"Create a Bioinformatics application" on search page does not work

mmartin · 06-11-2010, 02:16 AM

Please go to: http://seqanswers.com/wiki/Special:Search/Hello
Clicking "To create a Bioinformatics application called 'Hello', click link." does not work. I think the linked URL should be http://seqanswers.com/wiki/Special:A...lication/Hello

Also, I suggest to change the link text since it's not meaningful to name a link "link". It could be "Create the bioinformatics application page Hello", where all the text is the link. (No need to state that one has to click the link.)

dan · 06-11-2010, 06:30 AM

Thanks for reporting this bug mmartin, it's actually a problem in the changing format of the MediaWiki parser function used to create those links! At some point SF was upgraded, and the syntax that was working broke

For your reference, here is the correction I made:

http://seqanswers.com/w/index.php?ti...562&oldid=1106
http://seqanswers.com/w/index.php?ti...action=history

The parser function is documented here:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extens...arser_function

and here:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms

It could be nice to change this to a 'dropdown' form, so that you could choose weather you wanted to add a new application, format or sequencing centre. There are probably other system messages we could edit:

http://seqanswers.com/wiki/Special:AllMessages

Thanks again!

mmartin · 06-16-2010, 05:11 AM

Thanks for fixing this! During my next burst of activity on the wiki, I'll surely appreciate this.

krobison · 06-16-2010, 05:36 AM

"Create a Bioinformatics Application"? Wow! This site is informative AND you can generate code right through the wiki! :-)

dan · 06-16-2010, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krobison

"Create a Bioinformatics Application"? Wow! This site is informative AND you can generate code right through the wiki! :-)

Hehehe... well, we are not there yet... perhaps one day though!

I'll try to re-word it so it's clearer.

http://seqanswers.com/w/index.php?ti...583&oldid=2562

Cheers,
Dan.

KamMothe · 08-06-2019, 06:34 PM

I created a birthday page, and I went to the main page to add a link to it underneath New Things. When I do the preview of that, it shows up right. However, when I save it, it isnt there. What am I doing wrong?

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06-11-2010, 02:16 AM	#1
mmartin Member Location: Stockholm Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 75	"Create a Bioinformatics application" on search page does not work Please go to: http://seqanswers.com/wiki/Special:Search/Hello Clicking "To create a Bioinformatics application called 'Hello', click link." does not work. I think the linked URL should be http://seqanswers.com/wiki/Special:A...lication/Hello Also, I suggest to change the link text since it's not meaningful to name a link "link". It could be "Create the bioinformatics application page Hello", where all the text is the link. (No need to state that one has to click the link.)

06-11-2010, 06:30 AM	#2
dan wiki wiki Location: Cambridge, England Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 266	Thanks for reporting this bug mmartin, it's actually a problem in the changing format of the MediaWiki parser function used to create those links! At some point SF was upgraded, and the syntax that was working broke For your reference, here is the correction I made: http://seqanswers.com/w/index.php?ti...562&oldid=1106 http://seqanswers.com/w/index.php?ti...action=history The parser function is documented here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extens...arser_function and here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms It could be nice to change this to a 'dropdown' form, so that you could choose weather you wanted to add a new application, format or sequencing centre. There are probably other system messages we could edit: http://seqanswers.com/wiki/Special:AllMessages Thanks again! __________________ Homepage: Dan Bolser MetaBase the database of biological databases.

08-06-2019, 06:34 PM	#6
KamMothe Junior Member Location: Panama Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 5	"Create a Bioinformatics application" on search page does not work I created a birthday page, and I went to the main page to add a link to it underneath New Things. When I do the preview of that, it shows up right. However, when I save it, it isnt there. What am I doing wrong?

06-16-2010, 05:11 AM	#3
mmartin Member Location: Stockholm Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 75	Thanks for fixing this! During my next burst of activity on the wiki, I'll surely appreciate this.

06-16-2010, 05:36 AM	#4
krobison Senior Member Location: Boston area Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 747	"Create a Bioinformatics Application"? Wow! This site is informative AND you can generate code right through the wiki! :-)