Dr Taqi 1197217633|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hi is there anyway my wiki can link to files on an internal LAN?
Our company keeps a lot of files on it's internal server and they are updated in these locations. I would like a way to access these or point to them via the wiki.
I have tried using:
[file://server/etc.txt]
but that does not work.
Any help greatly appreciated
Taqi
Craig Macomber 1197231092|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
To link to those files you will need to use a link that works when entered into a web browser that is not on the LAN (unless your wiki is only accessed on the LAN).
If using such a link with wikidot fails then its a wikidot issue.
Craig Macomber, 1197231092|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Dr Taqi 1197233702|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Thanks. The link I am using works in the web browser. It seems to be a wikidot issue, I think it strips out the file:// or interprets that to refer to files that are attachments. I have tried out other hosted wikis such as pbwiki and it allows linking to local files. I have alos used tiddlywiki and it allows it this format to link to local network files. Hopefully someone can help or tweak wikidot to allow this.
Otherwise wikidot 'rocks'.
Taqi
Craig Macomber 1197237560|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
If its an FTP server try this: ftp://server/etc.txt
Craig Macomber, 1197237560|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Dr Taqi 1197303951|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Thanks for the suggestion. The server is just another Windows machine linked up via the LAN. It is not a ftp server, nevertheless I did try using the ftp prefix but that did not work either.
Still searching for a solution.
David Drascic 1208819403|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Did you ever find a solution? I am facing the same issue and if I can't find a solution I'll have to move to another wiki, which will not be fun.
Perhaps a custom javascript on a server somewhere that can be embedded using the embed command?
David Drascic, 1208819403|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Phil Chett 1208857934|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I dont know if I am missing something here but….
If you have a file on your server that is not accessible to the outside world via the internet, then how on earth can ANY wiki that is internet based see it?
Craig Macomber 1208900275|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
The wiki never needs to "see it". No site is responsible for following links on it. What matters is if the users can follow the link, and they can if they are on the LAN.
To solve the issue, you can link to an HTML page or javascript (upload it to the wiki) that redirects to the file.
Craig Macomber, 1208900275|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Phil Chett 1208901532|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
thanks craig… i now understand.
gerdami 1208936478|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
To solve the issue, you can link to an HTML page or javascript (upload it to the wiki) that redirects to the file.
Good idea, Craig.
Can you post the code, please.
Craig Macomber 1208986360|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I don't do html or javascript, but some quick looking into html redirects should find it.
Craig Macomber, 1208986360|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
ErichSteinboeck 1209979171|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I've been discussing the request to allow file:// with the developer on wikidot dev-list —
From: Erich <erich.steinbo…@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 09:17:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: New Feature: Colon Escape….
If you do so, please ask Michal, when touching the URL parser code, if he could add "file://" to the list of allowed schemes - should be pretty straightforward ..
'schemes' => array(
'http://',
'https://',
'ftp://',
'gopher://',
'news://',
'mailto:',
'mms://'
Two threads are requesting this …
http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-30453/link-to-files-on-an-internal-lan
http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-51361/recognition-of-file-links-on-local-network
Thx
From: Piotr Gabryjeluk <pi…@wikidev.lastlook.pl>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 21:19:32 +0200
Subject: Re: New Feature: Colon Escape….
I don't think this is a good idea. 1% of users will be happy, but 20% will be confused when linking to THEIR local files not being accessible by other users. We should not include this on Wikidot.com. Maybe this is a good option for some in-company Wikidot installation.
Regards
Piotr
From: Erich <erich.steinbo…@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 01:01:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: New Feature: Colon Escape….
I guess those people who'd like to add "file://" links to their wikis know what they are doing — and wouldn't confuse anyone.
Hey, you're supporting "gopher://" — who still knows what this? And who's actually using it?
http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-30453/link-to-files-on-an-internal-lan :
"Our company keeps a lot of files on it's internal server and they are updated in these locations. I would like a way to access these or point to them via the wiki."
http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-51361/recognition-of-file-links-on-local-network :
"Wikidot would be much more powerful for our private company wiki if file links would be recognized (so that I can link to documents/ folders on our company server)."
From: Piotr Gabryjeluk <pi…@wikidev.lastlook.pl>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 10:16:33 +0200
Subject: Re: New Feature: Colon Escape….
Hey, file:// is really not a good idea. It depends on ALL people using the wiki to have mounted the shared folders exactly the same way. They should provide a more standardized way to serve the files in addition to file://, (like http://) and use these links.
And that will be confusing for all the other people:
"Look! I can link to a file from my filesystem!"
"Hey, why is that not working for me?"
"This works for me!"
"It must be Wikidot broken!"
We don't want this.
As Wikidot is open source, we don't see a problem with them installing their own instance and allowing the file:// links if they REALLY need this.
ErichSteinboeck, 1209979171|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Gabrys 1210096626|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hi,
this is not a widely used configuration, so we don't want this.
Please read the whole thread on our wiki-dev list at http://groups.google.com/group/wikidot?hl=en
As a workaround you can always place a links as a text and ask people to just copy&paste this.
Cheers,
Gabrys