Wiki tunes

[John Walling]

Tune: To adjust (an engine, for example) for maximum usability or performance.

Tip #1: (9-15-2008) If you want to subscribe to the RSS feed for one page: 1) Click the history link for that page, 2) click the RSS or Atom link under toolbox in the left column and subscribe.

Tip #2: (9-16-2008) If a valid URL is blocked by the Spam-blacklist, request an addition to the Spam-whitelist, For example, awardspace.com was added to the Blacklist. Goodguy.awardspace.com can be added to the Whitelist to selectively unblock goodguy.

Bugfix (15460 - MediaWiki 1.13.1): Fixed intermittent deadlock errors and poor concurrent performance for installations without memcached. (See current version) Version update is pending.

Bugfix (RSS feed error): 9/15/2008 - tweaked php extension script to stop XML parser errors.

[John Walling]

9/19/2008

To slow down the rate of spambot activity, I removed permissions for anonymous users to create or edit wiki pages. Settings were added to the end of LocalSettings.php. If another disaster occurs, the permissions can be restored.

// Minimize Anonymous User Group Rights - 9/19/2008
// http://www.hurricanewiki.org/wiki/Special:ListGroupRights
// http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights
// http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgGroupPermissions
// over-ride DefaultSettings.php
$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createpage'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createtalk'] = false;

~John Walling