create new pages by accessing the database directly FAILS]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [Wikitech-l] create new pages by accessing the
database 
directly FAILS
Date: 	Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:50:57 +0100
From: 	edward hage <edwardconfirmat.nl>
To: 	Wikimedia developers <wikitech-lwikimedia.org>
References: 	<A8338714-BC86-476A-9597-E48DF2F109D4mcneilco.com> 
<43C022FB.5090501confirmat.nl> 
<e92136380601071224nbd4a98esmail.gmail.com>



What I want to make is a site for scuba-divers. When they
log in they 
get a special Userpage (kind of homepage for every user). On
that page 
they have the possiblity to make a new dive-entry. If they
click on that 
link they go to a special page where they can fill in a
table about 
depth, time in the water, pressure, bla.bla. When they
submit that data 
a new page is created with a nice layout (I use a template
in mediawiki) 
with all dive-data. Also on the Userpage a new link to that
new page is 
automatically created when the dive-entry is submitted. So
after a few 
logged dives a complete list is created.
Because it is a wiki they can make additional pages about
dive-locations 
(like travelwiki) and upload underwater-pictures and create
pages about 
marine biology etc..

Any pointers are welcome.

After I solve the issue of making the new pages flauwless, I
have to add 
the privilege of the user to protect his own pages (so their
own 
divedata is not molested by other users). I saw on mediawiki
that 
already some patches and extenstions were written for that
so that issue 
is next on my agenda.

Also I am very interested to hear why new enrty points can
not be made.

Greetings, Edward


Rob Church wrote:

>A special page should NEVER define a new entry point,
ever. Create it
>as a proper special page, and use the proper, built-in
classes, member
>functions, and where needed, the globals.
>
>Telling us what you're trying to *do* would also be a
big step, so we
>can give pointers.
>
>
>Rob Church
>
>On 07/01/06, edward hage <edwardconfirmat.nl> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hello John, Hendrik,
>>
>>I also made a SpecialPage, but I did not post back
to the page itself. I
>>did to a new page where I defined some basic stuff
by:
>>define( 'MEDIAWIKI', true );
>>require_once( '../includes/Defines.php' );
>>require_once( '../LocalSettings.php' );
>>require_once( '../includes/Setup.php' );
>>
>>Basically made a new entry-point. I hope this does
not cause a
>>safety-issue ! (I don't know the do's and dont's
about this.)
>>
>>    
>>


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