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## [Python programming in the Wiki](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/python-programming-in-the-wiki/1238)

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**Author:** [@ccsmith41](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/ccsmith41)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/python-programming-in-the-wiki/1238 "2021-12-23T13:02:53Z")

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Can we use Python programming in the Wiki like we can Javescript?

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## [App for your phone](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/app-for-your-phone/1315)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/app-for-your-phone/1315 "2021-04-06T03:49:38Z")

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There’s an app for your phone to access the QBHuddle support portal for Quality Box. Search your app store for Discourse – which is the forum software that powers this site.

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## [Guided Research Home Page](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/guided-research-home-page/1278)

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**Author:** [@SusanCorbett](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/SusanCorbett)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/guided-research-home-page/1278 "2021-02-09T18:22:28Z")

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This shows up under Structured Data but really is it’s own issue. @batsondl GR Home page does not work on mobile GR Home page often doesn’t work on desktop, you have to click sometimes 4-5 times before it goes to the p…

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## [Highlight text to copy](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/highlight-text-to-copy/1277)

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**Author:** [@ccsmith41](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/ccsmith41)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/highlight-text-to-copy/1277 "2021-02-04T17:00:52Z")

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How do you change the color of the highlight when you want to copy the text and paste it somewhere else. The present color is to light in color and needs to be darker. To hard to read the text highlighted with present …

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## [Bootstrap coding](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/bootstrap-coding/1260)

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**Author:** [@ccsmith41](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/ccsmith41)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/bootstrap-coding/1260 "2020-12-31T01:28:43Z")

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Greg… Are the classes in Bootstrap already in the wiki? I tried to use some of them like “container” in a sandbox page and nothing happened. It just showed the coding. Do we have to do something else for the Bootstra…

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## [GuidedResearch Landing Page - reference MapMenu-GR.js](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/guidedresearch-landing-page-reference-mapmenu-gr-js/1231)

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**Author:** [@Amie](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/Amie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/guidedresearch-landing-page-reference-mapmenu-gr-js/1231 "2020-11-17T18:48:07Z")

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A landing page for GuidedResearch is being designed in order to replace the existing ‘github’ map. This page is located at Main\_Page-GR. This page is nearly identical to the Main\_Page, however, the list of locations th…

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## [Disappearing region buttons](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/disappearing-region-buttons/1236)

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**Author:** [@ccsmith41](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/ccsmith41)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/disappearing-region-buttons/1236 "2020-11-26T16:42:11Z")

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In the foreign wikis, there will be many regions where there are no articles. For example, there are no articles in German for the Australia/Oceanic region in the German Wiki. Accordingly, I will be removing all links …

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## [Fixing the JavaScript 'Flash', or FOUC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/fixing-the-javascript-flash-or-fouc/1232)

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**Author:** [@Amie](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/Amie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/fixing-the-javascript-flash-or-fouc/1232 "2020-11-18T18:44:02Z")

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Any page on the wiki that uses javascript ‘flashes’ content before the final javascript has been implemented. It is getting worse for the GuidedResearch pages since we have added quite a bit of content inside the dropdo…

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## [Knowledge Management Conference (Online) November 2020](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/knowledge-management-conference-online-november-2020/1212)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/knowledge-management-conference-online-november-2020/1212 "2020-10-28T19:00:56Z")

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Don’t forget to attend this Fall’s Semantic MediaWiki Conference! Taking place November 24-26, the conference is totally online, and offers free participation. See the whole schedule and details at https://www.semantic…

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## [Portuguese Wiki CSS](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/portuguese-wiki-css/1207)

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**Author:** [@ccsmith41](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/ccsmith41)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/portuguese-wiki-css/1207 "2020-10-21T16:19:25Z")

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When I click on https://beta.familysearch.org/wiki/pt/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.cs&action=edit, I do not see the coding in colors or the line numbers like in https://beta.familysearch.org/wiki/pt/index.php?title=M…

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## [Link to historical map website](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/link-to-historical-map-website/1144)

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**Author:** [@batsondl](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/batsondl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/link-to-historical-map-website/1144 "2020-07-07T21:39:07Z")

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Greg, here is the website to a map that we were wondering we could embed like you are planning to do with Google maps in the future… germansfromrussiasettlementlocations.org

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## [Update Permissions on site as per Danielle's instructions](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/update-permissions-on-site-as-per-danielles-instructions/1113)

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**Author:** [@Amie](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/Amie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/update-permissions-on-site-as-per-danielles-instructions/1113 "2020-04-28T15:50:55Z")

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Update permissions, add additional permissions that Danielle needs in order to give specific permissions to individuals. Get everyone out of Bureaucrat permission except a small number of individuals. 20191001 - Permis…

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## [What does QualityBox do?](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/what-does-qualitybox-do/189)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/what-does-qualitybox-do/189 "2018-01-30T16:35:34Z")

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Everything is included: features like Visual Editor plus the Elasticsearch system; full automatic security upgrades; live kernel patching for 100% uptime; full-time expert service and support; constant development and re…

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## [Move Sign Out so we don't have overlap](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/move-sign-out-so-we-dont-have-overlap/804)

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**Author:** [@SusanCorbett](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/SusanCorbett)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/move-sign-out-so-we-dont-have-overlap/804 "2019-03-25T23:45:03Z")

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When I mouse to click the sign-out the help menu pops up.

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## [QualityBox loves Free Software](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/qualitybox-loves-free-software/591)

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**Author:** [@greg](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/greg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/qualitybox-loves-free-software/591 "2018-10-11T05:41:14Z")

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Special Offer: Free QualityBox Hosting and Support for Free Software projects A Quality Box We’ll put your wiki into QualityBox, and upgrade your user experience for free. Wake up every morning to a great wiki Show th…

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## [NYC1 Network Maintenance 2018-09-17 10PM](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/nyc1-network-maintenance-2018-09-17-10pm/515)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/nyc1-network-maintenance-2018-09-17-10pm/515 "2018-09-10T20:29:08Z")

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Start: 2018-09-18 02:00 UTC End: 2018-09-18 06:00 UTC Start: 2018-09-17 22:00 EDT Monday End: 2018-09-18 02:00 EDT Tuesday Hello, During the above window, the networking team will be performing some proactive config…

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## [Configuring Optimal MySQL Memory Usage (in monolith)](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/configuring-optimal-mysql-memory-usage-in-monolith/461)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/configuring-optimal-mysql-memory-usage-in-monolith/461 "2018-08-21T15:40:26Z")

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(This article takes content from https://www.percona.com/blog/2016/05/03/best-practices-for-configuring-optimal-mysql-memory-usage/) MySQL Memory allocation is complicated. There are global buffers, per-connection buffe…

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## [Migrate freephile.org to new host](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/migrate-freephile-org-to-new-host/287)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/migrate-freephile-org-to-new-host/287 "2018-04-11T22:16:22Z")

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https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Afreephile.org I guess the plan should be to put the wiki onto the new host, and leave the rest of the domain where it is. Because: URL consistency, and also the fact that the wikir…

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## [Who maintains what at WMF?](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/who-maintains-what-at-wmf/227)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/who-maintains-what-at-wmf/227 "2018-03-01T16:24:18Z")

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If you look at an extension, you can see the author, but who is actually maintaining a given extension? If you’re working on part of MediaWiki core, or extensions that are used in WMF projects, who is the go-to person f…

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## [Running QualityBox with extremely limited resources](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/running-qualitybox-with-extremely-limited-resources/180)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/running-qualitybox-with-extremely-limited-resources/180 "2018-01-22T18:25:05Z")

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If trying to run QualityBox on a very limited machine, you may need to alter your ansible.cfg. QualityBox is orchestrated with Ansible, and Ansible will process multiple hosts using multiple threads. This may cause a l…

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## [Dashboards in QualityBox](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/dashboards-in-qualitybox/107)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/dashboards-in-qualitybox/107 "2017-10-19T23:50:43Z")

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QualityBox has several unique dashboards, and more planned for the future. Turn on full debugging with ?requestDebug https://demo.qualitybox.us/wiki/QualityBox\_demo?requestDebug=true Full Server Performance across ove…

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## [How do I make my QualityBox site secure (HTTPS)?](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-qualitybox-site-secure-https/102)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-qualitybox-site-secure-https/102 "2017-09-11T19:48:34Z")

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QualityBox is configured to run using HTTPS by default. We use HAProxy to act as the front-end load-balancer (you can run with an unmanaged load-balancer if desired). The certificates are provisioned by the EFF’s LetsE…

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## [How to scale images](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/how-to-scale-images/75)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/how-to-scale-images/75 "2017-06-06T13:39:56Z")

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Sometimes you want to create a simple table layout with photos that are the same size. With $wgAllowExternalImages your editors can simply hotlink images off other websites. However, they'll never be the same dimensions …

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## [What are the forwarded ports on VirtualBox?](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/what-are-the-forwarded-ports-on-virtualbox/36)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/what-are-the-forwarded-ports-on-virtualbox/36 "2017-03-03T13:22:23Z")

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I'm deploying QualityBox into a VirtualBox guest. What ports on the host forward to the guest?

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## [Subscribe to eQuality Technology's mailing list](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/subscribe-to-equality-technologys-mailing-list/23)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
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**Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/subscribe-to-equality-technologys-mailing-list/23 "2017-01-28T22:42:29Z")

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eQuality Technology created QualityBox If you want to be on the eQuality Technology mailing list for wiki tips and news, subscribe at https://equality-tech.com/civicrm/mailing/subscribe?reset=1&gid=3

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## [Logins for new users](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/logins-for-new-users/20)

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**Author:** [@eqt](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/u/eqt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.equality-tech.com/t/logins-for-new-users/20 "2017-01-25T21:26:02Z")

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Currently the site only has "local" logins; meaning you need to create a new username + password to join the site. The site will shortly be enabled with GitHub, Google, and other social logins.