I have an existing site schoolsplay.wikidot.com, that I want to update.
In the train I have the most time, but no internet connection.
Can I 'export' my site to my harddisk and use it in the VMWare image on Windows XP?
And how would I do this?

I'm trying the backup route: manage site - backup and load that into the image.
But it says at the backup page: "The backup option at the moment has a few limitations: you can not restore from it automatically, it does not include all page revisions, only current (latest), it does not include forum discussion or page comments."
That's not a dealbreaker, but it would be nicest if everything is in it, and can be easily imported in the VMWare image.

Thanks,

Chris

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Wikidot_Exception_Php_Warning' with message 'pg_connect() [<a href='function.pg-connect'>function.pg-connect</a>]: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host &quot;192.168.17.129&quot; and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5433?' in /wikidot/www/wikidot2/php/misc/setup.php:92 Stack trace: #0 [internal function]: wikidot_error_handler(2, 'pg_connect() [<…', '/wikidot/www/wi…', 74, Array) #1 /wikidot/www/wikidot2/php/class/Wikidot/Db/Connection/Pg.php(74): pg_connect('host='192.168.1…') #2 /wikidot/www/wikidot2/php/class/Wikidot/Db.php(60): Wikidot_Db_Connection_Pg->__construct(Array) #3 /wikidot/www/wikidot2/php/class/Wikidot/Db.php(83): Wikidot_Db::factory('pg', Array) #4 /wikidot/www/wikidot2/php/class/Wikidot/Db.php(103): Wikidot_Db::init() #5 /wikidot/www/wikidot2/php/class/Wikidot.php(140): Wikidot_Db::connection(NULL) #6 /wikidot/www/wikidot2/php/class/Wikidot/Core/Api.php(139): Wikidot::database() # in /wikidot/www/wikidot2/php/misc/setup.php on line 92

That was alright. It says PHP errors were fine. Then I continued to the next step of ant generate-site.

A load of errors came up.

Please help me!!

-tsangk

though, accessing the / site gave me just

Not Found

The requested URL / was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu4 with Suhosin-Patch Server at localhost Port 8080

(port 8080 is forwarded to 80)

i thought this is a ready to run image? :/

after inspecting the logs it seems that it accesses the file /wikidot/www/wikidot1/web and that the file does not exist

oh and btw, why is there alsa installed?!
i could setup a virtual debian server for vbox with all configs done

edit: ok i should read more : 5. Before you launch it look at the settings and configure the Shared Folders — "wikidot1" or "wikidot2" must point to the locations where you have a working copy of Wikidot.

so nm that, going to try that now

—Ano

I downloaded the VM as required, and got what I think is a clean copy, tho it took several tries

• wikidot-dev2-vm-20080220.tar.gz (603,068 KB, or 617,540,980 bytes)

I tried using PowerArchiver and TUGZip, but neither was able to decompress everything for some reason. Neither generated errors, tho. By merging the two uncompressed versions, I was able to get a VM that booted up, but apache failed during startup, and the /wikidot/…/wikidot1 and wikidot2 directories were empty.

When I tried to shut down the VM, I kept getting an error: "Must be root", but I do not know what the root password is. It isn't "wdadmin", as it is for the wdadmin account. I had to force a "power-failure" shutdown in WMWare Player just to turn the VM off.

Any help you can provide would be appreciated.

Thanks,

David.

Perhaps the virtual-machine page could mention which VM version this was exported from;
I was not able to open it in VM-Player 1.0.4 or 1.0.5.

I'd rather not use the WM-Player 2.0 Beta because it might disturb other VM's on this hardware!

For the record here are the bug reports:
http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-22246/module-newpage-doesn-t-honour-template-selection
http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-46381/many-blank-templates-appear-in-template-list

So, I'm wondering if there is a better way to get bugs fixed. If source code changes are made on the open source Wikidot v1 repository, do the changes flow through to wikidot.com blogs? If not, can the relevant patches be sent through to another destination, e.g. email address? If so, what is the delay between changes to the repository here and the live wikidot.com wikis?

Thanks.

If I were to move V1 Wikidot to another hosting server that has PHP 5.2.x, are the bugs you fixed listed in one of the changelog? Were there workarounds in the code base for some or all of the PHP bugs?

I know V2 is taking lots of cycles and it may be that the bugs you refer to only show up in V2 Wikidot; only PHP bugs related to V1 are of current interest to me. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Are there any other tables that need records added or updated?

On a related note (for purely selfish reasons!), are there any plans in the works to allow wikidot.com users to create an export of their wiki sites that could be imported into an open source install? I realize that extra steps would be involved with file attachments, etc., but it would be a nice feature to make a full backup/restore of a site easier.

-Ed

Any thoughts on doing a similar operation on Wikidot, either 1 or 2? One site I know of uses port 8080 for staging and 80 for production, while another has two URLs, one for each type.

If there were a quick "restore from zip" mode, I could zip the staging WD server and restore the zip to the main WD server, after first clearing it (deleting it?). Something that doesn't involve requests to the WD admin so I can roll forward/roll back as needed.

Thoughts, suggestions. WD2 solution already in the works?

TIA

After porting just a couple of pages, I noticed some strange behavior with the [[button...]] and [[collapsible...]] functions. Rather than bore you with the details, I have set up a sandbox site so you can see firsthand what's happening.

Ed's Sandbox

I can't promise that this server will be up 24/7, or how long it will be available, but I would really appreciate it if some members of the development team would take just a minute to look. I have permissions pretty wide open, so no need to create an account or become a member to play in this sandbox.

This is all I have found so far with my stand-alone server. I will continue to update my sandbox page if I find other issues.

Thanks,
-Ed

Unless I made a mistake in my install script, it appears you made a change in the last day or two to the distributed apache.vhost.wikidot.conf file that causes the Apache server to fail upon startup.

Some of the new %{WIKIDOT:xxx} variables don't appear to be getting set properly somewhere. When I reverted back to the older version of the config file, things started working again.

Are there new steps that need to be added to the Debian/Ubuntu install guides?

Apologies if I made the mistake - my install scripts were working well 2 days ago and I only made minor changes that should not have caused this, but maybe I missed something.

Thanks,
Ed

It might help others who want to install Wikidot to be less intimidated by the "manual" steps. I'm an admitted novice with this stuff, but thought someone with better scripting skills may be able to take what I've done and get it down to one script (from 3 that I used) and really simplify it.

See The Easier Wikidot Home Network Install on Wikidot.org.

Any takers?

-Ed

After browsing the source, I've got a pretty good understanding of Wikidot V1 operation, so I'll try to set it up under WinXP SP2 (and maybe Vista after SP1 is available). I think a lot of the effort is just learning where and when to download precompiled binary files and when to compile from source. The configuration of each component is also likely to be different under XP, so I'm keeping notes on what works and what doesn't while I juggle the components to get them working on Wikidot V1. It looks like V2 requires more config and extensions, so I'm concentrating on V1 first.

If anyone else is working on this, we should share notes so we don't both go down each fruitless path of implementation and testing.

I have a regular day job, so progress will be as I find time in the evenings and on weekends. If someone else has more time to devote, I would be glad to take on small tasks as needed.

I'm in Boulder, CO US about -7 hours UTC.

Best
Jerry Schneider

I'm interested in helping in any way I can. I have some skill in web development and have dabbled in PHP and some MySQL, but databases are definitely not my strong area. I'm a skilled Windows user and a total beginner with all things Linux. I love being on the "cutting edge" and can help by beta testing new features. I have extra equipment at home that I can load up as a test environment and can help with documentation.

By day, I'm an IT Manager for a chain of restaurants in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area and my primary role is development and training of applications specific to our point of sale (cash register) system. We are on the verge of rolling out a Wikidot 1 site for housing a number of things, including our 300+ page Operations Manual.

I'm very excited at the prospects of Wikidot 2!

-Ed

 $ php lib/ozone/bin/tsmarty2c.php templates > /tmp/lang.c 

my version: wikidot1 revision At revision 12.