To embed slideshare presentations in your page, you can’t beat the Widget Extension. The homepage for the extension features dozens of widgets to embed videos, feeds, maps and even other widgets from Google right in your MediaWiki pages.
Category: Tips
Getting started with Semantic MediaWiki
So, you read about Semantic MediaWiki and were intrigued enough to install it. Now what ? First, do yourself a favor and install Semantic Forms. It may seem a little intimidating at first, but it will save you loads of time later on. You can learn a lot by checking out the source of pages in an already available wiki.…
Tip for performance improvement using #urlget
I came across an interesting performance issue using #urlget (from the URLGetparameters extension). The details are here : http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:UrlGetParameters#Performance I know it is not directly related to SMW but since I used this extension to customize calls to semantic queries based on URL parameters, this may be relevant to other people doing the same thing. I was able to reduce…
How to import feeds from other sites into Facebook
I came across this little advertised feature of Facebook while poking around in my Flickr account (at least, little known by me at the time). To add feeds from other sites to your Facebook account : 1- Open your Profile in Facebook 2- Click on Options (under the Share button) 3- Click on Settings (same location at Options) 4- Select…
iTunes 7 and a tip to refresh of iTunes library
iTunes 7 is out, and it looks good so far 🙂 …. a good occasion to add a nagging tip to this little collection. As I was trying to keep my iTunes library synchronized between my desktop (windows) and my laptop (mac OS), I found it frustrating to have to delete and reload my library each time I did a…
Smarter Playlists
So I have spent some time recently making sense of my little collection of songs. 4214 songs. 11.3 days. All paid and accounted for 🙂 … and always listening to the same 2 or 3 static playlists. Something had to change. I picked up some great advices from Smart Playlists.com and came up with the following tips to help organize…
iCleaner revived my iPod
I made the mistake to keep my iPod for a few weeks in a jacket, with keys and coins… and no protection… while I was waiting to receive a Vajacases leather case. Needless to say, the scratches that ensued were as nagging as grain of sand under an eyelid. It took me a while to find a good solution. Unfortunately,…
Eyecandy for Windows XP
While I was away at a conference a few weeks ago, I found myself surrounded by researchers and students all typing away on their cool Mac laptops. Seeing the eyecandy of Mac OS-X, I wished I could find the same vidual comfort on my windows XP desktop. A few weeks later, I found the right combination of desktop gadgets to…
iPod tricks
A few links to better use your ipod : iPod Lounge – All things iPod. Featuring the gallery of iPods around the world. Where did your iPod go today ? SmartPlaylists.com – Explanations about the concept of smart playlists (really, just a wizard to build queries to the database created by iTunes). The site hosts examples of smart uses of…
How to replace the default entry textarea by an HTML editor
I have been trying to replace the default entry textarea by an HTML editor such as this one ( FCK Editor – FREE web based HTML editor ) Getting the editor to work is relatively straight forward. Just install the zip files in their destination on your website, edit the editor javascript (or .htc) files to point to the new location and…