http://groups.google.com/group/wikidot/t/b7024c39ba160b2e?hl=en

You put in the long unpleasant and awful link from wikipedia, and get very short and cute little link that is much more manageable and it works the same! I use it a lot in my wiki, since I have to put URLs in cyrillic, and they are very, but veeeeery long and unpleasant ….

 [[image test.eps]] 

but instead it puts a link like

test.eps

on the page.

If I click on it, it opens ghostviewer, an eps viewer I have installed, and I can see the picture. I kind of like that there is a link to the veiwer, so I can blow up a plot, but I would really like to see the image on the wiki.

On the other hand if I use an svg file, it inserts it as an image OK.

Ideas of how to fix it?

<script type="text/javascript" src="/common—modules/js/userinfo/UserInfoModule.js"></script></head>

and the called javascripts

<a id="ui-contrib-b" href="javascript:;">Recent contributions</a>
<a id="ui-posts-b" href="javascript:;">Recent posts/comments</a>

( the source lies on :
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.wikidot.com/common--javascript/WIKIDOT.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.wikidot.com/common--javascript/WIKIDOT.page.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.wikidot.com/common--javascript/WIKIDOT.editor.js"></script>
)

Perhaops in a form embedded boxes ?

EDIT: my firsttry gots onyl error message Sorry, no match for the embedded content.:

 [[embed]] <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.wikidot.com/common—modules/js/userinfo/UserInfoModule.js;url=http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/pcd84;id=ui-contrib-b;output=js"></script> [[/embed]] 

Something is not working as I think…

But alas, I couldn't find a direct URL link to e. g. the “Recent contributions” sub-page of user:info (might have been something like http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/user-name/recentcontrib)

ErichSteinboeck

He has collected a fine summary of posible "direct links" to most of the "hidden" system pages of "MY ACCOUNT" and "ADMIN:MANAGE" !

howto:direct-links-to-sub-pages-of-system-pages

What a work has he done (have a look on the source :) ) .

Does we need a "news" Box for the Comminity Portal itself ?

Regards
Helmut

At your page [http://pcg.wikidot.com/pcg-games:angband]
I would use the long URL of the wikipedia ( with [*http..]. ) instead of the 3 [[[....]]]
like the web site variable.

 [[include pcg-game-box name=Angband | image=@@ | image-caption=@@ | screenshot=@@ | screenshot-caption=@@ | developer=Andrew Sidwell et al. | publisher=@@ | designer=@@ | series=@@ | engine=@@ | released=@@ | genre=Fantasy | modes=@@ | rating=@@ | platforms=Widely ported | media=@@ | requirements=@@ | input=Keyboard | latest_release_version=3.0.9b | latest_release_date=March 19, 2008 | license=Moria / Angband license | download=@@ | website=[*http://rephial.org rephial.org] | pcg-types=Runtime random level generation ]] 

I'm not sure which syntax issue is the most intuitive. I guess moving the pipe is going to be best.

Are you asking about the problem that the following code doesn't work?

[[include template name=[[[reference]]]
| attribute=value]]

If so, here are workarounds. Either:

Don't split the include over several lines:

[[include template name=[[[reference]]] | attribute=value]]

Or, move the pipe symbol to the end of any line ending with …]]]:

[[include template name=[[[reference]]] |
attribute=value]]

Or, put a space after the closing …]]]:

[[include template name=[[[reference]]](instead of this text insert a single blank here)
| attribute=value]]

Its not the case of wanting to include a page outside the wiki. It's that the internal variables can't be links to other wiki pages.

For instance, looking at wikipedia, the majority of info boxes contain links to elsewhere in the wiki. But if I try the same syntax in an include, it breaks horribly because the 3 right-square brackets appears to trigger the include terminator, which is two right square brackets.

e.g. in the include syntax

include pcg-game-box name=Angband
| developer=Andrew Sidwell
| released=1990

if I want to replace Andrew Sidwell with a link to the wiki article on Andrew Sidwell, I end up terminating the include instead with ]]] being recognised as the include terminator.

As for uploading page files - simply copy&paste does the job.

Actually I produce my wikidot pages in an external text editor (KeyNote) which automatically saves what I am doing. If electricity suddenly stops I would have all my work so far, saved. The same would not be true for editing directly on the site. The only shortcoming I experience is that KeyNote doesn't recognize the syntax elements and cannot highlight them in different colours.

If you need the content of an "outside" page inerted you have to use the iframe tag…

One more question.

How do I include a wiki reference in an include? At the moment, the 3 right-square brackets appear to trigger the include terminator, which is two right square brackets. Any workarounds or is this a basic syntax problem?

Have a look at the these Community HowTo's — you should see the needed source there:

• Set Up An Infobox
• Set Up an Infobox — Exclude Specific Attributes

Let's have only one, there would be a greater chance for more people available at the same time.