandler''' || Gallery of pages from a pdf file. Can't imagine using it. Would install if I did.
+ |+
+ | '''Footnote''' || deprecated in newer versions
+ |+
+ | '''NewUserNotif''' || Send me a notification when a user registers. Seems like an excessive notification.
+ |+
+ | '''NewestPages''' || A page creation history that doesn't expire like recent-changes. Meh
+ |+
+ | '''RSSReader''' || Embed an rss feed. Can't imagine using it. Would install if I did.
+ |+
+ | '''Openid''' || Poor UI. 2 pages & 2 links which is confusing & ugly.
+ |+
+ | '''Validator''' || dependency of of semantic
+ |+
+ | '''Semantic''' || Seems like a lot of trouble around analyzing kinds of data which my wiki will not have.
+ |+
+ | '''wikicalendar''' || Make a calendar of events etc. Can't imagine using it. Would install if I did.
|}
== Misc Notes ==
@@ -1144,7 +1181,5 @@ This means the code is compatible with gplv3.
== todo list for this page ==
* Evaluate any extensions bundled in 27 which I haven't checked out before.
-* Update style patch link.
* Visual editor
-* Upgrade instructions
-* Consider changing default signature to not have talk link
+* Don't require registration for edits