[geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net mediawiki migration

[Dan Stoner]

Hi Tom,

I can reproduce the error, I will take a look.

- Dan Stoner



On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Tom <websitemaster at cogeco.net> wrote:
> Thanks Dan,
>
> After a quick look through I didn't see anything out of place except I can't
> log into the wiki on the test server. I assume this is due to not being on
> the wiki.geeklog.net url? The error I get when I try to log in complains
> about not having cookies enabled.
>
> Other than that I can update the wiki CNAME record with the new name.
>
> If you confirm that you think the login issue will be fixed when it uses the
> proper url I will make the switch.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geeklog-devel [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On
> Behalf Of Dan Stoner
> Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 2:39 PM
> To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net mediawiki migration
>
> I have moved a copy of the wiki over to a new VPS.
>
> You can preview it:
>
> http://gwiki3.thatlinuxbox.com/Main_Page
>
>
> When happy, change the DNS for wiki.geeklog.net to the new server, either a
> CNAME to serv3.thatlinuxbox.com or the IP address of 45.33.78.247.
>
>
> The old VPS is costing me $20 per month and the Geeklog wiki is the last bit
> of software running there.  So, I'd be pleased if we could complete the
> move.
>
>
> Back on the topic of the migration to the github wiki... is there anything
> else requested / needed of me?  I'm probably being dense but I didn't get
> whether Michael wanted a "dump" of some kind (what
> kind???) or if he was just going to clone content via viewing the web pages.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Dan Stoner
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Tom <websitemaster at cogeco.net> wrote:
>> Thanks Dan. That would be the best option.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: geeklog-devel [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net]
>> On Behalf Of Dan Stoner
>> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 9:18 PM
>> To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
>> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net mediawiki migration
>>
>> Hey, that's good news.
>>
>>
>> Would it help to have a database dump or some other "automagic"
> conversion?
>>
>> https://www.dokuwiki.org/tips:mediawiki_to_dokuwiki_converter
>>
>> Let me know how I can help the process.
>>
>>
>> With the existing wiki I will move it to a new VPS and will probably
>> try to upgrade the mediawiki version (for security reasons).
>>
>> - Dan Stoner
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Tom <websitemaster at cogeco.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Dan,
>>>
>>> Michael from Spacesquad  started migrating the wiki a few weeks ago.
>>> He is updating the format along with the information as he goes. He
>>> is using DokuWiki along with a plugin that embeds the wiki into Geeklog.
>>>
>>> I have used the github wiki a little bit before and agree with your
>>> assessment. If we were not embedding the wiki into Geeklog.net then
>>> with DokuWIki the GitHub wiki might be worth looking at if others
>>> agree (I assume GitHub plans on updating the thing).
>>>
>>> Did you want to update the current wiki to the latest version? I am
>>> not sure how much time Michael has to put into the project so am
>>> unsure when he will complete it.  I also still need to update the
>>> DokuWiki plugin to the latest version which will not happen till  the
>> beginning of September.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: geeklog-devel [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net]
>>> On Behalf Of Dan Stoner
>>> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 10:38 PM
>>> To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
>>> Subject: [geeklog-devel] wiki.geeklog.net mediawiki migration
>>>
>>> I mentioned this over 1 year ago but ran into "problems" and never
>>> succeeded to migrate to a new VPS server. I am going to get back to
>>> this
>> task.
>>>
>>>
>>> At this point, since Geeklog is now on github, it is worth posing the
>>> question about whether the wiki content could/should be moved into
>>> github wiki.
>>>
>>> After using github wiki on some $WORK projects, I have to say that
>>> the wiki features are far less powerful than mediawiki, but
>>> organizationally it might be the right thing to do.
>>>
>>> If that doesn't sound interesting to you folks then I will proceed
>>> with migrating wiki.geeklog.net to a new/updated VPS server so I can
>>> upgrade to a "current' mediawiki release as planned.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dan Stoner
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