Wiki movement

Post by **randi** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:56 pm

Thanks to my host's complaints that zdoom.org "is utilizing excessive resources, causing a significant degradation of services on the server," I have spent a lot of time recently determining how to conquer this problem. Since the site uses pretty standard MediaWiki and phpBB installs, I wasn't sure what to do to fix things to make my host happy.

That was when I decided I should try a different host. To start off, the wiki has been moved to a new server. All the current links to the wiki will silently redirect to the new site, so you don't need to update any bookmarks. In the process of the move, I was able to upgrade to the latest MediaWiki 1.10.1 software, so it's no longer running an old 1.6 version. Everything should still be working and present; leave a comment if not. We'll see how things go for now, and hopefully I'll be able to move the rest of the site over soon and get back to work on ZDoom itself.

Eevee · Post by **Eevee** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:15 pm

Who are the current/new hosts, if you don't mind my asking?

Unknown_Assassin · Post by **Unknown_Assassin** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:25 pm

I notice a change when you search in the Zdoom wiki. It shows you results before you even select enter. Nice!

Is it because of the new upgrade of MediaWiki?

Post by **randi** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:48 pm

No names until this is over.

Yes, the newer MediaWiki can give you AJAX search results as you type.

skadoomer · Post by **skadoomer** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:05 pm

wow, its a noticeable speed difference too. So why the move? Was it because you've just become so popular that the site can't handle the traffic or are there still some jerks (who shall remain nameless) that insist on taxing your site resources?

HotWax · Post by **HotWax** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:03 am

One minor issue with the search, and this is probably due to the software itself but I'll mention it anyway:

The search seems to be case-sensitive, except for the first character (it always assumes capitalized). So searching for "clas" gets you all the "Classes:*" articles, but searching for "CLAS" or "classes:a" gets you no results. This particularly affects all the Decorate action commands (a_changeflag = nothing).

If possible, please make the search case-insensitive.

Post by **randi** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:59 pm

Well, that's interesting. The search should be case-insensitive, and it is on a fresh install of MediaWiki, so something apparently got messed up during the transfer. It should be a relatively simple matter of finding out which table/column the search indexes on and ensuring that it's set for case-insensitive collation.

Update 20 minutes later: Full-text search is case-insensitive, and so is title search if you use the search button. Title search is case-sensitive in the AJAX results list, apparently by design.

killingblair · Post by **killingblair** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:25 am

randy wrote:No names until this is over.

Welp, if people know how to use a certain tool, they can find out, fairly quickly.

MartinHowe · Post by **MartinHowe** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:29 am

killingblair wrote:Well, if people know how to use a certain tool, they can find out, fairly quickly.

Indeed, and virtual servers on which you are root and can manage "your" system any way you want is much better than traditional shared servers. LOL the comments about SLAs, BTW. Might try a service like this for my site if/when I get tired of my ISP, though if they have any sense, most ISPs will offer this sort of service eventually.

Eevee · Post by **Eevee** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:15 pm

killingblair wrote:Welp, if people know how to use a certain tool, they can find out, fairly quickly.

Oh hey cool.

Agreed, at least from what I've heard; old host sucks, new host is awesome.

Post by **randi** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:57 pm

No fair cheating! You and your "tools."

SilentRage · Post by **SilentRage** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:11 pm

Oh, nice and fast! Pretty cool features with the upgrade, too!

The [wiki]Template:Underscore[/wiki] doesn't work unless you grab a whole bunch of other templates from Wikipedia too. It's basically a template that uses templates that use templates. Kinda complicated, I guess.

I also like how Firefox automatically had a search plug-in for the ZDoom Wiki, ready to install.

Scuba Steve · Post by **Scuba Steve** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:22 pm

randy wrote:...and get back to work on ZDoom itself.

Liar!

Post by **randi** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:47 pm

The template was working, but it looks like somebody broke it. Or, rather, you were using it wrong. You must pass the correct title as a parameter to the template; it won't try and guess it for you.

Isle · Post by **Isle** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:02 am

wiki file uploading is borked
"The upload directory (/var/www/localhost/htdocs/w/images) is not writable by the webserver. "

Retrieved from "http://208.78.96.242/wiki/Special:Upload"

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