The DIY Wiki is back

Oct 12, 2015 15 Replies
J

Following some weeks stuck in "maintenance mode" (i.e. you could look but not update), the Wiki is now properly back online running on a new server:



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For those new to it, its like a DIY FAQ / Blog / Place to post your own DIY pictures and or articles. It so far has 585 unique articles, made up of over 3,000 pages.



Anyone with an account can write new articles and edit existing ones.



Anyone who wants an account, email me!



It would be nice to have some more contributors ;-)



(the wiki is now using the latest version of the mediawiki software - you may see some small changes and cosmetic differences)


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T

it seems it's still stuck in ineditable, 'locked for maintenance.'

NT

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J

I only updated the DNS a bit before I posted, so you may still be seeing the old server. It depends on how long it takes the changes to propagate to your DNS.

What IP address do you get if you ping wiki.diyfaq.org.uk?

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T

134.213.213.201. I'll check it again tomorrow, no worry.

NT

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D

In the almost five years that I have been watching and occasionally contributing to this NG, that is the first time that I have seen a URL for the Wiki, as opposed to occasional passing references, which all assumed that readers were familiar with it. Well done! Yes, I know that it has always been there waiting to be found, but a real ref. is always useful, and far more likely to lead to viewers.

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R

Didn't there used to be a weekly post about it?

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R

Looking at Google Groups it was around 2006!

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D

Certainly before my starting here in 2011.

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J

Many years ago there was a weekly post of the FAQ itself. That then moved to being a web site in 1999, and so no longer needed posting as such.

The FAQ can be found :

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The FAQ and wiki are cross linked - you can find one from the other, and slowly stuff will migrate from the FAQ to the wiki just so that its easier to maintain.

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T

It's nearly there - editing open riser stairs produces 'You don't have permission to access /index.php on this server.' Even though editing the test page causes no problem

NT

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J

ok will look at that tonight...

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J

We have had words with modsecurity, and it seems more willing to play now. Try that.

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T

Thanks John.

I've noticed it seems to have another issue too... on the test page the graphic file seems to have disappeared.

NT

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J

You mean:

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If so, the link is missing the "-2" on the page...

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