WikiEducator Test Instances
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b.WikiEducator.org
The instance formerly known as z, which was used to develop we5.
Ubuntu 12.04.5 w/Mediawiki 1.15.5, only en.WE is available
User: beta Password: test
Broken bits
| item | reporter | test page | status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenOffice converter | JimTittsler 00:23, 6 February 2013 (UTC) | Special:OOoConverter | not running, incompatible version(?) |
| Simple table extension | JimTittsler 00:23, 6 February 2013 (UTC) | User:JimTittsler/Sandbox | JimTittsler 01:18, 6 February 2013 (UTC) |
| OpenID login | JimTittsler 02:22, 6 February 2013 (UTC) | Special:UserLogin | works on WE5 where not behind basic auth JimTittsler 05:17, 18 February 2013 (UTC) |
| Backups | JimTittsler 04:17, 6 February 2013 (UTC) | n/a | installed ec2-consistent-snapshot from Alestic PPA JimTittsler 21:23, 6 February 2013 (UTC) |
| Collections | JimTittsler 22:29, 6 February 2013 (UTC) | Special:Book | works fine on WE5 JimTittsler 05:14, 18 February 2013 (UTC) |
| Recent Changes | Wayne Mackintosh 21:31, 18 February 2013 (UTC) | Special:RecentChanges | actual problem was calling parameters to function JimTittsler 05:14, 18 February 2013 (UTC) Internal Error --Akash Agarwal 21:46, 8 August 2014 (UTC) |
a.WikiEducator.org
Ubuntu 14.04.1 w/Mediawiki 1.23.3 (hosted at we8.oer.me), only en.WE is available
User: alpha Password: test
On 31 August 2014, all of the WikiEducator and WikiResearcher wikis were updated to Mediawiki 1.23.3 based on this alpha instance. There are a number of significant changes in functionality and user interface, especially the VisualEditor and the Collection (nee Book) extension. Some features (especially OERu course snapshots), will require additional time after the wiki upgrade to return to full functionality.
Notes
| item | test page | status/notes |
|---|---|---|
| Vector skin | ||
| LiquidThreads | User_talk:JimTittsler | upgrade to LQT2 |
| Widgets | User:JimTittsler/WEnotes | working, needs more testing |
| FCKEditor | disabled; promote WikiEditor and VisualEditor | |
| Kaltura | extension/service no longer work; partially supplanted by TimedMediaHandler | |
| HTML5video | no uptake; replace all occurrences with TimedMediaHandler (or external Vimeo or Blip.tv videos) | |
| OpenID | disabled; deprecate? | |
| SimpleSAML | disabled; only used by a handful of NZ schools | |
| NamespaceManagers & NamespacePermissions |
use global user rights settings and $wgNamespaceProtection | |
| Math rendering | no longer in core, requires new Extension:Math | |
| Collection/Book | new User Interface | |
| jQuery | use official MW distribution, disable WE extension | |
| JavaScript onload() | old MW onload deprecated, rewrite all JavaScript to use jQuery | |
| WikiArticleFeeds | trivial format change required in pages | |
| Widget:Imagemap | convert all occurrences of WikiEducator's Widget:Imagemap to use new ImageMap extension | |
| CustomCategory | deprecate, remove all uses from WE | |
| LicenseByCategory | working; needs new Free Cultural Works badges | |
| mp3 | convert all occurrences to TimedMediaHandler (although mp3 is officially unsupported); convert to Mp3Handler? | |
| OggHandler | obsolete, replace all occurrences with TimedMediaHandler | |
| SimpleTable | maintain for now | |
| account creation Javascript | needs rewrite | |
| OERf Minidonation | remove? | |
| Flash | would be nice to disable; if necessary replace with a widget? | |
| RSS | update arguments (and any template use?); (use whitelist? allow images?) | |
| WEtheme | disable | |
| Oppia | disable? no uptake | |
| WEnotes | works with new Widgets installation | |
| WEpoll & WEvotes |
these extensions really should be combined; not an absolute requirement for migration, but it might simplify things | |
| WEoptions | obsolete; convert all uses to use the new Mediawiki options API | |
| LoopFunctions | disabled | |
| PeerEvaluation | TBD; being rewritten | |
| EducationProgram | being evaluated for course registration and maintenance | |
| CLDR | locale extension required by EducationProgram |
c.WikiEducator.org
Ubuntu 14.04.1 w/Mediawiki 1.23.3 (hosted at we8.oer.me)
User: alpha Password: test
This sandbox wiki does not include the WikiEducator content. It is a sandbox for experimenting with extensions, including:
- the beta VisualEditor enabled for the main, user, and project namespaces
- TimedMediaHandler for embedding audio and video
- LiquidThreads2 for talk pages
- Collection with a new user interface for building books
- Scribunto and Lua scripting
d.WikiEducator.org
Test instance
e.WikiEducator.org
Ubuntu 12.04.5 w/Mediawiki 1.23.1 and Education Program extension
User: beta Password: test
Other test users with differing levels of user rights for Education Program extension evaluation (all with the same test password):
- CourseCoordinator
- CourseOnlineVolunteer
- CourseCampusVolunteer
- CourseInstructor
