Talk:HSYCO

Special pages

http://wiki.hsyco.com/3.5.0/index.php/MediaWiki:Sidebar

Page structure

The title must be formatted properly: The first letter must be a capital letter, all main words must start with capital letters and acronyms must use capital letters.

E.g.

Java Command and Utility Methods API --> OK

java command and utility methods api --> NO

After the page introduction start from level 2 (== bla bla ==)

Syntax

When writing technical information use the following syntax:

• <pippo> : placeholder for a general variable parameter or attribute. For '<' and '>' use "&lt;" and "&gt;" (e.g. <pippo>).
• pippo | pluto : the param or attr can be "pippo" or "pluto"
• 1 ... 10 : the param or attr can be any value from 1 to 10 (1 and 10 included)

Styles

CSS Custom style:

http://wiki.hsyco.com//index.php/MediaWiki:Common.css

To include a table of contents up to a certain level:

{{TOClimit|3}}

To include a tip:

{{tip|Tip text}}

 Tip text

To include a note:

{{note|Note text}}

Note text

To color code:

<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">
...
</syntaxhighlight>

(most languages are supported, e.g. java,javascript,php,html5,css)

Incomplete category, for easy reference

List of incomplete pages

Include the category "Incomplete" to all pages that are incomplete! [[Category:INCOMPLETE]]

To exclude something from the PDF version :

<div class="noprint">not in print</div>

To include something only in the PDF version:

<div class="onlyinprint">only in print</div>

How to duplicate wiki

To access the wiki on the server:

ssh hsyco@wiki.hsyco.com

sftp://hsyco@wiki.hsyco.com/

Go to "/var/www/html/wiki/<version>"

1. Check if last backup was successful

2. run "bash /var/www/duplicate_hsyco_wiki.sh"

Use bash, NOT sh

3. Edit LocalSettings.php in the new version folder:

$wgScriptPath

$wgDBname

4. Edit backup_script.sh:

/var/backups/custom/backup.sh

5. Change redirect

Edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/wiki.hsyco.conf

E.g. edit:

   RedirectMatch ^/$ /3.3.0/

to:

   RedirectMatch ^/$ /3.3.1/

How to reduce the size of the database

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Reduce_size_of_the_database In ssh:

/maintenance/ php deleteArchivedRevisions.php —delete

/maintenance/storage php compressOld.php

Extensions

DynamicListing

Directory:

extensions/DynamicListing

allows listing of all pages inside a category, with many layout options See http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?title=DPL:Manual E.g.

<DynamicPageList>
category = UI Objects
rowcolformat=width=100%
columns=3
ordermethod=title
</DynamicPageList>

Poem

Directory:

extensions/Poem

retain
 newlines
  and
   spaces

Breadcrumbs2

Directory:

extensions/Breadcrumbs2

Show breadcrumbs on pages that match the categories in MediaWiki:Breadcrumbs Usage:

• category name @ breadcrumb wikitext @ tab name @ site logo

Ref: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BreadCrumbs2

Pages that don't match won't show breadcrumbs.

NoTitle

Directory:

extensions/NoTitle

The NoTitle extension adds a magic word, __NOTITLE__, that lets you hide the main title heading on any page. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NoTitle