Change Log

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1 Sat 06.07.22

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Sat 06.07.22

Adjusted style sheets: headers 3-4: restore underlining, no bold; note: label for nav boxes on left: h5;
NoteToSelf: Sort out: What's the deal with main.css vs commonStyles.css?

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Fri 06.07.21

Spammers using using "overflow: auto" are getting through the $wgSpamRegex (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:$wgSpamRegex), by dropping the closing semi-colon
Modified regex by deleting closing semi-colon
- Seems to be working
- Left note on discussion page at MediaWiki
- Wondering about note explaining what's being blocked: OK, the spammers are bots, but someone's behind it: do we really need to help them? Not sure where that text lives.

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Thu 06.07.20

Stronger spam protection: $wgSpamRegex (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:$wgSpamRegex) added to LocalSettings.php
See also (add next!):
- SpamBlacklist_extension (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SpamBlacklist_extension)
- Anti-spam_Features (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anti-spam_Features)

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Sunday 06.05.09

Correcting categories tags following MediaWiki guidelines (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categories):

To add a category tag, use this code, on a line by itself at the bottom of the page:

[[Category:''Category name'']]

That will automagically create the category called, "Category name." It will also cause the page on which it appears to be listed on the "Category name" page whenever it is accessed.

The first time you access the "Category name" page (i.e. click on the link), it will open in edit mode. Enter a brief description of the category and save the page. You should see the description followed by an alphabetical list of the pages on which that category tag appears.

To link to a list of all the categories in use in the wiki, use this code:

[[ Special:Categories]]

You can get there anytime by clicking on "Special pages" in the toolbox (middle left nav box), and choosing "Categories out ot the list.

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Sunday 05.08.21

For spam protection, a quick-fix: disabled anon editing, following instructions on Preventing Access (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Preventing_Access) at MediaWiki's MetaWiki. In LocalSettings.php, added:

# Entirely disable Anonymous Edits
$wgWhitelistEdit = true;

So far, so good.

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Tuesday 05.05.10

Reverted to larger logo
Tweaked layout and top margins
Realized the CSS could use more thoughtful overhaul if I'm going to work with it much (naming conventions for divs and classes, etc.)
Started fleshing out content and considering visitors...

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later Tuesday...

Added header and more to better integrate wiki w/NNE weblog (visdual and functional)
- Brought in CSS for header and added right SiteNav bar
Re-reverted to smaller logo!

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Monday 05.05.09

Complete first pass at customizing layout
- Strip out background image
- Add new logo and then swap it for a smaller version
- Bring in netvironments color scheme -- backgrounds, borders, anchors
- Layout tweaks
  - Clean up page tabs! and add padding
  - Realign all meta nav portlets/tabs
  - Align logo top with ... something!
  - Bring in bullet
  - Another logo, smaller this time
Float on-page TOC right
Lots of unknowns and untidy ends in the CSS customization, to sort out and clean up!
Minor mods to MonoBook.php:
- Move search form below toolbox
- Rearranged footer info => note: can't edit line text in the template, don't know where the text is stored.
Switched from trying to use SpacialPages headers to using Categories.
Fixed wiki name error: I'd misspelled LaurasWiki LaurazWiki during set up: changed in LocalSettings.php