Bryan Petty
2013-10-02 07:31:21 UTC
I just about let these latest updates slide without mentioning
anything, but realized there might be some people interested to hear
about changes to the wiki. Almost exactly one month ago, I moved the
wxWiki to a new server, and during this move, I made some pretty
significant updates and changes that have been running for a few weeks
now that you may have already noticed.
- New Vector Skin
No longer being stuck on PHP 5.2, I was able to update MediaWiki to
the latest and greatest release (it was still using a secure "LTS"
release before if you're wondering), and with this came the new
"Vector" skin you might be familiar with on Wikipedia. It's a little
cleaner, a little nicer, and slightly easier to use. If you don't like
it though, you can always still revert back to the old Monobook skin
in your user preferences.
- New Page Editor
With the update, I also pulled in a couple new extensions. One of
these was the WikiEditor. This is a much more functional page editor
than the built in editor, especially when it comes to tasks like
building tables, inserting images, and previewing changes without even
leaving the edit page (though those original buttons are still there
too if you still like that better).
- Updated Syntax Highlight
Not only are we running an updated (and officially supported) GeSHi
extension, but David Hart has also very kindly taken the time to
update our custom C++ language syntax file so that it knows about all
the new stuff in 2.9/3.0, and automatically links references back to
the new Doxygen manual. This was very desperately needed since I
believe the last time this was updated, it was only up through 2.6 or
possibly even 2.4.
We should be able to bring that same update to the forum's syntax
highlighting soon too.
- Assira Captcha
Of any and all web software out there that I've run and managed (and
it's a lot including of course WordPress, phpBB, and many other CMSs),
MediaWiki is by far the worst when it comes to fighting spam.
Everytime I find something that mostly works without scaring new users
away (by making it too difficult or confusing to register or edit
pages), it lasts for maybe a couple months before I end up effectively
disabling registration. I've been fighting this battle with the wxWiki
for 7 years now - it still isn't any easier.
So, here we are with spam again, and with this update, we also have a
new captcha module in the all popular ConfirmEdit extension that makes
use of Microsoft's new Assira [1] service. It requires new users to
identify cats from a set of pictures. It has been running for few
weeks now, and the results look good for now.
[1] http://research.microsoft.com/asirra
That wraps it up for the major changes. Enjoy!
anything, but realized there might be some people interested to hear
about changes to the wiki. Almost exactly one month ago, I moved the
wxWiki to a new server, and during this move, I made some pretty
significant updates and changes that have been running for a few weeks
now that you may have already noticed.
- New Vector Skin
No longer being stuck on PHP 5.2, I was able to update MediaWiki to
the latest and greatest release (it was still using a secure "LTS"
release before if you're wondering), and with this came the new
"Vector" skin you might be familiar with on Wikipedia. It's a little
cleaner, a little nicer, and slightly easier to use. If you don't like
it though, you can always still revert back to the old Monobook skin
in your user preferences.
- New Page Editor
With the update, I also pulled in a couple new extensions. One of
these was the WikiEditor. This is a much more functional page editor
than the built in editor, especially when it comes to tasks like
building tables, inserting images, and previewing changes without even
leaving the edit page (though those original buttons are still there
too if you still like that better).
- Updated Syntax Highlight
Not only are we running an updated (and officially supported) GeSHi
extension, but David Hart has also very kindly taken the time to
update our custom C++ language syntax file so that it knows about all
the new stuff in 2.9/3.0, and automatically links references back to
the new Doxygen manual. This was very desperately needed since I
believe the last time this was updated, it was only up through 2.6 or
possibly even 2.4.
We should be able to bring that same update to the forum's syntax
highlighting soon too.
- Assira Captcha
Of any and all web software out there that I've run and managed (and
it's a lot including of course WordPress, phpBB, and many other CMSs),
MediaWiki is by far the worst when it comes to fighting spam.
Everytime I find something that mostly works without scaring new users
away (by making it too difficult or confusing to register or edit
pages), it lasts for maybe a couple months before I end up effectively
disabling registration. I've been fighting this battle with the wxWiki
for 7 years now - it still isn't any easier.
So, here we are with spam again, and with this update, we also have a
new captcha module in the all popular ConfirmEdit extension that makes
use of Microsoft's new Assira [1] service. It requires new users to
identify cats from a set of pictures. It has been running for few
weeks now, and the results look good for now.
[1] http://research.microsoft.com/asirra
That wraps it up for the major changes. Enjoy!
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Bryan Petty
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Bryan Petty
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