The AC2 Wiki

[sisko]

yep, i can confirm that rewrite is checked under Apache modules.

[ete]

Ok, thanks . Also, mainpage has some progress: http://alphacentauri2.info/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

And we've had our first spambot! I'll move making confirmedit and other anti spam features work up my priority list.

[ete]

Updated opening post, and writing a to do list for the mainpage.

[ete]

Working on getting the "enabled techs" data from alphax, got it out with a few formulas and a bit of messing around: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhADYlhLMFj-dFhwLS1reXR3bWZqSjVfYWE4TUs4VFE&usp=sharing

So should be able to upload techs pretty soon.

Edit: Actually, to do this properly, I've gotta integrate info on EVERYTHING each tech enables, not just the techs it enables. This could take some time. Thankfully, all the other bits should be much more simple.

[ete]

Got an old version of confirmedit which seems to be compatible with our MW version (went with reCAPTCHA). Let me know if you have any issues setting up an account.

[ete]

Decided to focus on factions for a little while. Got the category framework in place for:
http://alphacentauri2.info/mediawiki/index.php?title=Category:Factions_by_political_preferences
http://alphacentauri2.info/mediawiki/index.php?title=Category:Factions_by_social_engineering

Obviously not many factions there yet, but when we've got a good set... thoughts?

Also activated wiki subpages and set up stuff for text files, and changed jobrunrate so uploads should be 20 times faster.

And made short URLs work for reading pages at least. More improvements to come, but I like the look of them now

[ete]

Added a load more factions (25 total, the original 7 plus 18 custom) and their text files. Made templates for guidelines on editing text files. Many more improvements to factioninfobox. Added Vel's entry for the seven official factions.

[ete]

Ok, I'd like to move /mediawiki/ to /wiki/ which will be the base for our stable URL asap, since the longer we're on a URL which wants changing the more links to it there will be on the forums. I do not have permission to rename /mediawiki/, and at the same time $wgScriptPath = "/mediawiki"; needs to be changed to to $wgScriptPath = "/wiki"; in LocalSettings.php or things will break. Since the wiki is low traffic currently and I'm the main user, it'd be ok for sisko to just rename the folder and I'll handle the scriptpath change, or you could do both if you feel like it.

I'm *fairly* sure $wgScriptPath and .htaccess (which I've just disabled for now) are the only things which need changing for renaming the folder to work, but it's possible there's some other connection. Worst case, we'll have to move it back and try to figure out what went wrong, but it should work.

Edit: Reenabled .htaccess for use in the meantime, it'll also need mediawiki replaced with wiki in a few places, but it's short.

Edit2: Alternatively, giving me rename permission for the mediawiki directory would work fine.

[ete]

Over half of the NN factions and all of the official factions are in. http://alphacentauri2.info/mediawiki/Category:Factions is starting to be pretty interesting, surprisingly no factions so far oppose thought control, though all other likes/dislikes are represented.

[ete]

56 factions in, 21 NN ones to go. Then probably focus on other things for a while, then all the other factions I've found links to. I'm low activity over the weekend, next week I'll write up a to do list with details for all the technical things I don't have access to (backup for user bridge, directory renaming, enabling file uploads, considering updating to newer MW version depending on bridge compatibility). Me and sisko should be able to work through them all in an hour or so, especially if we meet on IRC (which I won't be on over the weekend probably).

[ete]

Progress:
All NN factions in.
Framework for the Ultimate Faction Pack is laid out.
Google Drive file embedder extension in (had to modify it to make it work with current URL structure), so the text files from the modpack can be viewed directly on pages.
Emailed sisko, hoping to meet up with him on irc sometime in the next few days and fix all the nagging little things I don't have access to sort out (uploads, stable url structure, backup for bridge, look into upgrading version).

weeeee

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm working on making .pngs of all the main faction graphic files for display...

[ete]

Indeed, then we'll be able to show people what the factions look like! And I'll make something to display them on faction pages tomorrow, then we can upload either via FTP and changing MW settings to allow direct urls of images, or by making the uploads directory writable and getting the MultiUpload extension working (probably switching to an old version compatible with our MW version).

[ete]

Spoke to sisko on IRC, he moved /mediawiki/ to /wiki/ (and I fixed the things which depended on that), so the wiki can now be found here: http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/index.php

We're meeting tomorrow to hopefully get through all the other things. IRC is actually active these days .

I'll write up some things which would be useful to have, fix up the mainpage, then write a news post. Or maybe import more datalinks first.. oh the choices..

[testdummy653]

Datalinks!