Problems with MediaWiki and CategoryTree Extension

Problems with MediaWiki and CategoryTree Extension

Posted by: dsuh
Posted on: 2008-01-14 11:41:00

When I try to use the CategoryTree extension with MediaWiki 1.11 on my Dreamhost site, I do not get interactive trees.
When I click the +/- on the tree, I get an Object expected error in my IE browser.
When I install it on my personal Ubuntu server, it works fine.
This extension uses AJAX to provide an interactive tree in the Category pages or others that have it embedded in them.

You can see it in action at:
http://www.x64bitinfo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Categories

Does AJAX work with Dreamhost sites?
Do I need to enable something?
Is there a solution to this problem?


Re: Problems with MediaWiki and CategoryTree Exten

Posted by: rlparker
Posted on: 2008-01-14 12:25:00

In reply to:

When I try to use the CategoryTree extension with MediaWiki 1.11 on my Dreamhost site, I do not get interactive trees.


Sure you do! It works just fine for me from your DreamHost site using a decent browser (FF2). wink

In reply to:

When I click the +/- on the tree, I get an Object expected error in my IE browser.


Welcome to the world of IE!

In reply to:

Does AJAX work with Dreamhost sites? Do I need to enable something? Is there a solution to this problem?


AJAX works fine with DH sites, and the only thing that needs to be enabled is javascript on the users' browser(s).

There are a couple of ways to resolve the "problem":

1) Use a decent browser

2) Re-code the ajaxy javascript bits to facilitate IE.

--rlparker

Tags: mediawikiajaxtrees