User talk:Ypae

NamespacePermissions Extension question

This is in response to your question on User talk:Teratornis#NamespacePermissions Extension question about NamespacePermissions Extension. I looked at your changes to your LocalSettings.php. I see one thing that looks strange:

// Create Custom Namespaces 
$wgExtraNamespaces[1001] = "MyNS1";
$wgExtraNamespaces[1002] = "MyNS1_Talk";
$wgExtraNamespaces[2001] = "MyNS1";
$wgExtraNamespaces[2002] = "MyNS1_Talk";

I don't understand why you assign the same namespace name to two different numbers ("MyNS1" to 1001 and 2001). I thought it should be something like this:

// Create Custom Namespaces 
$wgExtraNamespaces[1001] = "MyNS1";
$wgExtraNamespaces[1002] = "MyNS1_Talk";
$wgExtraNamespaces[2001] = "MyNS2";
$wgExtraNamespaces[2002] = "MyNS2_Talk";

If changing that does not fix your problem, I don't know what else to try. I suggest you ask on MW:Project:Support desk. The people who answer questions there seem to know everything about MediaWiki. Another place to get help is w:WP:VPT, not supposed to be about MediaWiki, but people ask MediaWiki questions there anyway. --Teratornis 21:49, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

In reply to your following question on my user talk page, I'm sorry but I'm stumped. I'm still pretty new at MediaWiki administration myself, and I have not done exactly what you are trying. I suggest you try the various help desks, and the other support channels those help desks mention (IRC, mailing lists, etc.). Another option is to try a different wiki software like w:TWiki. I have not tried TWiki yet, but the article description makes it sound as if TWiki has vastly better access control features than MediaWiki. I may have to try TWiki myself, for some corporate wiki applications, if I cannot get MediaWiki to work for them. --Teratornis 17:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)