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

[Dan Stoner]

It was permissions creating the php sessions file on the server.

Should be working now.


The other thing I thought of is the server sending emails which I will
look into next.

- Dan Stoner


On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 8:00 PM, Dan Stoner <danstoner at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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