Sun Coast Amateur <br>Radio Club Society - blog:2022-08-06https://scarcs.ca/2026-04-18T19:47:45+00:00FeedCreator 1.8wiki_update_complete2022-08-31T23:18:16+00:002022-08-31T23:18:16+00:002022-08-31T23:18:16+00:00https://scarcs.ca/blog/2022-08-06/wiki_update_completeAnonymous
<h1 class="sectionedit1" id="wiki_update_complete">Wiki Update COMPLETE</h1>
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For the past month or so, some of you might have noticed this banner at the top of the wiki when you log in<sup><a href="#fn__1" id="fnt__1" class="fn_top">1)</a></sup>:
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It indicated that a new update of the wiki engine is available. I had been waiting for the stable release to be available instead of the release candidate (rc) and it looks like it is now. I finished testing this update on a local copy of our website to make sure that it didn't break anything (it did). The old version we were using was from 2020-07-29 (2 years ago!) so there was some incompatibilities with extensions we were using. Luckily I found alternatives and completed the update. Let me know if you notice anything unusual.
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<h1 class="sectionedit2" id="issues">Issues</h1>
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I found some issues that needed to be fixed before I could proceed with the wiki update.
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> The BlogTNG options used to post a news item on the front page are missing. The <a href="https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:blogtng" class="urlextern" title="https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:blogtng" rel="ugc nofollow">plugin page</a> and <a href="https://github.com/dokufreaks/plugin-blogtng/issues" class="urlextern" title="https://github.com/dokufreaks/plugin-blogtng/issues" rel="ugc nofollow">github page</a> haven't been updated in years, indicating that it's no longer being maintained. </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> Remove BlogTNG and replace with the following plugins instead:<br/>
* <a href="https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:blog" class="urlextern" title="https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:blog" rel="ugc nofollow">Blog</a><br/>
* <a href="https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:include" class="urlextern" title="https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:include" rel="ugc nofollow">Include</a><br/>
* Old version of <a href="https://github.com/MrBertie/pagequery/zipball/master" class="urlextern" title="https://github.com/MrBertie/pagequery/zipball/master" rel="ugc nofollow">Pagequery</a> (see <a href="https://github.com/mprins/pagequery/issues/9" class="urlextern" title="https://github.com/mprins/pagequery/issues/9" rel="ugc nofollow"> Issue description</a>)<br/>
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There will be slight changes in functionality. </td>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Some template changes were reverted. </td><td class="col1 leftalign"> Re-implement the changes <a href="https://scarcs.ca/memberscorner/weblog#top_bar_for_dokuwiki_template_only" class="wikilink1" title="memberscorner:weblog" data-wiki-id="memberscorner:weblog">listed here</a>, which need to be sequenced with permission reset. </td>
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<h1 class="sectionedit4" id="plan">Plan</h1>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Backup the current site </td><td class="col1 centeralign"> <span style="color:#008000;">✔</span> </td>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Install the new plugins and convert the News Feed away from BlogTNG </td><td class="col1 centeralign"> <span style="color:#008000;">✔</span> </td>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Uninstall BlogTNG </td><td class="col1 centeralign"> <span style="color:#008000;">✔</span> </td>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Update the Wiki </td><td class="col1 centeralign"> <span style="color:#008000;">✔</span> </td>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Reset the permissions </td><td class="col1 centeralign"> <span style="color:#008000;">✔</span> </td>
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<td class="col0 leftalign"> Re-implement the template changes </td><td class="col1 centeralign"> <span style="color:#008000;">✔</span> </td>
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<div class="fn"><sup><a href="#fnt__1" id="fn__1" class="fn_bot">1)</a></sup>
<div class="content">Note that this notice only shows for logged in users, so the general public doesn't see it</div></div>
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